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Iceland's Financial Watchdog Sacks Director Gunnar Andersen

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Iceland's Financial Surveillance Authority (FME) said on Saturday it had sacked director Gunnar Andersen following a report into his time as an executive at failed bank Landsbanki. Daily Morgunbladid quoted Andersen as saying he would forcefully fight for his job and denying any wrongdoing.

Investors Mark Unhappy Anniversary at Allen Stanford's Trial on Friday

Allen Stanford arrives at the Federal Court in Houston January 23, 2012.
Defense lawyers made a case for Allen Stanford's innocence on Friday in a courtroom filled with people who claim he stole millions of dollars of their savings. Some two dozen investors were at the federal courthouse in Houston to mark the third anniversary of the closure of the Stanford Financial Group in February 2009.
Brittanee Drexel Missing Since 2009

Brittanee Drexel: Raymond Moody New Person of Interest in 2009 Disappearance

Brittanee Drexel, a-17-year-old girl on spring break in Myrtle Beach, disappeared in 2009. It will be three years on August 25 since the New York teen disappeared from outside her hotel on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. Police are now naming convicted sex offender Raymond Moody, 51, as a person of interest in the police classified “cold case.”
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Josh Powell: Where Will He Be Buried?

Josh Powell, who killed himself and his two boys in a Feb. 5 explosion, is still not buried. While his sons Charlie,7, and Braden,5, were laid to rest on Saturday at Woodbine Cemetary, the people of Pierce County, Washington are fighting against Powell being buried next to his children. Before the explosion, Powell took a hatchet to his two boys.
George Huguely

George Huguely Trial: Murdered Yeardley Love Could Have Been Saved

The murder trial of George Huguely is moving forward in Charlottesville, Va. Huguely has been accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love in 2010. A medical examiner in the Huguely murder trial testified yesterday that Yeardley Love could have survived if someone would have called for help. Love, 22, had suffered a brutal beating, but died slowly over the course if two hours while face down on her bed.
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Amanda Knox Case Could Reach Italy's Supreme Court

Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder in October, but Italian prosecutors are challenging the judges' ruling. Prosecutors in the city of Perugia, where the Seattle-born student was found guilty of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007, have filed for an appeal with Italy's Supreme Court.
Mayor Ray Nagin talks on a mobile phone as he waits for rain to subside at an event commemorating the upcoming anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 26, 2006.

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Being Investigated: Source

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the colorful and controversial representative of the city after the devastating Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is under investigation by federal authorities, a source with direct knowledge of the probe said on Friday.
A grand jury indicted Sandusky on 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys on November 4th of last year.

Jerry Sandusky Speaks after Pretrial Hearing [VIDEO]

Jerry Sandusky spoke to the media on Friday after attending a pretrial hearing in his child sexual-abuse case. The former Pennsylvania State University assistant coach addressed the complaints of his neighbors and certain restrictions that the government has placed on him.
Ken Landgrebe lights a candle next to photographs of Susan Cox Powell and her sons Braden and Charlie,

Josh Powell told Children He had a big 'Surprise': Social Worker

Josh Powell reportedly told his children - Charles, 7, and Braden, 5 - that he had a 'big surprise' for them as he took them inside the house in Graham, about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma, only to butcher them with a hatchet. He also set the house on fire, killing himself on Sunday Feb 5. The gripping details of the twin-murder were revealed by social worker Elizabeth Griffin-Hall as she spoke to the ABC News on Thursday.
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Colin Firth to Star in West Memphis 3 Movie Devil's Knot

Colin Firth has signed on to star as Ron Lax, the private investigator whose detective work helped get three men who had been convicted of murder released from prison in Arkansas, the producers of the Devil's Knot told TheWrap Wednesday.
Bernie Fine and wife Laurie

Laurie Fine: Bernie Fine’s Wife Allegedly Slept with Players, Too

Two of the men who have accused Bernie Fine of sexually molesting them when they were ball boys is now accusing his wife, Laurie, of having sexual relationships with basketball team players. Bernie Fine, a former Syracuse University assistant men's basketball coach, was fired late last year, after being accused of molesting three men in the 1980s and 1990s.
Republican U.S. presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with wife Callista (R)

Gingrich Sued for Copyright Infringement for 'Eye of the Tiger' Campaign Song (Video)

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is in trouble as one of the authors of the hit song Eye of the Tiger has sued him for copyright violation.Gingrich has been using the Eye of the Tiger song from Rocky III as his campaign theme anthem since 2009. The lawsuit claiming copyright violation was filed by Frankie Sullivan for his Rude Music Inc., which owns the copyright.

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