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Judge tosses case seeking rights for orcas
(AP)
AP - An effort to free whales from SeaWorld by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped in court Wednesday.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:26:06 GMT
Mistrial declared for woman accused in baby death
(AP)
AP - An Oregon judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked in the murder trial of a 24-year-old hotel clerk accused of killing her newborn son.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:35:36 GMT
Jurors in North Dakota gun-in-courtroom recess
(AP)
AP - A man accused of brandishing a gun in a western North Dakota courtroom and unsuccessfully trying to kill jurors, a sheriff and a prosecutor told a jury Wednesday he forgot the weapon was in his pants and he panicked after he was found guilty of child molestation.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:28:03 GMT
Gov't opposes new trial in Ohio fire that killed 9
(AP)
 AP - A mentally disabled former drug dealer convicted in the fire deaths of nine people, including eight children at a birthday sleepover, on Wednesday won a new trial from a judge who said jailhouse snitches and other witnesses were unreliable.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:04:51 GMT
Split verdict for corporate espionage suspect
(AP)
AP - A judge convicted a Chinese-born American Wednesday of stealing trade secrets but acquitted her of more serious charges of economic espionage at a trial that highlighted persistent fears about China pilfering vital information from U.S. companies to bolster its own economy and military.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:03:41 GMT
US judge questions prison conditions in arms case
(AP)
AP - A judge on Wednesday upheld the jury conviction of a Russian arms dealer known as the Merchant of Death, but said his prison conditions seemed "harsh" and "brutal."
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:24:09 GMT
Feds charge Chinese firm with trade secret theft
(AP)
AP - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday significantly expanded a long-running trade secrets case when they unsealed an indictment that accuses a company owned by the Chinese government of conspiring with a California couple to steal trade secrets from DuPont Co.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:16:39 GMT
Ex-TV producer sent to Mexico to face murder charge
(Reuters)
Reuters - A former producer of the reality TV show "Survivor" was extradited to Mexico on Wednesday to stand trial for the 2010 murder of his wife in the resort town of Cancun, attorneys in the case said.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:41:46 GMT
Officer in WA accused of stealing from family fund
(AP)
AP - A Lakewood police officer was charged with embezzling more than $120,000 from a fund for families of four colleagues who were shot to death while on duty then spending some of the money on trips to Las Vegas, the U.S. attorney's office said Wednesday.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:36:56 GMT
Colorado court says fugitive sibling has plea deal
(AP)
AP - One of the three Dougherty siblings accused in a multi-state crime spree has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, a spokesman for the Colorado court system said Wednesday.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:27:19 GMT
Ex-Motorola engineer guilty of stealing trade secrets
(Reuters)
Reuters - A former engineer at Motorola Inc who was stopped at O'Hare International Airport carrying more than 1,000 of the company's proprietary documents was found guilty of stealing trade secrets on Wednesday but cleared of engaging in economic espionage for China.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:05:14 GMT
Reality TV producer sent to Mexico in wife's death
(AP)
 AP - A reality television producer charged with killing his wife while on vacation in Mexico has been extradited from the U.S. to await trial, the next step in a legal saga that has played out on both sides of the border.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:10 GMT
Reputed mobster 'The Large Guy' gets 25 years
(AP)
AP - A reputed mob boss known for his wide girth and reputation for violence was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday in a federal court in Chicago.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:55:26 GMT
Romanian accused of hacking NASA-JPL computers
(AP)
AP - The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office says a federal grand jury has indicted a Romanian citizen on charges he hacked into 25 climate-research computers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:57 GMT
Ohio Craigslist murder suspect waives quick trial
(AP)
AP - There won't be a trial soon for an Ohio man suspected in the shooting deaths of three men lured to a rural area by bogus job listings on Craigslist.
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:47 GMT
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