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Friday, Oct 19, 2012 04:36 PM PDT
Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Lawyer tells jurors about Britney Spears' life Steelers ex-doc has no comment on steroid charges Man arrested in connection with Finmeccanica probe: sources Court: Judge erred in tossing Smith case verdicts TNK-BP manager arrested on suspicion of fraud Man who jumped into Thames during Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race sentenced to 6 months in jail Official proposes bullet tax to curb Chicago crime TNK-BP manager arrested on suspicion of fraud in Russia Second man arrested in plot to bomb US Federal Reserve: NYT Utah video game developer sentenced to year in jail, fined $1.2 million for not paying wages

Lawyer tells jurors about Britney Spears' life  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 04:36 PM PDT A lawyer for Britney Spears' father told jurors Friday that the singer's family went to heroic efforts to save her during a well-chronicled public meltdown that included shaving her head and other bizarre behavior. Full Story	Top
Steelers ex-doc has no comment on steroid charges  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 12:08 PM PDT A former Pittsburgh Steelers doctor and his defense attorney declined to comment at his initial federal court appearance on illegal steroid-distribution and other charges. Full Story	Top
Man arrested in connection with Finmeccanica probe: sources  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 11:21 AM PDT MILAN (Reuters) - A man was arrested in Switzerland on Friday in connection with a probe into allegations that Italian defense group Finmeccanica paid kickbacks to win an Indian helicopter deal, Italian judicial sources said. In an emailed statement, Swiss authorities said they had asked magistrates to arrest an Italian-U.S. citizen on allegations of money laundering and corruption in connection with the supply of helicopters to India by an Italian state-owned company. The statement did not elaborate. ... Full Story	Top
Court: Judge erred in tossing Smith case verdicts  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 08:19 AM PDT An appellate court said a trial judge erred in dismissing conspiracy convictions against Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist and manager, a ruling that defense attorneys said could send the case in different directions. Full Story	Top
TNK-BP manager arrested on suspicion of fraud  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 08:16 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A manager at Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, the Russian Interior Ministry and the company said on Friday. The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the suspect, who had previously worked in the Irkutsk regional government, had in September offered jobs in the Kremlin to two businessmen in return for payments of $3 million apiece. TNK-BP in an emailed statement confirmed that the man arrested was Igor Korneyev but said the arrest was not connected to his work at the company. ... Full Story	Top
Man who jumped into Thames during Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race sentenced to 6 months in jail  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 07:58 AM PDT LONDON - A British man has been sentenced to six months in jail for disrupting the annual Boat Race between English universities Oxford and Cambridge by jumping into the River Thames. Full Story	Top
Official proposes bullet tax to curb Chicago crime  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 05:34 AM PDT As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet and firearm â€" an effort that has national gun-rights advocates already considering a legal challenge. Full Story	Top
TNK-BP manager arrested on suspicion of fraud in Russia  Friday, Oct 19, 2012 01:02 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A government relations manager at Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, the Russian Interior Ministry and the company said on Friday. The arrest of Igor Korneyev, who TNK-BP said had worked at the company for three months, comes after state-controlled oil major Rosneft made offers totalling over $50 billion to take over Russia's No.3 oil firm. TNK-BP is a 50-50 joint venture founded in 2003 between Britain's BP and a quartet of Soviet-born billionaires. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Douglas Busvine; Editing by Steve Gutterman) Full Story	Top
Second man arrested in plot to bomb US Federal Reserve: NYT  Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 10:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said a man arrested in San Diego on child pornography charges was linked to plot by a Bangladeshi man to set off a bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the New York Times reported. The newspaper said Howard Willie Carter II was suspected of being an accomplice to Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, a Bangladeshi who was arrested in New York on Wednesday in a sting operation. Nafis faces charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, the U.S. ... Full Story	Top
Utah video game developer sentenced to year in jail, fined $1.2 million for not paying wages  Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 08:30 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY - The developer of video games including "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005" is serving a yearlong jail sentence in Utah for failing to pay more than 100 employees. Full Story	Top

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