New York Police Commissioner begins prison term for tax fraud

New York Police Commissioner begins prison term for tax fraudAccording to official reports, Bernie Kerik, a former New York Police Commissioner who was nominated to head the Department of Homeland Security, Monday began a prison term for tax fraud.

ABC News has reported that Kerik, 54, who gained national stature for his performance as police commissioner after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, is serving a four-year sentence at a federal minimum-security prison in Cumberland, Md.

Daughter's killer faced by Mother in California courtroom

Daughter's killer faced by Mother in California courtroomIt has been reported that the mother of one of convicted rapist-murderer John Gardner's victims says she met him face to face before his sentencing in a California courtroom.

Carrie McGonigle told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday she had the jailhouse meeting with Gardner because she needed closure in the February 2009 slaying of her 14-year-old daughter Amber DuBois.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police seizing illegal rifle model

Royal Canadian Mounted Police seizing illegal rifle modelOfficials have informed that Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seizing a rifle model ruled illegal because it can be easily converted to full automatic fire.

The National Firearms Association of Canada is considering a legal challenge to the RCMP's confiscation of the weapons from legal owners, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Monday.

Owners of the Norinco Type 97A rifles were sent letters in March directing them to turn in the weapons.

Seh Daeng dies of head wound, Bangkok continues to burn

Seh Daeng dies of head wound, Bangkok continues to burnPolice has said that thousands of Red Shirt protesters Monday ignored a government demand they cede the downtown Bangkok territory they've held since March.

The Bangkok Nation reported, quoting a hospital spokesman, that the stalemate continued after a renegade general supporting the protesters died of a bullet wound, officials said. Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol, also known as Seh Daeng, died at Vajira Hospital Monday of a head wound from a sniper bullet suffered last week.

BBC News is most preferred in Britain

BBC News is most preferred in BritainBBC has become a household name in Britain with its popular news broadcasting services.

It is believed that BBC News has gained a popular image in the UK, better than even the Armed Forces or the Royal Family, said the Director General of BBC Mark Thompson.

BSkyB to join hands with Experian

BSkyBA new business alliance between the UK-based satellite broadcaster BSkyB and the information services provider Experian has started taking shape aiming at mutual benefits.

This business venture, which makes BSkyB a major stakeholder seeks to provide database marketing services for the cable company.

The yet to be named venture will provide a wide range of service offerings in the area of database content management.

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