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Attorneys for the man accused of kidnapping three young Cleveland females  and holding them for a decade are trying to fight off the death penalty, and in so doing, dropped subtle hints Wednesday about the possibility of making a plea deal. Some of...

* Elan says new bid still undervalues company * Irish firm assessing several other unsolicited enquiries DUBLIN, June 10 (Reuters) - Irish drug firm Elan Corp Plc as expected rejected an increased offer from Royalty Pharma and on Monday said it was...

  A Groton man convicted in 1993 of sexual contact with a minor pleaded guilty this week to the same charge stemming from incidents in 2009.  David H. Johnston, 47, will not be sentenced until a psycho-sexual evaluation is completed. The crime has a...

The mother of a 10-year-old girl and her boyfriend must take parental guidance classes after being accused of allowing the girl to ride in a cage in the back of a pickup truck with a small dog on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Abby Carlson, 29, and her...

By Kim Palmer AKRON, Ohio, June 13 (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist who acted as his own lawyer was convicted on Thursday of attempting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge near Cleveland in April 2012. A jury in Akron federal court convicted...

MEYERSDALE — A bench warrant has been issued for a Meyersdale woman accused of soliciting money under the ruse that she was attempting to buy a headstone for a murder victim. Faith Ann Robertson, 19, Krause Trailer Park, did not show up for her...

A Poconos home health-care worker stole $70,000 by tapping the bank card of an 82-year-old woman she was attending over a nine-month period last year, police said. Jeanette Strausser, 42, of Saylorsburg took the PNC bank card of the Swiftwater woman...

A former U.S. Central Command official charged with having sexual contact and communications with a boy he met through a military organization was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday. The FBI began investigating U.S. Air Force Reserve...

Three people have been charged in connection to raping an elderly woman in her southeast Wichita home over the weekend. Prosecutors charged John Edward Thompson, Jr., 18, with one count of rape, one count of aggravated burglary and one count of...

A 19-year-old East Hartford man faces five years in prison and 10 years of special parole after being accused of sexually assaulting two girls. Michael Closs, who pleaded guilty to risk of injury to a minor and second-degree burglary as part of a plea...

A 28-year-old Allentown woman charged with repeatedly burning her 7-year-old daughter with cigarette lighters and breaking her arm gave up her right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Maria D. Torre, of the 1700 block of S. Hall Street, will face...

Three members of a Dodge City street gang charged in a federal racketeering case have pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.   Angel Cerda, 27, Dodge City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting attempted murder, which...