Entries from July 2008

Police: Body found in Ala. freezer was mother of 8 (AP)

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Garrett said Anthony Hopkins, the father of six of the eight children, has been charged with rape and sodomy in a separate case involving the female relative and could face more charges related to another relative.
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Ewan McGregor finds African trek oddly peaceful (Reuters)

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While they saw no violence, McGregor and Boorman did
witness the result of tribal conflict when they visited a
school in Kenya where children bore scars from a shooting.
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Head of Saudi school admits he didn’t report abuse (AP)

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Abdalla I. Al-Shabnan, director of the Islamic Saudi Academy, was fined $500 Thursday after admitting that he failed to inform authorities about suspected sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl who attended the school’s Fairfax campus.
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Mass. state senator charged with groping woman (AP)

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In this case, Leone has said there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the woman’s claim. A spokesman, Corey Welford, said Leone plans to review a transcript of Wednesday’s hearing to determine whether any new evidence was disclosed. If not, the case would not move forward.
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Police: Dad who kidnapped daughter may have lied (AP)

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Clark Rockefeller, 48, was last seen at Grand Central Terminal on Sunday night, hours after he was accused of snatching his daughter Reigh during a supervised visit in Boston. Authorities said at the time they believed he may have been trying to flee to Bermuda or Peru on a yacht docked on Long Island.
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U.S. fraud lawsuit against UBS dismissed (Reuters)

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Judge Charles Ramos, of the Supreme Court of the state of
New York - New York county, said in the document filed on July
23 that plaintiffs had failed to show that UBS was required to
alert them about Wood River amassing Endwave stock and failing
to make corresponding SEC filings.
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Judge: Adult trial for Md. teen in family slayings (AP)

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Blumberg also interviewed relatives and friends of the Browning family, and many said they had witnessed abuse of Nicholas by his parents. He said the family had a history of alcoholism and that John, Tamara and Nicholas all abused alcohol.
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Alaska Sen. Stevens charged with hiding gifts (Reuters)

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The indictment said Stevens, 84, received the gifts from
VECO Corp, formerly a multinational oil services company based
in Stevens’ oil-producing state, from its one-time top
executive Bill Allen and others.
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Spector’s new lawyers lose motions before retrial (AP)

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Spector, famed for his “Wall of Sound” recording technique in the 1960s, is accused of shooting actress Lana Clarkson, 40, at his Alhambra mansion on Feb. 3, 2003. The defense has claimed Clarkson shot herself, either accidentally or on purpose. A jury deadlocked last year and Spector, 69, is facing a retrial this fall.
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Judge: Erie collar-bomb suspect not competent (AP)

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He ordered her placed under the federal government’s custody for hospitalization and treatment. He asked to be notified in 120 days — if she doesn’t become competent before then — whether it is likely that she will become competent to stand trial at some point.
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