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DA to Prison Board: Don't Free Ailing Manson Killer

Terminally ill Atkins is seeking release

(Newser) - The Los Angeles County district attorney has asked the California parole board to deny Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins' request for compassionate release from prison. Atkins, who was convicted of seven 1969 murders, is terminally ill with brain cancer. The DA noted that Atkins stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate, tasted...

How a Forger Fooled Vermeer-Lovers

20th-century painter made millions and tricked a powerful Nazi

(Newser) - Johannes Vermeer created only a few dozen paintings in his lifetime, while other major 17th-century artists cranked out 10 times that. That helped a mediocre Dutch painter  create convincing forgeries in the 20th century, NPR reports in a look at a new book on one of art's great hoaxes and...

Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

Asset forfeiture: an ugly side of the drug war

(Newser) - What would you do with a few million in drug money? Last year, state and federal authorities seized about $2 billion from Mexican smugglers. The feds have to put any seized money into a dedicated fund, but the rules are looser for states. In Texas and Georgia, for example, sheriffs...

Imposter Priest Confessor Nabbed at Vatican

'Strange behavior' tipped off authorities

(Newser) - A phony priest was stopped just as he was about to hear confessions in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the BBC reports. The man had on the right clothes and produced valid-looking priestly documents and Vatican ID—"but the expert eye of our personnel didn't need much to...

ATM Thefts On the Rise
 ATM Thefts On the Rise 
Jul 3, 2008 7:25 PM CDT

ATM Thefts On the Rise

Non-bank teller machines make easy targets, police say

(Newser) - ATM theft is a labor-intensive crime: You have to steal a pickup, slam it through a gas station storefront, and haul the ATM out. But that’s exactly what an increasing number of criminals are doing, MSNBC reports. From 2000 to 2006, thieves nabbed about 120 ATMs a year across...

Metro Workers Busted in Transit Sex Ring

Station manager used loudspeaker to arrange business: cop

(Newser) - Two workers in the Washington Metro transit system have been busted for running a prostitution ring from one of the train stations, and using a loudspeaker to arrange a tryst, according to police. One of the staffers, a station manager, advertised available "sexual pleasures" in flyers, reports Fox TV....

Game Over for Teens 'Acting Out' Grand Theft Auto

Six bored pals launched crime spree: cops

(Newser) - Six bored Long Island teenagers have been busted for acting out the violent themes of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV with a real life spree of break-ins, a mugging, a beating and a carjacking, police charge. "These teens have difficulty separating fact from fiction, fantasy from...

Texas Kids Fed Pills in Forced 'Sex Shows'

Six adults charged, two convicted in case that shook small town

(Newser) - Four children, the youngest just 5 years old, were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for crowds in a small Texas town, AP reports. Locals had believed the site of the shows was just a swinger’s club. Six adults have...

Writer Charged in Murders He Reported

Macedonian nailed after revealing secret details

(Newser) - Getting the scoop proved costly for a Macedonian journalist who has been charged with the murder of two elderly women after reporting on their deaths in his newspaper. Police began to suspect Vlado Tanevski after realizing his articles about the murders contained details that hadn't been revealed to the public....

Naomi Ducks Prison Time in Airline Assault

Diva faces community work, fine for kicking cops on flight

(Newser) - Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and about $5,600 in fines yesterday for her tantrum on a British Airways flight, the London Times reports. She pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers and berating the pilot after the airline lost her luggage. "You are...

Supermodel Campbell Owns Up to Air Rage

Famous face may draw 6 months for kicking, spitting

(Newser) - Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty today to kicking and spitting at two police officers during an April "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. The short-tempered supermodel went ballistic when a bag was misplaced during the epic delays surrounding the opening of a new terminal. She faces 6 months in prison...

Parking Space Spat Leads to Elder Abuse Charges

Younger woman assaults 71-year-old

(Newser) - A woman in Stockton, Calif., is facing elder-abuse charges after she allegedly attacked a 71-year-old woman who caught her parking in a handicap spot without a permit, CBS reports. The victim says her 26-year-old assailant “put her baby down and came at me with both hands” when she saw...

Sex Trade on Tenterhooks as Biggest Player Faces Trial

Hookers, bookers await website founder's fate

(Newser) - Hookers and pimps are watching closely as “the most influential man” in US prostitution awaits trial. David Elms founded TheEroticReview.com, a site where users rate prostitutes and leave comments along the lines of Amazon book reviews. Sex traders fear his jailing and the subsequent closing of his site...

Not Guilty-Plea From Ex-CEO in Drug, Fraud Rap

Broadcom honcho said to spike drinks with ecstasy, commit bribery

(Newser) - Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas pleaded not guilty yesterday to securities fraud and drug charges, the AP reports. The former microchip king was accused of false accounting as well as dropping ecstasy into associates’ drinks, running a drug warehouse, and using bribery and death threats to keep it all quiet. The...

Dad Fatally Beat Baby Son to Oust 'Demons'

California dad cut down by cops as he stomps son before horrified witnesses

(Newser) - A California grocery clerk shot dead by cops as he fatally beat his baby son did so to oust "demons" in the boy, he told witnesses. He removed his son from his car on a rural road and viciously beat him in front of horrified onlookers who tried in...

Soldier Faces Death Penalty for Killing Comrades

Murder of fellow troops, 'fragging,' is rare in Iraq

(Newser) - A soldier may soon face court-martial in the deaths of two US officers in Iraq, whom army prosecutors say he killed in a rare instance of “fragging”—the murder of a fellow soldier. The New York Times examines the case of Sgt. Alberto Martinez, who prosecutors say detonated...

Snoop's Wife Busted on DUI Charge

Shante Broadus booked early Saturday in LA

(Newser) - Snoop Dogg’s wife was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of drunk driving, the Los Angeles Times reports. Shante Broadus, 32, was issued a citation and is scheduled to appear in court next month. Police would not comment on whether other people were in the vehicle. Broadus and Snoop Dogg...

Sketch Released in Schoolgirl Sleepover Murders

2 guns used may mean 2 killers, police say

(Newser) - Police have released a sketch of a “person of interest” being sought for questioning in the mysterious shooting deaths of two young schoolgirls that have stunned a small rural community in Oklahoma. The man was seen on the same isolated dirt road where the bullet-riddled bodies of two friends...

As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Gas Thefts

Tricky maneuvers help slake thirst for fuel

(Newser) - With gas prices soaring above $4 a gallon, gas thefts are up across the country, and thieves are devising ever-more-creative means of snatching the stuff, Newsweek reports. Some manage to keep the gas flowing after paying for only a few gallons; others siphon fuel from unsuspecting drivers’ SUVs. Some even...

Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons
 Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons 
Jun 12, 2008 5:46 AM CDT

Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons

Federal report describes system in crisis

(Newser) - A record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or...

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