…“assumed” the nonexistent surrogate agreements for $100,000. The three women, who sold 12 babies, got caught when some of their surrogate mothers tipped off federal investigators. The scheme ran from 2005 to 2011, but Hilary Neiman did not become involved until 2008, said her lawyer, Joseph McMullen. Joseph McMullen said she got involved when Theresa Erickson and Carla Chambers duped her –…
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…renditions of sporting action, has died in New York aged 91 LeRoy Neiman – who is survived by his wife Janet Byrne – had continued to paint despite having his right leg amputated in April 2010 following a vascular problem. “I’ve had a lucky life,” he told the Associated Press in 2008. “I’ve zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence. “Ev…
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…r – their summonses, for violations like disorderly conduct and blocking vehicular traffic. The first words many spoke made the group laugh: all variations on “I need a cigarette.” David Gutkin, 24, a Ph.D. student in musicology at Columbia University, was among the first released. He said that after being corralled and arrested on the bridge, he was put into plastic handcuffs and moved to w…
…thur, Texas. Daryl Hannah was among more than 70 people arrested Tuesday Hundreds of people have been arrested outside the White House since the Tar Sands Action protest began on August 20, according to police. Before she was arrested, Daryl Hannah told The Associated Press the protesters want to be free from dependence on fossil fuels. Daryl Hannah was not the only actress involved…
…tapes in efforts to establish when she was last seen alive. The couple’s drug addiction has been well documented over the years and recent photos appeared to show the pair in a fragile state. In 2008 they were investigated by police over drugs but the prosecution was formally discontinued. Hans Kristian Rausing with drugs offences after police found crack cocaine, cocaine and heroin during a…
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27 protesters were arrested during three Occupy movement demonstrations on Tuesday in Chicago and Washington D.C. A total of 21 economic protesters were arrested for trespassing in Illinois on Tuesday as the Occupy Wall Street movement continued to spread across US major cities. Last night, five women aged between 55 and 80, from the Action Now group, were arrested in Chicago for taking rubbish f…
…ng that repression is returning, he says. Opposition “Freedom March” rallies also took place in other Russian cities on Saturday, Interfax news agency reported. In St Petersburg, more than 25 people were arrested in a protest that had been allowed by city officials, Interfax said. Other large rallies were reported in Tomsk and Yekaterinburg. Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin used his a…
Bobby Brown has been released from jail on $5,000 bail after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles. According to the booking sheet, Bobby Brown, 43, was pulled over Reseda, California at 12:20 PM PST. While the police documents simply list the crime as a misdemeanor, TMZ reports that Bobby Brown’s blood alcohol level was over 0.08 and he was arrested for drivin…
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Rolf Harris, the Australian entertainer and artist who moved to the UK decades ago, has been questioned by police over historical allegations of sexual offences. Rolf Harris, 83, was interviewed under caution after attending police premises in south London by appointment in November. On March 28, Rolf Harris, from Berkshire, was arrested and bailed until May. The entertainer was held as part of t…
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ld great grandmother off the streets,” Paul Bassis said. Daryl Hannah – who has starred in dozens of movies, including Kill Bill, Thelma and Louise and Splash – also was arrested in August 2011 while protesting the pipeline in Washington. She was one of several hundred prominent scientists and activists arrested that month. They argue the pipeline would be unsafe because it would be ca…
…or discharge a destructive device, possession of bomb-making materials and marijuana charges. Chris Farkas, Freedom High School principal told media that Jared Cano had been expelled in April 2010 because of a non-school-related incident. Farkas said of his former student’s arrest: “Once I found out and saw the information and saw what was taken from the apartment complex, tha…
…ruitment and propaganda operations. The man, a Jordanian-born Saudi Arabian citizen, was known within al-Qaeda as “the librarian”, Jorge Fernandez Diaz told reporters at the time. In March 2004, an al-Qaeda linked bomb attack on three packed commuter trains in Madrid killed 191 people and injured 1,841 others. …
One of the boats was carrying more than 120 people to a fireworks display when it half-sank following the collision near Lamma Island. The search for survivors is continuing. The crash happened about 20:30 local time on Monday. Dozens of people were thrown into the waters as the pleasure boat sank within minutes of impact. The ferry was able to reach Lamma and disembark its passengers as it was t…
…olice had helped to track them down. AQIM is among several Islamist groups fighting French and West African troops in Mali. It has its roots in the bitter Algerian civil war of the early 1990s, but in 2007 it emerged as an international jihadist group linked to Osama Bin Laden’s network. AQIM says its aim is to spread Islamic law and it is known for kidnapping Westerners and extracting ranso…
…#8221;, was one of the last significant members of the regime still at large. The former Libyan spy chief was indicted by the ICC along with Muammar Gaddafi and the leader’s son Saif al-Islam on 27 June 2011. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was captured in November in southern Libya and has been held by former rebels ever since. The ICC wants him tried in The Hague but the Libyan authorities say he wi…
…ate Foreign Relations Committee this week that what was happening in the region was “ominously similar” to the violence in Darfur. The UN estimates that nearly 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million been displaced since the Darfur conflict broke out in 2003. …
Tonye Iketubosin, an Occupy Wall Street protester who served food at Zuccotti Park camp has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a woman and is a suspect in a rape. The 26-year-old man was charged yesterday after allegedly groping an 18-year-old protester in a tent he helped her pitch on October 24. The woman told police in a delayed report on Tuesday Tonye Iketubosin had refused to leave…
n sisters, 18, were taken into custody on Monday by the state fire marshal. The victims, who died in a house fire while their mothers were out, were 3-year-old Aniyia Abner, 3-year-old Takia Abner and 22-month-old Michael . A preliminary investigation indicated an oven left open could be the source of the blaze that killed the three toddlers A preliminary investigation indicated an oven le…
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…f office when signing the gas deal with Russia and can’t leave the country. The 50-year-old opposition leader is charged with abusing her powers by signing a natural gas import contract with Russia in 2009 that prosecutors claim was disadvantageous to Ukraine. Yulia Tymoshenko insists she is innocent, arguing that the contract ended weeks of natural gas disruptions to Ukrainian and European consum…
…said. Police had to bash down the door last Monday to free the child. They found the boy “living in filth”, stuck in a dirty diaper and with acute rash, according to police reports. Cindy Marie Cantu, 24, was arrested at Wellstone Kennestone Hospital in Marietta later that night. The woman was reportedly receiving treatment for injuries sustained in a fight from her boyfriend, Kyle Erwin Skinner,…
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A Bucharest court has ordered the arrest of two self-described celebrities witches, Vanessa and Melissa, on blackmail and extortion charges in a high-profile case involving a TV star and, reportedly, other public figures. The Bucharest Appeals Court ruled Wednesday that Rada Minca (Melissa) and Roxana Lider (Vanessa) should be arrested for 29 days pending trial. Judges decided they should be inve…
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FBI has arrested a man near the US Capitol building as part of an anti-terror investigation, US officials say. Amine El Khalifi, 29, of Alexandria, Virginia was taken into custody by the FBI. Officials told US media the man thought he was heading to carry out a suicide attack on the Washington DC building, home to the US Congress. El Khalifi was “closely and carefully monitored” for w…
Amanda Billiris from Texas was arrested after relatives said they caught her having sex with a 15-year-old boy on Thanksgiving Day. The scene unfolded at a family gathering held on the holiday at a house in Oakridge Forest Lane in Spring. Amanda Billiris, 23, an avid motorcycle racer, was arrested after relatives said they witnessed her having sexual intercourse with the boy, the arrest report st…
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…t took place over Thanksgiving, according to thesmokinggun.com. Lt. Eric Owens, Henrico County Police spokesman, said in a statement that the crime of filming someone undressing was considered a class 1 misdemeanor and was punishable by up to one year in jail. Eric Owens added Jason Good’s wife discovered the video while looking through her husband’s cell phone. The woman recognized he…
…y hours of Thursday and remains in London Police custody. UBS shares fell today 8% after it announced it was investigating rogue trades which would mean the bank making a loss for the third quarter of 2011. UBS, the Swiss bank said no customer accounts were affected. London police have arrested a man in connection with allegations of unauthorized trading which has cost Swiss banking group UBS an…
