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British MP's face could now face a prison sentence
Source: Sky.com

British MP's who knowingly make false claims on expenses can now possibly face criminal charges and a jail sentence. To date these claims have ranged from things like gardening to mortgages to one MP claiming for a 'Duck Island' for his pond to another MP claiming for his moat t …

Telling Statistics

By Greg Mathews: Reporting in the Daily Telegraph, London on 02 June 2009 Barney Henderson writes that --- nearly one third of the Indian Members of Parliament (MP's) who took their seats for the first session of the new Parliament yesterday had criminal charges against them.

Wal-Mart to pay $2 million after employee's death
Source: CNN

Wal-Mart has agreed to pay nearly $2 million and take extra safety precautions after a stampede killed a store employee in Long Island, New York, last year.

James O'Rourke, Conn. Lawmaker, Loses Post As Woman's Death Probed
Source: The Huffington Post

A Connecticut state lawmaker was suspended from his leadership post Friday amid reports he could face a criminal charge in the death of a barefoot woman who died of hypothermia after fleeing from his car this past winter.

Will Chris Brown be convicted?

Rumors. Gossip. Speculation. What are the crimes charged against Chris Brown? What punishment does he face? Let's talk facts.

MI cops shot unarmed, 20-year-old marijuana activist
Source: Raw Story

A 20-year-old university student in Michigan is hospitalized and in serious condition after police shot the man Wednesday while serving a drug warrant. He was unarmed, investigators said.

David Wilcox Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter ws Story
Source: WFSB.com - News

David Wilcox has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault in connection with the fatal 2005 Avon Mountain crash.

Why on earth would Pope Benedict XVI want to rehabilitate a Holocaust denier?
Source: thedailybeast.com

The running title of this blog is "What Fresh Hell." This week's heaping helping of fresh hell comes courtesy of Bishop Richard Williamson, one of four bishops whom Pope Benedict XVI has just un-excommunicated. A plainer way of putting it would be: rehabilitated.

The spotlight is fading Disgraced governor chases reflected glory
Source: Chicago Tribune

The fireworks you see on the 4th of July make an irresistible spectacle, but they can do it only in the course of destroying themselves. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in his mad blitz across all the channels on your TV, was following a similar course.

Lee Anthony's Attorney Says Client May Be Charged
Source: WESH.com

Lee Anthony's attorney is speculating that his client may be charged in connection with his actions while his niece, Caylee Anthony, was missing.

State to seize pot growers' house-
Source: registercitizen.com

The state has lodged an asset forfeiture action against a Torrington couple accused of growing marijuana at their Weigold Road home last summer.

Cookies Recalled Due to Possible Melamine - msnbc.com
Source: msnbc.com

Melamine in the kid's cookies and milk? Don't you think it is high time we demand source country labeling for raw materials in our consumables? Kids can die from this stuff - just ask the grieving mothers in China!

Innocent Shouldn't Pay Alone [Corporate Crooks and Bought Politicians Should Face Federal Charges]
Source: The Louisville Courier-Journal

Excerpt from article:Don't you think someone should have immediately unplugged all the paper shredders and seized the books of the firms that are reaching for bailout money?

Self-righteous shall inherit streets
Source: Australian News Network

OF all the least-expected consequences of soaring fuel prices, this has to be near the top of the list: swarms of cyclists are taking to the intimidating, multi-lane thoroughfares of Los Angeles, some even defying the law and whizzing between the stationary cars on the gridlocked …

Teacher files charges vs. kid over gun sketch - BostonHerald.com
Source: The Boston Herald

A Taunton teacher is pressing criminal charges against a 10-year-old student after she caught the fifth-grader drawing a menacing picture that depicts him, a gun and a figure of her with a "bullet whole" in her head.

Prosecutors file murder charge in stabbing death of UC student
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

(05-06) 15:51 PDT OAKLAND -- A Berkeley City College student was charged with murder today in the weekend stabbing death of a UC Berkeley student during a scuffle on fraternity row. Andrew Hoeft-Edenfield, 20, is expected to appear in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland thi …

Charges expected today in student's stabbing
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Alameda County prosecutors are expected to decide today what criminal charges to file against a 20-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a UC Berkeley engineering student during a chaotic late-night confrontation on fraternity row near campus.Prosecutors said Monday that they  …

Seven Disabled People, Including 5 Children, Imprisoned in Pa. Horror House
Source: FOXNews.com

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Five children and two disabled women were locked in a basement cell, fed meager food and rarely allowed to bathe, by a couple facing criminal charges over their care, authorities said. The couple were paid $9,000 a month to care for the seven.

McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty
Source: Yahoo! News

Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail. Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the salt off."

Embattled Duke Rape Case Prosecutor Mike Nifong Could Get Jail Time
Source: FOXNews.com

Seems this story may go on, and on, and on. Nifong ain't out of the woods (or cell) yet.

Let's do it; let's Impeach Bush
Source: theanchoressonline.com

Oh, I think it's definitely time.

Human hand, skulls found at stripper's home
Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A stripper from New Jersey faced criminal charges Wednesday after police found a severed hand and six human skulls in her home.

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