Ex-treasurer Lay worried about Enron credit rating
Former Enron treasurer Ben Glisan Jr testified that Kenneth Lay in 2001 pressed to gauge credit-rating agencies about writedown sizes to avoid a downgrade. Glisan said Lay wanted accounting shifts to manage the rating, while Glisan argued charges should come first and consequences dealt with.
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Suspect denied bail in dungeon assault case in Darlington
Kenneth G. Hinson, 47, denied bail for three burglary counts tied to abducting two 17 year old girls and sexually assaulting them in an underground room behind his home. He faces additional charges of criminal sexual conduct, assault and battery, and kidnapping. Hinson was captured after a four day manhunt near his rural home. The case involves a back room no larger than a closet where the girls were held and later freed.
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Search intensifies for missing Milwaukee boys
Milwaukee police pressed a broad search as two boys 11 year old Purvis Parker and 12 year old Quadrevion Henning vanished after playing Sunday. Officers combed wooded areas, dive teams searched sewers, and checks of vacant houses and sex offender residences yielded no sign. The grandfathers urged them to come home when the boys did not return around 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Army dog handler jailed for Abu Ghraib abuse
Sgt. Michael J. Smith of Fort Lauderdale was sentenced to six months in prison for maltreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. He faced five charges including conspiring with another dog handler to frighten detainees and directing his dog to lick peanut butter off soldiers bodies. He was demoted to private and given a bad conduct discharge.
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