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Recruiter gets 4-year sentence for sexual battery
A former National Guard recruiter who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting potential female enlistees has been sentenced to four years in prison. Eric Vetesy pleaded guilty in May to 10 charges including sexual battery and official misconduct for...Tags: Prisons, Abusive Behavior, Trials, Sexual Assault
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Doctor fined for accidentally severing man's penis
A court has ordered a Romanian surgeon to pay $795,000 in compensation to a patient whose penis he accidentally severed during an operation. In July 2004, Dr. Naum Ciomu made a surgical error while operating on the man's testicles, severing the penis...Tags: Fines
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Two men charged in Herrin slaying
Two parolees are accused in Williamson County of slaying a Herrin man by hitting him with a fire extinguisher and pummeling him with fists. Prosecutors in Marion have charged 27-year-old Ryan Small of Chicago and 23-year-old Ricky Cooper of Herrin...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Assault, Theft, Murder
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Unclear future for 10 men on Nebraska's death row
Associated Press WriterFor more than 10 years, John Lotter has faced death in Nebraska's electric chair for the grisly 1993 triple murder that spawned the movie "Boys Don't Cry." But the state Supreme Court made that sentence uncertain for Lotter and the nine other men on...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Elections, Lawyers, Local Elections, Health and Safety at School
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Court rejects appeal in elderly woman's slaying
A homeless man sentenced to 65 years in prison for killing an elderly woman while burglarizing her home has lost his first appeal. The Indiana Court of Appeals found that Ricky Nelson Vires' sentence was not inappropriate and that he had waived his...Tags: Court Administration, Trials
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Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo
Associated Press WriterIs Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth? Four years ago, Republicans branded as a "flip-flop" even the slightest rhetorical or policy change by John...Tags: Parties and Movements, Guerrilla Activity, Democratic Party, John F Kerry, Personal Weapon Control
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U.S. Planning to Shut Down Terror Prison
Washington PostWASHINGTON -- The U.S. government is developing a "long-range plan" to empty its war-on-terror prison at its naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and seeking help on what to do with inmates who won't be tried, The Washington Post reported Friday. President...Tags: George Washington, Guerrilla Activity, Defense, War Crimes, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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9 convicted in Austria fraud case
Associated Press WriterNine people, including a prominent executive who fled to France in an attempt to elude justice, were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the 2005 collapse of New York-based commodities brokerage Refco Inc....Tags: Fraud, Prosecution, Unions, Prisons, Stock Broking
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Court sentences Myanmar protesters to jail
Four members of Myanmar's main pro-democracy party who campaigned against a constitution proposed by the military government have been jailed for one year. Nyan Win, a spokesman for the National League for Democracy, said Friday that a court had sent the...Tags: Referenda, Constitutional Issues, Court Administration, Democracy, National League
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Newsday Exclusive: New path of a fallen pol
Spin CycleFormer Assemb. Brian McLaughlin's federal indictment in October 2006 covered 186 pages and described a web of corrupt acts including bribery, embezzlement, racketeering, mail fraud and money laundering. Four months ago, McLaughlin, 56, pleaded guilty to...Tags: Fraud, Michael Vick, Unions, Laws, Organized Crime
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