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Convicted Spammer Escapes Prison, Murders Family, Kills Himself

a shared story    5 hours 6 minutes ago
Well, this is terrible. Edward Davidson, the "Spam King" who was sentenced to 21 months in jail and ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the IRS for spamming and tax evasion, escaped from prison with the aid of his wife only to then turn a...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Guilty plea entered in ghost boat slayings

a shared story    8 hours 7 minutes ago
An Arkansas man who pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the slayings of four Miami Beach charter boat crew members said in a court statement that he and his accused partner shot them after a confrontation on the high seas.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Woman accused in baby snatching is ruled competent

a shared story    21 hours 7 minutes ago
The suspect accused of cutting a baby from his mother's womb was found mentally competent by a judge Thursday, despite a psychiatrist's ...   comments (0)  | report problem


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Detainee on trial said boss left Gitmo

a shared story    18 hours 6 minutes ago
A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden's top bodyguard, according to testimony Thursday in the war crimes trial of another alleged bodyguard.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Boy kills 9-year-old at Suriname school

a shared story    21 hours 7 minutes ago
AP - Police say a boy stabbed and killed a 9-year-old girl in front of her classmates and teacher at an elementary school in Suriname.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal

a shared story    16 hours 7 minutes ago
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Sentencing of Rights Leader for Incest Is Delayed

a shared story    4 hours 7 minutes ago
A Loudoun County judge today postponed the sentencing hearing for James L. Bevel, a civil rights leader in the 1960s who in April was convicted of incest for having sex with his teenage daughter. Bevel, 71, faces up to 15 years in prison in connection...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Va. executes killer who challenged injections

a shared story    18 hours 7 minutes ago
JARRATT, Va. -- A killer who argued that Virginia's procedures for lethal injection were unconstitutional has been executed after a federal appeals court rejected his claims. Thirty-six-year-old Christopher Scott Emmett was pronounced dead at 9:07 p.m. Thursday. Gov. Tim Kaine declined to intervene. Emmett's final...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Grand jury clears DeKalb police in 8 cases

a shared story    23 hours 7 minutes ago
A DeKalb County grand jury has found police justified in eight use-of-force cases last year, including the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man who battled several officers.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Cicero gas station reports attempt to disrupt credit card system

a shared story    23 hours 7 minutes ago
An operator of a Cicero gas station called police Tuesday after finding that two men had climbed the roof of the business to cover up a credit card transmission antenna with foil, apparently to block the signal, a police report said.   comments (0)  | report problem



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