Newser - Crime & Courtshttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:08:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74585/911-defendants-to-explain-why-they-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criThe five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks will plead not guilty, but only so they have an opportunity to air their grievances against the US. The accused freely admit organizing the devastating terrorist attack, but wish to “explain what happened and why they did it," said a lawyer...http://www.newser.com/story/74585/911-defendants-to-explain-why-they-did-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criMon, 23 Nov 2009 2:52:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74601/boy-beaten-on-facebook-kick-a-ginger-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criPolice suspect a boy was attacked at his southern California middle school because a Facebook site urged assaults on redheads. The boy, 12, was beaten twice on a day declared "Kick a Ginger Day" on the Facebook site, inspired by an episode of South Park . Police are continuing to investigate....http://www.newser.com/story/74601/boy-beaten-on-facebook-kick-a-ginger-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criMon, 23 Nov 2009 2:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74582/jon-and-kate-finalize-details-of-split.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criOn the eve of the Jon and Kate Plus 8 series finale—good timing!—the battling Gosselins have worked out the details of their divorce. Kate was awarded primary custody at a mediation hearing yesterday, and Jon didn't object, a source tells People . "Kate is just relieved that a very...http://www.newser.com/story/74582/jon-and-kate-finalize-details-of-split.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criSun, 22 Nov 2009 15:27:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74566/judge-orders-hasan-held-til-court-martial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criThe Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said yesterday. A magistrate ruled there was probable cause that Maj. Nidal Hasan committed the Nov. 5 shooting...http://www.newser.com/story/74566/judge-orders-hasan-held-til-court-martial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criSun, 22 Nov 2009 6:34:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74559/amanda-knox-murder-charges-pure-fantasy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criAmanda Knox dismissed the idea that she killed roommate Meredith Kercher as "pure fantasy" in court today. Speaking in fluent Italian after prosecutors rested their case and asked for a life sentence, Knox declared that "Meredith was my friend. I didn't hate her." Fighting tears, she added, "Everything that has...http://www.newser.com/story/74559/amanda-knox-murder-charges-pure-fantasy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criSat, 21 Nov 2009 13:05:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74541/46-years-after-kennedy-the-virus-of-hate-is-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criTomorrow’s 46th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination provides an occasion for Mark Warren to examine “the paranoid strain in the American polity” that has reasserted itself since the election of President Obama, and finds in a Texas Republican congressman just the sort of “skinhead reprobate” whose demagoguery could move one...http://www.newser.com/story/74541/46-years-after-kennedy-the-virus-of-hate-is-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criSat, 21 Nov 2009 9:08:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74537/shaniya-raped-killed-on-day-of-abduction-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criA 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released today. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according...http://www.newser.com/story/74537/shaniya-raped-killed-on-day-of-abduction-cops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criFri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74531/ohio-sues-credit-rating-agencies-for-role-in-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criOhio's attorney general sued the three biggest credit-rating agencies today on behalf of state employee retirement funds that lost $457 million in complex securities that imploded in the financial crisis. Richard Cordray alleges Moody's, Standard & Poor's, and Fitch conspired with issuers of the high-risk investments to give top ratings...http://www.newser.com/story/74531/ohio-sues-credit-rating-agencies-for-role-in-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74530/knox-acted-out-of-hatred-prosecutor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criItalian prosecutors pulled out all the stops in closing arguments at the Amanda Knox murder trial, telling the court that the American exchange student killed Meredith Kercher in "an unstoppable crescendo of violence." The chief prosecutor restated his argument that Knox murdered her roommate out of spite because Kercher disapproved...http://www.newser.com/story/74530/knox-acted-out-of-hatred-prosecutor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:39 CST