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As the music world mourns the death of Soul Train mastermind Don Cornelius, authorities are now confirming the circumstances surrounding it. L.A. County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter...

JAKARTA - The alleged mastermind behind Indonesia’s deadliest terrorist attack that killed more than 200 people in Bali a decade ago will likely stand trial next week, a prosecutor said Monday.Umar Patek, 41, could face death by firing squad if convicted of various terror-related charges, including bomb-making, premeditated murder, firearms possession and using false identification, ...

In a retaliatory move against the West, Syria has quietly freed al-Qaida's operations chief in Europe and the London 7/7 bombings mastermind after keeping him in detention for six years, a media report said.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Pentagon legal official refused Friday to extend an important deadline for defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack, a decision that means their highly anticipated arraignment may now occur within months.Bruce MacDonald, the Pentagon official who oversees the war crimes trials at the U.S. base in Cuba, refused separate reques...

Joe Francis -- the mastermind behind "Girls Gone Wild" -- is sending Madonna a cease and desist letter, threatening that he'll take legal action if she sings the song from her new album -- titled "Girls Gone Wild" -- at the Super Bowl.TMZ has…

Joe Gentz, 48, turned himself into police on Tuesday and said he was paid to kill Jane Bashara but that her husband was the mastermind behind it all. A sex dungeon is said to have been found in the basement of a property Bashara owns.

The mastermind of a carding gang in Georgia devised a novel way for weeding out undercover Feds from his operation – he forced members to have group sex, according to a local police detective who helped bust the ring. More »

Former LCD Soundsystem mastermind is following fellow indie icons Bonnie "Prince" Billy and David Lynch into the coffee market "I make a lot of coffee" Murphy told New York Magazine's Grub Street blog in an interview after the premiere of Shut Up and Play the Hits the documentary about LCD...

The case could come down to who the jury decides was the mastermind of what prosecutors called an international crime that defrauded nearly 30,000 investors over more than 20 years.

An Oslo court on Monday found two men guilty of plotting "a terrorist act" for a planned attack on the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

An extensively choreographed “It Gets Better” music video — set to Lady Gaga‘s “Hair” — gained stea…

The U.S. government claims he's the mastermind of a huge online fraud operation with multiple identities and a history of breaking the law and evading arrest, but his lawyer says he's a law-abiding entrepreneur committed to raising his young family in New Zealand.

The three main conspirators, mastermind Yasin Bhatkal and two bomb planters, have been named as wanted accused and are on the run.

The mastermind of the crime Yasin Bhatkal, a top Indian Mujahideen operative, and planters of the IEDs used in the blasts are still evading arrest, the ATS chief said.

The trial of Robert E. Hecht Jr., the alleged mastermind of an international black market in ancient art, ended with no verdict this week when a three-judge panel in Rome found the time allotted for the trial had expired. Hecht, a 92-year-old Baltimore native now confined to bed at his home in Paris, has cut a wide swath through the art world since the 1950s, supplying museums and collectors ar...

Police in Nigeria say they arrested the suspected mastermind of a bomb attack on a Catholic church on Christmas Day, but he later escaped custody in a shootout.

The suspected mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic church in Nigeria escaped custody after being arrested in the country's capital.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Police in Nigeria say they arrested the suspected mastermind of a bomb attack on a Catholic church on Christmas Day, but he later escaped custody in a shootout....

A man suspected in a series of robberies was captured with a loaded AK-47 assault rifle in his possession in a southern border city on Sunday, police say.

The Portuguese trainer praised the Blancos' opponents on Saturday, claiming they forced him into making several tactical decisions to help mastermind a narrow victory

Leave it to Ryan Murphy to cover a lot of ground in one shot! SiriusXM Satellite Radio's OutQ is honor the creator of Glee and American Horror Story all this month as their "icon" in the LGBT community. Such an honor deserved a lengthy sit down interview, where Ryan happily opened up on an array of [...]

A second suspect in a series of violent attacks against the Hemet Police Department, including the rigging of a rocket launcher to fire at the main police station, pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Monday and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Put yourself in the famous back chair with JOHN HUMPHRYS' New Year quiz, where the questions are not necessarily as demanding as those on the show.

Vladislav Surkov, Russia’s propaganda mastermind, has become the most prominent head to roll

Shigeru Miyamoto talks about his "retirement" announcement, the anniversaries of Mario and Zelda and the big-picture changes in game development since a little plumber first jumped over a barrel in Donkey Kong.

Lawyers for Melissa Todorovic, now 20, argued that adult prison would not allow her to complete a university science course

New York (dpa) - Für die Fans der legendären Beach Boys geht ein Traum in Erfüllung: Die kalifornische Band geht zum ersten Mal seit mehr als 40 Jahren wieder mit ihrem Mastermind Brian Wilson auf To...

She is said to be head over heels for 21-year-old Patrizio Pigliapoco, who has been helping her mastermind her career in America.

John Hart's knowledge of Greek history earned him the title in 1975 after three females had triumphed in the quiz show from 1972 to 1974. He died from cancer in his home town of Malvern, Worcestershire.

THE CIA used a clandestine detention centre in Bucharest to interrogate al-Qaeda suspects, including the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, according to an investigation by German media.

The Nine Inch Nails mastermind and his musical partner in crime Atticus Ross take the wraps off their "beautiful and disturbing" score for David Fincher's upcoming remake of the

Who but William could get Mick Jagger to rap – yes rap – over a glitzy Ibiza beat in 2011? Who else would even think of such a wonderfully batshit idea? On the first single from his forthcoming solo LP #willpower the Black Eyed Peas mastermind strews dodgy rhymes ("I...

The new head of al-Qaeda posted a video recalling fond memories of the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks

Late PLO chairman’s dual legacy as terrorist mastermind and father of Palestinian nation remains as cemented as the stone tomb he rests in.

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — After more than nine years in U.S. custody, four of them at secret CIA prisons, the alleged mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing finally appeared in public Wednesday when he was arraigned in the first death penalty military commission under President Obama. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent, was one of three detainees waterboarded by the CIA. He enter...

Julie Taymor the mastermind of the original version of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark has sued the musical's producers with the claim that her creative rights were violated and that she was not properly compensated for her work following her dismissal from the show in March Taymor's lawsuit which was...

The terrorist mastermind known as "Carlos the Jackal" went on trial in four bombings in France that killed 11 people.

TERROR mastermind Carlos the Jackal has gone on trial again over four French bombings

Attorney General Eric Holder isays interference from Congress forced him to refer the case against self-professed 9/11 mastermind and 4 co-consirators ...