http://news.aol.com Crime and Court Headlines Copyright 2005 America Online, Inc. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:22:34 EDT en-us 5 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/over-20-dead-in-mo-okla-ga-after-new/n20080511223709990020 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/over-20-dead-in-mo-okla-ga-after-new/n20080511223709990020 SENECA, Mo. (AP) - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/minivan-flips-on-western-pennsylvania/n20080511223309990007 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/minivan-flips-on-western-pennsylvania/n20080511223309990007 WEST SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) - A minivan crossed an interstate median, flipped and was hit by another vehicle in western Pennsylvania, killing six of seven people on board, state police said Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/medical-helicopter-crash-in-wis-kills/n20080511222809990006 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/medical-helicopter-crash-in-wis-kills/n20080511222809990006 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A medical helicopter dropped off a patient and then crashed shortly after it took off on its return flight to Madison, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot on board, officials said Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/22-dead-in-mo-okla-ga-after-new-round-of/n20080511221609990006 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/22-dead-in-mo-okla-ga-after-new-round-of/n20080511221609990006 SENECA, Mo. (AP) - Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/families-will-make-case-for-vaccine-link/n20080511204609990010 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/families-will-make-case-for-vaccine-link/n20080511204609990010 WASHINGTON (AP) - Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/3-crew-members-die-as-medical-helicopter/n20080511115809990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/3-crew-members-die-as-medical-helicopter/n20080511115809990002 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A medical helicopter on a return flight after dropping off a patient crashed after takeoff, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot aboard, officials said Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/medical-helicopter-carrying-3-crashes-in/n20080511115409990016 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/medical-helicopter-carrying-3-crashes-in/n20080511115409990016 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A medical helicopter on a return flight after dropping off a patient crashed after takeoff, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot aboard, officials said Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/medical-helicopter-carrying-3-is-missing/n20080511113909990023 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/medical-helicopter-carrying-3-is-missing/n20080511113909990023 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A medical helicopter on a return flight after dropping off a patient crashed after take-off, killing the surgeon, nurse and pilot aboard, officials said Sunday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-exclusive-ex-manager-says-oj-simpson/n20080511073709990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-exclusive-ex-manager-says-oj-simpson/n20080511073709990003 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/19-dead-in-missouri-oklahoma-after-new/n20080511073609990004 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/19-dead-in-missouri-oklahoma-after-new/n20080511073609990004 PICHER, Okla. (AP) - Many have fled this depressed, pollution-scarred mining town. Those who have chosen to stay or have not yet relocated face a new heartache. A tornado ripped through a 20-block swath of Picher late Saturday afternoon, killing at least seven people. The same storm system then moved into southwest Missouri where tornadoes took the lives of at least 12 others, authorities said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/at-least-11-dead-in-central-us-in-new/n20080510225609990009 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/at-least-11-dead-in-central-us-in-new/n20080510225609990009 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Thunderstorms and tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least 11 people, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/5-bodies-including-3-children-found-in/n20080510223609990013 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/5-bodies-including-3-children-found-in/n20080510223609990013 HOUSTON (AP) - The bodies of five people, including three young children, were found Saturday afternoon on a sprawling property with several structures in northeast Houston, police said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/storms-leave-behind-death-and-debris/20080510221609990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/storms-leave-behind-death-and-debris/20080510221609990001 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least five people, mangling buildings and trapping people in the rubble of their homes in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/3-kids-among-dead-on-houston-lot/20080510202409990001 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/3-kids-among-dead-on-houston-lot/20080510202409990001 HOUSTON (AP) - The bodies of five people, including three young children, were found Saturday afternoon on a sprawling property with several structures in northeast Houston, police said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/lawyer-says-young-philly-jet-setter/n20080510193309990012 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/lawyer-says-young-philly-jet-setter/n20080510193309990012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former college student accused of stealing people's credit to travel the world with her Ivy League boyfriend is nearing a federal plea deal, her lawyer said. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/human-smuggler-gets-life-in-prison-for/n20080510174909990014 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/human-smuggler-gets-life-in-prison-for/n20080510174909990014 PHOENIX (AP) - A man who crashed an overloaded sport utility vehicle, killing 10 illegal immigrants while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents, has been sentenced to life in federal prison. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nypd-disciplines-white-officer-who/n20080510170409990007 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/nypd-disciplines-white-officer-who/n20080510170409990007 NEW YORK (AP) - A white police officer was disciplined for acting ``in a discourteous manner'' when he confronted a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the New York City Police Department, an agency spokesman said Saturday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ohio-dems-strip-embattled-attorney/n20080510153809990011 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ohio-dems-strip-embattled-attorney/n20080510153809990011 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Democratic Party no longer considers scandal-plagued Attorney General Marc Dann one of its own, voting Saturday to strip an officeholder of his endorsement for the first time in the organization's history. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/justice-stevens-contrasts-lethal/n20080510153109990019 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/justice-stevens-contrasts-lethal/n20080510153109990019 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-exclusive-ex-manager-says-oj-simpson/n20080510122509990023 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-exclusive-ex-manager-says-oj-simpson/n20080510122509990023 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A memorabilia dealer who profited from O.J. Simpson for many years is the latest former crony to write a tell-all book, this one alleging a groggy Simpson, high on marijuana, confessed to killing his ex-wife after he was acquitted. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ohio-dems-strip-attorney-general-of/n20080510105409990007 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ohio-dems-strip-attorney-general-of/n20080510105409990007 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Democrats have rescinded their 2006 endorsement of embattled Attorney General Marc Dann. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/hundreds-brawl-at-la-high-school-broken/n20080510052409990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/hundreds-brawl-at-la-high-school-broken/n20080510052409990002 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fight that broke out at a troubled South Los Angeles school escalated into a campuswide brawl involving as many as 600 students before it was quelled by police in riot gear. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/following-year-of-division-supreme-court/n20080510040709990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/following-year-of-division-supreme-court/n20080510040709990003 WASHINGTON (AP) - This could be the Supreme Court term, one court watcher joked recently, that Justice John Paul Stevens remembers he is a Republican. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/supreme-court-avoiding-5-4-decisions/n20080510040309990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/supreme-court-avoiding-5-4-decisions/n20080510040309990003 WASHINGTON (AP) - This could be the Supreme Court term, one court watcher joked recently, that Justice John Paul Stevens remembers he is a Republican. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/jury-selection-begins-in-r-kellys-child/n20080510034509990005 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/jury-selection-begins-in-r-kellys-child/n20080510034509990005 CHICAGO (AP) - On the first day of his child pornography trial in Chicago, a suit-clad R. Kelly faced nearly 150 Cook County residents, bowed his head slightly, smiled and said, ``Hello.'' http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/fbi-video-shows-powerful-explosion-at/n20080509224609990002 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/fbi-video-shows-powerful-explosion-at/n20080509224609990002 SAN DIEGO (AP) - The FBI released surveillance video Friday of a powerful pipe bomb explosion that shattered big windows at a federal courthouse and filled the lobby with smoke. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/judge-womans-rape-case-against/n20080509223509990031 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/judge-womans-rape-case-against/n20080509223509990031 HOUSTON (AP) - A woman who said she was raped by co-workers while employed by a contractor in Iraq can take her claims to trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/judge-japanese-man-can-be-absent-from-la/n20080509211909990003 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/judge-japanese-man-can-be-absent-from-la/n20080509211909990003 LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Japanese man accused of killing his wife can be absent from a Los Angeles courtroom when his attorney argues for the charges to be dismissed, a judge said Friday. http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/san-francisco-denies-claims-filed-by/n20080509203009990016 http://feeds.aol.com/_t/rss_2.0/news/crime/crime_court/http://news.aol.com/story/_a/san-francisco-denies-claims-filed-by/n20080509203009990016 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco officials say an investigation has found the city not liable for injuries suffered by two brothers attacked by an escaped zoo tiger.