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In Mexico, immigrants' relatives watch U.S. debate, and hope
TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway. But like many here, Guadarrama was up-to-the-minute with the...
Tags: Immigration, Politics, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Photography
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Two 'known or suspected' terrorists vanished from witness program
WASHINGTON — Two "known or suspected" terrorists who cooperated with the government and were placed in the Witness Security Program later were able to board airplanes and quietly vanish, the Justice Department's inspector general concluded in a...
Tags: Witnesses, Politics, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism
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Britain court sentences four hackers guilty of cyberattacks
LONDON – Four hackers who pleaded guilty to a series of high-profile cyberattacks on computers in the U.S. and Britain, including those of the CIA and Sony Pictures, were sentenced Thursday to up to 32 months in prison. The four men, all Britons,...Tags: Anonymous (internet groups), U.S. Air Force, Crime, Law and Justice, Fishing, PBS (tv network)
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Las Vegas: Mob lawyer, then mayor, celebrates new job as memoirist
Oscar Goodman, the former mob lawyer-turned-mayor of Las Vegas, will showcase his latest career as an author, during the three-day “Being Oscar Bash” May 23-25 at the Mob Museum in downtown. The event comes on the heels of the Tuesday...
Tags: Authors, Arts and Culture, Museums, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Father, son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking
Saying she wanted to send a message against the “extremely serious” crime of trafficking in rhinoceros horns, a federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a father and son to nearly four years in prison for selling hundreds of pounds of horns highly...
Tags: Punishment, Africa, Vietnam, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Father and son sentenced to prison for rhino horn trafficking
Behind an unassuming storefront in Orange County's Little Saigon, prosecutors say, was the driving force behind an illicit international trade in rhinoceros horns. Vinh Chuong "Jimmy" Kha and Felix Kha may never have journeyed to the savannas of Africa,...
Tags: Punishment, Africa, Prosecution, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Global criminal ring drains $45 million from ATMs in hours
A worldwide gang of criminals stole a total of $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said. How were they able to do it? Outmoded...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Police Arrests, Dominican Republic, Bank Robbery, Prosecution
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U.S., Afghan diplomats work toward long-term agreement
KABUL, Afghanistan — Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for just the second time since the two countries signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out a pact defining Washington'...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Kabul (Afghanistan), Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai
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Toy company co-owner sentenced for role in drug money laundering
The co-owner of a City of Industry toy company was sentenced to 14 months in custody for her role in laundering money for Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers in a scheme known as the black market peso exchange. Dan “Daisy” Xin Li, 44, co-...
Tags: Toy Industry, Punishment, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti dies
ROME -- Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time Italian prime minister who oversaw his country's economic boom but was tainted by accusations of ties to the Mafia, died in Rome on Monday, the Italian news agency Ansa reported. He was 94. After becoming a...
Tags: Politics, Government, Cannes Film Festival, Italy, Film Festivals
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High-profile neo-Nazi murder trial opens in Germany
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BERLIN -- The surviving member of an alleged neo-Nazi cell accused of a string of racially motivated murders went on trial Monday in a case that has forced Germany to confront the extent to which racism continues to pervade society here. Beate Zschaepe,...Tags: Bank Robbery, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Trials, Lawyers
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Laredo, Texas, battles an image problem
LAREDO, Texas — This border city is trying to clear its name. It is so conjoined with its Mexican sister city across the Rio Grande, Nuevo Laredo, that the two are often referred to as "Los Dos Laredos," or simply Laredo. That was great for...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Henry Cuellar, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Murder
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