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Man arrested in child pornography seizure from home computer
Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. - A 41-year-old Harlem man was arrested Friday and charged with five counts of child pornography after police seized 5,000 child pornography images from a home computer, police said.

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Suspect funds to Shelley traced
By Kevin Yamamura -- Bee Capitol Bureau
Published 2:15 am PDT Saturday, August 14, 2004

Secretary of State Kevin Shelley received $30,000 in donations to his 2002 campaign from a 62-year-old foster-care provider who said Friday that the money was tied to a home purchase from Julie Lee, the president of a nonprofit who is under fire for a series of questionable political contributions.

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Police arrest suspect in murder of football star in Richmond
By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer
Last Updated 10:17 pm PDT Saturday, August 14, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An 18-year-old Richmond man was arrested Saturday in the shooting death of a high school football star killed less than two days before he was set to leave for college on an athletic scholarship, police said.

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Newspaper to fight subpoena
Friday, August 13, 2004 Posted: 12:30 PM EDT (1630 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller has been subpoenaed by the grand jury trying to determine who leaked the identity of a covert CIA officer, the newspaper said Friday.

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Sheriff wants to release Jackson arrest probe
Saturday, August 14, 2004 Posted: 5:19 PM EDT (2119 GMT)

SANTA BARBARA, California (AP) -- The sheriff has asked a judge's permission to release the results of a state probe into allegations that Michael Jackson was "manhandled" by authorities after his arrest for investigation of child molestation.

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Convicted on making false statement
Friday, August 13, 2004 Posted: 8:34 AM EDT (1234 GMT)

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) -- An Army lieutenant received a split verdict when a jury acquitted him in the theft of a SUV in Iraq but convicted him of lying about the incident.

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First execution in India for nine years
Saturday, August 14, 2004 Posted: 4:50 AM EDT (0850 GMT)

CALCUTTA, India (AP) -- A man convicted of raping and murdering a teenage girl was hanged at dawn Saturday in India's first execution in nine years, as dozens of anti-death penalty protesters held a vigil outside the prison.

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Mom found not guilty in drowning death
Thursday, August 12, 2004 Posted: 7:47 PM EDT (2347 GMT)

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) -- A woman accused of capital murder in the bathtub drownings of her two young daughters last year was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday in one of the deaths.

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Papal emissary shuts down Austrian seminary amid pornography scandal
GEORGE JAHN

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - A papal emissary investigating suspected homosexuality and child pornography among student priests shut down the seminary at the centre of the scandal Thursday, acknowledging his probe had bared "very painful" revelations of sexual misconduct.

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Palm Desert man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
(From KESQ News Channel 3)
Wednesday, August 11, 2004

A Palm Desert man pleaded guilty today to one count each of possession of methamphetamine, an assault weapon and child pornography out of more than a hundred charges stemming from his arrest in May. Midway through his preliminary hearing today Steven Vonstein entered into a plea agreement with the prosecution and requested immediate sentencing.

Vonstein, 48, was arrested May 28th after investigators found drugs, weapons and child pornography in his Palm Desert business and residence on Panorama Drive.

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New Jersey Gov. McGreevey Comes Out, Announces Resignation
Aug. 12, 2004
ABC News —

New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey rocked the political world today by announcing that he is gay and will resign in November. ABC News has learned that a male former aide is filing a sexual misconduct lawsuit against the governor in a New Jersey court this afternoon. 

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'Bikini Killer' Sobhraj Jailed for Life in Nepal
Aug. 12, 2004 —
KATHMANDU (Reuters) -

A Nepali court sentenced notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj, also known as the "Serpent" and the "Bikini Killer," to life imprisonment on Thursday in connection with the killing of an American backpacker in 1975.

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Britain Plans to Bar Convicted Felons From Windfalls After Jailed Rapist Wins Lottery
The Associated Press

LONDON Aug. 12, 2004 — Home Secretary David Blunkett said Thursday he plans to bar convicted felons from benefiting from financial windfalls while behind bars after a jailed rapist won 7 million pounds (US$12.6 million) on the national lottery.

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Suspect arrested in 15 armed robberies
(From San Francisco Chronicle)
Jim Herron Zamora
Wednesday, August 11, 2004

A man has been arrested on suspicion of 15 armed robberies in the past month from downtown Oakland to the south campus area of Berkeley.

The man, whose name and photograph were not released while witnesses reviewed line-ups, was arrested after he returned to a car parked in West Oakland that police said matched a license plate from a Monday robbery in Berkeley.

"An alert citizen got the license plate,'' Oakland police Lt. Lawrence Green said.

Officers spotted the car Monday night in the 1400 block of 12th Street in West Oakland. Police from Berkeley and Oakland took turns watching the vehicle until a man got inside. He was arrested without incident.

The man, who allegedly brandished a gun and threatened violence in most case, is suspected of robbing as many as 10 businesses along Telegraph Avenue and may be responsible for robbing from a candy store and chiropractor's office, police said.

Judge won't decide Lay trial date until October
By MARY FLOOD
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

Ex-Enron Chairman Ken Lay won't get his requested September trial date.

Lay and his former second in command Jeff Skilling sat across a defense table in court today. It was the first time the two had appeared together to face their multiple criminal charges in federal court. When Lay entered the court he winked at Skilling who smiled back.

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Former hedge fund exec pleads guilty to securities fraud
The Associated Press
Last Updated 2:21 pm PDT Wednesday, August 11, 2004

NEW YORK (AP) - A former executive of Lipper Holdings LLC pleaded guilty to securities fraud Wednesday, admitting he caused the value of hedge funds to be overstated by hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Robber who put crime on to-do list sentenced to prison
Associated Press
August 11, 2004

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- If he's still keeping a to-do list, John Sarver could add some new entries: go to prison, and pay restitution.

Sarver, 48, pleaded guilty in April to robbing six banks, all in suburban Johnson County, in 2002 and 2003. The last took place just before Christmas, and Sarver was arrested Jan. 2.

When police searched Sarver's house, they found a list including a reminder to ``rob bank.''

Sarver was back in court Monday, drawing a prison sentence of 10 years and five months, plus two years under supervision after he gets out. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil also ordered him to make restitution of $13,834.

9/11 suspect 'unaware of plot'
(From CNN.com)
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Posted: 6:18 AM EDT (1018 GMT)

HAMBURG, Germany -- A key al Qaeda suspect in U.S. custody has said a Moroccan man on trial in Germany had no knowledge of the September 11 attack plot, according to an interrogation summary.

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Day care owner pleads guilty in child's death
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 Posted: 3:27 PM EDT (1927 GMT)

BILLINGS, Montana (AP) -- A day care owner who gave a 1-year-old boy an overdose of allergy medicine pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.

Prosecutors said Sabine Bieber gave Benadryl to children at the Tiny Tots Day Care to put them to sleep. The medicine killed Dane Jordan Heggem in January 2003, and Bieber also pleaded guilty to criminal endangerment for giving three other children the medicine.

Prosecutors said they would recommend that Bieber receive a 20-year sentence with 15 suspended for negligent homicide and a 10-year sentence with five suspended for criminal endangerment, with the sentences running concurrently.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors dismissed three felony charges -- two counts of criminal endangerment and one count of tampering with evidence.

Bieber is scheduled to be sentenced October 29 and remains free on bond until then.

Dane's father, Travis Heggem, said it was comforting to hear Bieber admit guilt for his son's death, but the family would like a guarantee that she will face jail time.

Head of Tax Ministry’s Computer Center Found Killed
(from MosNews.com)
Created: 11.08.2004 14:10 MSK (GMT +3)

The general director of the Russian Tax Ministry’s computer center, Vladimir Bondarenko, was found dead in the Moscow suburban town of Noginsk on Tuesday, Gazeta.Ru Internet newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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