Man charged in Newark Airport breach due in court NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A graduate student from China charged with breaching security at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport is due in court Tuesday. Haisong Jiang (hy-SOHN' jee-ONG') was arrested Jan. 8, days after entering a restricted area at the airport, where he was seeing his girlfriend off.
Brother now says Ohio doc admitted poisoning wife CLEVELAND (AP) - A family member who testified earlier that an Ohio doctor denied poisoning his wife now says the defendant admitted to the killing. Firas Essa (EE'-suh) returned to the witness stand Monday in Cleveland and said his brother, Yazeed Essa, told him that he'd replaced his wife's calcium supplement tablets with cyanide.
Barzee pleads guilty to charge in Smart case SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against a woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.
Attorneys seek new trial for abortion doc's killer WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Attorneys for a man convicted of murdering a prominent Kansas abortion provider have asked for a new trial or an order of acquittal for their client.
Actor Gary Coleman pleads guilty in Utah court SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former child television star Gary Coleman has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April in Utah. In a deal with the prosecutor, Coleman entered the plea at a hearing Monday, his 42nd birthday, in Santaquin, 65 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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