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Jury selection begins in R. Kelly child pornography case 9 May 08, 23:25 ET AP - CHICAGO (AP) - Until the last minute, it still wasn't clear that it would go ahead. But after nearly six years of delays, R. Kelly's child pornography trial finally got under way Friday as the court began selecting a jury. more Judge Removes War Crimes Official 9 May 08, 23:19 ET By JESS BRAVIN WASHINGTON -- In a ruling that could stymie the prosecutions of the alleged 9/11 conspirators, a military judge removed the Pentagon's senior ... more Prince William police target sex crimes at Locust Shade 9 May 08, 22:57 ET By Elisa Glushefski During a two-week operation, detectives of the Prince William County police street crimes unit arrested five men after receiving a ... more Judge: Woman's rape case against Halliburton can go to trial 9 May 08, 22:34 ET AP - A woman who said she was raped by co-workers while employed by a contractor in Iraq can take her claims to trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. more Judge: Japanese man can be absent from LA courtroom 9 May 08, 21:17 ET AP - A Japanese man accused of killing his wife can be absent from a Los Angeles courtroom when his attorney argues for the charges to be dismissed, a judge said Friday. more Messages on 'Detainee News Network' call for detainees to boycott ... 9 May 08, 21:16 ET By Michael Melia AP GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts through ... more Walls and War Crimes 9 May 08, 21:09 ET by Felicity Arbuthnot Baghdad's Sadr City (formerly named Al Thawa in the 1950's, then Medina al Saddam - Saddam City) dismissively and degradingly dubbed ... more Muncie man pleads guilty to environmental crimes 9 May 08, 19:02 ET By AP INDIANAPOLIS - A Muncie businessman has been sentenced to a year of community detention for abandoning two semitrailers loaded with drums of hazardous ... more Leader of US apocalyptic sect charged with sex crimes against ... 9 May 08, 18:41 ET © AP SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) - Authorities say the leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico has been released from jail after his son ... more Guantanamo grapevine spreads call for detainees to boycott war ... - Metro Canada 9 May 08, 18:32 ET Michael Melia, AP GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts through ... more Guantanamo grapevine spreads call for detainees to boycott war ... - Metro Canda 9 May 08, 18:31 ET Michael Melia, AP GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts through ... more Passaic mayor pleads guilty in corruption case, resigns 9 May 08, 18:15 ET AP - The mayor of Passaic City resigned Friday after he pleaded guilty to attempted extortion and admitted he accepted $5,000 in cash to influence government contracts. more Man admits to sex crimes 9 May 08, 17:59 ET PORT CLINTON — A Millbury man admitted today to having sex with an adult family member and video-taping a 9-year-old girl while she was in the shower. ... more Lawyer: DC sniper now wants to fight his death sentence 9 May 08, 17:55 ET AP - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad has changed his mind again and now wants to go forward with a federal appeal of his conviction and death sentence, according to his lawyers. more Nevada judge accused of demanding royal treatment 9 May 08, 17:52 ET AP - Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen. more Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack 9 May 08, 17:50 ET AP - A woman who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn entered into a plea deal Friday, and the prosecutor revealed additional details of the 2006 attack - including that the victim was stabbed repeatedly and her toddler son was tied up. more Son posts bond for leader of NM sect charged with sex crimes ... 9 May 08, 17:26 ET AP SANTA FE, NM - Bond has been posted for the leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico and he is expected to be released from jail shortly. ... more R. Kelly faces jurors in child sex tape trial 9 May 08, 16:58 ET AFP - Six years after R. Kelly was charged with filming himself having sex with a girl as young as 13, the rhythm and blues superstar's child pornography trial began Friday with jury selection. more Messages on 'Detainee News Network' call for detainees to boycott ... - Daily Mail 9 May 08, 15:42 ET By MICHAEL MELIA AP Writer GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and ... more Convicted NYC lawyer sentenced to 25-to-life for murder 9 May 08, 15:39 ET AP - A lawyer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for arranging the murder of a client's husband. more Guantanamo grapevine spreads call for detainees to boycott war ... 9 May 08, 15:29 ET By: Michael Melia, AP GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The message travels among Guantanamo detainees in whispers between recreation areas and shouts ... more Foxy Brown pleads guilty to menacing Brooklyn neighbor 9 May 08, 14:36 ET AP - Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to menacing a neighbor with her cell phone last year. She avoided jail based on time already served. more Criminals commit crimes in guise of cops 9 May 08, 14:13 ET Criminals continue to cheat people using uniforms, caps, handcuffs and other accessories used by law enforcers due to lack of proper mechanism for ... more UK will not charge ex-S.Lanka Tiger with war crimes 9 May 08, 14:01 ET By Peter Apps LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Britain has released former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman from prison where he was detained on ... more Half a million crimes are committed each year by ex-convicts 9 May 08, 13:34 ET More than half a million crimes are committed each year by serial offenders who have just been freed from jail or sentenced to a community punishment, ... more Britain won't charge ex-Tiger with war crimes 9 May 08, 13:14 ET Britain has released former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman from prison where he was detained on immigration charges, it said on Friday, believing he could not be convicted of war crimes. more Election in Serbia could cripple the hunt for war crimes suspect ... 9 May 08, 12:51 ET By WILLIAM J. KOLE , AP BELGRADE, Serbia - For 13 years, he has eluded capture for atrocities a UN judge described as "scenes from hell ... written on the ... more R. Kelly arrives at Chicago courthouse for pornography trial 9 May 08, 11:24 ET AP - R. Kelly arrived at a Cook County courthouse Friday to face child pornography charges filed after a videotape allegedly showed him having sex with a girl as young as 13. more UK Won`t Charge Ex-S.Lanka Tiger With War Crimes 9 May 08, 11:22 ET Rights group Amnesty International said police should continue to investigate the former eastern rebel commander. Britain has released former Sri Lankan ... more UK won't charge ex-Sri Lanka Tiger with war crimes 9 May 08, 11:12 ET By Peter Apps LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has released former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman from prison where he was detained on immigration ... more Crime & War crimes - Most relevant news 9 May 08, 10:59 ET BELGRADE -- The six suspects in the Ovčara farm war crimes case will remain in custody, the Supreme Court has ruled. more UK won't charge ex-S.Lanka Tiger with war crimes 9 May 08, 10:44 ET By Peter Apps LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Britain has released former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman from prison where he was detained on ... more Trial date set in Overholt case; Russellville man charged with raping children, other sex crimes 9 May 08, 09:40 ET A pretrial conference was held Thursday for Merlin Overholt who was arrested this year on two separate occasions and charged with 149 counts of sex crimes against children. more Serb War-Crimes Suspect’s Trial Postponed Again 9 May 08, 07:56 ET 09 May 2008 Belgrade _ The trial of a Serbian war-crimes suspect before the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has once more been ... more Kenya: Doubts Raised Over Bill to Fight Money Crimes 9 May 08, 07:43 ET Parliament concluded debating a Bill seeking to fight money laundering, even as some dismissed the proposed law as a document backed by foreign powers. ... more Phoenix Suns star to fight crimes against kids. 9 May 08, 07:14 ET The Pascua Yaqui Reservation gave a $75,000 grant to kick off the Tempe Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. Phoenix Suns Center Shaquille O'Neal and Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff went to the Reservation Wednesday to thank the tribe for the grant. more Muncie man pleads guilty to environmental crimes 9 May 08, 06:58 ET INDIANAPOLIS - A Muncie businessman has been sentenced to a year of community detention for abandoning two semitrailers loaded with drums of hazardous waste ... more Root of violence; Horrible crimes explored in 'The Boys in the Trees' 9 May 08, 06:54 ET It is a book reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure" in the unrelenting melancholy both of its characters and of their situations. ... more Philippines hunt down five British men for paedophile crimes 9 May 08, 06:32 ET The Philippine authorities have launched a manhunt against five British men accused of paedophile crimes, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration said ... more Suspect caught after worldwide sex crimes alert 9 May 08, 06:10 ET By DAVID PORTER, AP NEWARK, NJ -- An actor who played Santa Claus and painted children's faces was arrested on child sex charges early yesterday after an ... more Area police working to initiate Major Crimes Task Force 9 May 08, 05:21 ET By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@scn1.com JOLIET -- Will County police departments will put together a Major Crimes Task Force over the next few months. ... more Somali refugees speak of horrific war crimes 9 May 08, 05:14 ET Soldiers, insurgents and bandits are routinely attacking Somalian civilians, carrying out murder, rape, and robbery on villagers, and destroying entire ... more Bond lowered for NM sect leader accused of sex crimes 9 May 08, 05:10 ET By DEBORAH BAKER AP Writer CLAYTON, NM—A judge reduced the bond of an apocalyptic-sect leader accused of sex crimes against minors, but rejected his request ... more 'Best Santa ever' arrested in N.J. on child sex charges 9 May 08, 05:07 ET AP - A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen." more Palm Springs property crimes surge 9 May 08, 04:24 ET The number of violent crimes in Palm Springs rose slightly, while property crimes continued to surge in 2007, according to the latest crime statistics compiled by the Palm Springs Police Department. more Fritzl confesses to crimes against daughter 9 May 08, 04:21 ET The Austrian man who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years has confessed to his crimes in a statement issued through his lawyer. ... more DC Council considers hate crimes resolution 9 May 08, 04:10 ET DC City Council on Tuesday considered a resolution taking a public stand against hate crimes at the behest of local gay activist Peter Rosenstein. ... more The following property crimes were reported recently to the Chico ... 9 May 08, 03:48 ET May 4 — 700 block of West Third Street. Laptop taken, air conditioning system damaged. Reported at 11:49 am May 4 — 700 block of Hazel Street. ... more Police: Convicted murderer shot hikers on Appalachian Trail 9 May 08, 03:25 ET AP - A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said. more Will the Mortgage Industry Pay for Its Crimes? 9 May 08, 03:00 ET By Danny Schechter, AlterNet. Posted May 9, 2008. There is a time in the life of every writer when you find yourself fearing that you have become a robo ... more Shaq helping set up crimes-against-children unit 9 May 08, 03:00 ET Tempe police and Phoenix Suns star Shaquille O'Neal are working together to set up the city's first Internet Crimes Against Children unit. ... more Teacher trial for alleged sex crimes 9 May 08, 01:35 ET A 42-year-old school teacher has been ordered to stand trial over alleged sex crimes against a female student. Leonie Beverely Pech is charged with eight ... more Warrant issued for man charged with sex crimes 9 May 08, 01:15 ET A 48-year-old Waubun, Minn., man faces felony and misdemeanor criminal sexual conduct charges in Becker County District Court on claims he inappropriately ... more Carter condemns Israel's 'terrible human rights crimes' in Gaza 9 May 08, 00:48 ET Former US president Jimmy Carter Thursday condemned Israel's continuing war crimes against the Palestinians in Gaza. "The world is witnessing a terrible ... more War crimes lawyers track Taylor's missing millions 9 May 08, 00:10 ET FREETOWN: Prosecutors for Sierra Leone's war crimes court are trying to track down $375 million (R2.8 billion) they say vanished from two US bank accounts ... more 11:50 pm: Muncie man pleads guilty to environmental crimes 9 May 08, 00:06 ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Muncie businessman has been sentenced to a year of community detention for abandoning two semitrailers loaded with drums of hazardous ... more

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