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Pleading

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First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 Documents

Washington: Old couple jailed, fined $1.85m for spying

AN elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years have pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said. Former State Department official Walter Myers, 72, pleaded ... [Daily Telegraph Australia - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Conspiracy, Washington DC, Pleading

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 40 mins ago - 3 Documents

Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government.Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance and, with the ... [Yahoo! News - 40 mins ago]

Entities: Kendall Myers, Cuba, Pleading, SECURITY CLEARANCE, Top Secret

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Adscam player pleads guilty to fraud in Ottawa courtroom

OTTAWA â One of the minor players in the federal government's sponsorship scandal five years ago has pleaded guilty to fraud.Appearing in an Ottawa courtroom on Friday, an emotional Gilles-Andre Gosselin apologized before being sentenced to two years ... [Canada.com - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Ottawa, Fraud, Pleading

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

St. Charles investment firm owner with ties to BCI Aircraft pleads guilty to tax, wire fraud

A St. Charles man pleaded guilty Monday to six counts in an 11-count indictment accusing him of various federal tax and wire fraud charges stemming from allegations that he defrauded investors in his investment company, Hyatt Johnson Capital LLC.Jason ... [Chicago Tribune - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Wire Fraud, Investment Trust, Pleading

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Christopher Dodd

Republicans press Dodd to slow down

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee Thursday pleaded with the panel's Democratic chairman to slow his timetable for moving financial overhaul legislation.Despite widespread opposition among their ranks to draft legislation that committee Chairman ... [TheDeal.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Christopher Dodd, Bob Corker, Republican Party (US)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents

Teacher jailed for sex with students (ABC)

A former Ballarat school teacher has been sentenced to more than four years' jail for having sex with two students.Two years ago, Michelle Dennis of Sebastapol had sex twice with a 17-year-old student and once with a 14-year-old student.Both boys were ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Susan Cohen, Sentencing, Pleading

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Informant says Galleon tips came from Asia

Richard Choo-Beng Lee, who pleaded guilty to insider trading, tells a federal judge that among the trading tips he received related to 'anticipated revenue results, supply and demand information' ... [FT.com - US - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Insider Trading, Pleading

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Laser eye-surgeon pleads not guilty in alleged murder plot

VICTORIA â A laser eye-surgeon charged with plotting to kill his business partner and a Canadian associate pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Seattle to two charges of criminal solicitation to commit murder.Dr. Michael Mockovak remains in jail, though his ... [Canada.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Laser, Murder, Pleading, LASIK

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

New York, terror trial capital of the US (The Christian Science Monitor)

1993-94: Trial in first World Trade Center bombing.On Feb. 26, 1993, an explosive-packed Ryder truck was driven into the garage of the World Trade Center in New York, killing 6 people and injuring more than 1,000. After a six month trial with 204 witnesses ... [Yahoo! News - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Ramzi Yousef, Mokhtar Haouari, Ahmed Ressam

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Claiming to be physiotherapist leads to fine

Health A British immigrant has been ordered to pay a fine after pleading guilty to misrepresenting himself as a physiotherapist and osteopath.The Auckland District Court yesterday ordered Jonathon Steven Mann to pay $900 in fines after he pleaded guilty ... [stuff.co.nz - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Steven Mann, Physiotherapy, Auckland, Pleading, New Zealand

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Jail for 'battered' man

A domestically abused man, convicted of strangling his wife to death, has been sentenced to 14 years’ jail under a contentious new Victorian law.Anthony Sherna was subjected to infidelity, taunts, insults and isolation throughout his 18-year relationship ... [The Age - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Abuse, Manslaughter, Domestic Violence, Homicide

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Battered husband jailed

A Melbourne man who strangled his controlling de facto wife in a fit of rage has been jailed for 14 years.Anthony Sherna strangled his partner of 18 years, Susanne Wild, with a dressing gown cord in 2008 after she woke his dog, Hubble, with her shout ... [Sky News Australia - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Melbourne, Manslaughter, DE FACTO

Quotes

..."She was using the economy to pour excuses on herself and borrow money," said Paul Greenwood, an assistant district attorney. "We found out she was spending a lot of the money in the casinos."

Congress targets senior abuse [Los Angeles Times - 53 mins ago]

...CAFA confers federal jurisdiction over covered class actions only if, after aggregating the claims of the putative class, "the matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5 million, exclusive of interest and costs." 28 U S C sec. 1332(d)(2)...

Removing The "Fail-Safe" Class Action Under CAFA [Washington Legal Foundation - 3 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Accused US Ponzi schemer: I learned of fraud late [Economy-Finance - 5 hours ago] * Petters defense rests case * Petters said realized fraud only after-the-fact * Petters accused of $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme * Jury may get case on Monday ...
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Diddy Channels Truman Capote for an Epic 40th B... [VF Daily - 6 hours ago] Diddy at his 40th birthday party. From PatrickMcMullan.com. On a November night in 1966, writer Truman Capote took lease of the Plaza Hotel for what many consider ...

Audio/Video

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Raw Video: Frantic 911 Call of Fla. Home Attack [Associated Press - YouTube - 9 hours ago]
Man Who Killed 6 in Wash. State Gets Life [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/18/2009]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made me feel ter... [Slate Magazine - 11/16/2009]
This War Is Hell [Slate Magazine - 11/16/2009]
Today in History November 15, 2009 [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/15/2009]

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