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Honolulu police posting DUI mug shots on Internet

AP - Wed Nov 25, 3:48 AM ET

HONOLULU - Mug shots of drunken driving suspects are landing on the Honolulu Police Department's Web site, creating a virtual wall of shame long before suspects get their day in court.

  • Kentucky State Police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski shows how 'fed' was written from the bottom up as she answers questions regarding the death of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)
    Authorities: Hanged Ky. census worker killed self AP - 1 minute ago

    FRANKFORT, Ky. - When an eastern Kentucky census worker was found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest, suspicion fell on the hardscrabble Appalachian area where bad news seems like a way of life.

  • 'Junior' Gotti NYC jury signals deadlock — again AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:45 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A jury considering racketeering and murder charges against John "Junior" Gotti told a judge Tuesday it was deadlocked for a second time before resuming work and indicating it was looking to deliberate into next week.

  • Jury adjourns till Monday in Ponzi fraud case Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 6:43 PM ET

    ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters will wait at least six more days to learn his fate after a federal jury adjourned deliberations without reaching a verdict over whether he orchestrated a $3.65 billion fraud.

  • 2 plead guilty in Calif. freeway shootings AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:08 PM ET

    OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men have pleaded guilty to shooting high-powered pellet guns at dozens of cars on San Francisco Bay area freeways.

  • Men charged with attempting to support Hezbollah Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 5:58 PM ET

    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Two Lebanese men were charged on Tuesday with attempting to provide material support to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by exporting machine guns to Syria from Philadelphia, U.S. authorities said.

  • Jury issues death sentence in Pa. officer slaying AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:48 PM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - A baby-faced cop killer accepted a Philadelphia jury's death sentence Tuesday, vowing to take responsibility for shooting the veteran officer during a doughnut-store robbery.

  • Blogger accused of crimes subpoenas NJ gov-elect AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:36 PM ET

    NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey blogger scheduled to go on trial next week on charges that he threatened three federal judges in hate-filled postings has subpoenaed the state's governor-elect to testify on his behalf.

  • NY dad pleads guilty to kidnapping superintendent AP - Tue Nov 24, 5:29 PM ET

    NEW CITY, N.Y. - A former New York City police officer has admitted he held a suburban school superintendent at gunpoint in June.

  • Stuyvesant tenants may ask court to set rent Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 5:00 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorneys for tenants in a vast New York City apartment complex said they would ask the state court to set the next 2010 rents if negotiations with landlord Tishman Speyer are unsuccessful.

  • Howard Stewart, 50, of New Haven, Conn., is arraigned in Superior Court in New Haven, Conn., Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Stewart was arraigned on assault and arson charges in connection with a fire at his home Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 where his wife, Christina Lee, sustained serious burns. Stewart's bond was set at $2 million. Stewart's Public Defender, Renee Cimino is at right. (AP Photo/Tom MacMillan, Pool)
    Conn. man pleads not guilty to burning girlfriend AP - Tue Nov 24, 3:34 PM ET

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to charges he set his girlfriend on fire and tried to set her 12-year-old daughter ablaze.

  • This undated photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Mario McNeill already accused of kidnapping 5-year-old Shaniya Davis faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Mario McNeill is being charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters at a news conference. (AP Photo/National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
    NC dad defends letting mom take girl later slain AP - Tue Nov 24, 2:25 PM ET

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.

  • LA police release sketch of possible serial killer AP - Tue Nov 24, 2:18 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police have released a composite sketch of a man believed to have killed at least 11 people since 1985.

  • Jacques Monsieur (L) sits besides his lawyer Marc Preumont while appearing before Brussels' Correctionnal court in 2002. Monsieur , an alleged Belgian arms dealer, on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said.(AFP/BELGA/File/Virginie Lefour)
    Arms dealer pleads guilty in Ala. smuggling case AP - Tue Nov 24, 12:19 PM ET

    MOBILE, Ala. - A Belgian arms dealer has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting airplane engines and parts from the U.S. to Iran for use in aging F-5 fighter jets sold to the Islamic nation before its 1979 revolution.

  • FBI Special Agent in Charge Ralph Boelter answers questions during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Minneapolis, about newly unsealed charges against eight defendant related to involvement with extremist groups in Somalia. U.S. Attorney for Minnesota B. Todd Jones looks on at right. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, David Denney) ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT. MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV NOT TV. MAGS OUT.
    Minn. man pleads not guilty in Somali terror probe AP - Tue Nov 24, 12:09 PM ET

    MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to terror-related charges in connection with the disappearances of as many as 20 young men who left the Twin Cities to fight with terrorists in Somalia.

  • NYC police promote head of 9/11 trial security AP - Tue Nov 24, 3:02 AM ET

    NEW YORK - The man in charge of the New York City Police Department's security planning for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack suspects is being promoted.

  • FILE - This 2000 file picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, file)
    Leaders of Pentagon probe come to Fort Hood AP - Tue Nov 24, 6:41 PM ET

    FORT HOOD, Texas - Former top Pentagon officials investigating the attack at a Texas Army post have visited the site of the shootings and a military hospital.

  • Iranian soldiers carry out a military manoeuvre near the city of Zahedan close to the Pakistani border. An alleged Belgian arms dealer has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said.(AFP/FARS News/File)
    Belgian in US court admits Iran arms dealing AFP - Tue Nov 24, 1:10 AM ET

    MOBILE, Alabama (AFP) - An alleged Belgian arms dealer has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said.

  • Ala. DA: 14-year-old might have arranged gang rape AP - Mon Nov 23, 11:19 PM ET

    MONROEVILLE, Ala. - A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.

  • Not guilty plea in alleged Ariz. honor killing AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:01 PM ET

    PHOENIX - An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized has pleaded not guilty in a Phoenix court.

  • Former state Sen. Joseph Bruno leaves federal court in Albany, N.Y., on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. A jury will begin deliberations Tuesday morning in the federal corruption case against Bruno. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
    Ex-NY politician's corruption trial wrapping up AP - Mon Nov 23, 7:54 PM ET

    ALBANY, N.Y. - The corruption case of former New York Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has gone to the jury, which will decide whether he used his power to line his pockets and deprive New Yorkers of honest government.

  • Kan. nurse resentenced in `nude therapy' case AP - Mon Nov 23, 7:42 PM ET

    WICHITA, Kan. - A Kansas nurse convicted of enslaving mentally ill residents of a Newton group home was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after a federal judge acknowledged the original seven-year term was too short.

  • Wis. man with alleged child porn shrine charged AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:39 PM ET

    MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin man transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls, arranging mannequins in a sex act, plastering every flat surface with pictures and setting up a bed covered with stuffed animals, investigators said Monday.

  • Ruling delayed for Filipino jailed in spy case AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:24 PM ET

    NEWARK, N.J. - A judge reserved ruling Monday on whether a former Philippine National Police officer who served prison time for receiving classified U.S. government documents will be extradited to face murder charges back home.

  • Lawyer steals from clients, gets 86 months prison Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 3:56 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arkansas lawyer who once specialized in securities fraud litigation was sentenced in Manhattan federal court on Monday to 86 months in prison for stealing $9.3 million from clients.

  • Man pleads innocent to taping Erin Andrews nude Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 3:46 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he peeped into television sports reporter Erin Andrews' hotel room when she was nude, took video of her and tried to sell the footage.

  • $75M verdict unsealed in Prempro-cancer case AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:32 PM ET

    PHILADELPHIA - A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug.

  • Ex-prosecutor pleads not guilty to bribery charges AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:24 PM ET

    NEWARK, N.J. - A former federal prosecutor and prominent New Jersey defense attorney whose past clients have included Queen Latifah and Lil' Kim has pleaded not guilty to bribery, drug and prostitution charges.

  • Transgender murderer renews electrolysis request AP - Mon Nov 23, 2:42 PM ET

    BOSTON - A convicted murderer who is seeking a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation has asked a judge to order Massachusetts prison officials to provide electrolysis treatments.

  • Abortion slaying suspect may use necessity defense AP - Mon Nov 23, 1:57 PM ET

    WICHITA, Kan. - Seemingly contradicting his own public statements, an attorney for the man accused of gunning down a Kansas abortion provider has argued in court documents that his client has an "absolute right" to present a defense that argues the killing was justified to stop abortion.

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