Daily News Digest: Crimes and Trials

Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Monday, November 21, 2005 09:00 PM PST Today's Crimes and Trials: Victim's father speaks out after high court upholds wife's conviction Queens man indicted for murdering girlfriend, abandoning daughter in street Russell Crowe pleads guilty to striking hotel employee with telephone Prosecutor Upset Over Ryan's TV Remarks Pregnant Woman to Stand Trial in Stabbing Ex-DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy NY case of accused al Qaeda supporter nears end 'Sopranos' actor pleads guilty Calif. men plead innocent to missile smuggling Authorities Say Pa. Slay Suspect Confessed Mall Suspect: 'Just Follow the Screams' Prosecutors Say Pa. Girl Wasn't Kidnapped Calif. Engineer, Family Plead Not Guilty Man Convicted in Pa. Fire That Killed Two New Jersey city again ranked most dangerous Shopowners from India defended in drug case Tenn. Woman Arraigned in Courthouse Escape Report: School Crime Halved Over 10 Years Safest and Most Dangerous Cities in U.S. Camden, N.J., Ranked Most-Dangerous City Victim's father speaks out after high court upholds wife's conviction Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:56 pm PST CourtTV - (Court TV) — Texas housewife Susan Wright's conviction for murdering her husband will stand, after an appeals court's decision last week, and her father-in-law couldn't be happier. Full Story Top Queens man indicted for murdering girlfriend, abandoning daughter in street Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:45 pm PST CourtTV - NEW YORK (Court TV) — A Queens County grand jury has returned a multiple-count indictment against a Bolivian man for murdering his former girlfriend and abandoning her 4-year-old daughter on a dark street in the middle of the night. Full Story Top Russell Crowe pleads guilty to striking hotel employee with telephone Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:26 pm PST CourtTV - NEW YORK (Cou rt TV) — Actor Russell Crowe admitted in criminal court Friday that he struck a New York hotel employee with a telephone. Full Story Top Prosecutor Upset Over Ryan's TV Remarks Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:10 pm PST AP - A federal prosecutor asked the judge at former Gov. George Ryan's trial Monday to discourage the defendant from making public statements like one last week in which he criticized a prosecution witness, former Sen. Phil Gramm. Full Story Top Pregnant Woman to Stand Trial in Stabbing Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:04 pm PST AP - A pregnant woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend because he tried to keep her from eating a candy bar has been ordered to stand trial on attempted murder and assault charges. Full Story Top Ex-DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:26 pm PST AP - Michael Scanlon, a former partner to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to bribe public officials, a charge growing out of the government investigation of attempts to defraud Indian tribes and corrupt a member of Congress. Full Story Top NY case of accused al Qaeda supporter nears end Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:37 pm PST Reuters - Closing arguments were given on Monday in the case of a Pakistani accused of aiding al Qaeda, with the prosecution and defense debating whether prolonged questioning by FBI agents produced a false confession by the accused man. Full Story Top 'Sopranos' actor pleads guilty Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:02 pm PST Reuters - "Sopranos" actor Vincent Pastore pleaded guilty on Monday to attempted assault on his girlfriend and was sentenced to community service and to undergo therapy for anger management. Full Story Top Calif. men plead innocent to missile smuggling Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:47 pm PST Reuters - Two men snared in an FBI sting operation pleaded innocent on Monday to federal charges they conspired to smuggle shoulder-fired missiles into the United States in a case their lawyers called overblown. Full Story Top Authorities Say Pa. Slay Suspect Confessed Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:42 pm PST AP - An 18-year-old man accused of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend's parents and taking the girl to Indiana confessed to the slayings after his arrest and told police the murder weapon was in his car, according to court documents released Monday. Full Story Top Mall Suspect: 'Just Follow the Screams' Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:50 pm PST AP - A man accused of a shooting spree at a crowded shopping mall told authorities to "just follow the screams" when he called them shortly before opening fire with a pair of assault weapons, according to court documents released Monday. Full Story Top Prosecutors Say Pa. Girl Wasn't Kidnapped Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:16 pm PST AP - A 14-year-old girl whose 18-year-old boyfriend is accused of killing her parents left with him willingly after the slayings, prosecutors said in court papers filed Monday. Full Story Top Calif. Engineer, Family Plead Not Guilty Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:10 pm PST AP - A Chinese-American engineer who worked on Navy warship technology and two family members pleaded not guilty Monday to an indictment alleging they were unregistered agents for China. Full Story Top Man Convicted in Pa. Fire That Killed Two Mon, 21 Nov 2005 01:20 pm PST AP - A handyman whose basement marijuana-growing operation resulted in a smoky fire that killed two firefighters was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter. Full Story Top New Jersey city again ranked most dangerous Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:25 pm PST Reuters - Camden, New Jersey, was the most dangerous city in the United States for the second consecutive year, according to an annual survey released on Monday. Full Story Top Shopowners from India defended in drug case Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:08 pm PST Reuters - The American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday it would defend two convenience store owners from India charged in Georgia with knowingly selling household items used to produce methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug that is sweeping the rural United States. Full Story Top Tenn. Woman Arraigned in Courthouse Escape Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:26 am PST AP - A woman accused of killing a prison guard while helping her convict husband escape from a courthouse was arraigned Monday and her lawyers said they are hoping to see her diary, which was seized by prosecutors. Full Story Top Report: School Crime Halved Over 10 Years Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:09 pm PST AP - One in 20 students was a victim of violence or theft at school in 2003, the government said in a report that shows school crime rates about were half what they were 10 years earlier. Full Story Top Safest and Most Dangerous Cities in U.S. Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:06 pm PST AP - Following are the safest and most dangerous cities with populations over 75,000, according to Morgan Quitno Press. Full Story Top Camden, N.J., Ranked Most-Dangerous City Sun, 20 Nov 2005 09:04 pm PST AP - For the second year in a row, this destitute city has been named the nation's most dangerous, according to a company's annual ranking based on crime statistics. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. 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