• Brother now says Ohio doc admitted poisoning wife (AP)

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    AP - A family member who testified earlier that an Ohio doctor denied poisoning his wife now says the defendant admitted to the killing.
  • Man charged in Newark Airport breach due in court (AP)

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    AP - A graduate student from China charged with breaching security at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport is due in court Tuesday.
  • Feds want former NY top cop to go directly to jail (AP)

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    AP - Federal prosecutors say former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik should go directly to jail when he's sentenced next week.
  • NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend’s cat (AP)

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    AP - A graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated animal cruelty, ending an eerie case in which authorities said the unsuspecting woman kept replacing her dying pets.
  • NY murder defendant learned about burning bodies (AP)

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    AP - A wealthy 68-year-old jeweler with two ex-wives in Europe who is accused of killing his third wife and burning her body testified Monday that he learned how bodies are incinerated when he questioned a mortician about his mother's cremation.
  • Jackson doctor denies manslaughter charge (AFP)

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    Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray(R), seen here arriving at the Los Angeles Airport Courthouse, pleaded not guilty here Monday after being charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop superstar's death from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty here Monday after being charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop superstar's death from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.


  • U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her (Reuters)

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    Reuters - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released.
  • Jackson doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughter (Reuters)

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    Dr. Conrad Murray is greeted by well-wishers outside the Armstrong Medical Clinic in Houston November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Richard CarsonReuters - Michael Jackson's doctor on Monday pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the sudden death of the pop star last year from a lethal cocktail of drugs.


  • NYC man pleads guilty to killing girlfriend’s cat (AP)

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    AP - A New York City graphic designer accused of surreptitiously killing a series of his girlfriend's cats has admitted slaying one of them, a kitten found with a broken neck.
  • Judge says Charlie Sheen can see wife (AP)

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    U.S. actor Charlie Sheen is pictured in this handout photo released by the Aspen Police Department on December 25, 2009. Sheen, 44, was arrested on Friday for second degree assault, menacing and criminal mischief, according to Aspen Police Department's Community Relations Specialist Stephanie Dasaro. REUTERS/Aspen Police Department/HandoutAP - A judge has modified a protective order allowing actor Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke, to see each other as Sheen faces domestic violence allegations.