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Fed magistrate nixes Pa. dad's baby-shaking appeal
A federal magistrate has rejected a southwestern Pennsylvania man's appeal of his conviction fatally shaking his 2-month-old daughter because she wouldn't stop crying.Ex-Atlanta bank executive sentenced to 5 years
ATLANTA AP - A former executive at a failed Atlanta bank was sentenced to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $6.7 million in restitution.Jeffrey L. Levine, 70, was sentenced Friday after he pleaded guilty to charges that he overvalued bank assets in a scheme to conceal bloated accounting figures that could have alerted regulators to mortgage fraud.Businessman wants light sentence in UBS tax probe
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida AP - A New York businessman who admitted hiding assets worth $8 million with Swiss bank UBS AG hopes to get a light sentence for a Florida tax conviction.Jeffrey Chernick's disclosures led to charges against others involved with UBS. His lawyers say that warrants a sentence of probation and house arrest.Pa. mental patient threatened judge, police say
State police charged a mental patient with writing a threatening letter to a Pennsylvania judge who once sentenced her to two years in prison in 2005, saying she'll chop up his body into tiny parts.Oxendine to Ga. insurers: Keep covering mammograms
ATLANTA AP - State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is warning health insurance companies in Georgia to continue covering mammogram screenings for breast cancer.Georgia law currently says that women ages 35 to 39 are entitled to a baseline mammogram.On Nov. 16 a Department of Health and Human Services task force suggested that women should only get mammograms once every two years starting at age 50 instead of annually at age 40.View more book results for the query "The Associated Press"
Man gets 15 years on child porn charge
JACKSON, Miss. AP - Authorities say Edward Scott Yancey has been sentenced to 15 years on a child pornography charge after being sentenced to 16 months for being a felon in possession of a gun.U.S. Attorney Don Burkhalter said in a new release that Yancey will have to serve 25 years of supervised release when he gets out of jail.NYC grand jury indicts lawyer eyed in $400M fraud
NEW YORK AP - A New York City lawyer suspected of bilking hedge funds out of more than $400 million has been charged with additional crimes.An indictment returned Thursday in Manhattan federal court charges Marc Dreier with conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. He has already been charged with securities and wire fraud.Ex-jailer sentenced for sex with inmate
SPRINGFIELD, Ga. AP - A 29-year-old former Effingham County jailer has been fined and given a suspended jail sentence for having sex with an inmate.Effingham County Superior Court Judge John R. Turner sentenced Jessica Edenfield on Thursday to a $1,500 fine, a suspended jail sentence of at least 360 days, 10 years probation and 120 hours of community service.Possible reduced sentences in wake of court probe
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) ? Some adults convicted of crimes could see their sentences reduced if they had juvenile convictions under a corrupt judge.Bank of New York Mellon 4th quarter profit surges
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said its fourth-quarter profit surged as asset and wealth management revenue offset lower interest income.Trending Stories
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