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| Yacht couple accused in welfare fraud is arrested in Florida Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 12:44 PM PDT A Minnesota couple, who went on the run after being accused of claiming welfare benefits while living on a million-dollar yacht, has been arrested in Florida, authorities said on Tuesday. Colin Chisholm III and his wife, Andrea, allegedly received more than $165,000 in food stamps and other public assistance over a seven-year period, a Minnesota prosecutor said. The couple was arrested near Port Everglades, Florida, said Detective DeAnna Greenlaw, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Last month, a Minnesota prosecutor announced that the Chisholms were each charged with a felony count of wrongfully obtaining public assistance in excess of $35,000. Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested in double slaying, dismemberment case Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 12:32 PM PDT  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Police say a man arrested after a weekend traffic chase is being held in a gruesome double slaying involving dismembered remains found at his Nevada home, where his 53-year-old mother and 33-year-old sister were reported missing last week. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors shown stiletto heel in shoe stabbing case Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 12:07 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — A blue suede stiletto heel that prosecutors say a Houston woman used to fatally stab her boyfriend at least 25 times in the face and head was shown at her trial Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| FBI searches legislative office of arrested state senator Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 11:40 AM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - FBI agents searched a legislative office in California's capital on Tuesday that was used by staff of state Senator Leland Yee, who faces charges of corruption and gun trafficking, a senate official said. Yee, a San Francisco Democrat who was the senate's first Chinese-American member, is the third state senator to face criminal charges this year, the latest in a spate of legal problems that has cost Democrats a precious two-thirds majority in the legislature. The office that was searched is located across the street from the state capitol building and was used by Yee's San Francisco district staff when they were working in Sacramento, a spokesman for senate Democratic leader Darrell Steinberg said. Full Story | Top |
| Apple-Samsung jurors selected Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 08:58 AM PDT  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — With jurors in the patent fight between Apple and Samsung selected, attorneys for the world's leading smartphone makers were expected to make their opening statements in federal court on Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Cameroon education minister arrested for suspected embezzlement Monday, Mar 31, 2014 11:50 PM PDT Cameroon's secondary education minister Louis Bapes Bapes was arrested and remanded in custody on suspected embezzlement of public funds, a court official and state radio in the central African nation said on Monday. Bapes Bapes is the first sitting minister to be arrested under President Paul Biya, 81, one of Africa's longest serving heads of state. Bapes Bapes, who as education minister managed one of the largest ministerial budgets in the country, was taken to the Special Criminal Tribunal in the capital on Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Christie's bridge scandal lawyers to be subpoenaed Monday, Mar 31, 2014 04:35 PM PDT TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey legislative committee probing a political payback operation carried out by Gov. Chris Christie's aides and associates plans to subpoena interview transcripts and other documents from the lawyers the governor hired to carry out an internal investigation, the committee co-chairman said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Man who shot at White House sentenced to 25 years Monday, Mar 31, 2014 04:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — An Idaho man who pleaded guilty to firing an assault rifle at the White House in 2011, striking the executive mansion more than half a dozen times, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Man who shot at White House sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday, Mar 31, 2014 03:19 PM PDT By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Idaho man who fired a rifle at the White House in 2011 was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison, lawyers said. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 23, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., for firing at least eight rounds with a semi-automatic rifle. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were not in Washington at the time, and no one was hurt. Bullets narrowly missed Secret Service officers guarding the White House, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said in a statement. Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection begins in Apple-Samsung case Monday, Mar 31, 2014 02:47 PM PDT SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The world's two leading smartphone makers were back in federal court on Monday, accusing each other of stealing ideas and features. Full Story | Top |
| 'Ten Most Wanted' suspect pleads not guilty in NY Monday, Mar 31, 2014 01:32 PM PDT  CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — A purported member of the El Salvador-based MS-13 street gang charged in the killings of his 19-year-old girlfriend and her toddler son was ordered held without bail during his arraignment Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Jury: White officers falsely arrested black teen Monday, Mar 31, 2014 01:23 PM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three white officers accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of beating a black performing arts high school student falsely arrested him but didn't use excessive force, a jury found Monday, awarding him $119,000 in damages. Full Story | Top |
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