Tue, May 12th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

MIAMI, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. prosecutors finally won convictions Tuesday of five of the Liberty City Six, in their third trial on charges of planning to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower.A federal court jury in Miami reached its verdict ...Read More

The chief Sears Tower plotter gets 131/2 years

Sat, Nov 21st, 2009 | World |

Narseal Batiste, 35, dabbed at his eyes with a tissue when U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard wondered in court how he was transformed from a hardworking family man struggling to build an inner-city construction business to the unquestioned leader of ...Read More

Florida: Sentencing in Tower Plot

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

A federal judge in Miami sentenced Narseal Batiste, the ringleader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago, to 13 ½ years in prison. Earlier this week, Mr. Batiste's four co-conspirators received sentences ranging from five to ...Read More

UPADATE 1-Miami man gets 13-year sentence for Sears Tower plo

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Top Stories |

* Ringleader's co-conspirators get lighter sentences * Men accused of conspiracy to wage war against U.S. (Adds quote from U.S. Attorney) MIAMI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The ringleader of a group ofMiami men convicted of plotting to blow up Chicago's SearsTower and ...Read More

Miami man gets 13-year sentence for Sears Tower plot

Fri, Nov 20th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

MIAMI (Reuters) - The ringleader of a group of Miami men convicted of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and government offices was sentenced to 13-1/2 years in prison on Friday. The sentence for Narseal Batiste was handed down by ...Read More

Houser Interview Teases Grand Theft Auto V [Rockstar]

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | SciTech |

Houser Interview Teases Grand Theft Auto V [Rockstar] Strauss Zelnick may be adamant about not announcing the next Grand Theft Auto, but Dan Houser, in a lengthy interview with The Times of London, so casually mentions work on the next GTA that it sounds rather inevitable. There's plenty of ...Read More

Prosecutor: Birmingham mayor took $235K in bribes

Tue, Oct 20th, 2009 | U.S. |

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Deeply in debt and fond of fancy clothes and jewelry, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford took tens of thousands in cash and expensive gifts from a politically connected investment banker who made millions in county bond business in ...Read More

5 convicted - after two mistrials

Wed, May 13th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

The jury convicted five of the so-called the Liberty City Six - ringleader Narseal Batiste, 35, along with Patrick Abraham, 29; Stanley Grant Phanor, 33; Rotschild Augustine, 25; and Burson Augustin, 24. The only freed man was Naudimar Herrera, 25, who ...Read More

5 convicted in scheme to blow up Sears Tower

Wed, May 13th, 2009 | Top Stories |

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - After back-to-back mistrials, five men from one of Miami's poorest neighborhoods were convicted Tuesday of trying to join with al-Qaida in plots to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb government buildings in South Florida. Though a sixth ...Read More

Five members of Liberty City Six guilty in terror plot

Tue, May 12th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

After two previous mistrials, a federal jury Tuesday finally reached verdicts in the terrorism case of six Miami men charged with conspiring with al Qaeda -- convicting five and acquitting one. The racially mixed jury convicted the Liberty City Six's ringleader, ...Read More

Miami jury finds five guilty in Sears Tower plot

Tue, May 12th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. jury found five men guilty on Tuesday of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and government buildings after two previous attempts to convict the group ended in mistrials. The jury acquitted a ...Read More

Five guilty in Sears Tower plot

Tue, May 12th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Ringleader Batiste faces 70 years and Stanley Phanor 30 years Five men have been convicted in Miami of plotting to blow up the Sears tower in Chicago and carry out attacks on FBI offices across the United States. Prosecutors say the ...Read More

5 Miami men convicted of Sears Tower attack plot

Tue, May 12th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

MIAMI -- It took three trials, three juries and nearly three years, but federal prosecutors finally succeeded Tuesday in convicting five Miami men of plotting to start an anti-government insurrection by destroying Chicago's Sears Tower and bombing FBI offices. One ...Read More