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Talk of firing the US attorney cited at Rezko trial 23 Apr 08, 23:43 ET AP - A government witness claims an indicted political fundraiser told him former White House adviser Karl Rove and other Republicans discussed efforts to get Chicago's U.S. attorney fired to derail a corruption probe, a prosecutor said Wednesday. more Bosnia court imprisons four ethnic Serbs for war crimes 23 Apr 08, 23:11 ET SARAJEVO (Reuters) -- Bosnia’s war crimes court has sentenced an ethnic Serb former soldier to 29 years in jail and two others to 21 years each for the ... more Traders voice against price hike, street crimes 23 Apr 08, 22:20 ET Karachi, Apr 23, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- -- All Pakistan Organization of Small Traders & Cottage Industries (APOSTCI) office-bearers ... more Lexington County student charged with sex crimes on campus 23 Apr 08, 21:44 ET AP • April 23, 2008 LEXINGTON -- A 19-year-old Swansea High School student has been charged with on-campus sex crimes against five students. ... more Swansea High student charged with sex crimes on campus 23 Apr 08, 21:10 ET AP A 19-year-old Swansea High School student has been charged with on-campus sex crimes against five students. Lexington County deputies say one of the ... more Body recovered in Iraq is that of kidnapped contractor Cote 23 Apr 08, 19:39 ET AP - A body recovered in Iraq was identified Wednesday as that of Jonathon Cote, an Army veteran who was working as a contractor when he was kidnapped with four others more than a year ago. more Prosecutors seek hard sentence for Snipes in tax trial 23 Apr 08, 19:20 ET AP - There is a perception, federal prosecutors fear, that Wesley Snipes emerged victorious from years of IRS investigation and a highly publicized tax trial. more Zentai to continue fighting extradition to face war crimes 23 Apr 08, 19:05 ET The family of alleged war criminal Charles Zentai say they will continue to fight his extradition. (AFP) The son of alleged war criminal Charles Zentai says ... more "Mobsters without borders" are global threat: U.S 23 Apr 08, 18:43 ET Reuters - Crime groups operating as "mobsters without borders" have gained significant footholds in global markets and provide logistic support to terrorists, the United States said on Wednesday. more Miami terrorism case to get third trial 23 Apr 08, 18:27 ET Reuters - U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they will try for a third time to convict six men accused of seeking help from al Qaeda to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of a holy war. more Thief of NY mayor's car gets 15 years in prison 23 Apr 08, 18:23 ET Reuters - A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to stealing a Lexus belonging to billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was sentenced to 15 years behind bars, court officials said on Wednesday. more Seller of viagra chocolate faces stiff sentence for mail fraud 23 Apr 08, 18:22 ET AFP - A businessman who sold Viagra-laced chocolate as a food supplement called "Boom" was indicted Wednesday for mail fraud by a federal judge, and faces 20 years in jail if found guilty. more US to pursue third trial in alleged Sears Tower plot 23 Apr 08, 18:19 ET AP - Federal prosecutors stung twice by deadlocked juries said Wednesday they would make a third attempt to convict six men accused of scheming with al-Qaida to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in several cities. more Speaker Encourages Finding Passion to Prevent Hate Crimes 23 Apr 08, 18:16 ET By Jessica Kiefer Brent Scarpo, the casting producer who has worked on such films as “The Shawshank Redemption”, “That Thing You Do” and “Air Force One,” ... more Catalytic Converters, “Mole” Crimes In City 23 Apr 08, 18:09 ET By Kurt Helin A couple daring types of crimes — one a form of auto burglary and one against businesses — have become growing problems in Long Beach. ... more Spate of crimes hits senior citizens 23 Apr 08, 17:48 ET Pune, April 23 This is certainly not the best of times for senior citizens in the city: A 60-year-old man living in an Akurdi slum was murdered in a feud. ... more Judge allows third trial in Miami terrorism case 23 Apr 08, 17:39 ET AFP - A US federal judge on Wednesday announced that a third trial against Florida men charged with plotting to destroy buildings with Al-Qaeda support can proceed. more Alba School Bus Driver Charged With Sex Crimes Against a 14-Year Old Student 23 Apr 08, 17:26 ET Police arrested a Northern Michigan school bus driver on charges he inappropriately touched a student. Police say the sex crimes did *not happen onboard a bus or on school grounds. more Unsolved Crimes 23 Apr 08, 17:11 ET You could have the missing piece of the puzzle that will help the RCMP put someone behind bars. Here are some recent crimes that Central Okanagan Crime ... more Gas Station Crimes 23 Apr 08, 16:52 ET The next time you fill up at the gas station beware. You could end up paying for someone else's gas. It's part of a new scam in which police say thieves ... more Informant says 3 accused in terror plot had little contact 23 Apr 08, 16:43 ET AP - Three men accused of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to attack U.S. and allied troops met only once during the two years an undercover informant investigated them, the informant testified Wednesday. more Senator Levin to add hate-crimes measure to defense bill 23 Apr 08, 16:12 ET A senior Senate Democrat said Tuesday that he wants to use a major defense policy bill to expand federal hate-crimes laws to protect gays, bring troops home ... more "Jackass" star pleads innocent to cocaine charge 23 Apr 08, 15:18 ET Reuters - Steve-O, the stunt-performing star of the MTV series "Jackass" and its movie spinoffs, pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a cocaine possession charge stemming from his March arrest in Hollywood. more Ohio woman pleads guilty in fire that killed her children 23 Apr 08, 15:12 ET AP - A woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing her two young children by setting fire to the family's suburban home. more Levin to introduce hate crimes measure 23 Apr 08, 14:55 ET By LOU CHIBBARO JR., Washington Blade | Apr 23, 3:48 PM Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chair of the influential Senate Armed Services Committee, said he plans ... more Recent teen crimes result in arrests of juveniles 23 Apr 08, 13:57 ET A recent pair of school-related crimes resulted in several juvenile arrests — and sent one girl to the hospital. A Noxubee County woman is looking for answers after her 13-year-old daughter said she was beaten by a 17-year-old Noxubee County High School boy. more Barack Obama’s Friend Bernadine Dohrn Was Committing Crimes Well ... 23 Apr 08, 13:51 ET Disclaimer: This article is a blog post and does not represent the views or opinions of Reiten Television, KXNet.com, its staff and associates and is wholly ... more War Crimes Help Not Top Serb Priority -Prosecutor 23 Apr 08, 12:39 ET Serbian officials have said that searching for suspected war criminals on the run is not their top priority, the new chief UN war crimes prosecutor said in ... more POLICE PLEA FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT IN FIGHT AGAINST HATE CRIMES 23 Apr 08, 12:30 ET PSNI Area Commander Paula Hilman has urged local communities across the borough to help police tackle the growing problem of hate crimes. ... more Are War Crimes Inevitable? 23 Apr 08, 11:39 ET Megan McArdle argues that war crimes are an inevitable part of war and therefore, “when you choose war, you choose war crimes–and that this is true ... more NEW ORLEANS MAN INDICTED FOR CRIMES RELATED TO OVERDOSE DEATH 23 Apr 08, 10:13 ET NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA -HENRY DEEB GABRIEL, III, age (23), a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a Superseding Indictment with conspiring ... more Police linking street crimes 23 Apr 08, 09:32 ET DETECTIVES last night appealed for information on three robberies and a carjacking, all on the same day last week and believed to have involved the same ... more EU: Bloc Debates Crimes Of Communism, Revealing 'Old,' 'New' Divisions 23 Apr 08, 09:16 ET By Ahto Lobjakas BRUSSELS -- Can communism be compared to Nazism? Does communism's record deserve as unequivocal a condemnation as that of Nazism? ... more Few hate crimes in state | KXNet.com North Dakota News 23 Apr 08, 09:07 ET MITCHELL, SD (AP) South Dakota has had a hate-crimes law on the books since 1993, but it has rarely been used. State court system records indicate there ... more BOSNIAN COURT SENTENCES FORMER CAMP GUARD COMMANDER FOR WAR CRIMES 23 Apr 08, 08:56 ET The War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia-Herzegovina's State Court sentenced Dusan Fustar on April 22 to nine years in prison for crimes committed in 1992, when he commanded a shift of guards at the Bosnian Serb Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor, RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reported. Prior to the sentencing, Fustar expressed regret for his crimes, which included ... more High Gas Prices = Unique Gas Crimes 23 Apr 08, 08:35 ET Orlando, Florida - Gas thieves targeting Central Florida rental trucks and even hacking station pumps are the latest examples of a growing problem sparked ... more War crimes court cuts jail terms for Bosnian Muslim pair 23 Apr 08, 07:47 ET An appeals panel at the UN War Crimes tribunal has cut jail terms for two former Bosnian Muslim army commanders. more 54 crimes registered in detention facilities this year 23 Apr 08, 07:21 ET Baku. Mahbuba Gasimbayl–APA. 54 crimes were registered in detention facilities in the first quarter of 2008. 16 of them cover illegal drugs turnover, ... more Man sentenced for sex crimes 23 Apr 08, 07:01 ET An Aynor man was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to two sex crimes, according to the 15th Judicial Circuit. more Audit: SC man took $2.1M from missing couple, other clients 23 Apr 08, 07:00 ET AP - An accountant who killed himself after police questioned him in the disappearance of two wealthy clients had embezzled $2.1 million from the couple and seven companies, his former employer said. more Levin seeks to expand hate crimes bill, end Iraq war 23 Apr 08, 06:54 ET By ANNE FLAHERTY AP Writer WASHINGTON—A senior Senate Democrat said Tuesday that he wants to use a major defense policy bill to expand federal hate crimes ... more Pichugin says did not receive orders to commit crimes from Yukosexecutives 23 Apr 08, 06:53 ET MOSCOW. April 23 (Interfax) - Alexei Pichugin, a former head of Yukos's security service, who has been sentenced to life in prison, said in court on Wednesday that he had never received instructions from Leonid Nevzlin, a former major Yukos shareholder, to commit crimes. more High Pump Prices Fueling Unique Gas Crimes In Central Florida 23 Apr 08, 06:50 ET ORLANDO, Fla. -- Gas thieves targeting Central Florida rental trucks and even hacking station pumps are the latest examples of a growing problem sparked by ... more Liquid gold spurs gas crimes 23 Apr 08, 05:31 ET Some Fond du Lac folks apparently turned to crime over the weekend in hopes of saving money on gasoline. Four Fond du Lac teens were arrested Friday night ... more Crimes committed in a spirit of greed 23 Apr 08, 05:12 ET Criminals who tried to use First Nations' spirituality to justify their actions have shamed themselves and saddened law-abiding true believers. ... more Bosnia war crimes trio convicted 23 Apr 08, 03:16 ET Bosnia, 04/23 - Bosnia`s war crimes court has convicted three Bosnian Serbs of killing unarmed Muslim civilians, including women and children, in September 1992. more Green pleads not guilty to sex crimes against children 23 Apr 08, 03:05 ET A 41-year-old Fallon man pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to hundreds of child sex charges in Churchill County District Court. ... more Rare Hate Crimes Conviction in Ukraine 23 Apr 08, 02:51 ET For only the second time in Ukraine's post-Soviet history, a court sentenced defendants to prison for a hate crime, according to UCSJ's Kiev monitor ... more MILLER UNMOVED BY CRIMES OF PASSION 23 Apr 08, 02:50 ET By Gavin McCafferty, PA Sport Former Celtic forward Joe Miller believes the scuffle which followed last week's Old Firm match was a positive sign for both ... more Law incriminates several election crimes 23 Apr 08, 02:00 ET KUWAIT (KUNA): There are several election crimes incriminated by the Kuwaiti law, of which most people are unaware, Kuwaiti academics said here Tuesday. ... more Drug abusers and related crimes drop in number 23 Apr 08, 01:11 ET VietNamNet Bridge – A pilot project on post-detoxification vocational training and job generation in seven provinces and cities has helped sharply reduce ... more Dan Rather moving ahead with CBS lawsuit 23 Apr 08, 00:58 ET Reuters - Former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather was back in court Tuesday asking for a second chance at claims against the network that a judge dismissed April 10. more Dial #DEP to Report Environmental Crimes 23 Apr 08, 00:25 ET Floridians now have a new tool for protecting the state’s natural resources. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently announced ... more

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