Tom Hays

September 30, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A former prosecutor says authorities' refusal to discuss the whereabouts of three people alleged to have helped a suspected al-Qaida operative buy beauty supplies to make explosives might mean the accomplices have left the country or are secretly cooperating.The suspect, Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to plotting a bomb attack in New York.

By TOM HAYS

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March 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Prosecutors outlined potential conflicts of interest between Bernard Madoff and his attorney - including a $900,000 investment the lawyer's relatives made in Madoff's firm - but said they won't be an obstacle to resolving the case.The letter from prosecutors was made public Tuesday just before a hearing where the money manager was expected to tell U.

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS

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January 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist linked to al-Qaida got into trouble again Monday in federal court after twice interrupting the sometimes tearful testimony of an American solider who claimed he shot her in self defense in Afghanistan in 2008."I feel sorry for you," Aafit Saddiqui blurted out at one point at her attempted murder trial in Manhattan.

By TOM HAYS

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June 23, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The NBA wants to financially "destroy" disgraced referee Tim Donaghy for embarrassing the league during the playoffs with allegations that referees were encouraged to manipulate results through foul calls, his lawyer charged Monday.The attorney, John Lauro, asked a federal judge to force the league to produce more evidence supporting its demand Donaghy pay the NBA nearly $1.

By TOM HAYS

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December 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Three police officers surrendered Tuesday on felony charges stemming from claims by a tattoo parlor worker that he was sodomized with a piece of police equipment during an arrest.Officer Richard Kern has been charged with aggravated sexual abuse and assault; Officers Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales have been charged with hindering prosecution and official misconduct, according to prosecutors.

By TOM HAYS

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October 07, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The government's star witness departed the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens the way he entered: without exchanging even a glance with the defendant, his dear old ex-friend.Bill Allen, a self-made oil pipeline magnate, spent nearly four days on the witness stand detailing a relationship that spanned two decades and, according to prosecutors, crossed ethical lines.

By JESSE J. HOLLAND and TOM HAYS

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December 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By TOM HAYS

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May 19, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Woody Allen agreed Monday to a $5 million settlement in his lawsuit accusing American Apparel of using an image parodying him as a rabbi without his permission.Both sides announced the settlement - to be paid by American Apparel Inc.'s insurance company - on the morning a trial was to start in federal court in Manhattan.

By TOM HAYS

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June 27, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions from an al-Qaida magazine, gathered online material on Islamic jihad and martyrdom, and later scribbled anti-American messages inside the boat where he lay wounded, a federal indictment charged Thursday.

By Denise Lavoie and Tom Hays

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December 30, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Despite statistics expected to show a slight increase in major crimes by the end of the year, city officials declared Wednesday that New York City's historic, two-decade decline in crime is not over.

By Tom Hays

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