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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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felony stories: 32 news summaries

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 Barenaked Ladies
 Singer Busted
 on Coke Charges 

Page nabbed in NY apartment

Jul 16, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page has been busted on cocaine charges, the Canadian Press reports. The singer for the Toronto-based band, which recently released a CD for children, Snacktime, was caught with drugs in an apartment in upstate New York, according to authorities. Page, 38, posted $10,000 bail and... More »

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cocaine • drug use • celebrity • felony • drug possession • Barenaked Ladies

 ATM Thefts On the Rise 

Non-bank teller machines make easy targets, police say

Jul 3, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - ATM theft is a labor-intensive crime: You have to steal a pickup, slam it through a gas station storefront, and haul the ATM out. But that’s exactly what an increasing number of criminals are doing, MSNBC reports. From 2000 to 2006, thieves nabbed about 120 ATMs a year across... More »

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crime • theft • bank robbery • felony • bank • GPS • ATM

COMMENTARY

Stay-At-Home Mom, Indeed

Home-birthing 'strange and magical,' but trade-offs hurt—like Mo. law against midwives

Jun 27, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Home-birthing isn’t only strange and magical—it requires some covert-operation skills, Madeline Holler writes in Babble. After finding she preferred an attending midwife in the birth of her first child, Holler found using one for her second to be illegal in Missouri, where she'd moved. As such, she found,... More »

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pregnancy • motherhood • mothers • felony • placenta • Missouri • midwife • home birth

 Law & Order Star
 Busted for Gun
 at LAX

Dennis Farina faces weapons charge

May 12, 08 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Law & Order star Dennis Farina was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport yesterday for carrying a concealed, loaded and unregistered .22 caliber handgun, reports E! Online. Farina, 64, had been planning  to fly to his hometown of Chicago. The actor, who has played cops and criminals in several... More »

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felony • Law and Order • TSA • LAX • Dennis Farina • .22 cal handgun • Van Nuys

US Plans to Widen DNA Database

Will take samples from illegal immigrants, felony arrestees

Apr 16, 08 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US plans to significantly widen its law-enforcement database by taking DNA samples from illegal immigrants picked up by federal authorities and from all people arrested for federal offenses, the Washington Post reports. The feds currently collect genetic information only from those convicted of federal crimes. The expanded policy follows... More »

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FBI • crime • DNA • ACLU • felony • US government • arrest • illegal immigration • DNA database • civil liberties • DNA evidence

'Bikini Anchor' May Sue NYC Over Cop Tussle

Fired newscaster lays groundwork for claim
of 'economic injuries'

Mar 14, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former Philadelphia news anchor who allegedly punched a New York cop may be preparing to sue the city, the police department, and several individual officers—including the one she was originally charged with hitting. Alycia Lane's lawyer tells the Daily News the move allows her “to keep her... More »

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NYPD • New York • Manhattan • felony • Philadelphia • lawsuit • assault • Alycia Lane • Rich Eisen • bikini • Bikini Anchor • news anchor

Deputy Charged for Dumping Quadriplegic

She turns herself
in to Fla. jail after thousands see video

Feb 16, 08 6:12 PM CST
(Newser) - A Florida sheriff’s deputy turned herself in today after dumping a quadriplegic from his wheelchair during a jailhouse booking last month, MSNBC reports. Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones was promptly released on $3,500 bail and will face a charge of felony abuse of a disabled person. She was already a... More »

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Florida • crime • abuse • felony • Tampa • bail • wheelchair

Bail for Simpson Set at $125K

Ex-football star set to leave Vegas after kidnap-robbery charges

Sep 19, 07 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Las Vegas judge set bail at $125,000 for OJ Simpson today on 11 counts issuing from his hotel altercation with sports collectors. The former football star entered no plea at today's hearing and was ordered to surrender his passport, the Los Angeles Times reports. His lawyer said Simpson... More »

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robbery • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • felony • misdemeanor • memorabilia • bail • sports collectibles • arraignment

Donaghy Pleads Guilty in NBA Betting Scandal

Former referee says he was paid for picking winners correctly

Aug 15, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy admitted to betting on games he officiated and pleaded guilty today to two gambling-related felony counts. Donaghy, who turned himself in, told a Brooklyn judge he divulged game information and his picks on NBA games to gambling associates; he was paid for correctly choosing winning... More »

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NBA • basketball • organized crime • gambling • NBA referees • betting • felony • David Stern • Tim Donaghy

NFL Denies
Vick Rumors

No suspension decision has been made;
league will wait for results of its review

Aug 13, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL yesterday denied rumors that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick would be suspended for the entire 2007 season after being indicted on several felony charges stemming from a dogfighting scandal, reports USA Today. "No decision has been made," said an NFL spokesman. More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • felony • dogfighting • indictment • suspension

Pelosi Is a Felon

And We Mean It

Apr 6, 07 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mr. Turner, a lawyer and forme assistant secretary of state in the Reagan administration says Speaker Pelosi is a felon under a 1799 law known as the Logan Act.  Citing Marbury v Madison, perhaps the most cited legal case in American legal history, he says that Pelosi breached the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • law • Logan Act • constitution • Marbury v. Madison • felony

NASA Dumps Deranged Astronaut

Nowak will be
sent back to
the Navy

Mar 8, 07 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Love-lorn Lisa Nowak made history again Wednesday, when she became the first astronaut ever to get a pink slip from NASA. The space agency remanded her to the U.S. Navy, for whom she was officially on assignment at NASA. More »

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NASA • Lisa Nowak • Astronaut love triangle • astronauts • felony • Discovery space shuttle

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