Connecticut doctor: Family was 'destroyed by evil'

Hayes Guilty Of Murder In Cheshire Home Invasion Trial
NEW YORK (CBS/1010 WINS/WCBS 880) - A jury that heard eight days of gruesome Testimony about a Connecticut family’s night of horror has convicted a paroled burglar of killing a mother and her two daughters. PHOTOS: Images Of Petit House Used As EvidenceDuring Trial Steven Hayes, 47,was found guilty Tuesday of Capital felony Murder in the July 2007 deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela. Hayes was found guilty on the...

Connecticut cop details defendant Steve Hayes' account of rape and murder of Petit family
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Caught fleeing the burning house and still reeking of Gasoline, craven monster Steven Hayes gave cops a pathetic excuse for the only act of violence he admits committing during the Home-invasion Murders of a doctor's wife and two daughters. He did Rape the mom, Hayes told cops -- but only because his co-defendant told him to, according to confession details revealed for the first time in trial Testimony yesterday in the attack that claimed the lives of Jennifer Hawke-Petit,...

Guilty verdict in horrific home invasion trial
A paroled burglar was convicted Tuesday of killing a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 Home Invasion in an affluent Connecticut town and faces the possibility of being sentenced to death. Steven Hayes, 47, was convicted of capital felony, Murder, Sexual Assault and other counts by a jury that heard eight days of gruesome Testimony about the July 2007 attacks on Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela. More U.S. news

Ore. woman pleads guilty to killing pregnant woman
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon woman obsessed with having a baby pleaded guilty Wednesday to the Murder of a pregnant woman whose unborn child was cut from her abdomen after she was bludgeoned to death. Korena Roberts, 29, was sentenced to life in Prison without the possibility of Parole. Her plea means she won't face trial and a possible death sentence. She was accused of beating 21-year-old Heather Snively with a collapsible Police baton in June 2009 and using a straight razor to open Sniv...

Steven Hayes found guilty in Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion, murders of mom, daughters
Steven Hayes will never be a free man again. After eight days of gruesome Testimony, a Connecticut jury on Tuesday found the 47-year-old paroled burglar guilty of murdering a mother and her two daughters in a horrific, high-profile, 2007 Home Invasion. The jury, which began deliberating on Monday, must now decide whether Hayes should receive the death penalty or spend life behind bars. The slayings took place in the affluent New Haven suburb of Cheshire in the middle of the...

Connecticut: Steven Hayes Found Guilty of Capital Murder
© Dr. William Petit Jr Dr. Petit, left, with his daughters Michaela, front, Hayley, center rear, and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit. His wife and two daughters were killed during a Home Invasion in Cheshire, Conn in 2007. Steven Hayes will never be a free man again. After eight days of gruesome Testimony, a Connecticut jury on Tuesday found the 47-year-old paroled burglar guilty of murdering a mother and her two daughters in a horrific, high-profile, 2007 Home Invasion. The jury, which...

Ex-Societe Generale trader must pay $6.7B for fraud
Paris — Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel was convicted on all counts Tuesday in one of history's biggest trading Frauds, sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay the bank a mind-numbing 4.9 Billion Euros ($6.7 Billion) in damages. The ruling marked a huge victory for Societe Generale, one of France 's most blue-blooded banks, which has worked to clean up its image and put in place tougher risk controls since the Scandal broke in 2008. The 33-year-old former...

French trader must pay nearly $6.7B in damages
Former Societe Generale SA trader Jerome Kerviel was convicted on all counts Tuesday in one of history's biggest trading Frauds, sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay the bank a mind-numbing 4.9 Billion ($6.7 Billion) in damages. The ruling marked a huge victory for Societe Generale , one of France 's most blue-blooded banks, which has worked to clean up its image and put in place tougher risk controls since the Scandal broke in 2008. The 33-year-old former futures index...

Malloy, Foley maneuver around home-invasion verdict
With a televised clash over Capital Punishment likely just a few hours away, Gubernatorial contenders Dan Malloy and Tom Foley maneuvered delicately but differently around Tuesday afternoon's conviction in the Cheshire Home Invasion slayings. Foley cited both Malloy's opposition to Capital Punishment and referred to the July 2007 murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters in reaffirming his support for the death penalty - and implying a Malloy win would spare the Cheshire suspects f...

Foley: Dan seems angry. Malloy: He started it
One of them is going to be elected Governor, but neither Dan Malloy nor Tom Foley is likely to score a dinner invite from Tuesday's televised hour of caustic asides, withering ripostes and cross-talk. Foley made a fortune in business. Malloy presided for 14 years over Connecticut's only large city that has a triple-A bond rating. But each belittled the other as utterly unqualified and untruthful throughout a debate on the Bushnell stage in Hartford. And they get to do it again at 9 a.m. Wednes...

Oregon woman pleads guilty to killing pregnant woman, gets life sentence without parole
HILLSBORO, ORE. — An Oregon woman obsessed with having a baby pleaded guilty Wednesday to the Murder of a pregnant woman whose unborn child was cut from her abdomen after she was bludgeoned to death. Korena Roberts, 29, was sentenced to life in Prison without the possibility of Parole. Her plea means she won't face trial and a possible death sentence. She was accused of beating 21-year-old Heather Snively with a collapsible Police baton in June 2009 and using a straight razor to open Sn...

Oregon woman pleads guilty to killing pregnant woman, gets life sentence without parole
HILLSBORO, ORE. — An Oregon woman accused of murdering a pregnant woman from Maryland and cutting The Unborn child from her womb pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of aggravated Murder and was sentenced to life in Prison . The sentence prohibits Parole for Korena Roberts. The battered body of 21-year-old Heather Snively was found in the crawl space of Roberts' home in June 2009 after Roberts' boyfriend called 911. Prosecutors say Roberts bludgeoned Snively in the Bathroom with a colla...

Man gets life for killing street boys
AN INDONESIAN court has sentenced a man to life in Prison for killing and mutilating four street Children. Baikuni, 50, was arrested in January, days after the head and body parts of a nine-year-old boy were found in a plastic bag in a Jakarta river. He was found guilty yesterday of killing and mutilating four boys since 2007. All were aged six to 12. Prosecutors alleged he had as many as 14 Victims. ...

Saudi Prince Accused of Sex-Related Murder of Male Servant
(Oct. 6) -- A Saudi prince strangled his male servant in a "ferocious" sexual attack at a luxury London hotel, jurors were told at his Murder trial. Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud, a grandson of Saudi King Abdullah, has admitted killing aide Bandar Abdulaziz at the five-star Landmark Hotel in downtown London, but he denies plotting it and denies being gay, Reuters news agency reported. Jurors on Tuesday saw security camera video of Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud, right, hitting Bandar Abd...

Coast Guard: Crew to be tried in deadly CA crash
San Diego — The Coast Guard has ordered three petty officers to stand trial in a San Diego Bay crash that killed an 8-year-old boy during a holiday boat parade, an official said Wednesday. Rear Adm. Joseph R. Castillo ordered the courts-martial after reviewing a report by the investigating officer, Lt. Cmdr. Rick Foster said. That report concluded there was no legal justification for the Dec. 20, 2009, crash, the Los Angeles Times has reported. The Coast Guard boat was responding to rep...

Busted taillight leads cops to suspect in Flatiron District double murder
A busted taillight led cops to a car they suspect was used by two gunmen who executed two pals near a Flatiron District Nightclub, Police sources said. Cops pulled the driver over in Brooklyn about 1 a.m. Tuesday and held him on an outstanding warrant. Police haven't released his name. The sources said he has been uncooperative but that he's a suspect in the Sunday Murder of Terrance Serrano, 22, and Rashawn Washington, 26, who were killed as they sat in an SUV near Roam on E. 19th St. No one ...

Coast Guard: Crew to be tried in deadly CA crash
San Diego — The Coast Guard has ordered three petty officers to stand trial in a San Diego Bay crash that killed an 8-year-old boy during a holiday boat parade, an official said Wednesday. Rear Adm. Joseph R. Castillo ordered the courts-martial after reviewing a report by the investigating officer, Lt. Cmdr. Rick Foster said. That report concluded there was no legal justification for the Dec. 20, 2009, crash, the Los Angeles Times has reported. The Coast Guard boat was responding to rep...

Prosecutors drop charges in hitchhiker death case
GREEN RIVER, WYO. — The Sweetwater County Attorney's Office is dropping Criminal Charges it had filed against two men in connection with the 2006 slaying of a Colorado man. Twenty-nine-year-old Victim Benjamin Bradley of Tabernash, Colo. disappeared in June 2006. His body was found months later north of Rock Springs. The Casper Star-Tribune is reporting that Sweetwater County Attorney Brett Johnson announced Wednesday that office has asked to drop all Charges against two men who had bee...

Prosecutors drop charges in hitchhiker death case
GREEN RIVER, WYO. — The Sweetwater County Attorney's Office is dropping Criminal Charges it had filed against two men in connection with the 2006 slaying of a Colorado man. Twenty-nine-year-old Victim Benjamin Bradley of Tabernash, Colo. disappeared in June 2006. His body was found months later north of Rock Springs. The Casper Star-Tribune is reporting that Sweetwater County Attorney Brett Johnson announced Wednesday that office has asked to drop all Charges against two men who had bee...

Ore. woman pleads guilty to killing pregnant woman
HILLSBORO, ORE. — An Oregon woman accused of killing a pregnant woman from Maryland last year and cutting The Unborn child from her womb has pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated Murder. Korena Roberts was sentenced Wednesday to life in Prison without The possibility of Parole. The body of 21-year-old Heather Snively was found in The crawl space of Roberts' home in June 2009 after Roberts' boyfriend called 911. Prosecutors say Roberts bludgeoned Snively in The Bathroom and then used ...

Conn. state finances marked incomplete by auditors
By Zachary Janowski Connecticuts two key Financial reports for 2008-09 lacked critical information, according to a June report by the Auditors of Public Accounts. The auditors lacked the information to give a complete Endorsement, called an unqualified opinion, in both cases. The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , or CAFR, received a qualified opinion because an actuarial calculation for the post-employment benefits for State Employees was not included in the report. The ...

What the Avis/Dollar Thrift Talks Are About
About The Deal Professor Steven M. Davidoff, writing as The Deal Professor, is a commentator for DealBook on the legal aspects of mergers, Private Equity and Corporate Governance. A former Corporate lawyer at Shearman & Sterling, he is a Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law . He is the author of “Gods at War: Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal and the Private Equity Implosion,” which explores modern-day deals and deal-making. It will be only when both...

Morning Show Ledes
Top stories from Wednesday a.m. broadcasts: Today -- Attack on NATO convoy in Pakistan GMA -- Dow flirting with 11,000 Early Show -- Conviction in violent Connecticut Home Invasion case American Morning -- Reconciliation talks between Afghan government and Taliban Fox & Friends -- Rocket fire in Yemen

APNewsBreak: Connecticut will revamp prison library policy over books with graphic violence
Hartford, CONN. — The State Department of Correction is revising its library policy in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that found inmates had unrestricted access to works depicting graphic violence, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, said he met with Correction Commissioner Leo Arnone for an hour Friday after learning that books such as Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," a literary classic about a 1959 killing in Kansas, were among the Department's...

Dignity & Suffering
I just got off the radio (Jim Vicevich, Connecticut), talking about this British advice columnist who announced on a BBC television show that she would “suffocate a child to end its suffering.” What struck me as the most outrageous aspect of it is that it is not so outrageous. It is, in a sense, what we do. Upwards of 90 percent of those diagnosed in the womb with Down Syndrome are eliminated here, for an example.  Yesterday in Washington, a forum at my alma mater focused on pra...