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Congressman Boswell Scuffles With Armed Intruder

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:16:20 +0000

Rep. Leonard Boswell scuffled with an armed intruder at his farm on Saturday night. Full story

Police Arrest Former News Intl. Exec

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:12:42 +0000

British police Sunday arrested Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, in connection with an investigation into phone hacking by the News of the World, Sky News reported. Full story

Suspect arrested for trying to rob another man at gunpoint

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:08:09 +0000

26-year old Tyquan Butler has been charged with attempted robbery and criminal use of a firearm. Full story

Divers to search for missing man in Castroville

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:05:10 +0000

Share: A man in his early 40s was last seen in the river around 7:30 p.m. Full story

Two hurt in separate overnight stabbings

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:57:39 +0000

Syracuse Police responded to University hospital after both men walked into the emergency room. Full story

British police arrest Rebekah Brooks in hacking scandal

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:57:03 +0000

Rebekah Brooks, 43, stepped down Friday as head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers. Full story

Gilroy: Police arrest man suspected in stabbing

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:53:40 +0000

Officers arrested a man in Gilroy Saturday in connection with a June stabbing, police said. The stabbing occurred on June 12 during a fight between nine people in the 7100 block of Eigleberry Street, near the intersection of East Eighth and Monterey streets, around 2:40 a. Full story

Police: Two People Stabbed in Springs

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:53:39 +0000

Colorado Springs police say two people were stabbed at the New Hope Center shortly after 4:30 Sunday morning. Full story

Man Dies After Being Found Shot In Bedroom

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:43:02 +0000

Authorities are investigating a shooting in Pataskala that killed a 50-year-old man early Sunday. Full story

Syria Rearrests Dissident Author

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:41:03 +0000

Syrian security forces rearrested Sunday a dissident author who was freed only recently under a general amnesty, the Syrian League for the Defence of Human Rights said. Full story

Search Continues For Girl Missing In Boat Crash

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:41:00 +0000

A Coast Guard helicopter and boats and crews from the state Wildlife and Fisheries Department and the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Marine Division were out at first light on Sunday, trying to locate an 11-year old girl who went missing in a bayou following a boat crash on Saturday. Full story

Ex-Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks arrested in hacking

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:37:49 +0000

LONDON (AP) London police arrested Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch’s former British CEO, in the phone hacking and police bribery scandal Sunday, and the former News of the World editor said she was “assisting the police with their inquiries.” Brooks, 43, was arrested at a London police station at noon Sunday. She is being questioned on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications phone hacking and on suspicion of corruption, which relates to bribing police for information. Full story

SD man pleads guilty to assaulting mother

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:31:00 +0000

A Fort Thompson man accused of hitting and kicking his mother has pleaded guilty in federal court to assault with a deadly weapon. Full story

Witness tip leads to 2 arrests in South Burlington

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:10:00 +0000

A description from a witness has helped police in South Burlington, Vt., arrest two people in connection with two burglaries. Full story

No charges expected in Bismarck standoff

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:09:00 +0000

Bismarck police say no charges are expected to be filed against a man who caused a standoff that lasted more than six hours. Full story

10th Person Arrested in Phone Hacking Scandal

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:00:00 +0000

British police investigating phone hacking and police bribery by the defunct tabloid News of the World arrested a 10th person in the case Sunday, a 43-year-old woman. Sky News reported the woman is 43-year-old Rebekah Brooks, who stepped down Friday as head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers. Full story

No charges from alleged payoff in gambling trial

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:57:15 +0000

Two key government witnesses in Alabama’s gambling corruption trial have testified that a state senator asked for $25,000 to kill an anti-gambling bill. But that senator and the bill’s sponsor say the testimony is untrue. Full story

Syr Police investigating 2 early Sunday stabbings

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:50:24 +0000

Both men walked into the ER at University Hospital Full story

UK police arrest woman, 43, in hacking scandal

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:49:00 +0000

British police investigating phone hacking and police bribery by the defunct tabloid News of the World arrested a 10th person in the case Sunday, a 43-year-old woman. Full story

Georgia Corrections officer arrested at work for smuggling

NewsRobot — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:47:38 +0000

WARE COUNTY, Ga. Full story