Crime Stories from February 3, 2015 (Change date)
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Texas executes 'Texas 7' prison escapee for officer's deathFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A three-time convicted robber who helped engineer the biggest prison break in Texas history was executed Wednesday evening for killing a suburba...
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Police: Woman killed 24 hours after seeking protectionFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A woman who asked Corpus Christi police for protection from her ex-boyfriend was found dead less than 24 hours later. Heather Coglaiti, 33, ...
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Man gets life sentence in killing of Mendota Heights officerFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) - A man convicted of killing a police officer in the Twin Cities last summer was sentenced Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison. Brian ...
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Man convicted of operating underground website Silk RoadFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A San Francisco man was swiftly convicted Wednesday of creating and operating an underground website that prosecutors said enabled drug dealers around th...
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Romanian parliament OKs corruption probe of lawmakerFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's Parliament voted Wednesday to allow a formal criminal investigation of a former presidential candidate accused of corruption. A parli...
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'I did kill those cops,' suspect says of California slayingsFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A man charged with killing two Northern California sheriff's deputies stunned a courtroom Wednesday by blurting out that he committed the crime...
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Kane says special prosecutor lacks authority, safeguardsFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's attorney general argued Wednesday that a special prosecutor who investigated her was appointed without legal authority or the prese...
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Ex-medical researcher gets life term in wife's cyanide deathFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A former medical researcher was sentenced Wednesday to a mandatory life prison sentence without possibility of parole in the cyanide poisoning death of...
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New Zealand judge to head UK child sex abuse probeFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Britain's government on Wednesday appointed a judge from New Zealand to lead a wide-ranging inquiry into alleged child sex abuse by powerful figures in Bri...
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US Bank to pay $18M to customers of collapsed Iowa brokerageFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - U.S. Bank will pay $18 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its lax oversight enabled the founder of one of the nation's largest brokerages t...