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Fast Forward Peace Talks Resume Amid Slim Hope of Breakthrough
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet on Wednesday to try to extend peace talks beyond an April 29 deadline, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. The two sides will meet despite Israeli anger at the killing of an off-duty Israeli policeman in the occupied West Bank on Monday on the eve of the Passover…
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Fast Forward White Supremacist Faces Possible Death Penalty in Rampage at Jewish Sites
The suspect in the killings of three people at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City over the weekend has been charged with capital murder and first-degree premeditated murder on a state level, and federal charges are likely, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The state charges, filed in Johnson County, Kansas, come as U.S. prosecutors consider possible…
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Fast Forward Bitcoin Guru Busted in Silk Road Scam
Prominent bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of funneling cash to the illicit online marketplace Silk Road. Shrem, known as one of the digital currency’s most visible promoters, is accused of conspiring with a Florida man, Robert Faiella, to sell more than $1 million…
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Fast Forward Stanley Cohen, Defended Osama’s In-Law, Loses Law License in Tax Conviction
A prominent New York defense lawyer who recently represented the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has pleaded guilty to failing to file income taxes for six years. Stanley Cohen, 63, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court in Syracuse, New York, to obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service, according to court filings Prosecutors said…
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Fast Forward Rampage Suspect Frazier Glenn Miller Faces Federal Hate Crime — Third Victim Identified
The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community facilities in a Kansas City suburb has a long history of racism and anti-Semitism, and faces both state and federal prosecution on hate crime charges, law enforcement officials said on Monday. Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, was arrested Sunday after a shooting…
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Fast Forward Israeli Killed in Shooting in West Bank
An Israeli man was killed in a shooting attack on a civilian car near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover, military sources said. Israeli media reported the car was carrying a family to see relatives for the ritual Passover “seder” dinner. The…
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Fast Forward ‘Nazi’ Rampage Suspect Frazier Glenn Miller Consumed by ‘Worship for Hitler’
The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community facilities in a Kansas City suburb has a long history of racism and anti-Semitism, human rights groups said on Monday. Frazier Glenn Cross, 73, is facing charges of premeditated murder and is scheduled for an initial court appearance on Monday afternoon….
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Fast Forward President Obama Slams ‘Terrible’ Overland Park Rampage at Easter Event
President Barack Obama on Monday deplored the shootings at Kansas City-area Jewish centers, saying at an Easter season prayer breakfast there was no place for anti-Semitism or other religious-based hatred. The federal government will provide whatever assistance is needed to investigate the attacks that killed three people on Sunday, the president said at the White…
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