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Turkish colonel arrested over suspected coup plot

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A colonel in the Turkish army was arrested on Saturday in connection with a suspected conspiracy to destabilize the government by staging attacks against ethnic minorities, Sabah newspaper said on its website. The arrest was the latest in a long-running investigation of what prosecutors say was a plot hatched by members of the military to attack and kill Christians and other minorities and blame Islamists in order to discredit the government. Col. ...

Three Men Arrested on Terror Charges in Chicago

Three men loosely connected with the NATO protests have been arrested in Chicago for planning terror attacks on major police stations and businesses downtown, as well as President Obama's campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house.

UFC champion Jon (Bones) Jones arrested for DUI after reportedly crashing Bentley

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones has been arrested for DUI.

NATO Summit: 3 Protesters Arrested, Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism

Defendants Are Self-Proclaimed Members of the 'Black Bloc' Group

Shia LaBeouf returns to Cannes, this time with more pride for crime film 'Lawless'

CANNES, France - If Shia LaBeouf has his way, this year's Cannes Film Festival is just a beginning.

Italy's PM Monti vows to fight crime after school bombing

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, in the United States for a Group of Eight summit, said the government was determined to fight crime and prevent a return to the country's "subversive tendencies" after a school bombing killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded at least seven others. Monti, in a written statement, said the government would fight "all types of crime" and that it would seek to prevent a return to Italy's violent and "subversive" past, marked by Mafia car bombings and politically motivated murders. ...

Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday

Jurors in the John Edwards' campaign corruption trial are taking a break for the weekend and their requests for evidence and office supplies may be a sign that they are in for detailed discussions when they reconvene on Monday.

Two arrested in US over Chinese student killings

US police and federal investigators arrested two men over the killings of two Chinese graduate students which shocked Los Angeles last month, officials said.

Jurors in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial deliberate for hours, will resume Monday

GREENSBORO, N.C. - A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial involving money from wealthy donors that was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House bid. Talks will resume Monday, but the jury has already made several requests for evidence and office supplies, a sign they may be settling in for detailed discussions.

Convicted of hate crime, former Rutgers student gets gay support

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former Rutgers University student convicted of hate crimes for spying on his roommate's gay tryst is drawing support from a surprising group before his sentencing on Monday: gay advocates. Tyler Clementi, 18, committed suicide in 2010 after learning that Dharun Ravi used a computer-mounted camera to see him kissing his older man in their dorm room and used social media to encourage others to watch. ...