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Shiite activist in Bahrain says he was summoned on suspicion of inciting against regime
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A leading Shiite human rights activist in Bahrain said he was summoned Friday by Bahrain's state prosecutors on suspicion of inciting against the kingdom's Sunni rulers. Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja said he was interrogated for four...Tags: Human Rights
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Mo. woman charged with trying to kill husband by spiking his tea with eye drops
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 40-year-old southwest Missouri woman is accused of trying to kill her husband by spiking his tea with a half bottle of Visine eye drops. Greene County deputies said the woman was jailed Thursday night on $100,000 bond on...Tags: Missouri
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Son of ex-Liberian president Taylor gets 97 years in US prison for Liberian torture campaign
AP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI (AP) — Charles McArthur Emmanuel, the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and head of a savage paramilitary unit known as the "Demon Forces," was sentenced Friday to 97 years in prison for torture overseas in the first U.S. case of...Tags: United Nations, Government, Metal and Mineral, War Crimes, Punishment
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Baltimore mayor indicted on theft, perjury charges; accused of accepting gifts from developers
Associated Press WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards intended for the poor that she allegedly used...Tags: Xbox 360, Electronics, Consumer Electronics Industry, Colorado, Martin O'Malley
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APNewsBreak: SC pawn shop owner in NYC mayor lawsuit pleads guilty to selling gun to ex-con
Associated Press WriterCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina pawn shop owner accused by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of recklessly selling a rifle to an ex-convict pleaded guilty Friday to a federal weapons charge. Days before jury selection was set to begin,...Tags: South Carolina, Firearms, Court Administration, Prisons, Justice System
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Pastor arrested in teen-sex case
Sentinel Staff WriterA pastor at a Wildwood church has been arrested and charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a teenaged girl. Michael Kennedy, 51, of Mount Dora, has been charged with two counts of sexual battery. He is being held at the Lake County jail in lieu of $20,...Tags: Police Arrests, Christianity, Lake County Sheriff's Office, Sexual Assault, Police
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Detroit mom, 2 others face trial in sex-party case
A woman accused of hosting a party at her Detroit home where men could pay for lap dances and sex is headed to trial. District Judge Ronald Giles on Friday ordered the 34-year-old woman bound over to Wayne County Circuit Court for trial on charges of...Tags: Court Administration, Justice System, Trials, Lawyers
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St. Clair Co. prosecutor sues over wife's death
St. Clair County's prosecutor and his two teenage sons are suing a Missouri hospital where his wife died a year ago, alleging malpractice. The lawsuit on behalf of State's Attorney Robert Haida's (HAY'-duhz) family was filed this week in St. Louis...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, St. Louis, Missouri
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Barto to appeal CIETC judgment
Associated Press WriterA former state agency official convicted of obstructing an investigation into a scam at a government-funded job training agency plans to appeal her federal conviction. Former Iowa Workforce Development supervisor Jane Barto was sentenced to three...Tags: Punishment, Court Administration, Prisons, Trials, Justice System
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Supreme Court is asked to take Mich. murder case
Associated Press WriterA Michigan man is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a dispute that put him on death row: Does the federal government really have jurisdiction over a murder in a small, mucky lake in Newaygo County? A federal jury chose a death sentence for...Tags: Oklahoma, Court Administration, Local Authority, Prisons, Justice System
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Charges dropped against ex-Reagan budget director
Associated Press WriterFederal prosecutors dropped charges Friday against former Reagan budget director David Stockman, who was accused of overseeing a sweeping fraud at a troubled auto parts supplier that he led before the company collapsed into bankruptcy. The U.S....Tags: Vehicles, Fraud, Car Parts, Ronald Reagan, Car Repair
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7 US governors have been impeached and removed
Only seven U.S. governors have been impeached and removed from office: WILLIAM W. HOLDEN of North Carolina, 1871. Holden was removed after he sent a militia to quell violence by the Ku Klux Klan, and suspended the right of habeas corpus for accused...Tags: Oklahoma, Upper House, Local Elections, Executive Branch, Corrupt Practices
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