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| Actor Wes Studi arrested for drunken driving in NM Friday, Jul 26, 2013 12:42 PM PDT  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Wes Studi, well-known for his roles in "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans," was arrested early Friday for aggravated drunken driving in New Mexico, Santa Fe police confirmed. Full Story | Top |
| SAC Capital pleads not guilty, but remains silent to investors Friday, Jul 26, 2013 12:37 PM PDT  By Bernard Vaughan and Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund pleaded not guilty on Friday to insider trading charges in federal court, as investors in the roughly $15 billion fund awaited word on plans for the fund's future. Several SAC Capital Advisors LLP clients said they had yet to be contacted officially by the firm in an investor-wide call or note. Investors have until August 16 to decide if they will submit a redemption request to the fund. At least one client called, but could get no information. ... Full Story | Top |
| US govt says won't seek death penalty for Snowden Friday, Jul 26, 2013 11:42 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder has assured the Russian government that the U.S. has no plans to seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. Full Story | Top |
| Cleveland kidnapper avoids death penalty with plea deal Friday, Jul 26, 2013 11:08 AM PDT  In what might be the first act of mercy shown to his victims, the man charged with kidnapping, raping and beating three Cleveland, Ohio, women agreed to a plea deal on Friday that would spare the women the agony of reliving the horrific details of their years in captivity during a jury trial. Full Story | Top |
| Rapper DMX again arrested in South Carolina Friday, Jul 26, 2013 10:41 AM PDT GREER, S.C. (AP) — Rapper DMX has been arrested in South Carolina and charged with driving under the influence. Full Story | Top |
| Holder to Russia: Snowden won't be tortured or face death penalty Friday, Jul 26, 2013 10:19 AM PDT Attorney General Eric Holder wants Russia to turn down NSA leaker Edward Snowden's asylum request. Full Story | Top |
| SAC Capital pleads not guilty to insider-trading charges Friday, Jul 26, 2013 09:41 AM PDT  By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven Cohen's hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors LLP, pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday, one day after it was indicted on insider-trading charges. The firm's general counsel, Peter Nussbaum, flanked by five defense lawyers, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in New York. U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged the $14 billion hedge fund with presiding over a culture where employees flouted the law and were encouraged to tap their personal networks for inside information about publicly traded companies. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hedge fund pleads not guilty to US fraud charges Friday, Jul 26, 2013 09:15 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said a large volume of evidence including electronic messages, court-ordered wiretaps and consensual recordings is stacked against a Connecticut-based hedge fund that pleaded not guilty Friday to criminal charges accusing it of letting insider trading flourish for more than a decade. Full Story | Top |
| Defense attorney: Bradley Manning a whistleblower Friday, Jul 26, 2013 08:23 AM PDT  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is a whistleblower who wanted to inform the American public about the troubling things he saw in the war zone, and the soldier is willing to pay the price for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, his defense attorney said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Ariel Castro agrees to plea in Ohio kidnap case Friday, Jul 26, 2013 08:21 AM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade agreed to plead guilty Friday in a deal to avoid the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| US says it won't seek death penalty for Snowden Friday, Jul 26, 2013 07:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. Full Story | Top |
| Suspected Serial Killer in Japan Posted Haiku to His Door Friday, Jul 26, 2013 07:23 AM PDT Japanese police have arrested a 63-year-old man in connection with the grisly murder of five elderly residents in a remote, tiny village in western Japan. The victims were found dead inside their homes in Mitake village last week, with the buildings set on fire. Suspect... Full Story | Top |
| Russian punk band convict defiant after losing parole battle Friday, Jul 26, 2013 04:56 AM PDT  By Maria Stromova SARANSK, Russia (Reuters) - A jailed member of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot lost a court battle to be released but remained unrepentant over last year's protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Moscow cathedral. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova watched from behind the black metal bars of a courtroom cage as a regional court on Friday upheld an earlier decision not to release her after nearly a year in prison so that she could look after her five-year-old daughter. The ruling by the Supreme Court of the Mordovia region was the second blow in three days for Pussy Riot. ... Full Story | Top |
| Feds: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty in spill Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 07:51 PM PDT Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Federal officials said in a news release ... Full Story | Top |
| Halliburton Will Plead Guilty to Destroying Deepwater Horizon Evidence Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 07:45 PM PDT  Halliburton will plead guilty to a charge of destroying evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. The company will pay the maximum $200,000 statutory fine under the deal, face three years of probation, and be required to continue to participate in a federal investigation. Full Story | Top |
| Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 05:23 PM PDT  By Jonathan Stempel and Braden Reddall (Reuters) - Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday. The government said Halliburton's guilty plea is the third by a company over the spill and requires the world's second-largest oilfield services company to pay a maximum $200,000 statutory fine. Halliburton also agreed to three years of probation and to continue cooperating with the criminal probe into the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. ... Full Story | Top |
| Feds: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty to destroying evidence in 2010 Gulf oil spill Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 04:20 PM PDT Feds: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty to destroying evidence in 2010 Gulf oil spill. Full Story | Top |
| Juror Who Didn't Convict Zimmerman of Murder Says He 'Got Away With Murder' Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 01:22 PM PDT  A second juror in the George Zimmerman murder trial has decided to speak out regarding the jury's decision to acquit Zimmerman of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of Trayvon Martin. "Maddy," a.k.a. Juror B29, told Good Morning America that even though she didn't convict him, "Zimmerman got away with murder" but "the law couldn't prove it. ... Full Story | Top |
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