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Afghan intelligence officials say suicide attack on Afghan prison holding insurgents thwarted
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday it broke up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers, while the government named a new interior minister to lead the country's...Tags: Civil Unrest, Suicide, Terrorism, Guerrilla Activity, Prosecution
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DVD figure nets 15 years in federal prison for drugs
A man featured in the infamous Stop Snitching witness intimidation DVD was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and two firearms offenses, federal prosecutors said. According to a news release from U.S....Tags: Punishment
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Montgomery gets 5 years in heroin case
Disgraced former Olympic track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for dealing heroin to an informant. "I was blind. I never had a job in my life," Montgomery told U.S. District Judge...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Punishment
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Man who used MySpace for child porn sentenced
A 40-year-old Gaithersburg man was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in federal prison after authorities determined that he received and distributed child pornography on his home computer and pretended to be a teenager on MySpace so he could have...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Punishment, MySpace
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Bethesda teen faces charges for explosives
An 18-year-old Bethesda man was charged Thursday by federal authorities with illegal possession of an explosive device and production of false identification, including a Central Intelligence Agency badge and a government card typically used by military...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Punishment, Local Authority, Defense, Central Intelligence Agency
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$350,000 claim filed over Appleton jail death
The mother of a man who killed himself in the Outagamie County Jail has filed a $350,000 claim against the county. Kim Ziebell contends the sheriff's department should have known he was suicidal and taken appropriate precautions. Her 32-year-old son,... -
Ex-Franklin Cty. jailer gets 4 yrs for sex charges
A former Franklin County jail guard has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexual misconduct with three female inmates. Scott McMurray of Christopher pleaded guilty in August to three counts of custodial sexual misconduct with female inmates...Tags: Sexual Assault, Punishment
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Montgomery gets 5-year sentence
Disgraced former Olympic track star Tim Montgomery, 33, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," was sentenced Friday in Norfolk, Va., to five years in prison for dealing heroin to an informant. "I was blind — I never had a job in my life,"...Tags: Jose Canseco, Punishment
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A gut feeling: UCF will pull off upset of Miami
Sentinel ColumnistRunning off at the typewriter. . . . I've got this strange feeling in my gut, and I don't think it's from the sardines and hot sauce I had for dinner Friday. I'm telling you, I've had this funny feeling all week that UCF is going to upset Miami today....Tags: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Jacksonville Jaguars, Shane Matthews, O.J. Simpson
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Jury acquits man accused of killing his wife in Jupiter Farms in 2000
South Florida Sun-SentinelToni Heartsong's murder mystery, eight years in the making, took jurors just three hours to deliberate Friday. Her husband, Robert, 63, did not kill her, the jury found. During two weeks of testimony, the prosecution argued that Robert Heartsong planned...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, Biotechnology Industry, Murder, Law Enforcement
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Ohio death row inmate files appeal to US Supreme Court to stay next week's execution
Associated Press WriterCINCINNATI (AP) _ Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate who unsuccessfully argued that his obesity prevents humane lethal injection filed an appeal Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, planned for next week. The Ohio public defender's...Tags: Lawyers, Local Authority, Court Administration, Punishment, Ted Strickland
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Leland Wong gets 5 years in 'pay to play' corruption scandal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA judge on Friday sentenced onetime Los Angeles city commissioner Leland Wong to five years in state prison, bringing an end to Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley's "pay to play" investigation of the administration of former Mayor James K. Hahn. Wong, the son of...Tags: Steve Cooley, Michael Johnson, Family, Corporate Crime, Government
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