Crime Stories from January 7, 2015 (Change date)
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Court orders Nevada to say what's in prison foodJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - A convicted pedophile's complaint about Nevada prison food has the state Supreme Court ordering an accounting of what's in unnamed sack lunches and "che...
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White chief who shot black man said he feared for his lifeJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - A white ex-police chief told investigators he feared he would be killed when the black man he was trying to arrest started to drive off with the ...
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Jackie Chan's son sentenced to 6 months for drug offenseJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIJING (AP) - The son of actor Jackie Chan pleaded guilty in a Beijing court Friday to providing a venue for drug users and was sentenced to six months in prison, follo...
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DA: Fugitive shot by task force was hit by 7 bulletsJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A city man wanted on child-rape charges was hit by seven bullets fired by two different guns when members of a U.S. marshal's-led fugitive task force t...
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Miss. inmate wins chance at appeal in decades-old rape caseJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court is giving Richard Chapman a chance to argue he deserves a new trial. The justice on Thursday granted Chapman's petiti...
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Honolulu police chief: Family dispute has not hurt his workJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - HONOLULU (AP) - The police chief in Honolulu said his performance hasn't been compromised by a family dispute aired in a criminal trial that included allegations of misc...
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Lawyer: Dad accused of tossing girl off bridge acted strangeJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The man accused of throwing his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge early Thursday had been acting strangely the day before, calling his attorne...
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'Proven liars' to testify against Omaha woman, lawyer saysJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A lawyer for an Omaha woman has told jurors they shouldn't believe family members who will testify against his client. During opening statements in Er...
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French probe terror suspect links; new attacks may be aheadJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - What started as a hunt for two terror suspects grew into something worse - fears of a nest of terrorists that could strike again in the heart of Paris. The ...
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3 executives charged in W.Va. chem spill plead not guiltyJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Three executives charged in a chemical spill last January in West Virginia pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday. The pleas come a day af...