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Justice Minister Rob Nicholson defends citizen's arrest bill and changes to
Tonda MacCharles Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA—A proposed law to expand citizen arrest powers and clarify self-defence protections is not Canada's equivalent of Florida's “stand-your-ground” law implicated in a teen's death, says the federal justice minister.
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:51P

CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMBus attacker wins right to leave mental hospital
The Criminal Code review board said Vince Li's treatment team may grant him short escorted trips into the central Canadian city of Selkirk, Manitoba. The review board said the passes will start at 30 minutes and increase incrementally to a maximum of
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:47P

Jurors hear final arguments over whether the John Edwards sex scandal coverup
Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:42P

Man who beheaded passenger on bus in Canada wins right to escorted town trips
AP WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada won his bid to leave the grounds of the mental hospital where he is being kept, a criminal review board ruled Thursday. The Criminal Code review
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:34P

Bus attacker wins right to leave mental hospital
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. The Associated Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:26P

Law enforcement task force keeps Western MT safe
MISSOULA- It hasn't been around long, but a task force consisting of several federal, state and local agencies has proven to be successful in fighting violent crimes. The FBI decided to expand a Great Falls gang task force and make it the Montana
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:25P

Traveling to the United States Can Be Dangerous
The reason that Davis wound up being hauled in front of a US federal district court and charged with violating US criminal laws is that he traveled to the United States and was arrested at Newark Liberty Airport on his way back to the Netherlands from
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:22P

Traveling to the United States Can Be Dangerous
The reason that Davis wound up being hauled in front of a US federal district court and charged with violating US criminal laws is that he traveled to the United States and was arrested at Newark Liberty Airport on his way back to the Netherlands from
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:22P

Bus Attacker Wins Right to Leave Mental...
A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada won his bid to leave the grounds of the mental hospital where he is being kept, a criminal review board ruled Thursday. The Criminal Code review board said Vince Li's
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:21P

John Edwards 'was a bad husband' but did not violate law, defense says
"The whole scheme was cooked up to support John Edwards' political ambitions," Higdon said of the 2008 cover-up. (Edwards later admitted his affair with Hunter.) Lowell argued that the money used to hide Hunter was a personal donation,
Updated: 05/17/2012 06:19P