The 22-year-old son of a Democratic Tennessee lawmaker has been convicted on two charges in the hacking of Sarah Palin’s e-mail account while she campaigned on the Republican presidential ticket in 2008. The federal court jury reached its verdict Frid… more »

It’s unclear how long the 52-year old Indiana man had been hiding in a vat of poop but when officers stormed the small barn where he was holed up, they thought they had lost him. The long, narrow barn has an open-air trough that runs along one side o… more »

A 19-year-old Asian gang member was convicted of the 2007 first degree shooting murder of a police detective in a Sacramento court room yesterday. The officer was a member of the Sheriff’s anti-gang unit. The courtroom was filled shoulder-to-shoulder… more »

The death penalty will be sought for Army Major Nidal Hasan who is accused of murdering 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas. The actual decision to seek the death penalty occurs after an Article 32 hearing. The hearing -- the military j… more »

Randy and Evi Quaid showed up for a scheduled court appearance Wednesday morning in Santa Barbara The couple weren't taking any chances after being cuffed and led off to jail on Monday, after they failed to appear at three previous hearings.After ho… more »

A Middle Tennessee horseback rider was jailed after being charged with running into a crowd of people at the Mule Day festivities in Columbia. The 32-year-old, was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and public intoxication. According to… more »

Sordid details in a Texas death penalty case read like a bad John Grisham novel. The judge and prosecutor were sexually involved during the murder trial. Twenty years after the murder trial and almost on the eve of the convicted man’s execution hitherto… more »

L'Express the French newspaper has fingered French President Nicolas Sarkozy for hand delivered a letter from fugitive director Roman Polanski to President Obama when the pair were recently in Prague during nuclear non-proliferation talks asking Obama fo… more »

Thomas Hagan, 69, the black man who admitted his role in the 1965 murder of black radical Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday. Ironically as Hagan left the minimum-security Lincoln Correctional Facility at 11 a.m. it was impossible not to note that it is loc… more »

Scofflaw actor Randy Quaid and wife Evi were taken into custody Monday in a Santa Barbara Court room in handcuffs and detained until they each posted a $100,000 bail bond before they were released. The pair thumbed their noses at the local court four tim… more »

A 30-year-old Costa Mesa, California former police officer faces up to six months in jail after he allegedly hid an electronic tracking device on a woman's car and then used it to stage unexpected run-ins with her. The pair was "romantically involved."… more »

An alleged ill-timed potty break has landed a 43-year-old Virginbia man accused of robbing a Suffolk convenience store behind bars. Police found him urinating behind a Kangaroo Mart minutes after a clerk reported the store had been robbed Thursday night.… more »

A Utah woman has been sentenced to 30 days in jail with credit for two days served for blindfolding her husband and promising him a surprise before hitting him in the head with a hammer. The 37-year-old woman also was sentenced to probation and commun… more »

A 45 year old Riverside County man was arrested for allegedly stealing dozens of fire hydrants to sell for scrap. The man was arrested Wednesday and remained jailed on Friday. Bail has not yet been set. Authorities in San Bernardino and Riverside coun… more »

A court martial has found a second Navy SEAL not guilty in the alleged abuse of a terror suspect. Specifically they were both charged with failing to protect him while in custody. The trial was in Iraq. Neither of the two SEALS found innocent were ac… more »