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New law could revive Horne campaign finance case
A bill signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer could help revive a campaign finance case against Attorney General Tom Horne. An election overhaul bill Brewer signed Wednesday contains a provision allowing the secretary of state to send campaign finance complaints against the attorney general to the county attorney ...
5 things to know in Florida for June 20
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. COUPLE IN DECK COLLAPSE SUES SOUTH FLORIDA RESTAURANT A couple has filed a lawsuit against a South Florida restaurant where a deck collapsed into Biscayne Bay last week during the fourth game of the ...
Sweden man gets life in prison for Rwanda genocide
A Swedish court has sentenced a 54-year-old Swede of Rwandan origin to life in prison for participating in the genocide in Rwanda, where hundreds of thousands of Tutsis were systematically killed. The Stockholm District Court convicted Stanislas Mbanenande of genocide, saying he was involved in the slaying of thousands of ...
12 Indonesian soldiers on trial over prison attack
A group of 12 soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces went before a military court Thursday for allegedly storming a prison on the main Java island and killing four detainees to avenge the murder of a fellow soldier. Prosecutors say the well-trained soldiers wore masks when the broke into Yogyakarta's ...
Va. inmate who escaped work release captured in DC
A Virginia inmate who escaped while on work release is back in custody. The Virginia Department of Corrections says the U.S. Marshals Service captured 44-year-old Karan Batra in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening. The department and Virginia State Police didn't provide details. Batra was captured about nine hours after he ...
Fla. teen texts dad, calls 911 during break-in
A teenager texted her father and called 911 when three men broke into her southern Marion County home while she was home alone. The 15-year-old girl was in her bedroom about 11 p.m. Tuesday when she heard the men rummaging around. The Ocala Star-Banner (http://bit.ly/19kldIw ) reports the teen told ...
Robbery forces lockdown at 2 Philly-area colleges
Police in suburban Philadelphia say three men are in custody in connection with a bank robbery that forced lockdowns at two suburban Philadelphia colleges. It started when police say the suspects staged a holdup at a bank in Lower Pottsgrove around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday. Investigators say the suspects fled in ...
Man gets 25 years in New York-to-Maine drug case
A man described as a major player in a New York-to-Maine drug smuggling operation has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Hasan Worthy of Portland also was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 10 years of probation upon release. He was convicted in November of four drug-related ...
Charges dropped in Miami stand your ground case
Miami-Dade County officials say they won't charge a 19-year-old in the fatal shooting of an unarmed burglar. Wednesday's announcement came after prosecutors concluded they couldn't prove Jordan Beswick's guilt under Florida's stand your ground self-defense law. Beswick faced second-degree murder charges in the January death of 22-year-old Bryan Antonio DeJesus. ...
Moab midwife charged with homicide
An unlicensed midwife has been charged with negligent homicide in the 2012 death of a newborn. The Deseret News reports that (http://bit.ly/19iWvIz ) 71-year-old Valerie ElHalta tried to help a 31-year-old woman give birth in August 2012 at the woman's Moab home. Court documents show the woman had already had ...
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