Street racing deaths linked to 2 Fast 2 Furious movie
Miami teen William Lacasse Jr died after pulling from a gas station in his mother's Corvette as two cars flashed hazard lights and challenged him to race. Authorities and families link several fatal crashes to the film's release, though Universal Studios rejects cause and effect.
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Supreme Court voids retroactive sunset of old sex crime limits
The Supreme Court held that government cannot retroactively erase statutes of limitations to prosecute long-ago sexual offenses. The 5-4 ruling, led by liberal justices, challenges post 2001 terrorism law and could affect cases against former priests. Justice Kennedy wrote for four, saying victims deserve access to justice despite time.
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FBI sting nets over 1 million in bogus auto claims in Chicago
An FBI sting led by an agent posing as a personal injury lawyer created a fake Chicago law office and lured scam artists behind staged car crashes to cheat insurers out of more than 1 million dollars. Sixty two people are charged with insurance fraud. operation named Soft Tissue used a video setup and fake credentials to record conversations with the organizers and participants.
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