Archive for November, 2008

Cyber Monday deals could open door to spam, scams

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — Monday will be one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, and also one of the most treacherous.

On Cyber Monday,…

Via: Computer Crime Research News

The Hacker: What to do if you can’t see eye to eye with your own co-ordination?

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Among the bewildering amount of counselling I’ve received from readers anxious to lift the pall of depression that hangs over my golf comes a piece of…

Via: Computer Crime Research News

Mich. police capture fugitive convicted murderer (AP)

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

AP - Authorities say a fugitive who served time for murder and is suspected of leading a group of teenage burglars has been captured, four days after escaping from a northern Michigan jail.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

Woman’s conviction overturned 13 years after Campbell burglary

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Mashelle Bullington spent years in prison for crime authorities now acknowledge she did not commit. “She deserves to have her name cleared,” a prosecutor states in legal papers.

Via: Crime

Plea deal offered to 8-year-old murder suspect (AP)

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

The Apache County Court House is seen in thie Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 file photo in St. Johns, Ariz. Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their eastern Arizona home, court records show. Complete details of the offer weren't spelled out in a court filing posted Saturday Nov. 29, 2008 on the Apache County Superior Court's Web site. (AP Photo/Dana Felthauser, FILE)AP - Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their eastern Arizona home, court records show.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

New Natural Gas Pipelines Clash With Some Landowners

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

In the push toward more energy independence, massive infrastructure projects that will help to deliver it have clashed with cherished rights of land ownership.

Via: FOXNews.com

6 Americans Among the Dead in India Terror Attacks

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Six Americans were among the dead in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.

Via: FOXNews.com

Attorney: Burress to Face Charges in Accidental Shooting

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Plaxico Burress’ lawyer said Sunday he was advised that the New York Giants’ star receiver will be charged with criminal possession of a weapon after accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh.

Via: FOXNews.com

Daughter awaits dad’s fate after mom’s slaying

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Debby Crabtree sits on a swing in her backyard with her mother's books on Sept. 25, 2008, in Jackson, Ohio. Police say her father hired someone to kill her mother.Her father waits behind a glass wall, clothed in the jail standard gray-and-white striped shirt and pants. He has tidied up some since their last visit: What’s left of his thinning hair has been trimmed, and his face is clean of stubble.

Via: msnbc.com: Crime & courts

Coast Guard finds two bodies on fishing boat off Half Moon Bay

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Two cousins from Milpitas were found dead inside their fishing vessel after it capsized in choppy waters off Half Moon Bay Saturday morning, Coast Guard officials said.

Via: Crime