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4 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Egypt stops opposition leader from traveling to US

Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

WKJK-AM Louisville

It Was the Food

T hey were angry about the food. A guard at a Kentucky prison says that was the main reason inmates rioted and set fire to buildings in August.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Kentucky Government, Northpoint Training Center, State Prisons

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Palestinian shock: President says he wants to quit

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pushed Mideast peace prospects into unknown territory Thursday, announcing he doesn't want another term and opening the way to a succession battle that could play into the hands of his rival, the militant Hamas.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Post and Courier

Graham, DeMint agree on trials

South Carolina's Republican U.S. senators differ on whether Guantanamo Bay detainees should be sent to the Navy brig in Hanahan, but said they will work together to keep the accused terrorists out of federal courts.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Jim DeMint, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Hanahan, SC

Boston.com

Ohio woman: I got away from serial killing suspect

Suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell seemed like a "civilized person" on the April evening that Tanja Doss went up to his third-floor bedroom for a beer -- until, she said, he leapt up and began choking her and threatening to kill her.

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Related Topix: Warrensville Heights, OH, Cleveland Metro, Cuyahoga County, OH

Sunherald.com

Exonerated man seeks cash for 27-year sentence

No bars or razor wire hold former Florida inmate No. 082629. Instead, William Dillon sits on furniture the color of ripe lemons, surrounded by cheerful animal statues and blooming plants, a prisoner no longer after 27 years.

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Related Topix: Brevard County, FL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The State

Texas polygamist sect member guilty of sex assault

ELDORADO, Texas -- The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following last year's raid at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in West Texas was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage." Raymond Jessop, 38, didn't visibly react when the verdict was read after just more than ...

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Related Topix: Texas, Eldorado, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law, West, TX

www.marshallnewsmessenger.com | lois sprague

Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attack at Fort Hood

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorites said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Fort Knox, US Politics, John Carter, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

www.rdmag.com | lois sprague

Iranian Outrage Boiling Over; Election Aftermath; Swine Flu

BLITZER: Just clarify that one little nugget because there's been a lot of concern about the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, that they are going to get the vaccine before people here in the United States who really need it.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

www.voanews.com | lois sprague

US Senate Panel Tackles Problems Posed by Shell Corporations

The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Thursday tackled the problems posed by shell companies, or companies with hidden ownership.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Carl Levin, Democrat, Criminal Defense Law, Law

KVVU-TV Henderson

Woman Calls 911, Says Man Won't Marry Her

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee woman was arrested after she repeatedly made nonemergency calls to the city's 911 system, Clarksville police said.

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Related Topix: Clarksville, TN, State Prisons, Montgomery County Jail

St. Petersburg Times

British deaths raise questions about Afghan police

The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan police officer underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghanistan someday.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Boston.com

Victims, relatives to witness sniper execution

Some ache for revenge, others simply for justice. There is frustration, too, and defiance.

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Related Topix: Sacramento Metro

WSHM - News - News Now

Pamela Smart gets settlement over prison pictures

A federal judge has approved a settlement ending a prison lawsuit filed by Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence in one of New Hampshire's most notorious murders.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

Wed Nov 04, 2009

www.kgun9.com | lois sprague

San Carlos man sentenced in reservation slaying

A San Carlos man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for the slaying of a security guard.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons

WHDH

Competency evaluation delayed in museum shooting

Officials at a prison hospital say chronic medical problems are complicating a psychiatric evaluation for the 89-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Butner, NC

CANOE

Former NBA ref out of jail

Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was a free man Wednesday after serving most of a 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal.

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Related Topix: Hernando County, FL, Federal Prisons

The Globe and Mail

Italian judge convicts 23 Americans in CIA renditions

Italian judge convicts 23 Americans in CIA renditions Italian Judge Oscar Magi is seen at the Milan court, Italy, Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Terrorism

CANOE

Iranian forces beat protesters

Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons and fired tear gas Wednesday on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, witnesses and state media reported.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

CFO

Madoff Auditor Pleds Guilty but Makes Bail

After admitting to nine fraud charges, he's out of jail while he helps the government further investigate the mega investment ripoff.

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Related Topix: Bernie Madoff, Criminal Defense Law, Law

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