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NEW YORK (AP) – A lawyer for the accused madam of a multimillion-dollar brothel said Thursday that he wanted to talk to prosecutors about the possibility of a plea deal, though he cautioned that he was only gauging options in a case enveloped in attention and innuendo.…Echoing comments she made in that interview, Greenwald said [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – A matchmaking recruiter charged with helping to run a big-money brothel turned herself in Tuesday to face charges – and a growing media frenzy surrounding the case.…The 30-year-old Baker held her head high as she pleaded not guilty to the sole charge against her and reputed Scottish-born madam Anna Gristina: a [...]

The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, while acknowledging that protestors broke an agreement to keep away from the Capitol steps, nevertheless editorialized against the use of “State Police in riot gear. An armored personnel carrier. A police helicopter. SWAT teams. German shepherds. Semiautomatic weapons…. What was needed here was a little more English bobby, a lot less [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – A suburban woman charged with running a big-money Manhattan brothel is due back in court next week for a judge to look into her finances, and a retired police detective who once helped prosecutors build cases emerged Friday as the latest of her well-connected contacts.…The Scottish-born Gristina, 44, has pleaded not [...]

But the process of developing an identifying DNA ” fingerprint” was still five years away when authorities say Vincent Groves killed a prostitute, a banker, and a store clerk.…The 1979 slayings of Emma Jenefor, 25; a store clerk in a tony area of Denver; Joyce Ramey, 23, a suspected prostitute, and Peggy Cuff, 20, a [...]

By using DNA from one of those murders, crime analysts have since linked Groves to the slayings of Emma Jenefor, 25, Joyce Ramey, 23, and Peggy Cuff, 20, who were all strangled in 1979, authorities said. Strong circumstantial evidence also tied Groves to the 1988 killing of Pamela Montgomery, 35, said cold-case detective Mylous Yearling.“We [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – Prosecutors and defense attorneys have presented contrasting views of a New York woman jailed on a seven-figure bail on a single charge of promoting prostitution.Anna Gristina’s lawyers have portrayed her as a dedicated suburban mom, animal rescuer and former real estate broker who was working on building an online dating service. [...]

There’s an additional political dimension to the protest. Krystal Ball wrote in this space two weeks ago that the abortion bill posed a serious challenge to Gov. Bob McDonnell, a rising Republican star often speculated to be a potential vice-presidential candidate. Ball argued that McDonnell had to please his base but couldn’t move too far [...]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Intensifying debate over conservative social values – and Republican icon Rush Limbaugh – overshadowed the nation’s economic concerns Sunday as the Republican presidential campaign hurtled toward Super Tuesday contests that could re-shape the nomination battle and shift the direction of the Grand Old Party.Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum distanced themselves from [...]

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said it has opened an investigation into ACTION Inc. The investigation follows the arrest last week of a 39-year-old Troy man charged with three counts of rape and one count of compelling prostitution in Miami County. He also faces child rape charges in Montgomery County.The man’s name [...]