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| South Korea ferry captain arrested Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:35 PM PDT  Seoul (AFP) - The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago, leaving 28 people confirmed dead and 268 missing, was arrested early Saturday, Yonhap news agency reported. Full Story | Top |
| Man sentenced in USC shooting that wounded 4 Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:16 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for a shooting that wounded four people outside a Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus in 2012. Full Story | Top |
| Chris Brown trial set to start on Monday Friday, Apr 18, 2014 11:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in Washington has delayed giving her verdict in the trial of a bodyguard for singer Chris Brown on an assault charge. Full Story | Top |
| Dutch man arrested in Amanda Todd cyberbullying case Friday, Apr 18, 2014 09:40 AM PDT  A 35-year-old Dutch man has been arrested in connection with the suicide of a Canadian teenage girl that sparked a worldwide debate on cyberbullying and online harassment, prosecutors said on Friday. Canada will begin extradition proceedings "so that the man may face the court linked with the Amanda Todd case," prosecutor's office spokesman Paul van der Zanden told AFP. The suspect was arrested in January in the southern town of Tilburg and is suspected of having forced dozens of young women as far afield as the United States, Britain and Netherlands of performing sex acts in front of their webcams. Canadian authorities linked the man to the Todd case as early as October 2012, just after the girl's suicide, van der Zanden said. Full Story | Top |
| Views differ of imam accused in terror case Friday, Apr 18, 2014 03:27 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian imam who led a London mosque more than a dozen years ago was portrayed in opening statements at his terrorism trial as an enthusiastic supporter of al-Qaida by a prosecutor and as a reasonable man who helped authorities in England keep people calm by his defense attorney. Full Story | Top |
| Views differ of imam accused in US terrorism case Friday, Apr 18, 2014 03:09 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — An Egyptian imam who led a London mosque more than a dozen years ago was portrayed in opening statements at his terrorism trial as an enthusiastic supporter of al-Qaida by a prosecutor and as a reasonable man who helped authorities in England keep people calm by his defense attorney. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect arrested in Kansas City highway shootings Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 10:45 PM PDT GRANDVIEW, Mo. (AP) — Police arrested a suspect Thursday in a string of random vehicle shootings on Kansas City-area highways over the past few weeks that have wounded three motorists and frightened many more. Full Story | Top |
| Jamaica anti-doping official arrested after raid Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 05:06 PM PDT KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Jamaican attorney who is a top official with the sprinting powerhouse's anti-doping disciplinary panel has been arrested following a raid at a massage parlor he reportedly owns. Full Story | Top |
| Another suspect arrested in kidnapping of N.C. prosecutor's father Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 04:36 PM PDT Authorities have arrested another suspect in the gang-related abduction of a North Carolina prosecutor's father. Quantavious Thompson was taken into custody late on Wednesday in Atlanta, the FBI said in a statement. Thompson, who is either 18 or 19 years old, is one of eight people accused in the kidnapping of Frank Janssen from his Wake Forest home on April 5. Janssen, 63, was held hostage until he was rescued by federal agents in Atlanta four days later. Full Story | Top |
| US tells jury London imam pursued global terror Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 03:46 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Egyptian imam of a London mosque used his influential position in the late 1990s to train and aid terrorists and used the cover of his religion to hide in plain sight, a prosecutor told jurors in his opening statement Thursday before a defense attorney promised that the defendant will explain himself during the trial. Full Story | Top |
| US tells jury Egyptian imam pursued global terror Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 03:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The imam of a London mosque used his influential position in the late 1990s to train and aid terrorists and used the cover of his religion to hide in plain sight, a prosecutor told jurors in his opening statement Thursday before a defense attorney promised that the defendant will explain himself during the trial. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Goldman director Gupta starts prison term on June 17 Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 02:24 PM PDT  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta is expected to begin his two-year prison term on June 17 for insider trading. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan directed Gupta to surrender by 2:00 p.m. EDT on that date to start serving his sentence, according to an order issued on Thursday. Gupta, 65, was convicted in June 2012 on securities fraud and conspiracy charges for having fed tips, from Goldman board meetings in the second half of 2008, to longtime friend Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund firm. Gupta is also a former global managing director of the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. He is the top corporate official convicted in a broad federal insider trading probe unveiled in October 2009, when charges against Rajaratnam were announced. Full Story | Top |
| Iraqi immigrant convicted of murdering wife, whose death was first thought to be a hate crime Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 01:44 PM PDT EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — Iraqi immigrant convicted of murdering wife, whose death was first thought to be a hate crime. Full Story | Top |
| Openings begin in US trial of Egyptian preacher Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 01:17 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The imam of a London mosque used his influential position in the late 1990s to train and aid terrorists and used the cover of his religion to hide in plain sight, a prosecutor told jurors in his opening statement Thursday before a defense attorney promised that the defendant will explain himself during the trial. Full Story | Top |
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