Authorities seek indicted polygamist sect members
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AP - Texas authorities on Wednesday began looking for five indicted members of a polygamist sect, in a child sex-abuse case that the group's spokesman alleged was a face-saving move by officials who lost a court battle over their seizure of hundreds of children from a sect-owned ranch.
Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession
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AP - A woman accused of slicing open a pregnant woman's belly and taking her baby was obsessed with getting an infant and even had hallucinations of hearing babies cry after a February 1990 miscarriage, according to court records.
Rapper DMX indicted for dodging medical bills
(Reuters)
Reuters - Rap star DMX has been indicted in
Arizona on charges that he used a false identity to try and
avoid paying medical expenses incurred during a hospital visit,
prosecutors said on Tuesday.
US polygamist sect leader charged with child sex assault
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AFP - The jailed leader of a polygamist sect and five other men linked to a Texas compound raided earlier this year have been indicted on child sexual assault and other charges, officials said.
Accused driver in migrant crash pleads not guilty
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AP - A Mexican citizen accused of driving a sport utility vehicle into a canal, killing six illegal immigrants, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to smuggling charges.
Texas grand jury indicts 6 in polygamist ranch case
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Reuters - A Texas grand jury on Tuesday charged
the jailed polygamist leader of a breakaway Mormon sect with
sexually assaulting a child and indicted five followers after
state officials raided a polygamist ranch near Eldorado in
April.
Rosenberg testimony on verge of public release
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AP - A judge signaled Tuesday that he would order the release in coming months of much of the secret testimony in the notorious espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Judge upholds convictions of ex-Newark mayor
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AP - A federal judge on Wednesday upheld the corruption convictions of former Newark Mayor Sharpe James and his one-time mistress, but indicated that James probably will get less than the 15- to 20-year prison sentence prosecutors are seeking.
Rapper DMX indicted on felony charges in Arizona
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AP - Rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill.
NY judge upholds charge of stalking 'SNL' producer
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AP - A criminal court judge has upheld charges against a Long Island, New York, man accused of stalking "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels.