Disgraced South Korean cloning researcher Hwang Woo-suk on Monday was convicted of embezzling money and illegally buying human eggs, according to state media.
Disgraced cloning researcher convicted in South Korea
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Investigation reveals final hours of McNair, girlfriend
The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had grown frustrated with their relationship and was struggling with financial difficulties in the days before she killed him and herself in July. Details of their relationship were revealed in a case summary released by Nashville police Monday.
Woman in case against Roman Polanski seeks dismissal
The alleged victim in a 1977 sexual assault case against director Roman Polanski has filed court papers seeking dismissal of the charges against him. The woman’s declaration seeking dismissal was filed Monday in Los Angeles, California, in connection with Polanski’s efforts to have the 31-year-old case dismissed
Police say missing boy dead, foster parents suspects
Police say the foster parents of a missing 5-year-old California boy with cerebral palsy are suspects in what is now being called a homicide investigation.
Georgia slayings 911 call: ‘My whole family’s dead’
In an anguished 911 call, a Georgia man told dispatchers he arrived home to find "my whole family’s dead." “I just got home,” a man identified as Guy Heinze Jr.
Police: ‘No known suspects’ in 8 Georgia deaths
Authorities believe at least one person not in custody may have information about the deaths of eight people in a Georgia mobile home, Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said Sunday. “I’m confident to say that there’s somebody, at least an individual, that we would like to know about that’s not at the scene,” whether or not they were directly involved in the case, Doering said. Seven people were found dead Saturday at a residence in the New Hope mobile home park in Brunswick, Georgia
Man, 92, wins $1.9 million tobacco judgment in wife’s death
A Florida jury awarded a 92-year-old man $1.9 million in compensatory damages for the death of his wife, a former two-pack-a-day Marlboro smoker who started when she was 16 and died in her 70s, attorneys said Thursday. The jury of five women and one man deliberated for slightly more than a day before deciding on the amount, attorneys for both sides said.
UBS settles secret accounts case with U.S.
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Britain’s Jewish-School Ruling: Who Decides Who Is a Jew?
Faith schools across Britain are holding their breath and waiting to see if they will need to change their admissions procedures after Europe’s largest Jewish school was last week given the right to appeal a court decision saying its entry policy was racist.
‘Victoria Beckham look-a-like’ clue in Madeleine McCann disappearance
A new witness in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has told investigators he talked with a "Victoria Beckham look-a-like" whose may have revealed clues about the girl’s fate, a family spokesman said Thursday. Investigators would not release what was said in the conversation but the clues have led police to try and find the woman. Madeleine vanished from the family’s holiday villa at the Portuguese beach resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007, as her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, dined in a nearby restaurant