Missouri Torture Case Ends in Guilty Plea
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CN) - A man from the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood pleaded guilty to federal charges of sexually torturing a mentally deficient woman.
View ArticleNice Work If You Can Get It
SAN DIEGO (CN) - Federal prosecutors say a medical technician at Calipatria State Prison in the Imperial Valley made $33,600 from smuggling in contraband for prisoners.
View ArticleNY State Senator Admits Taking $500K in Bribes
MANHATTAN (CN) - State Senator Carl Kruger, the chairman of the New York Senate's Finance Committee, pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking nearly $500,000 in bribes in exchange for his official actions.
View ArticleProducers Call Live Nation a Defamatory Bully
NEWARK (CN) - The leaders of a New Jersey production company claim Live Nation Entertainment, the "world's largest promoter of live popular music concerts," defamed them as "thieves" and "broke"...
View ArticleRipped Off in Iraq, Class of Guards Claims
LAS VEGAS (CN) - A private security guard in Iraq says in a class action that his employer SOC Nevada made its employees work up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, in "ultrahazardous...
View ArticleNavajo Say U.S. Sacked Canyon for Bones & Art
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (CN) - The Navajo Nation claims the National Park Service sacked more than 300 sets of human remains and cultural artifacts from Canyon de Chelly National Monument, in violation of...
View ArticleOnline Poker Officer Faces Hard Time
MANHATTAN (CN) - The director of payment processing for an online gambling site pleaded guilty Tuesday and faces up to 25 years in prison on federal charges of conspiring to commit bank fraud and...
View Article'Oh, That $126 Million ...'
WASHINGTON (CN) - Comcast CEO Brian Roberts bought more than $126 million in voting securities in his company without properly notifying the Federal Trade Commission or the Antitrust Division of...
View ArticleThanks a Lot, Uncle Sam
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (CN) - A southeast Idaho family claims the Bonneville Power Administration illegally built a road across their land, which they had specially seeded and preserved as...
View ArticleJailed for Three Months for Doing His Job
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - The owner of a junk hauling company claims Philadelphia police threw him in jail for three months after arresting him at a worksite where he was legally removing copper pipes...
View ArticleTimeshare Was a $15,000 Ripoff, Couple Says
WEST PALM BEACH (CN) - A married couple claims a timeshare company used "fraud and trickery" to pressure them into paying more than $15,000 for what it called "a 'truly valuable investment...
View ArticleAon Corp. Whacked for $16.3 Million
WASHINGTON (CN) - Aon Corp. will pay $14.5 million to the SEC and a $1.8 million criminal fine for bribing overseas companies to get their business, the SEC said Tuesday in a settled complaint.
View ArticleCalifornia Sues Freddie & Fannie for Info
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - California's attorney general says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refused to provide information to the state's Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, which is investigating the mortgage...
View ArticleTexas Busts Shameless Police 'Charity'
AUSTIN (CN) - The state attorney general claims a phony Texas Highway Patrol Association took donations under false claims the money would help families of slain police officers, but spent more...
View ArticleEx-NFL Pro Named in Pump & Dump Scheme
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The SEC claims Heart Tronics, "a purported heart monitoring device company," installed retired pro football player Willie Gault as a "figurehead co-CEO," while the mastermind,...
View ArticleAnother Scandal at Webcam School District
PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A teacher claims the school district that made national headlines by snooping on its students with Webcams on school-issued laptops tried to "rectify the public relations...
View ArticleWitness Ties Bradley Manning to Wikileaks
FORT MEADE, Md. (CN) - Witness testimony concluded this morning (Wednesday) in a hearing to determine whether Pfc. Bradley Manning will face court-martial for allegedly sharing classified data...
View Article9th Circuit Appoints 3 New Bankruptcy Judges
(CN) - Three California attorneys will take the bench early next year, replacing retiring bankruptcy judges in California's Northern, Central and Eastern Districts, the 9th Circuit said.
View ArticleOracle Aims for January Trial Against Google
(CN) - Google and Oracle are at odds as to whether January is too early to begin the trial that will determine whether Android phones infringe on Oracle's patented Java technology.
View ArticleGolden State Warrior Sued for Sex Harassment
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - A woman who worked for the Golden State Warriors says that guard Monta Ellis "sexually harassed, intimidated and stalked" her, and that the NBA team and its owners turn a...
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