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Man accused of Ross store arson surrenders after 2 years

According to detectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Jon Fletcher and Brian Van Orman set fire to the store in an attempt to divert attention from their plans to rob the ...
Homeowner shoots suspected burglar

Detectives and Harris Co. Precinct 4 deputy constables are still trying to sort out exactly what happened at the residence in the 4000 block of Woodlawn. Police sources say the homeowner told them that he shot at someone who was trying to break into his house Monday ...
HPD Man fatally shoots crowbar-wielding woman

Police still haven't identified the woman who was killed. Her body was found on the sidewalk outside the Wilshire Place apartments on Hollister Street and Tidwell ...
Suspected prostitute found dead in street

Officials believe the woman was involved in street prostitution and that she met the suspect near the intersection of Balkin and Calhoun early Monday ...
Judge denies trial delay for Fort Hood suspect

oA military judge Tuesday refused a three-month trial delay for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.Maj. Nidal Hasan made the request after the judge earlier this month allowed him to represent himself at the court-martial. Hasan said he needed more time to prepare for his "defense of others" strategy, which must show that a killing was necessary ...

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The Devil Wears Prada [DVD]

Based on the best-selling roman clef about the soul-sucking world of high fashion by Lauren Weisberger, who worked a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the infamously diabolical editor of Vogue, The Devil Wears Prada was a clever bit of counter-programming i ... ...

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HPD Girl 6 rescued from pond in critical condition

Officials said upon their arrival, they were told the child was with her foster family when she wandered away.She was later found in a pond a short distance ...
Men dressed in Hazmat suits rob Jareds Jewelry store

Police said five men wearing Hazmat suits and painter masks robbed the Jared's Jewelry store in the 1400 block of Lake Woodlands Drive near The Woodlands Mall around 7:30 p.m. ...
Train off tracks blocking crossings in southeast Houston

Officials said the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train had slightly tipped on its side and was off the tracks along the intersection of Leeland and ...
SWAT scene ends at home in southwest Houston

Houston police said officers were called to the house for a disturbance. When officers arrived at the door, the suspect assaulted a police officer and then barricaded himself ...
World record swimming lesson attempt

The purpose is to help create awareness about the importance of learning how to swim to prevent drowning. Dozens of children will get a free swim lesson at Galveston's Schlitterbahn Tuesday ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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No justice for Jeff Skilling despite sentence reduction

Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling will be back in court next week to be resentenced. The hearing will put an end to a 9 year saga of court cases, appeals and re-appeals, one the U.S. Department of Justice will be glad to see the end of.

And rightly so. The resources and money spent by Justice to convict Skilling and keep him behind bars has been extraordinary. The deal however they have struck with Skilling and his lawyers is ludicrous.

Skilling should not have ten years shaved off his 24 year sentence. The remainder of his sentence should be quashed. Instead he has to accept the resentencing deal. He has spent years and plenty of cash, resources and angst in trying to prove he was wrongfully convicted. As his lawyer says there comes a time when he needs some "certainty," and some "finality."

The twenty four years in the first place was a rediculous sentence. In the second place the conviction was not attained in the ordinary course of justice, it was a political statement. Skilling and Lay became the public scapegoats for the systematic fraud at Enron, neither of whom were the perpetrators or the beneficiaries.

What is very disturbing is that during Skilling's trial, prosecutors concealed evidence helpful to the defence. ...