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  • Winans scion gets nearly 14 years in prison

    A judge sentenced a member of gospel music's Winans family to nearly 14 years in prison Wednesday for an $8 million financial scam that was promoted in church pulpits.

  • British businessman Christopher Tappin arrives at federal court in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. U.S. District Judge David Briones sentenced Tappin to 33 months in prison and said he would recommend that the Department of Justice approve any request by Tappin to be transferred to the United Kingdom. Tappin pleaded guilty in November to trying to buy missile parts and resell them to Iran. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)

    Federal court sentences Briton to 33 months in weapons-to-Iran plot

    A federal judge sentenced a British businessman to nearly three years in prison Wednesday for trying to buy surface-to-air missile parts from undercover U.S. agents to resell to Iran.

  • **FILE** This undated photo provided by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office shows Chris Denman, a former janitor at a Tulsa megachurch who was sentenced to 55 years in prison Dec. 12, 2012, after he pleaded guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl in the church's stairwell. (Associated Press/Tulsa County Sheriff's Office)

    Ex-megachurch worker gets 55 years for raping girl, 13

    A former janitor at a Tulsa megachurch engulfed in a sex-abuse scandal was sentenced to 55 years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl in the church's stairwell.

  • D.C. man sentenced for phone threats against Amtrak

    A D.C. man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison for phoning in bomb threats to Amtrak that resulted in train delays in November 2011 and January, prosecutors said.

  • Rajat Gupta (center) leaves federal court in New York on Wednesday after the former Goldman Sachs board member was sentenced to two years in prison for feeding inside information to his friend. (Associated Press)

    Former Goldman official gets two years

    A former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday, culminating a spectacular fall from grace for a man who retained support from prominent business and civic leaders even after he was convicted of feeding inside information about board dealings to a billionaire hedge fund owner who was his friend.

  • NYC man gets 2 1/2 years for illegal kidney sales

    A New York City man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Wednesday in what experts said was the first federal conviction for profiting from the illegal sale of human organs.

  • Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits for the start of his sentencing hearing in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels, Pool)

    War crimes judges sentence Charles Taylor to 50 years

    International judges sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history" by arming and supporting Sierra Leone rebels in return for "blood diamonds."

  • ** FILE ** A courtroom artist's sketch shows a military court trial session on Thursday, May 12, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain, against 21 prominent opposition activists, including several being tried in absentia. The court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom. (AP Photo/Bahrain News Agency, File)

    Bahrain sentences 8 Shiite activists to life

    A security court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison Wednesday and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against protesters seeking greater rights in the Gulf kingdom.

  • American Scene

    The Berkeley City Council, known for its forays into international affairs, has narrowly rejected a measure that would have welcomed freed Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle in the college town.

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