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Last of four brothers in Arellano Felix drug cartel pleads guilty

2013-05-24 20:07:00

SAN DIEGO — Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers targeted by U.S. authorities for running the notorious Arellano Felix drug cartel, pleaded guilty Friday to money laundering and conspiracy charges. Arellano Felix, 56, a medical doctor...

Mexican drug cartel commander pleads guilty in 2011 ambush

2013-05-23 12:52:00

WASHINGTON — A top Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court� in the 2011 ambush attack south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and three other defendants also admitted their...

Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death

2013-05-23 17:00:00

WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....

James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas

2013-05-24 00:00:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...

James Holmes ordered 6 packages from ammo firm, documents show

2013-05-22 16:07:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Less than a month before last summer’s Aurora movie theater massacre, suspect James E. Holmes ordered six packages from an online ammunition supplier, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. According to the...

Captain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trial

2013-05-22 09:46:00

ROME -- The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed on rocks off the Italian coast last year, was ordered by a judge Wednesday to stand trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. Thirty-two of the more than 4,...

LAPD officer charged with molesting two girls at his home

2013-05-21 12:51:00

Prosecutors have filed charges against a veteran Los Angeles police officer who allegedly lured two young girls to his Castaic-area home and molested them. Miguel Angel Schiappapietra Jr., 28, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two felony counts of lewd acts...

Guilty plea in KPMG insider-trading case

2013-05-21 00:00:00

A San Fernando Valley jeweler at the center of an insider-trading scandal pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and agreed to turn over $1.27 million in ill-gotten stock gains made from tips from a top auditor at accounting giant KPMG. Bryan Shaw, 52,...

O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new trial

2013-05-15 12:19:00

LAS VEGAS -- Appearing confident but sometimes emotional, O.J. Simpson testified Wednesday that he did not know guns were involved in a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers that led to his conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping, and a...

Texas paramedic will plead not guilty to federal weapons charge

2013-05-15 14:10:00

A Texas paramedic arrested last week will plead not guilty to a federal charge of having bomb-making materials and will waive a formal arraignment on a new federal indictment, it was reported Wednesday. Bryce Reed, who was among the emergency crews that...

Arizona's limits on immigrant driver's licenses upheld

2013-05-18 00:00:00

TUCSON — Young people granted immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program still won't be able to obtain driver's licenses in Arizona, a federal judge has ruled. Although the decision is a win for Republican Gov....

Enron's Jeff Skilling doesn't deserve a break

2013-05-17 19:20:00

As if you didn't know this already, we're coddling criminals in America. By that I don't mean the petty drug dealers, three-strikes necklace-snatchers and other mooks filling up our state prisons; many of them are doing hard time. I'm talking about...

George Zimmerman at a pre-trial hearing last month in Sanford.

2013-05-22 10:33:00

Michael J. Agrippine, charged with aggravated indecent assault of a 9-year-old boy at Union Terrace Elementary School in Allentown, arrives for his preliminary hearing before District Judge Ron Manescu Friday.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Michael J. Agrippine, charged with aggravated indecent assault of a 9-year-old boy at Union Terrace Elementary School in Allentown, arrives for his preliminary hearing before District Judge Ron Manescu Friday.

2013-05-17 00:00:00