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No TV for Mehserle trial, new judge decides

Dec. 2, 2009
Hours after being assigned to preside over the murder trial of former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle, a veteran Los Angeles County judge made his first big decision, indicating Wednesday that the case will not be televised. Judge Robert Perry told...
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Ex-BART cop's trial moved to LA

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A judge Thursday ordered the trial of an ex-Oakland transit police officer, charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed passenger, moved to Los Angeles.

Trial of shooting on BART to be moved

OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The trial in a racially charged police shooting in Oakland, Calif., will be held outside the city, a judge has decided.

Ex-cop charged in BART killing released

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say a former BART mass transit police officer accused of killing a man on New Year's Day has been released on a $3 million bond in Oakland, Calif.

Mayor calls for calm in Oakland, Calif.

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Oakland, Calif., Mayor Ron Dellums called for calm Friday following erroneous reports that the suspect in the shooting of an unarmed man had been freed on bail.

Police investigate BART police assault

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Officials say they'll investigate whether a transit officer in California hit a passenger minutes before the unarmed man was fatally shot by another officer.

BART officer pleads not guilty

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the death of an unarmed man at an Oakland, Calif., BART station.

BART shooting officer arrested in Nevada

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Former California transit officer Johannes Mehserle, accused of shooting an unarmed man in Oakland, is being held on a murder charge in Nevada, officials said.

Calif. AG to monitor BART shooting probe

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office will monitor the investigation into the killing of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer.

BART apologizes for New Year's slaying

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Bay Area Rapid Transit board has apologized for the New Year's Day death of an unarmed man, shot by a transit police officer in Oakland, Calif.

Cop in transit shooting under guard

OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A police officer involved in a fatal New Year's Day shooting at an Oakland, Calif., rapid transit station is under police protection, sources say.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler