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Source: John Edwards has life-threatening heart condition

Bill Mears and Michael Martinez CNN 01/13/2012
Source: John Edwards has life-threatening heart condition

A federal judge disclosed Friday that former presidential candidate John Edwards has a life-threatening heart condition, a court source confirmed to CNN.

Cops Believe North Carolina Inmate Hid 10-Inch Revolver In His Rectum. Luckily, It Was Unloaded.

A man arrested this week in North Carolina may have stashed a .38 barrel revolver in his rectum, according to police, who reported that the unloaded 10-inch weapon was not discovered until after the suspect had been booked into a cell in the county jail.

NY arrests 7 in $1M consumer identity theft

The Wall Street Journal 01/12/2012

Cops kill armed Brooklyn man; girlfriend says victim was investigating break-in at his home

Matthew Lysiak AND Rocco Parascandola New York Daily News 01/12/2012
NY arrests 7 in $1M consumer identity theft

Seven suspects have been arrested in an identity theft scheme that netted more than $1 million in products and gift cards by tapping consumer charge accounts in four states, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday.

Cops kill armed Brooklyn man; girlfriend says victim was investigating break-in at his home

Police shot and killed an armed man whose girlfriend said had gone outside in his pajamas to check on a possible break-in at his Brooklyn home Thursday night.

New trial rejected for Egyptian in 1990 NY killing

The Wall Street Journal 01/12/2012
New trial rejected for Egyptian in 1990 NY killing

An Egyptian man who introduced terrorism inspired by Islamic extremism to U.S. shores when he assassinated an anti-Arab rabbi in 1990 has lost his latest bid for a new trial.

Woman Jailed 10 Days For Having Messy Yard

A Mount Pleasant woman is serving 10 days in jail after failing to pay a $480 fine for having a messy yard.

NY pediatrician faces new sex abuse, fraud charges

Jonathan Allen Chicago Tribune 01/11/2012
NY pediatrician faces new sex abuse, fraud charges

A New York pediatrician is facing federal charges of sexually abusing his young female patients by photographing and filming them naked in the privacy of his clinic and then filing fraudulent insurance claims in their name, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

NYC school employee fired for faking daughter’s death to get vacation time in Costa Rica

A New York City school employee forged a daughter’s death certificate to get extra vacation time in Costa Rica and has since been fired, according to a report by the school system.

Picasso, Mondrian Paintings Stolen in Greece

The Wall Street Journal 01/09/2012
Illinois Lawyer Wins Appeal in New York Trial of $2.4B Fraud

A Chicago lawyer sentenced to seven years in prison in a $2.4 billion fraud at Refco Inc. is entitled to a new trial because of errors the judge made in dealing with the jury, a federal appeals court said Monday.

Picasso, Mondrian Paintings Stolen in Greece

Thieves carried out a well-organized, pre-dawn heist at Greece's biggest state art museum on Monday, taking two oil paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, police said.


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