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Vegas Gang Member Pleads Guilty in '04 Shooting
The U.S. attorney for Nevada says a Las Vegas street gang member has pleaded guilty to two counts in connection with a 2004 shooting at a North Las Vegas apartment complex.
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US adopts new curbs on arrests of illegal immigrants
An overhauled federal program allowing local and state law enforcement officials to arrest and deport immigrants will focus on the most serious criminals and limit officers' police powers, the Homeland Security Department said Friday.
News Story: More bones found, Ill. cemetery closed to public
Family members use maps to search for the graves of relatives at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., Friday, July 10, 2009.
Lancelot Investment accused of aiding Ponzi scheme
Lancelot Investment Management and its owner have been accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of aiding a multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme.
Court gives lawmakers legal protection
What Congress members divulge in Capitol Hill ethics probes about their own behavior can't be used against them in federal criminal investigations, an appeals court ruled in a case arising from the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
Prosecutor says foreign students neglected in Pa.
A Pennsylvania prosecutor says charges are warranted in the criminal neglect of foreign exchange students in the past school year.
Items seized in cat killing case might be returned
A judge is expected to hear arguments on whether to release property that was seized while police investigated the killings of more than a dozen cats in two south Miami-Dade County neighborhoods.
DISGRACED: Bernard Madoff, a former Nasdaq stock market chairman, has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for his fraudulent dealings.
Court rules stealing from partially fenced area not enough for burglary
A man suspected of stealing aluminum auto wheels from a rural business wasn't guilty of a criminal break-in because the property wasn't fenced on all sides, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96k
Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.
SEC expected to call for California IOUs to be regulated as securities
The recipients of billions of dollars in IOUs being issued by California soon may have a regulated market where they could sell them.
Wisconsin student accused in Facebook scam wants lower bail
A New Berlin student accused of blackmailing boys for sex in a scam that started on Facebook is due back in court today.
Police: Kidnapper was on a 'suicide mission'
An advertising executive who handcuffed his ex-wife and held her hostage inside their home was on a ``suicide mission,'' printing out piles of papers on how to kill himself before setting the house on fire when the woman escaped and refusing to leave, police said.
Lawyers, bankers and brokers charged in massive US mortgage fraud
Twenty-five people, including lawyers, bankers, mortgage brokers and appraisers, and a mortgage company have been charged with committing mortgage frauds involving at least $US102 million, New York City prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Paris Hilton sued in fraud case
MIAMI a ' In an odd intersection of showbiz and securities fraud, proving a claim that Paris Hilton was a lousy pitchwoman would benefit investors jilted by a Ponzi scheme she had no part in.
Mass. sues feds over definition of marriage
Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Stricter labeling urged for bottled water
Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink almost for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers say in new reports.Both the Government Accountability Office and the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research and advocacy ...
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says temporary budgets are costly, hurt vulnerable citizens
State government is starting to crack along the seams as Ohio moves into the second week of temporary budgeting with costs reaching about $14 million a week, Gov.
Lawyers group gives Sotomayor its highest rating
The nation's lawyers and law enforcement leaders gave Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ringing endorsements Tuesday, even as Republicans tried to rally opposition.
FDA resists push to ban painkiller Darvocet but orders stronger warnings about overdose risk
The government is letting the painkillers Darvocet, Darvon and their generic cousins stay on the market but ordered stronger warnings against deadly overdoses on Tuesday.