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U.S. Top News: Accused Cleveland kidnapper plans to plead not guilty: lawyer

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05/15/2013
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Accused Cleveland kidnapper plans to plead not guilty: lawyer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The man charged with holding three women captive and raping them during a decade in his Cleveland home plans to plead not guilty to criminal charges, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday.
Arizona jury to weigh death penalty in Jodi Arias murder case
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jodi Arias, the California woman convicted in a sensational trial of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, will face an Arizona jury on Wednesday charged with deciding if she deserves the death penalty for her crime.
Man arrested after five bodies found in Nevada
(Reuters) - A 25-year-old man has been arrested after five people were found dead in one morning in northern Nevada, officials said.
U.S. citizen Bae begins sentence in North Korea prison-state media
(Reuters) - A U.S. citizen began a 15-year hard labor sentence at a "special prison" in North Korea on Wednesday, for what authorities described as crimes against the state, North Korean state news agency KCNA said.
Texas paramedic expected to plead not guilty to pipe bomb charge
DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas paramedic, who responded to a fertilizer plant explosion last month, is expected to plead not guilty in federal court on Wednesday to possessing pipe bomb components, his lawyer said.
Analysis: Once a beacon, Obama under fire over civil liberties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may have written a book extolling constitutional values in a democracy. And he may have run for president on a civil liberties banner, pledging to reverse the legacy of George W. Bush.
FBI opens criminal probe of tax agency, audit cites disarray
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he had ordered the FBI to open a criminal probe in a growing scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups for extra tax scrutiny.
Four men in Minnesota sentenced to prison for aiding Somali rebel group
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced four men to prison on Tuesday for helping recruit young men in Minnesota to travel to Somalia and fight for the militant group al Shabaab.
Army anti-sexual assault coordinator accused of sex crimes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant who worked as a sexual assault prevention coordinator at Fort Hood, Texas, has been accused of sex crimes, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the second man in the military's anti-sexual assault effort to be accused since last week.
Obama says watchdog report's findings on IRS 'intolerable'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday called the findings in a government report about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny intolerable and said he has directed his administration to hold those responsible for the agency's actions accountable.
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