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/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/500-crime.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-vows-to-fight-concealed-carry-ruling.html CHICAGO (AP) — With parts of the city in the grip of gang warfare and spiking homicide rates, Chicago aldermen urged state officials to appeal an appellate court's decision tossing Illinois' ban on concealed weapons, with some suggesting they might launch their own legal battle. Outside a City Council meeting Wednesday, one alderman after another said the... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763286-chicago-vows-to-fight-concealed-carry-ruling.html 2012-12-13T11:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763560-victim-us-rendition-wins-europe-court-ruling.html PARIS (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday in favor of a German man who says the CIA illegally kidnapped him and took him to a secret prison in Afghanistan in 2003. The decision was hailed by critics of the so-called extraordinary renditions programs in the U.S. war on terrorism. It's Khaled El-Masri's first major judicial victory afte... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763560-victim-us-rendition-wins-europe-court-ruling.html 2012-12-13T11:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763308-calif-robbery-spurs-chase-long-campus-lockdown.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — What began as yet another car chase on Southern California freeways turned into a saga that spanned three counties, with one of five suspects arrested within sight of the Los Angeles police chief at a charity event and other suspects leaving students and staff stranded for up to eight hours as police searched the Cal State Fullerton campus. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763308-calif-robbery-spurs-chase-long-campus-lockdown.html 2012-12-13T09:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763486-fla-caseworker-stabbed-to-death-visit.html DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — An inexperienced health care caseworker who visited a client at his home knew there was something that made her "very uncomfortable" about the 53-year-old man, even writing in his file that two people should visit him in the future. Yet 25-year-old Stephanie Ross went alone to Lucious Smith's apartment Monday morning, and police sai... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763486-fla-caseworker-stabbed-to-death-visit.html 2012-12-13T09:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-ny-police-la-mans-killer-silent-cool-precise.html NEW YORK (AP) — The shooter in the daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a midtown Manhattan street was so cool and precise that New York City police officials believe he left no doubt that he's killed before, possibly as a professional hit man. A security video — not made public — shows the gunman walking up behind Brandon Lincoln Woodard and, without... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-ny-police-la-mans-killer-silent-cool-precise.html 2012-12-13T08:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763368-israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters.html HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of Palestinian youths are clashing with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, throwing stones and bottles at the troops. The Israeli forces have responded with tear gas. There are no immediate reports of serious injuries. Thursday's clashes came a day after a Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763368-israeli-troops-clash-with-palestinian-protesters.html 2012-12-13T07:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763298-dispute-raises-doubt-china-stocks-us-market.html BEIJING (AP) — A mounting dispute between Washington and Beijing over access to records of Chinese companies with U.S.-traded shares might force major corporate names such as oil giant PetroChina and search engine Baidu to withdraw from American stock exchanges. The dispute highlights the clash between heightened U.S. anti-fraud efforts and official Chine... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1763298-dispute-raises-doubt-china-stocks-us-market.html 2012-12-13T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763210-man-accused-ore-mall-shooting-wanted-to-travel.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — To police and witnesses, Jacob Tyler Roberts was a gunman on a mission, shooting numerous rounds from a semiautomatic rifle as he stalked through a Portland mall, ultimately killing two people and seriously injuring another. To Roberts' shocked friends and family, he was just Jake, a happy, easygoing 22-year-old who liked video games and talked about mo... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763210-man-accused-ore-mall-shooting-wanted-to-travel.html 2012-12-13T07:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763284-senate-legislation-targets-cyberstalking-software.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For around $50, a jealous wife or husband can download software that can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse better than any private detective. It's frighteningly easy and effective in an age when nearly everyone carries a cellphone that can record every moment of a person's physical movements. But it soon might be illegal. Th... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763284-senate-legislation-targets-cyberstalking-software.html 2012-12-13T07:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763280-sentence-looms-milwaukee-fetal-abduction-case.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — Annette Morales-Rodriguez, distraught over her inability to give her boyfriend a son, had already pretended to have two miscarriages and was faking a third pregnancy when she settled on a sinister plan to abduct another Hispanic woman, carve the child from her womb and pass it off as her own. She followed through last year and ended up ki... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763280-sentence-looms-milwaukee-fetal-abduction-case.html 2012-12-13T07:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763236-crime-osprey-add-to-okinawan-anger-us-bases.html OKINAWA, Japan (AP) — For nearly 70 years, Okinawa has gotten more than its share of America's military — more jets rattling homes, more crimes rattling nerves. It's the only Japanese island invaded by U.S. land forces during World War II. It endured 27 years under U.S. administration, and it continues to host two-thirds of Japan's U.S. bases. The 1995 ra... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763236-crime-osprey-add-to-okinawan-anger-us-bases.html 2012-12-13T06:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1760452-police-ore-mall-shooter-used-stolen-rifle.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gunfire rang out in the mall food court, instantly transforming a casual afternoon of holiday shopping into a nightmare. The shooter, armed with a rifle, was dressed in dark clothing and wore a hockey-style face mask. As panicked shoppers fled for cover, workers ushered some into hiding places within stores, or helped them to the exi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1760452-police-ore-mall-shooter-used-stolen-rifle.html 2012-12-13T05:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762914-police-search-calif-campus-robbery-suspects.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students at Cal State Fullerton who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms Wednesday afternoon prepared to stay put into the night as police searched for two suspects in a jewelry store robbery, while another suspect was caught after a high-speed pursuit that spanned three counties and ended on a baseball field where Los Angeles' police chi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762914-police-search-calif-campus-robbery-suspects.html 2012-12-13T05:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1760352-nj-man-denies-killing-ny-boy-who-vanished-1979.html NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy who infamously vanished in 1979 while walking to catch a school bus pleaded not guilty Wednesday as his lawyer insisted his confession to police was false. Pedro Hernandez, 51, answered "not guilty" at the hearing in the case of Etan Patz, whose disappearance helped spawn the movement to publiciz... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1760352-nj-man-denies-killing-ny-boy-who-vanished-1979.html 2012-12-13T03:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1762816-prosecutors-appeal-anti-paparazzi-charge-dismissal.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors Wednesday appealed the dismissal of anti-paparazzi driving charges against a photographer accused of recklessly chasing Justin Bieber on a Los Angeles freeway earlier this year. The appeal argues that Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson erred last month when he dismissed two counts filed under California's 2010 anti-paparaz... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1762816-prosecutors-appeal-anti-paparazzi-charge-dismissal.html 2012-12-13T01:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762852-10-arrested-international-cybercrime-ring.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten people have been arrested as part of an investigation into international cybercrime rings that steal millions of computer users' credit card, bank account and other personal information, the FBI said. Individuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, Britain and the U.S. were arrested in an operation car... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762852-10-arrested-international-cybercrime-ring.html 2012-12-13T00:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762674-fatal-shooting-texas-wreck-mystery.html ALVIN, Texas (AP) — Mourners packed a memorial service Wednesday for two young brothers who were killed by a suspected drunk driver while helping their father push the family's broken-down pickup truck down a dark, narrow road just 50 yards from their rural Houston-area home last week. Meanwhile, Brazoria County sheriff's investigator Dominick Sanders sai... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762674-fatal-shooting-texas-wreck-mystery.html 2012-12-13T00:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762060-texas-man-accused-carving-pentagram-son.html RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man carved a large pentagram into his 6-year-old son's back Wednesday, telling a 911 dispatcher that he did it because "it's a holy day," police said. In a matter-of-fact tone, Brent Troy Bartel told a dispatcher, "I shed some innocent blood," according to a copy of the recording of his early Wednesday morning 91... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762060-texas-man-accused-carving-pentagram-son.html 2012-12-13T00:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761902-argentines-shocked-verdicts-sex-slave-trial.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The acquittal of 13 people accused in the disappearance of a young woman who was allegedly kidnapped and forced into prostitution for "VIP clients" spread shock and outrage across Argentina on Wednesday, prompting street protests and calls by political leaders to impeach the three judges who delivered the verdict. Many calle... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761902-argentines-shocked-verdicts-sex-slave-trial.html 2012-12-12T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761492-ex-megachurch-worker-55-years-sex-crimes.html TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former janitor at a Tulsa megachurch who admitted to sex crimes against three girls told his victims Wednesday that "no one's perfect" in an statement in which he pointed to Scripture just before a judge sentenced him to 55 years in prison. A 13-year-old girl who was raped by Chris Denman sobbed in the first row of the courtroom as t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761492-ex-megachurch-worker-55-years-sex-crimes.html 2012-12-12T23:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761854-senate-intern-sex-offender-faces-deportation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP. ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761854-senate-intern-sex-offender-faces-deportation.html 2012-12-12T21:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761282-uk-police-jimmy-savile-suspect-199-crimes.html LONDON (AP) — The late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes recorded so far, including dozens of cases of rape, British police said Wednesday. They described the level of sexual abuse allegations against Savile as "unprecedented in the U.K." The accusations against Savile, who died last year at age 84, grew after five women said during ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761282-uk-police-jimmy-savile-suspect-199-crimes.html 2012-12-12T20:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762438-del-day-care-workers-plead-guilty-fight-case.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Two Delaware day care workers charged with encouraging and videotaping a fight between two 3-year-old boys have pleaded guilty to assault and conspiracy charges. Estefania Myers and Lisa Parker appeared in court Wednesday. The judge sentenced Myers to 10 years in prison but suspended the sentence for one year of probation, during which ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762438-del-day-care-workers-plead-guilty-fight-case.html 2012-12-12T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761824-del-man-sues-boy-scouts-mormons-sex-abuse.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delaware man sued the Boy Scouts of America and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday over childhood sexual abuse committed by the scoutmaster at his church-sponsored troop. Melvin Novak filed the lawsuit in state court in Philadelphia, charging that newly released Boy Scout "perversion files" support his claim... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761824-del-man-sues-boy-scouts-mormons-sex-abuse.html 2012-12-12T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760786-avon-to-cut-4-pct-jobs-global-restructuring.html NEW YORK (AP) — Avon Products plans to cut about 1,500 jobs and exit two Asian markets, as the struggling beauty products seller starts on a broad restructuring plan in an effort to turn around results. The job cuts amount to almost 4 percent of its workforce and mark one of the first major moves by CEO Sheri McCoy. McCoy was brought on in April to replac... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760786-avon-to-cut-4-pct-jobs-global-restructuring.html 2012-12-12T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760602-iraq-stays-execution-man-allegedly-held-16.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has suspended the execution of a Yemeni prisoner whose family claims was 16 years old when he was taken into custody, an Iraqi official and human rights advocates said Wednesday. Iraqi officials dispute that he was a minor at the time of his arrest. Human Rights Watch earlier this week urged authorities in Baghdad to stay the execution... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760602-iraq-stays-execution-man-allegedly-held-16.html 2012-12-12T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760422-judge-revokes-lohans-probation-sets-hearing.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge revoked Lindsay Lohan's probation on Wednesday and scheduled a hearing that could result in more jail time for the closely watched "Liz and Dick" star. The ruling in Los Angeles came as the 26-year-old actress — who did not appear in court — faces misdemeanor counts of reckless driving, lying to a police officer and obstructing... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760422-judge-revokes-lohans-probation-sets-hearing.html 2012-12-12T19:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762128-handcuffed-suspect-who-took-squad-car-arrested.html WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — Police say the theft suspect who managed to escape from the back of police squad car while handcuffed and make his getaway in the car has been arrested. White Settlement Police Lt. J.P. Bevering says a tip led detectives to stake out a location in Fort Worth where Darren Porter showed up. Police arrested Porter on Wednesday ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762128-handcuffed-suspect-who-took-squad-car-arrested.html 2012-12-12T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762098-data-child-abuse-drops-5th-straight-year.html NEW YORK (AP) — Reports of child abuse and neglect have dropped nationwide for the fifth consecutive year, and abuse-related child fatalities also are at a five-year low, according to new federal statistics. The latest annual report from the Department of Health and Human Services, released Wednesday, estimates that there were 681,000 cases of child abuse... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762098-data-child-abuse-drops-5th-straight-year.html 2012-12-12T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761148-piracy-group-somali-pirates-arent-paid.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a successful attack. The task force's final recommendations noted that more than $300 million in ransoms has been paid to Somali pirates since 2008. The success of piracy attacks off Somal... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761148-piracy-group-somali-pirates-arent-paid.html 2012-12-12T18:52:00Z