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Gabrielle Giffords shooting case: Killer Jared Lee Loughner mentally unfit to stand trial

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that 22-year-old shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people and seriously wounded Congress woman Gabrielle Giffords, was mentally unfit to stand trial. The ruling came after staff psychologist at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners and a forensic psychiatrist certified that the Arizona killer was not mentally stable.

Saif Al-Adel could be more dangerous than Osama

A former Egyptian Special Forces officer and an extensively trained and experienced military strategist, Saif Al-Adel, the alleged newly appointed interim chief of Al-Qaeda could prove to be more dangerous than Osama Bin Laden. More than a mere surprise, his appointment as Al-Qaeda's 'caretaker' has great strategic implications.
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Bin Laden Plotted To Kill Obama: Report

Osama bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama as part of a plan to disrupt the 2012 American presidential elections, according to some intelligence data found in the former al-Qaeda chief’s Pakistani compound.

Bin Laden Aimed for High Body Counts

Osama bin Laden's journal found by U.S. sources who raided his northern Pakistan mansion last week reveals the deceased al-Qaeda leader urged followers make a single attack that would kill thousands of Americans, look beyond New York to other U.S. cities, and strike on significant days, according to a report.

FBI investigates Playstation Network Hacks

What began as a nuisance is turning into a full-blown criminal investigation as the FBI looks into the hacker group allegedly responsible that may have breached Sony's Playstation network.

Not certain Pakistan senior leaders harbored bin Laden: US spy official

U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said there is no apparent evidence that senior Pakistani officials harbored and protected Osama bin Laden, although he concedes some people in Pakistan must have been aware of the terror chieftain’s existence inside the country.
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BBC Equities founder-chairman charged with wire fraud, arrested

John Bravata, the founder and chairman of BBC Equities, LLC, has been arrested at JFK International Airport and charged with wire fraud in connection with his solicitation of investor funds for BBC, which Bravata characterized as a real estate investment fund.
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Original Gangster Killers gang member guilty of racketeeting conspiracy, sentenced

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said that Marcel Perry, a/k/a Juxx, a/k/a Jooks, age 23, of Albany, New York, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe to 111 months' incarceration (Perry was facing a sentence of 130 months but received 19 months credit for time already served), five years of supervised release following his release from incarceration, and a $100 special assessment.
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Detroit-based medical clinic owners convicted of Medicare fraud

Two owners of a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic, Martin and Joaquin Tasis, and a man who helped them launder the proceeds of the fraud, Leoncio Alayon, were convicted on Friday by a federal jury in Detroit for their roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) said.

Sony asked for it: Hacker

Hackers have been causing repeated havoc on Sony networks over the last month, but the devastation is a product of their own making according to a hacker intimately intertwined with the company.

Playstation Outage: Sony asked for it says hacker

Hackers have been causing repeated havoc on Sony networks over the last month, but the devastation is a product of their own making according to a hacker intimately intertwined with the company.

White powder letters spook Washington as anthrax attack recalled

Nearly 30 schools in Washington DC have received envelopes containing a mysterious white powder and with ‘AL AQEDA-FBI’ written on them, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday. Preliminary testing has proved that the powder was not harmful, the FBI has said.

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