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| Cleveland abductor defiant as he is sentenced to life in prison Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:47 PM PDT  By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Cleveland bus driver who abducted, imprisoned and repeatedly raped three women was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without parole, after one of his victims confronted him and said he had put her through 11 years of hell. Ariel Castro, 53, apologized to his victims, but was mostly defiant at a court hearing during which he verbally sparred with the judge and blamed his actions on abuse as a child and a sexual obsession. "I am not a monster," he told the court during a rambling statement before sentencing. ... Full Story | Top |
| Big cruise lines post onboard crime data Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:15 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — For the first time, the three largest U.S.-based cruise lines on Thursday began posting on their websites more comprehensive data about allegations of serious crimes committed aboard ships. The disclosures were made voluntarily but come amid growing pressure from Congress and crime victims for greater accuracy about crime at sea. Full Story | Top |
| Cleveland kidnapper Castro sentenced to life in prison Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:20 AM PDT  CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio judge on Thursday sentenced Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro to life in prison for abducting, raping and holding captive three women for as long as 11 years, and murder for forcing one of the women to abort her pregnancy. Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo imposed the prison sentence after an emotional court hearing at which one of Castro's victims said the former school bus driver put her through a "life of hell." (Reporting By Greg McCune) Full Story | Top |
| Jurors to mull $13 million mortgage fraud case Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:10 AM PDT A federal judge has thrown out all but one of the charges against a Manchester, N.H. businessman accused of defrauding lenders of $13 million by using fraudulent loan applications to refinance homes on ... Full Story | Top |
| FBI: 2 arrested in NY in $100 million Ponzi scheme Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:03 AM PDT A New York investment fund manager and his brother-in-law, a real estate developer, were arrested Thursday on charges they ran a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that siphoned investors' money in order ... Full Story | Top |
| Cleveland kidnapper sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 07:27 AM PDT  Ariel Castro, who held three women captive for a decade, says he's "not a monster," just sick Full Story | Top |
| Nigeria says terrorist leader arrested in Niger Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:17 AM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The military says the arrest of a Nigerian terrorist leader in neighboring Niger has foiled a plot to regroup and launch more attacks. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden left for secure location: lawyer Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:13 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has left for an undisclosed secure location, a Russian lawyer assisting him said on Thursday. "I have just seen him off. He has left for a secure location," Anatoly Kucherena told state broadcaster Russia 24. "Security is a very serious matter for him." (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; editing by Elizabeth Piper) Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden leaves Moscow airport: representative Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 04:57 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, an airport representative said on Thursday. The representative told Reuters that Snowden had crossed into Russia after spending more than month in the airport's transit zone. (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Elizabeth Piper) Full Story | Top |
| Rajoy says court will find no crime by him or his party Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:58 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told lawmakers on Thursday that the justice system would find that neither he nor his political party have committed any crime in an ongoing corruption scandal. A former treasurer for the ruling People's Party is in jail, charged with bribery, tax evasion and other crimes. Rajoy was speaking in Parliament to address questions about allegations the party illegally financed itself. (Reporting by Andres Gonzalez; Writing by Fiona Ortiz; Editing by Paul Day) Full Story | Top |
| Private at U.S. Army base in Colorado base arrested on sex charge Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:15 PM PDT  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A 19-year-old soldier stationed at a U.S. Army base in Colorado accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet has been arrested amid an ongoing probe of sexual misconduct at the post, police said on Wednesday Mark Vincent Petrosky, a private assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, was arrested by Colorado Springs police on Tuesday on suspicion of sexual assault of a child, police said in a written statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| The Case of Sture Bergwall, a.k.a. Thomas Quick: Sweden’s Former Serial Killer Acquitted Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 03:19 PM PDT Sture Bergwall was once one of the most feared men in Sweden, a confessed serial killer convicted of eight murders who boasted of claiming dozens of other lives. Full Story | Top |
| Halliburton to plead guilty in Gulf oil spill Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:44 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on Sept. 19 for Halliburton Energy Services to plead guilty to destroying evidence after BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story | Top |
| 'Whitey' Bulger Mum on Whether He'll Testify Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:40 PM PDT Bulger's Defense Attorney Initially Expected Him to Take the Stand. Full Story | Top |
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