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Jury convicts 2 Minn. women in terror case
The jury returned its verdicts in federal court in Minneapolis. They deliberated about 20 hours since getting the case at the end of the day Monday. Amina Farah Ali, 35, and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 64, were each charged with conspiracy to provide material
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:54P
Pine Lawn woman gets 15 years in suffocation death of baby daughter
St. Louis County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison. Sharnique Jones, 23, had been found guilty of second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and assault after a jury trial in August. She was sentenced by Circuit Judge Colleen Dolan.
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:54P
Court spectator assures suspended Buena Vista Officer Kenneth Bluew, accused
Boyd heard testimony this morning from three witnesses as he tries to determine whether there's probable cause to order Bluew to trial on charges of first-degree murder, assault against a pregnant individual intentionally causing miscarriage or
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:54P
Oklahoma Panhandle girl abducted
The 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it imposed a sentence that was 14 years above the range recommended by federal sentencing guidelines. Authorities say the girl was riding her bike near her
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:51P
Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif says verbal abuse from Salman Butt made him bowl
The 28-year-old Asif took the stand for the first time on Thursday on the 12th day of the spot-fixing trial at London's Southwark crown court. Asif bowled one of three no-balls that were allegedly pre-determined, but he denied taking money in return
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:50P
S.Africa suspends Terre'blanche murder trial to Jan.
JOHANNESBURG Oct 20 (Reuters) - A South African court has suspended until January 2012 the trial of two black farmworkers charged with murdering white Supremacist leader Eugene Terre'blanche in a suspected wage dispute, the SAPA news agency reported on
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:50P
Okinawa Noise Trial Begins With 22000 Plaintiffs
TOKYO - Court hearings started Oct. 20 for a noise pollution trial in which 22000 Okinawa residents are seeking to stop early morning and late evening US military exercise flights. The residents near the US Kadena Air Base on the southern island
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:49P
Joanna Yeates killer speaks of crime
A sketch of Vincent Tabak, watched by David and Teresa Yeates, at Bristol crown court where he is on trial for murdering Joanna Yeates. Illustration: Elizabeth Cook/PA Finally, more than 10 months after he killed Joanna Yeates, Vincent Tabak gave an
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:48P
Teacher says she broke up fights, but didn't choke students
A Montgomery County elementary school teacher on trial for allegedly choking her students testified Thursday that she sometimes intervened to break up fights, but never intentionally harmed the children. Susan L. Burke, 36, was testifying at her trial
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:42P
Accused weeps as photo of dead daughter shown in court
Mohammad Shafia (left), his son Hamed (back right) and Tooba Mohammad Yahya (front right) walk into the Frontenac Court courthouse in Kingston, Ont. on October 20, 2011.
Updated: 10/20/2011 01:41P