Daily News Digest: Crimes and Trials

Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Thursday, December 01, 2005 01:00 AM PST Today's Crimes and Trials: Family of shoplifting suspect who died in scuffle sues Wal-Mart Trial begins for man accused in the death of another during brawl Family and friends testify about child killer's good qualities Judge Lets 10 Colo. Convictions Stand Fort Campbell Soldier Charged in Shooting Alito proposed anti-abortion strategy in 1985 Hundreds of Questions Await 9/11 Jury Pool US set to carry out 1,000th execution this week Rap music moguls' trial goes to NY jury Bye-bye BlackBerry? RIM faces potential injunction Pittsburgh hit and run victim found after 3 days South Korean computer chip maker pleads guilty in US court to price fixing Calif. court declines to stay gang leader execution Murder Inc. Trial Reaches Final Arguments Taste for executions fed by crime, culture Lagat to appeal over loss of earnings judgement Ex-Fugitive Pleads Guilty in Vegas Heist N.H. GOP Tries to Block Phone Subpoena Vietnamese police consider Glitter rape charge US appeals court delays Padilla jail transfer Family of shoplifting suspect who died in scuffle sues Wal-Mart Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:03 pm PST CourtTV - (Cour t TV) — The family of a man suspected of shoplifting from a Texas Wal-Mart is suing the retail giant after an autopsy revealed that he suffocated to death while security guards restrained him. Full Story Top Trial begins for man accused in the death of another during brawl Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:33 am PST CourtTV - (Cou rt TV) — When Jeffrey John's cousin was evicted from her apartment building, John and a relative allegedly showed up at the building to have a word with the landlord. A brawl erupted and John wound up dead. Full Story Top Family and friends testify about child killer's good qualities Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:28 am PST CourtTV - SARASOTA, Fla. (Court TV) — An evangelical hairdresser, a wildlife artist who raises "show rabbits," a priest in training and a doctor. Full Story Top Judge Lets 10 Colo. Convictions Stand Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:54 pm PST AP - A judge has ruled that the convictions of 10 people will stand even though transcripts from each case have not been completed by a court reporter who said breast cancer interfered with her work. Full Story Top Fort Campbell Soldier Charged in Shooting Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:17 pm PST AP - A soldier accused of opening fire on fellow soldiers six weeks ago has been charged with attempted murder, Fort Campbell officials said Wednesday. No one was wounded. Full Story Top Alito proposed anti-abortion strategy in 1985 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:18 pm PST Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, as a Reagan administration lawyer 20 years ago, outlined ways to limit abortion rights without overturning a 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, a memo released on Wednesday showed. Full Story Top Hundreds of Questions Await 9/11 Jury Pool Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:57 pm PST AP - Lawyers representing Zacarias Moussaoui want to ask potential jurors more than 300 questions — including their opinions of high-profile FBI investigations and their response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — as part of the selection process for his trial. Full Story Top US set to carry out 1,000th execution this week Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:23 pm PST Reuters - The United States is virtually certain this week to execute its 1,000th prisoner since 1977 with two inmates scheduled to die by lethal injection in North Carolina and South Carolina, where they are unlikely to be granted clemency, experts said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Rap music moguls' trial goes to NY jury Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:15 pm PST Reuters - Prosecutors accused rap moguls Irving and Christopher Lorenzo of laundering cash for one of New York's "biggest, baddest" drug lords, but defense lawyers countered they were victims of guilt by association. Full Story Top Bye-bye BlackBerry? RIM faces potential injunction Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:09 pm PST AFP - The maker of the BlackBerry handheld computer, Research in Motion, moved closer to a potentially devastating court injunction in the US market after a judge denied its request to end a patent violation lawsuit. Full Story Top Pittsburgh hit and run victim found after 3 days Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:10 pm PST Reuters - A hit-and-run victim was left dead on a Pittsburgh roadside for three days, probably because he was covered by snowfall, police said on Wednesday. Full Story Top South Korean computer chip maker pleads guilty in US court to price fixing Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:45 pm PST AFP - South Korean electronics goliath Samsung pleaded guilty in US court to price fixing in a deal that came with a fine of 300 million dollars. Full Story Top Calif. court declines to stay gang leader execution Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:19 pm PST Reuters - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stop the execution in two weeks of former street gang leader and convicted killer Stanley "Tookie" Williams, whose supporters say has turned his life around in prison as an anti-gang activist and author. Full Story Top Murder Inc. Trial Reaches Final Arguments Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:28 pm PST AP - A constellation of hip-hop stars gathered Wednesday for closing arguments in the trial of a top rap executive who prosecutors say laundered more than $1 million in drug money for a notorious cocaine kingpin. Full Story Top Taste for executions fed by crime, culture Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:22 pm PST Reuters - One of the highest murder rates in the world, a tradition of frontier justice and unwavering faith in biblical retribution have helped keep the death penalty alive in the United States even as much of the modern world has rejected it, experts on the subject say. Full Story Top Lagat to appeal over loss of earnings judgement Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:11 pm PST AFP - The 2004 Olympic 1500 metres silver medallist Bernard Lagat appealed against the court ruling he was not entitled to lost earnings despite being cleared of using the blood-boosting drug EPO (erythropoietin). Full Story Top Ex-Fugitive Pleads Guilty in Vegas Heist Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:01 pm PST AP - A former armored car driver who turned herself in after more than a decade in hiding pleaded guilty Wednesday in a $2.9 million heist on the Las Vegas Strip. Full Story Top N.H. GOP Tries to Block Phone Subpoena Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:35 pm PST AP - New Hampshire's Republican Party is fighting a subpoena from federal prosecutors for documents from the party's own investigation of a plot to jam Democratic phone lines on Election Day 2002. Full Story Top Vietnamese police consider Glitter rape charge Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:34 am PST Reuters - British rocker Gary Glitter, charged in Vietnam last week with child molestation, is now under investigation for raping children, Vietnamese police said on Wednesday. Full Story Top US appeals court delays Padilla jail transfer Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:03 am PST Reuters - A federal appeals court on Wednesday delayed the transfer to civilian jail from a Navy brig of Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen charged by the government last week after being held by the military for more than three years as a suspected enemy combatant. 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. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.