Crimes & Trials http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials Just another X2see.com weblog Wed, 22 May 2013 02:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Carole King awarded highest pop music honor http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/carole-king-awarded-highest-pop-music-honor/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/carole-king-awarded-highest-pop-music-honor/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 02:36:19 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/carole-king-awarded-highest-pop-music-honor/ Singer-songwriter Carole King, performs during an event to honor her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, at the Library of Congress, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)The 71-year-old singer-songwriter won the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/carole-king-awarded-highest-pop-music-honor/feed/ Senate panel approves immigration bill http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/senate-panel-approves-immigration-bill/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/senate-panel-approves-immigration-bill/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 01:51:33 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/senate-panel-approves-immigration-bill/ Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/senate-panel-approves-immigration-bill/feed/ Pentagon seeks $450M for Guantanamo http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/pentagon-seeks-450m-for-guantanamo/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/pentagon-seeks-450m-for-guantanamo/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:51:46 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/pentagon-seeks-450m-for-guantanamo/ FILE – In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)The funds will maintain and upgrade the prison that President Obama wants to close.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/pentagon-seeks-450m-for-guantanamo/feed/ Lawyer says no background check done on Jackson’s doctor http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/lawyer-says-no-background-check-done-on-jacksons-doctor/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/lawyer-says-no-background-check-done-on-jacksons-doctor/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:20 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/lawyer-says-no-background-check-done-on-jacksons-doctor/ FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson announces several concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. An AEG Live accounting executive testified Monday, May 20, 2013, in a Los Angeles courtroom that the company spent $24 million on preparations for Jackson’s ill-fated “This Is It” shows, however never paid the singer’s personal doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter because a fully-signed agreement was never obtained. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)EG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/lawyer-says-no-background-check-done-on-jacksons-doctor/feed/ Coast Guardsman admits desertion in Hawaii http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/coast-guardsman-admits-desertion-in-hawaii/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/coast-guardsman-admits-desertion-in-hawaii/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 00:15:56 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/coast-guardsman-admits-desertion-in-hawaii/ Russell Matthews spent three months camping in the mountains of Oahu.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/coast-guardsman-admits-desertion-in-hawaii/feed/ Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 23:25:45 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/ FILE - This file photo provided by the Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's Department shows Uriel Landeros. Landeros, accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video, has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison sentence. Landeros had faced felony graffiti and criminal mischief charges accusing him of spray-painting "Woman in a Red Armchair" at the Menil Collection in Houston. (AP Photo/Harris County Sheriff, File)He was accused of damaging a painting in a Houston museum, an act caught on cellphone video.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/man-pleads-guilty-in-picasso-vandalism-case/feed/ Gay teen faces charges for contact with underage girlfriend http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/gay-teen-faces-charges-for-contact-with-underage-girlfriend/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/gay-teen-faces-charges-for-contact-with-underage-girlfriend/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:31 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/gay-teen-faces-charges-for-contact-with-underage-girlfriend/ In this photo made available by the Hunt family, Kaitlyn Hunt and her father Steve in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday May 20, 2013. Kaitlyn, 18, was expelled from school for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. Hunt was arrested and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years. (AP Photo/Hunt Family, HO)An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/gay-teen-faces-charges-for-contact-with-underage-girlfriend/feed/ IRS’ Lerner refuses to testify before Congress http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/irs-lerner-refuses-to-testify-before-congress/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/irs-lerner-refuses-to-testify-before-congress/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:26 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/irs-lerner-refuses-to-testify-before-congress/ Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea partyInternal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who leads the exempt organizations division under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, is refusing to testify before Congress, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/irs-lerner-refuses-to-testify-before-congress/feed/ Huge search underway for missing Iowa teen http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/huge-search-underway-for-missing-iowa-teen/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/huge-search-underway-for-missing-iowa-teen/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:00:27 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/huge-search-underway-for-missing-iowa-teen/ This photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Authorities said Tuesday, May 21, 2013, a man suspected of abducting Shepard and a 12-year-old girl from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, but a search continues for Shepard. Authorities said the 12-year-old girl was able to escape and ran to a nearby rural residence for help. (AP Photo/Iowa Department of Public Safety)Police say a man who is suspected of taking her and another girl was found dead.

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]]> http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/huge-search-underway-for-missing-iowa-teen/feed/ ‘I just felt totally helpless’ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/i-just-felt-totally-helpless%e2%80%99/ http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/i-just-felt-totally-helpless%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:58:37 +0000 http://x2see.com/crimes-and-trials/2013/05/21/i-just-felt-totally-helpless%e2%80%99/ Damage along May Avenue in South Oklahoma CityAnthony Connel could only watch as the tornado destroyed his home.

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