http://www.mail.com/subjects/500-crime.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/500-crime.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1554422-10-things-to-today.html Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT COLLAPSE OF INTERSTATE BRIDGE IN WASHINGTON STATE MEANS FOR COMMUTERS Washington state officials ask drivers to avoid Interstate 5 near the area where a bridge collapsed over the Skagit River. 2. WHAT OBAM... Fri, 24 May 2013 10:35:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1554422-10-things-to-today.html 2013-05-24T10:35:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107544-czech-police-us-suspect-4-murders-arrested.html PRAGUE (AP) — An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday. Leos Trzil, regional police chief in Brno, said Kevin Dahlgren was arrested at an airport in the Washington, D.C., area late Thursday after the Czechs issued an international warrant. The suspect fled to the U... Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107544-czech-police-us-suspect-4-murders-arrested.html 2013-05-24T09:31:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107468-jury-arias-case-up-consensus.html PHOENIX (AP) — As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry." The silent gesture offered a glimpse into what was likely a tense few days inside the de... Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107468-jury-arias-case-up-consensus.html 2013-05-24T08:52:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107424-older-brother-held-deaths-2-younger-siblings.html WEST POINT, Utah (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said. He was arrested Thursday in the deaths of the boys, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said. ... Fri, 24 May 2013 08:04:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2107424-older-brother-held-deaths-2-younger-siblings.html 2013-05-24T08:04:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2107386-obama-balances-threats-americans-rights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance protecting the nation from terror attacks while upholding Americans' rights. The Obama administration this w... Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2107386-obama-balances-threats-americans-rights.html 2013-05-24T07:40:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2107240-actress-bynes-arrested-nyc-marijuana-charge.html NEW YORK (AP) — Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window. It happened at an apartment building on West 47th Street at about 7:40 p.m. Thursday. Police say a building official called police to complain that Bynes was smoking marijuana and rolling a joint in the building's lobby... Fri, 24 May 2013 06:09:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2107240-actress-bynes-arrested-nyc-marijuana-charge.html 2013-05-24T06:09:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104758-jurors-deadlock-jodi-arias-penalty-retrial-set.html PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people. Judge Sherry Stephens gave a heavy sigh as she announced a mistrial in t... Fri, 24 May 2013 03:14:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104758-jurors-deadlock-jodi-arias-penalty-retrial-set.html 2013-05-24T03:14:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106308-swim-coach-sentenced-to-7-years-sex-abuse.html ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed. Richard J. Curl, who last year was banned for life from the sport by USA Swimming, apologized for abusing the girl over a four-year period in the 1980s. The abuse start... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:32:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106308-swim-coach-sentenced-to-7-years-sex-abuse.html 2013-05-24T02:32:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104796-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting t... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104796-extremists-claim-responsibility-niger-attacks.html 2013-05-24T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106656-nypd-merchant-held-ransom-tortured-month.html NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said. Pedro Portugal, 52, was found this week by detectives who had been monitor... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:02:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106656-nypd-merchant-held-ransom-tortured-month.html 2013-05-24T02:02:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104984-ny-senator-assaults-military-culture-continue.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday. The military has been rocked by a series of arrests and incidents of sexual misconduct. But the news from the venerable U.S. Military Academy — wher... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:49:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104984-ny-senator-assaults-military-culture-continue.html 2013-05-24T00:49:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106886-fugitive-la-attempted-murder-case-held-colo.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant. Miguel Sanchez, 59, initially gave officers a false name when he was arrested Wednesday, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. After he wa... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:20:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106886-fugitive-la-attempted-murder-case-held-colo.html 2013-05-24T00:20:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106840-defense-releases-photos-texts-trayvon-martin.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smoking pot and being forced to move out of his mother's house because of trouble at school, as well as photos of a gun and what looks to be a potted marijuana plant. A hearing next week will decide... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:50:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106840-defense-releases-photos-texts-trayvon-martin.html 2013-05-23T23:50:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2106750-warrant-rapper-tim-dog-despite-death-reports.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February. The 46-year-old, whose real name is Timothy Blair, is best known for a 1990s song "F--- Compton" tha... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:06:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2106750-warrant-rapper-tim-dog-despite-death-reports.html 2013-05-23T23:06:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106338-investigator-missing-iowa-girls-blood.html IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday. DNA testing confirmed that the blood found on the tailgate of the truck and in a hog confinement fac... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:01:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106338-investigator-missing-iowa-girls-blood.html 2013-05-23T23:01:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105722-authorities-sign-killing-2-kids-was-planned.html WEST POINT, Utah (AP) — A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said. Authorities believe the boys died from knife wounds and that the 15-year-old boy acted alone in what appeared to be an unplanned attack, Davis County Sheriff ... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:45:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2105722-authorities-sign-killing-2-kids-was-planned.html 2013-05-23T22:45:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106674-boston-suspect-under-scrutiny-unsolved-killings.html WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died in a grisly crime: He was one of three men found nearly decapitated in an apartment, their throats slashed ear to ear, marijuana sprinkled over their bodies. Now, in an offshoot of the marathon investigation, authorities are tr... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:29:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106674-boston-suspect-under-scrutiny-unsolved-killings.html 2013-05-23T22:29:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104722-muslim-hard-liners-suspect-london-attack.html LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday. Police raided houses in connection with the brazen slaying of the off-duty soldier, identi... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104722-muslim-hard-liners-suspect-london-attack.html 2013-05-23T21:57:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106640-lawyer-ny-man-center-hiv-scare-positive.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison. "The results were that there was no HIV," lawyer John ... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:47:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106640-lawyer-ny-man-center-hiv-scare-positive.html 2013-05-23T21:47:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106048-ohio-kidnap-case-hero-year-free-mcdonalds.html CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. Local franchisees in Charles Ramsey's neighborhood have offered him free food at their restaurants, said Heidi Barker, a spokeswoman for Oak ... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:44:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106048-ohio-kidnap-case-hero-year-free-mcdonalds.html 2013-05-23T21:44:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106522-prosecutor-ipad-theft-defendants-ambushed-victim.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday. Michael Samual Solid and Jacob "Jake" Dismont stood in shackles before a judge as Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney Robert Daskas cited convenience store video he said sh... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:08:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106522-prosecutor-ipad-theft-defendants-ambushed-victim.html 2013-05-23T21:08:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106458-2-charged-slayings-6-tenn-ala-border.html FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing. Lincoln County Sheriff Murray Blackwelder announced on Thursday that 36-year-old Henry Burrell, of Fayetteville, Tenn., and 35-year-old Zakkawanda Moss, o... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:51:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106458-2-charged-slayings-6-tenn-ala-border.html 2013-05-23T20:51:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104682-imf-chief-lagarde-court-fraud-probe.html PARIS (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced hours of questioning at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. The court hearing threatens to sully the reputations of both Lagarde and France. The payment was ma... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2104682-imf-chief-lagarde-court-fraud-probe.html 2013-05-23T19:50:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2105604-appellate-court-berlusconi-illegal-scheme.html MILAN (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday called "surreal" the judicial reasoning behind an appellate court's decision to uphold his guilty verdict and four-year jail term in a tax fraud case. In a nearly 200-page document detailing its reasoning behind the May 8 decision, the court said, "There is conclusive evidence, oral and doc... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:33:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2105604-appellate-court-berlusconi-illegal-scheme.html 2013-05-23T19:33:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104736-suspect-wash-ricin-case.html SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane. Matthew Ryan Buquet remained jailed Thursday after appearing in federal court a day earlie... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:13:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104736-suspect-wash-ricin-case.html 2013-05-23T19:13:37Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105264-cannes-crime-2nd-jewel-theft-film-festival.html PARIS (AP) — Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 million euros ($2.6 million) — in the second such jewelry heist during this year's Cannes Film Festival. The De Grisogono jewelry house said Thursday that the necklace was stolen after a party for f... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105264-cannes-crime-2nd-jewel-theft-film-festival.html 2013-05-23T18:00:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105544-banned-iranian-director-rasoulof-coming-to-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said Thursday. "Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs — and au... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105544-banned-iranian-director-rasoulof-coming-to-cannes.html 2013-05-23T17:17:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105426-canada-businessmans-corruption-trial-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered. Sarkis Yacoubian arrived at an Interior Ministry courthouse in Havana in a black sedan with tinted windows, and was seen being escorted inside by t... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:53:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105426-canada-businessmans-corruption-trial-cuba.html 2013-05-23T16:53:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104862-pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104862-pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone.html 2013-05-23T16:42:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105050-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith have sent, urging Russia's courts to free Maria Alekhina and the other Pussy Riot still in prison, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. In its ruling on Thursday... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2105050-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html 2013-05-23T15:20:38Z