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PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias asked jurors on Tuesday to spare her the death penalty and sentence her to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend, reversing statements she made after her conviction that she preferred death to incarceration. "I made many public statements that I would prefer …

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City is seeing a spike in anti-gay attacks, with two assaults coming within days of the fatal shooting of a gay man over the weekend, the city's police commissioner said on Tuesday. Two men in their early 40s were attacked on a street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood early …

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jurors began a final round of deliberations on Tuesday to determine whether convicted killer Jodi Arias deserves a death sentence or life in prison for murdering an ex-boyfriend in Arizona five years ago. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens told jurors they must reach a unanimous verdict …

One of the founders of defunct cattle broker Eastern Livestock was sentenced Tuesday to almost six years in federal prison and the former chief financial officer was sentenced to nearly five for their ...

DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

NEW YORK (AP) — Portia de Rossi only believed it was happening when her agent got the good news from the producers. Michael Cera only believed it was happening when the cameras rolled.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two executives at Japan's Denso Corp have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices of electronic auto parts sold to Toyota and will cooperate with an ongoing criminal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The settlement is the latest in a wide-ranging investigation …

By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Former Georgian prime minister Ivane Merabishvili was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday in what the opposition said was a witch-hunt against members of the ousted administration of President Mikheil Saakashvili. Ex-healthcare minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, now a governor …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two executives at auto parts maker Denso Corp have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices and have agreed to cooperate with an ongoing criminal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The executives, Yuji Suzuki and Hiroshi Watanabe, both Japanese nationals, agreed …

NEW YORK (AP) — Portia de Rossi only believed it was happening when her agent got the good news from the producers. Michael Cera only believed it was happening when the cameras rolled.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The fourth week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has ended in the arrests of more than 50 people at the state legislature.

During the trial of Tim DeChristopher, it wasn’t uncommon for supporters of the environmental activist to lament "This story isn’t being told," as they watched on to see his act of civil disobedience in which he bid on public, pristine land in his native Utah to prevent it from falling into the hands of oil and gas companies …

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge denied a defense attorney's request for a mistrial on Monday in the death penalty phase of Jodi Arias' sensational murder trial, after a long-time friend declined to testify as a character witness, citing threats. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month of murdering …

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two California men were in custody on Monday after accidentally dialing 911 on a cellphone before breaking into a car, authorities said.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest.

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced that on May 15, 2013, the owner of a steel supply company in Denver, Colorado was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud Ex-Im Bank …

A major New Jersey engineering firm and seven of its former top executives have pleaded not guilty to charges they circumvented the state's pay-to-play laws. Birdsall Engineering and the other defendants, ...

A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges. Prosecutor Olof Sahlgren says the three are "suspected of aggravated ...

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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Two suspects arrested for breaking into a car in Central California accidentally called 911 on a cellphone, which led police to them.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday.