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| Swedish crime novelist Mankell says he has cancer Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 11:44 AM PST  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Henning Mankell, one of the world's top-selling crime writers in recent years, says he has cancer. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors gets rerun of freeway shooter's testimony Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 10:01 AM PST  HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Jurors deciding the case of a man who shot at nearly two-dozen vehicles along a Michigan highway corridor have listened to his testimony again. Full Story | Top |
| UConn chief expects fine for crime reporting Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 08:31 AM PST STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut's police chief says the school likely faces a fine from the federal Department of Education over its past crime reporting practices. Full Story | Top |
| 6th suspect arrested in Czech murder case Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 07:42 AM PST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa police say they've arrested a 6th suspect in connection with a case involving Czech national Radovan Krejcir who is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and kidnapping. Full Story | Top |
| Wisconsin dad who starved daughter to be sentenced Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 05:36 AM PST MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A father convicted of locking his teenage daughter in the basement of their Wisconsin home and starving her faces sentencing. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Iraq VP warns Anbar conflict may spread over crackdown on Sunnis Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014 04:15 AM PST By Amena Bakr DOHA (Reuters) - Iraq's fugitive vice president warned that an armed stand-off in Anbar province could spread to other parts of the country as Sunni Muslim opposition to Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki grows. Stirred by a bloody raid to arrest a Sunni politician in the Anbar city of Ramadi, fighters of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and tribal allies took over Falluja and parts of nearby Ramadi three weeks ago at a time of rising Sunni anger with the Shi'ite-led government. Tarek al-Hashemi, a Sunni sentenced to death in 2012 after an Iraqi court convicted him of running death squads while vice president, something he denies, has accused Maliki of pursuing a political witch-hunt against his Sunni opponents. "I'm not optimistic about the future... I think this spark in Anbar will spread to other provinces," Hashemi told Reuters in an interview this week in his Doha office guarded by Qatari security men. Full Story | Top |
| China decor magnate arrested for suspected bribery Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 09:17 PM PST A billionaire who Chinese media say is linked to the downfall of the former mayor of Nanjing has been arrested on suspicion of corruption, the company he founded, Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co Ltd, said. The family of Zhu Xingliang, who ranked no.55 on the 2013 Forbes China Rich List with a fortune worth $2.04 billion, informed Gold Mantis of his arrest, the firm said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange posted on Tuesday. "The company received notification from family on January 27 that Director and the person in actual control (of the firm) Mr. Zhu Xingliang was arrested on suspicion of bribery with the approval of the prosecutor," the company filing said. The arrest comes as China's President Xi Jinping makes the fight against endemic corruption a central theme of his administration. Full Story | Top |
| Crime writer of 'Wallander' series reveals cancer Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 04:18 PM PST  The Swedish crime writer behind the "Wallander" series made into a high-rating British TV series revealed Wednesday he had cancer, and intended to write about it in a local newspaper. "My anxiety is very profound, although by and large I can keep it under control," Henning Mankell, 65, said on his website. Mankell's collection of novels featuring police inspector Kurt Wallander and set in southern Sweden brought the author international fame after it was made into a BBC television series starring Kenneth Branagh. Mankell said his cancer was discovered when he underwent treatment for a slipped disc. Full Story | Top |
| Death penalty possibility in post office killings Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 03:59 PM PST MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former prison guard charged with killing two Tennessee postal workers during a robbery that netted $63 is eligible to face the death penalty at trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Supermarket executive sentenced in $3M fraud Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 01:53 PM PST A former Northern California supermarket chain executive has been sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison in connection with a kickback scheme that cost the supermarket chain more than $3 million. ... Full Story | Top |
| El Paso, Texas Business Owner Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 01:43 PM PST WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced that the owner of an exporting company in El Paso, Texas was sentenced to serve 87 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Ex-Im Bank of approximately $13.6 million.Leopoldo Parra, 51, was sentenced by Judge Kathleen Cardone in U.S. District Court in El Paso, TX. In addition to his term of 7. ... Full Story | Top |
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