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Son of Brooke Astor, convicted of swindling her as she aged, is dead

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthony Marshall, convicted of swindling millions of dollars from his philanthropist mother, Brooke Astor, has died, according to his attorney and a paid obituary on Monday in the New York Times. He was 90. Marshall died early on Sunday morning at New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to his attorney Kenneth Warner.

In Malaysia, Islam's legal advance divides families and nation

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Deepa Subramaniam would not let go of her son, clinging to five-year-old Mithran's leg even as the car into which he had been bundled began to accelerate.

Ranbaxy gains after settling with NY Attorney General over collusion

Reuters Market Eye - Ranbaxy Laboratories ( RANB.NS ) shares gain 3.4 percent after the New York Attorney General and the U.S. units of the Indian company and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ( TEVA.TA ) settled claims that an agreement between the two drugmakers unlawfully restricted competition. "The settlement is positive for the company and since the settlement amount will not significantly impact the company.

Sikh who teaches at Columbia University beaten in possible hate crime

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Columbia University professor who wears a beard and turban in keeping with his Sikh religion was savagely beaten by teen attackers who shouted anti-Muslim taunts in what police described as a possible hate crime. New York City police on Monday said they were searching for more than dozen teenagers involved in the beating that broke the jaw of Prabhjot Singh, 31, an assistant professor of international and public affairs at the Ivy League school, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Singh was strolling near his home in nearby Harlem around 7 p.m

Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty to leak to media - U.S. Justice Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former FBI agent has agreed to plead guilty to leaking secret government information about a bomb plot to a news agency, a leak that Attorney General Eric Holder called one of the most serious in U.S. history, the Justice Department said on Monday.

Authorities arrest Mississippi man in ricin case

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other public officials. Everett Dutschke, 41, was taken into custody by U.S.

Army adds charges against Afghan shooting suspect

The Army dropped a murder charge, but added other charges, including steroid use, against Staff Sgt Robert Bales who had been accused of gunning down 16 civilians in a pre-dawn raid on two Afghan villages in March.