Top cop jailed for child porn

"A FORMER federal policeman has been jailed for five months on child pornography charges by a magistrate who said a ruined career and community ridicule were not punishment enough. Michael Edward Hatch,...

Murder Suspects Describe Two Killings in $2 Robbery

" The men arrested in the slayings of an aspiring Christian singer and his colleague at a Texas recording studio said in a chilling jailhouse interview the victims were killed at random in a robbery that netted...

Police arrest man for siphoning 300 gallons of grease from Burger King

"An Illinois man was arrested for allegedly stealing from a Morgan Hill fast food restaurant. But it wasn't money or even burgers. Police say he stole used cooking oil. David Richardson, 49, allegedly siphoned...

Jason Reitman's Juno nets Independent Spirit nomination

This week's Independent Spirit Awards nominations (for many, this writer included, the last real barometer of good filmmaking in North America) netted a number of significant nods for Canadian filmmakers and...

Guns in the Sand: Saudi Terror Plot Unearthed

The accused terrorists had hidden a cache of weapons beneath the esert sand in a long-term bid to attack a Saudi oil installation."Saudi security forces have arrested scores of suspects in a terror plot involving attacks on senior officials and government oil, military and...

Decorated N.J. soldier indicted in Iraq theft

 "Army Reserve Lt. Col. Debra Harrison returned to New Jersey after 17 months in Iraq with a Purple Heart and vivid descriptions of at least two brushes with death in the combat zone. A federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleged she also returned with $330,000 in...

Caught on Camera: $12,000 Distraction Robbery - Video

FT. LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale police are asking for the public’s help in finding distraction thieves who were caught on camera stealing from a convenience store in a heist that netted the thieves up to $12,000 dollars. The theft took place in October at the convenience...

Mass Arrests of Syrian Military Officers

Although the motive is not entirely clear, it appears that Assad has made a preemptive move to avoid a military coup. (h/t N2L)"Washington DC - December 26, 2006/RPS/ -- RPS has learned that last week the Syrian armed forces arrested several mid to high ranking officers of...

Software Pirate Gets 7 Years (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)

" A California man has been sentenced by a federal judge to serve more than 7 years in prison for running a massive software piracy operation that netted him millions. Nathan Peterson, 27, of Antelope Acres, Calif., pleaded guilty in late 2005 to multiple counts of criminal...

Software Pirate Gets 7 Years (Government Enterprise)

" By Gregg Keizer Courtesy of TechWeb A California man has been sentenced by a federal judge to serve more than 7 years in prison for running a massive software piracy operation that netted him millions. Nathan Peterson, 27, of Antelope Acres, Calif., pleaded guilty in late...

Software Pirate Gets 7 Years (TechWeb)

" By Gregg Keizer , TechWeb Technology News A California man has been sentenced by a federal judge to serve more than 7 years in prison for running a massive software piracy operation that netted him millions. Nathan Peterson, 27, of Antelope Acres, Calif., pleaded guilty in...

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