<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - plea</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/plea</link><description>Newsvine - plea</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:21:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:26:24 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NATO protester pleads guilty to bomb charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 28-year-old activist arrested around the time of the NATO summit in Chicago last year has pleaded guilty to attempting to purchase materials to make a pipe bomb.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707415-nato-protester-pleads-guilty-to-bomb-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17707415-nato-protester-pleads-guilty-to-bomb-charge</guid><category>us</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>guilty</category><category>nato-summit</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:20:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suspect in NIU student slaying enters plea</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 36-year-old man charged in the 2010 slaying of a Northern Illinois University student whose burned body was found in a park days after she disappeared entered a plea in exchange for a 37-year prison sentence on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587227-suspect-in-niu-student-slaying-enters-plea</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17587227-suspect-in-niu-student-slaying-enters-plea</guid><category>us</category><category>missing</category><category>student</category><category>deal</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>plea-deal</category><category>northern-illinois-university</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 17:31:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a1160c3-4099-4a16-a6ee-4a49fb2d8145.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a1160c3-4099-4a16-a6ee-4a49fb2d8145.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file photo provided Oct. 29, 2010 by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department shows William Curl, 34, of DeKalb, Ill.  Curl, who is charged in the 2010 slaying of a Northern Illinois University freshman Antinette &quot;Toni&quot; Keller, will appear in court Wednesday, April 3, 2013, to enter a plea in exchange for a 37-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b3bf104-6c30-484e-b714-37c970cf0ba7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b3bf104-6c30-484e-b714-37c970cf0ba7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo provided by Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., shows student Antinette &quot;Toni&quot; Keller, 18, of Plainfield, Ill., who disappeared Oct. 14, 2010, and whose burned remains were later found in a park in DeKalb. On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, William Curl, 36, of DeKalb, who is charged Keller's slaying, will appear in court to enter a plea in exchange for a 37-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Northern Illinois University, File)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Somali terror-support suspect pleads guilty in NYC</title>
<description><![CDATA[A shadowy Somali citizen who was interrogated about his ties to international terrorism aboard an American U.S. warship nearly two years ago has pleaded guilty as part of a cooperation agreement, prosecutors said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Hays]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Hays]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17457975-somali-terror-support-suspect-pleads-guilty-in-nyc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17457975-somali-terror-support-suspect-pleads-guilty-in-nyc</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>ny</category><category>somalia</category><category>terror</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:27:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 sentenced in plot to ship aircraft parts to Iran</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Iranian national has been sentenced to 23 months in federal prison and an American who worked as an airline pilot received a 46-month sentence for their roles in a plot to ship helicopters and aircraft parts to Iran's state-run civilian airline in violation of the U.S. trade embargo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Barrouquere]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brett Barrouquere]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17191866-2-sentenced-in-plot-to-ship-aircraft-parts-to-iran</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17191866-2-sentenced-in-plot-to-ship-aircraft-parts-to-iran</guid><category>us</category><category>iran</category><category>trade</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:12:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DA: Law in Colo. theater shooting constitutional</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting are disputing defense arguments that the state law on insanity pleas is unconstitutional.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149760-da-law-in-colo-theater-shooting-constitutional</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149760-da-law-in-colo-theater-shooting-constitutional</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>colorado</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>james-holmes</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:53:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f2e2195-d6e3-472f-8ac2-35071a07fc93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f2e2195-d6e3-472f-8ac2-35071a07fc93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo.  Lawyers for Holmes have indicated their client might plead not guilty by reason of insanity. In court documents made public Friday, March 1, 2013, James Holmes' attorneys want the judge to declare portions of the state's insanity defense laws unconstitutional. The filings say the laws in which a defendant may waive their right to remain silent and reveal confidential medical information should be unconstitutional in cases involving the possibility of execution. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Plea spares Utah target shooters jail for wildfire</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the worst of the fire season last summer, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert vowed to hold accountable anybody who foolishly ignited a wildfire, saying "if you start a fire, you're going to be liable to pay for the fire."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul Foy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855978-plea-spares-utah-target-shooters-jail-for-wildfire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16855978-plea-spares-utah-target-shooters-jail-for-wildfire</guid><category>us</category><category>wildfire</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>salt-lake-city</category><category>gary-herbert</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 19:36:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mom Accused of Drowning Girl Wins With Insanity Defense; Now, Can She Re-Enter Society? - ABC News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A California mother accused of drowning her 3-year-old daughter walked away a free woman this past week after she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and a judge deemed her fit to reenter society.
So after three years of treatment and incarceration, Jennifer Lynn Bigham&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16724381-mom-accused-of-drowning-girl-wins-with-insanity-defense-now-can-she-re-enter-society-abc-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16724381-mom-accused-of-drowning-girl-wins-with-insanity-defense-now-can-she-re-enter-society-abc-news</guid><category>of</category><category>mom</category><category>wins</category><category>accused</category><category>plea</category><category>insanity</category><category>drowning</category><category>daghter</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:01:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62F67996EE-8824-4B98-D594-14831DC8ECE4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62F67996EE-8824-4B98-D594-14831DC8ECE4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Madoff brother attends granddaughter's bat mitzvah</title>
<description><![CDATA[The prison-bound brother of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff (MAY'-dawf) has attended his granddaughter's bat mitzvah in New York.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16614465-madoff-brother-attends-granddaughters-bat-mitzvah</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16614465-madoff-brother-attends-granddaughters-bat-mitzvah</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>wall-street</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>madoff</category><category>bernard-madoff</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:35:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56bf225e-f827-47a6-abf1-d38bf3846f51.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=56bf225e-f827-47a6-abf1-d38bf3846f51.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Peter Madoff leaves Federal Court in New York after pleading guilty to criminal charges. The prison-bound brother of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff has attended his granddaughter's bat mitzvah in New York. Peter Madoff was sentenced in December to 10 years in prison for his role in the massive Ponzi scheme. The judge delayed his lockup date so he could attend the Jewish ceremony. The 67-year-old pleaded guilty in June to charges that he created false documents while he was chief compliance officer at his brother's firm. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man pleads guilty to charge in Mo. sex slave case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Missouri man accused of torturing a young woman he kept as a sex slave pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with her when she was underage, but more serious charges including sex trafficking were dropped.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BILL DRAPER]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BILL DRAPER]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529249-man-pleads-guilty-to-charge-in-mo-sex-slave-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16529249-man-pleads-guilty-to-charge-in-mo-sex-slave-case</guid><category>us</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>sex-slave</category><category>sex-slave-plea</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:27:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=375e0167-fc61-4af5-a663-5a72a3825314.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=375e0167-fc61-4af5-a663-5a72a3825314.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Sept. 10, 2010 file photo provided by the LaClede County, Mo., sheriff's office shows Edward Bagley of Lebanon, Mo. Bagley, 45, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in a Kansas City federal court to having sex with a young woman who was underage when he kept her as a sex slave. (AP Photo/LaClede County Sheriff's Office, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NY caviar distributor gets leniency in fraud scam</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 69-year-old luxury food distributor who was charged with unlawfully importing caviar but evaded arrest for nearly a quarter-century before being captured last year won't have to spend any more time behind bars after a judge sentenced him on Monday to time served, citing his age and the lack of victims.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16396978-ny-caviar-distributor-gets-leniency-in-fraud-scam</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16396978-ny-caviar-distributor-gets-leniency-in-fraud-scam</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>plea</category><category>caviar</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2013 18:44:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Purported plea from Chinese labor camp found in Halloween decorations | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
An Oregon woman who found a Chinese laborer's plea for help hidden in a box of Halloween decorations says she thinks the letter, which describes brutal conditions inside a work camp, is authentic.
Julie Keith, 42, of Portland, bought a Halloween graveyard kit from Kmart last y&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16172745-purported-plea-from-chinese-labor-camp-found-in-halloween-decorations-fox-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16172745-purported-plea-from-chinese-labor-camp-found-in-halloween-decorations-fox-news</guid><category>camp</category><category>chinese</category><category>from</category><category>plea</category><category>lobor</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:06:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62D609E510-442C-041F-1EB0-12FF45FE5951.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62D609E510-442C-041F-1EB0-12FF45FE5951.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bernard Madoff's brother gets 10-year sentence</title>
<description><![CDATA[Peter Madoff was "frankly, not believable" when he claimed he was as surprised as anyone to learn his brother had blown $20 billion of investor money in a massive Ponzi scheme that lasted for decades, a judge said as she sentenced him to 10 years in prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16051920-bernard-madoffs-brother-gets-10-year-sentence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16051920-bernard-madoffs-brother-gets-10-year-sentence</guid><category>us</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>madoff</category><category>bernard-madoff</category><category>peter-madoff</category><category>madoff-plea</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:08:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e1465fa-0376-4e18-a55b-20849e05bcc2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e1465fa-0376-4e18-a55b-20849e05bcc2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Peter Madoff leaves Federal Court in New York after pleading guilty to criminal charges. The suspense surrounding the sentencing of the brother of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff will largely be absent because a plea agreement makes a 10-year prison term all but certain. But drama will likely fill the courtroom Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan anyway as 67-year-old Peter Madoff faces some of the heartbroken investors who lost their savings when the unprecedented fraud was revealed four years ago this month. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8661b045-df69-4bbc-96d8-0f254854e04d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8661b045-df69-4bbc-96d8-0f254854e04d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Peter Madoff,  leaves Federal Court in New York after pleading guilty to criminal charges. Much of the suspense for the sentencing in New York of the brother of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff has been eliminated with a plea agreement that makes a 10-year prison term all but certain. But the proceeding Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Manhattan federal court for Peter Madoff will not lack drama.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ed048fd-2ae6-4c20-8930-f68ab16e2864.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ed048fd-2ae6-4c20-8930-f68ab16e2864.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peter Madoff exits Manhattan federal court after receiving a 10 year sentence for his participation in the largest Ponzi scheme in history, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac8311cd-a089-42e2-84d2-bc96546a547d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="332" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ac8311cd-a089-42e2-84d2-bc96546a547d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peter Madoff, left, and his attorney John Wing exit Manhattan federal court after receiving a his sentence, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. The brother of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling by a judge who said she disbelieved his claims that he did not know about the epic fraud. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04d23d30-6a98-4a51-a28f-6916a7853ddb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04d23d30-6a98-4a51-a28f-6916a7853ddb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peter Madoff exits Manhattan federal court after receiving his sentence, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. The brother of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling by a judge who said she disbelieved his claims that he did not know about the epic fraud. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c589feb0-884f-472d-ac8c-97b28fb73214.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="333" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c589feb0-884f-472d-ac8c-97b28fb73214.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Peter Madoff exits Manhattan federal court after receiving a 10-year sentence for his participation in the largest Ponzi scheme in history, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UBS to pay $1.5 billion over interest rate rigging</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department says an international investment bank will pay more than $1.5 billion in penalties in three nations to resolve charges of trying to manipulate an interest rate used as a benchmark in global banking transactions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JESSE HOLLAND]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JESSE HOLLAND]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16019940-ubs-to-pay-15-billion-over-interest-rate-rigging</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16019940-ubs-to-pay-15-billion-over-interest-rate-rigging</guid><category>politics</category><category>justice</category><category>ubs</category><category>justice-department</category><category>plea</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:41:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Amgen to pay $762M settlement over drug marketing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amgen Inc. has agreed to pay $762 million to resolve federal litigation accusing the drugmaker of marketing the anemia treatment Aranesp for unapproved uses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15995775-amgen-to-pay-762m-settlement-over-drug-marketing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/18/15995775-amgen-to-pay-762m-settlement-over-drug-marketing</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>amgen</category><category>plea</category><category>guilty-plea</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:29:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ab38daea-b26a-46a2-8dd2-b4a45980b617.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ab38daea-b26a-46a2-8dd2-b4a45980b617.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This April 20, 2010, file photo shows an exterior view of Amgen offices in Fremont, Calif. Amgen Inc. agreed  on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, to pay $762 million to resolve federal litigation accusing the drugmaker of marketing the anemia treatment Aranesp for unapproved uses. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bernard Madoff's brother gets 10-year sentence</title>
<description><![CDATA[The brother of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for crimes committed in the shadow of his notorious sibling by a judge who said she disbelieved his claims that he did not know about the epic fraud.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15891412-bernard-madoffs-brother-gets-10-year-sentence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15891412-bernard-madoffs-brother-gets-10-year-sentence</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>wall-street</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>madoff</category><category>bernard-madoff</category><category>madoff-plea</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:51:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e1465fa-0376-4e18-a55b-20849e05bcc2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e1465fa-0376-4e18-a55b-20849e05bcc2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Peter Madoff leaves Federal Court in New York after pleading guilty to criminal charges. The suspense surrounding the sentencing of the brother of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff will largely be absent because a plea agreement makes a 10-year prison term all but certain. But drama will likely fill the courtroom Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan anyway as 67-year-old Peter Madoff faces some of the heartbroken investors who lost their savings when the unprecedented fraud was revealed four years ago this month. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8661b045-df69-4bbc-96d8-0f254854e04d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8661b045-df69-4bbc-96d8-0f254854e04d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Peter Madoff,  leaves Federal Court in New York after pleading guilty to criminal charges. Much of the suspense for the sentencing in New York of the brother of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff has been eliminated with a plea agreement that makes a 10-year prison term all but certain. But the proceeding Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 in Manhattan federal court for Peter Madoff will not lack drama.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Millionaire's billboard girlfriend plea removed</title>
<description><![CDATA[A billboard put up by a San Diego millionaire who's seeking a Latina girlfriend has been removed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15818687-millionaires-billboard-girlfriend-plea-removed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15818687-millionaires-billboard-girlfriend-plea-removed</guid><category>us</category><category>billboard</category><category>san-diego</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>girlfriend</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:51:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are they crazy? Right to insanity denied in ID, KS, MT and UT | Washington Times Communities</title>
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November 29, 2012 - Four states and the Supreme Court must be crazy.  Idaho, Kansas, Montana and Utah do not allow the insanity defense in criminal prosecutions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799678-are-they-crazy-right-to-insanity-denied-in-id-ks-mt-and-ut-washington-times-communities</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15799678-are-they-crazy-right-to-insanity-denied-in-id-ks-mt-and-ut-washington-times-communities</guid><category>to</category><category>right</category><category>plea</category><category>insanity</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:00:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia6275938D0A-899B-1764-CF36-8DBA77A41661.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia6275938D0A-899B-1764-CF36-8DBA77A41661.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wife accused in Mo. sex slave case pleads guilty</title>
<description><![CDATA[A woman accused with her husband of forcing a teenage girl to be a sex slave for years in their mobile home pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge in a deal contingent on her being sentenced to probation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BILL DRAPER]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BILL DRAPER]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15730997-wife-accused-in-mo-sex-slave-case-pleads-guilty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15730997-wife-accused-in-mo-sex-slave-case-pleads-guilty</guid><category>us</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>sex-slave</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 17:18:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 plead guilty in plot to ship aircraft to Iran</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Iranian national and an American citizen who worked as an airline pilot pleaded guilty Monday in a plot to ship helicopters and aircraft parts for Iran's state-run civilian airline, in violation of the U.S. trade embargo.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Schreiner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bruce Schreiner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15648059-2-plead-guilty-in-plot-to-ship-aircraft-to-iran</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15648059-2-plead-guilty-in-plot-to-ship-aircraft-to-iran</guid><category>us</category><category>iran</category><category>trade</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chinese co. to pay $2M for nuke export violations</title>
<description><![CDATA[A company owned by the Chinese government has pleaded guilty for conspiring to violate nuclear export restrictions on Pakistan and agreed to pay $2 million in fines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15647802-chinese-co-to-pay-2m-for-nuke-export-violations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15647802-chinese-co-to-pay-2m-for-nuke-export-violations</guid><category>us</category><category>china</category><category>pakistan</category><category>politics</category><category>plea</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:45:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY caviar distributor pleads guilty in fraud scam</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York caviar distributor who evaded arrest for nearly a quarter century pleaded guilty Thursday to unlawfully importing more than 100,000 pounds of Russian and Iranian caviar in the 1980s.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546451-ny-caviar-distributor-pleads-guilty-in-fraud-scam</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15546451-ny-caviar-distributor-pleads-guilty-in-fraud-scam</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>plea</category><category>caviar</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:33:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former Madoff employee pleads guilty in NY</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former controller for imprisoned Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to history's largest Ponzi scheme.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15046761-former-madoff-employee-pleads-guilty-in-ny</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15046761-former-madoff-employee-pleads-guilty-in-ny</guid><category>us</category><category>wall-street</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>employee</category><category>madoff</category><category>bernard-madoff</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 00:06:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>With lifer just out of prison, book release moved</title>
<description><![CDATA[Publication has been moved up for an award-winning journalist's book about Bill Macumber, the inmate recently freed after nearly 40 years in an Arizona prison on murder charges he still disputes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028199-with-lifer-just-out-of-prison-book-release-moved</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15028199-with-lifer-just-out-of-prison-book-release-moved</guid><category>us</category><category>books</category><category>of</category><category>change</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2012 21:00:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39d66466-09ec-45d5-8e1b-e6a8186c41d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="334" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=39d66466-09ec-45d5-8e1b-e6a8186c41d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bill Macumber waves after being released from prison, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 at Superior Court in Phoenix. Macumber, a man imprisoned for nearly four decades for the killing of two 20-year-olds pleaded no contest Wednesday to second-degree murder charges in a move that secured his freedom. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Schennum)  MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Woman pleads guilty to breaking in, cleaning home</title>
<description><![CDATA[A woman accused of breaking into a home west of Cleveland, cleaning it and leaving a bill for $75 has pleaded guilty to attempted burglary.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14879356-woman-pleads-guilty-to-breaking-in-cleaning-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14879356-woman-pleads-guilty-to-breaking-in-cleaning-home</guid><category>us</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>fairy</category><category>cleaning</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 00:36:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Mexican man accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has admitted he was part of a crew that sneaked into the United States to find marijuana smugglers to rob at the time of the fatal shooting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacques Billeaud]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacques Billeaud]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14796109-mexican-man-pleads-guilty-in-killing-of-us-agent</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14796109-mexican-man-pleads-guilty-in-killing-of-us-agent</guid><category>united-states</category><category>border-patrol</category><category>plea</category><category>us-news</category><category>fast-and-furious</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:16:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>