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A "Holy Grail" Of Healing. Banks in Libor Inquiry Are Said to Be Trying to Spread Blame. Paul Thomas/Bloomberg NewsRobert E.

Banks in Libor Inquiry Are Said to Be Trying to Spread Blame

Diamond Jr., the former chief of Barclays. Major banks, which often band together when facing government scrutiny, are now turning on one another as an international investigation into the manipulation of interest rates gains momentum. With billions of dollars and their reputations on the line, financial institutions have been spreading the blame in recent meetings with authorities, according to government and bank officials with knowledge of the matter.

Shock discovery: 248 human embryos found trashed in Russian forest (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) The Aurora shooting: Bulletproof vests, SWAT gear, and body armor refute the NRA. Hairdresser turns robber into sex-slave. Georgia Home-Schooled Girl Punished with Shock Collar Because 'the Bible Says' The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia. More Icelandic bankers arrested. Iceland’s special prosecutor into the banking crisis has confirmed that raids have taken place today and that arrests have been made.

More Icelandic bankers arrested

The Central Bank of Iceland is among the institutions under investigation. Special Prosecutor, Olafur Thor Hauksson told Visir.is that house searches are taking place in at least three places today as part of investigations into the central bank, MP Bank and Straumur Bank. When Is A Crime Not Considered Criminal? When It’s Hatched On Wall Street. Bicycle Thieves, beware: How Twitter found my stolen bike. Courtesy Jody Rosen.

Bicycle Thieves, beware: How Twitter found my stolen bike

Around 2:20 p.m. last Thursday, my bicycle was stolen in Brooklyn, N.Y. Just after 6:45 that evening, I got the bike back—5 miles away, on the other side of the East River, near Union Square in Manhattan. It felt like a miracle. Rajat Gupta guilty of insider trading. New York — A jury has convicted former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta in his high-profile insider-trading case in New York.

Rajat Gupta guilty of insider trading

A federal jury had been weighing Gupta’s fate for two days. The jury of eight women and four men found Gupta guilty of four criminal counts in a wide government push against insider trading. Gupta was found guilty of three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy for leaking stock tips to Raj Rajaratnam, head of the Galleon Group hedge fund. He was acquitted on two counts of securities fraud. SEC: Taking on Big Firms is 'Tempting,' But We Prefer Picking on Little Guys. Joyce Maxine Gregory Squeezed Man's Testicles From Scrotum, Police Say. Star Witness Aids German Probe Against Biker Gang Hells Angels. It's easy to reach the biker on his cell phone, which is surprising, given his reputation and celebrity status -- and the fact that quite a few police investigators view him as the head of a criminal organization.

Star Witness Aids German Probe Against Biker Gang Hells Angels

Enraged Fast Food Customers Go Crazy (Video) Ray Allen Brown Allegedly Used Prosthetic Arm To Beat Robert Brindley To Death. Alexander Kinyua Ate Kujoe Agyei-Kodie's Brain, Heart In Maryland, Cops Say. In yet another horrifying incident of human flesh-eating this week, a student in Maryland allegedly admitted to devouring his roommate's brain and heart.

Alexander Kinyua Ate Kujoe Agyei-Kodie's Brain, Heart In Maryland, Cops Say

Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old Morgan State University student, admitted to murdering his roommate Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, who was reported missing last Friday, cops told the Baltimore Sun. Kinyua's father called police late Tuesday night when Kinyua's brother reportedly found human remains -- a head and two hands -- in a metal tin in the basement. The brother and father left the room for a short time, but when they came back, the body parts had been moved and Kinyua was washing out the tin, the paper reported. Officers searched the house and arrested Kinyua. Rudy Eugene Identified As Naked Miami Man Who Chewed Victim's Face (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The naked man who was fatally shot by Miami Police Saturday as he chewed another man's face has been identified, according to Local 10.

Rudy Eugene Identified As Naked Miami Man Who Chewed Victim's Face (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Rudy Eugene, 31, of North Miami Beach was shot multiple times during the grisly assault on the Downtown exit ramp of the busy MacArthur Causeway. The Miami Herald reports he had been arrested 8 times since the age of 16, including a battery charge which was later dropped and 4 instances involving marijuana. "I wouldn't say he had [a] mental problem but he always felt like people was against him type of attitude," ex-wife Jenny Ductant told Local 10, saying the marriage ended when Eugene became increasingly violent. Miami Police Shoot, Kill Man Eating Another Man’s Face. Click For Update: May 29, 2012 MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami police are still tight-lipped about the man they shot and killed on the MacArthur Causeway Saturday afternoon, but new details back claims they had no choice: the naked man they shot was trying to chew the face off another naked man, and refused to obey police orders to stop his grisly meal, which one source now claims included his victim’s nose and eyeballs.

Miami Police Shoot, Kill Man Eating Another Man’s Face

Surveillance video taken from security cameras at the nearby Miami Herald building show a police officer arrive on the scene, appear to be startled by the spectacle of two naked men lying on the street, and draw his service weapon. Identity Thieves Scamming U.S. Government With Fake Tax Refund Claims. 10 Most Bizarre Hiding Spots for Criminals. As a Vehicle Chair You'll need to sit down for this one: a suspected illegal immigrant attempting to make his way to the United States from Mexico decided to disguise himself as a seat inside a vehicle.

10 Most Bizarre Hiding Spots for Criminals

No, not behind the seat or under it. He became the seat, using some kind of elaborate, whizbang vehicle-chair special effects. Or so he thought, until he got caught. Photo via Daily Mail. Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing - Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in 'Naked Short Selling' It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes God smiles on us.

Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing - Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in 'Naked Short Selling'

Last week, he smiled on investigative reporters everywhere, when the lawyers for Goldman, Sachs slipped on one whopper of a legal banana peel, inadvertently delivering some of the bank’s darker secrets into the hands of the public. The lawyers for Goldman and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch have been involved in a legal battle for some time – primarily with the retail giant Overstock.com, but also with Rolling Stone, the Economist, Bloomberg, and the New York Times.

Greyhound bus beheader wins right to leave mental hospital. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada won his bid to leave the grounds of the mental hospital where he is being kept, a criminal review board ruled Thursday. The Criminal Code review board said Vince Li's treatment team may grant him short escorted trips into the central Canadian city of Selkirk, Manitoba. The review board said the passes will start at 30 minutes and increase incrementally to a maximum of full days. Li was found not criminally responsible for the July 2008 death of Tim McLean, a young carnival worker who was sitting next to Li on a bus near Portage la Prairie. The board said the passes should only be granted if Li's treatment team believes his condition is stable and that it would be "appropriate and safe for him to leave the locked ward.

" PDE: Police Department Evidence. Chilling black and white pictures reveal New York's grisly history of crime. By Emily Anne Epstein Published: 02:26 GMT, 12 May 2012 | Updated: 12:15 GMT, 13 May 2012 The New York City Police Department has opened its vaults and released some of the most bloodcurdling images of the 20th century: its catalog of killers and their victims.

Why Can't Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice? Glenn Greenwald. 10 Most Bizarre Stuff Ever Stolen. Marijuana Growers Move to the Suburbs. Springfield, Mass., Fights Crime Using Green Beret Tactics. (w/ pics) Someone shoots up City of Santa Fe’s photo-enforcement speed SUV « Santa Fe Crime. Courtesy Santa Fe Police Department The City of Santa Fe Speed SUV program isn’t exactly popular, but this is a first. Mexico drug cartel leader turns FBI informant. WASHINGTON — Police and federal agents pulled the car over in a suburb north of Denver. DOJ Investigation Found FBI Lab Produced Unreliable Evidence - But Only Informed Prosecutors of Results. Trusted Sistine Chapel Janitor Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Last 4 Popes. VATICAN CITY—Bringing to a close a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Church and upset millions of its followers, trusted Sistine Chapel janitor Giuseppe Falduto, 78, was convicted Thursday of sexually abusing four popes between 1965 and 2011.

The widely publicized trial revealed that Falduto, well regarded and affectionately referred to as "Beppe" by Vatican City residents, had over a period of six decades frequently exploited his position to compel Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI to engage in unwanted sexual activity. US busts online drugs ring Farmer's Market. 17 April 2012Last updated at 06:42 GMT. Brazil Cannibal Empanadas: Brazilian Women Murdered, Eaten And Made Into Human Pastries.

SAO PAULO -- Police have arrested three people for allegedly killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their flesh to make stuffed pastries known as empanadas that they sold to neighbors in their northeastern Brazil city. Four Officers Are Shot in Brooklyn - Assailant Is Critically Wounded. Ex-New Orleans Officers Sentenced in Post-Katrina Shootings. The four officers directly involved in the shooting were sentenced in federal court to lengthy terms ranging from 38 to 65 years, while a police sergeant who was charged with investigating the shooting, and instead helped lead the efforts to hide and distort what happened, was sentenced to six years.

Regulators Expected to Penalize JPMorgan Over Lehman Collapse. Catching Jack the Ripper. Zimmerman Appears Uninjured In Video. FBI Says Citibank Gave Paul Allen's Debit Card to Thief. World's largest Christian TV channel 'funds owners' exorbitant lifestyle' Emily Starnes, Consandra Tyree Charged With Murder Of North Carolina Cab Driver Adam Williams. OCC Probing JPMorgan Chase Credit Card Collections. J.P. Morgan Chase's Ugly Family Secrets Revealed. Milan Jurisic Killed And Eaten Allegedly By Serbian Mafia Members From Zemun Clan.

Sandusky labeled 'likely pedophile' in 1998 report - TODAY People. College students crack $70 million cybercrime ring. Dutch church accused of castrating young boys in 1950s. BP Settlement Leaves Some Spill Victims Unhappy. Rutgers "cyberbully" found guilty of privacy invasion, hate crimes.

Politicians Won’t Return Ponzi Payoffs. The Disinfocast with Matt Staggs: Episode 02. Morgan Stanley Employee Implicated in Pigs & Prostitution. A special investigation into felons running Florida summer camps. The NYPD Tapes Confirmed. 10 Incredibly Nice Robbers. Woman Charged as Madam Has Powerful Ties, Prosecutor Tells Judge. Jury Convicts R. Allen Stanford in $7 Billion Fraud Case. I Paid a Bribe and Similar Corruption-Exposing Sites Spread.

Senior Wall St. Banker To Be Tried For Ethnic Intimidation, Stabbing Cabbie After Trying To Stiff Him. Mexican Drug Cartel Targets Australia. James Q. Wilson Dies at 80 - Originated ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Strategy. Carpe Noctem - Seize the Night. Kenichi Shinoda, 'Godfather' Of Yakuza Japanese Mafia, Has Assets Frozen By U.S. Treasury.