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(CNN) -- Casey Anthony was "polite and cooperative" in her first meeting with her probation officer for check fraud and fraudulent use of a personal ID, a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Thursday.

Gretl Plessinger, the department's communications director, said that Anthony reported to a probation office Wednesday at 6 p.m. for a visit that lasted a little over an hour. Anthony previously had been sentenced to one year of probation, which including monthly check-in meetings plus "random contacts" in the public.

"She told the probation officer that she intended to do well on probation,"… Read More

Los Angeles (CNN) -- The scheduled arraignment of a California woman charged with murder for allegedly pushing her 7-month-old boy off the fourth story of a parking garage was delayed Thursday, a district attorney's spokeswoman said.

The arraignment for Sonia Hermosillo -- once planned for Thursday -- has been pushed back to Monday, said Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

Authorities initially charged Hermosillo, 31, of La Habra, California, with attempted murder. But after the boy died Wednesday, prosecutors upgraded it to one felony count of murder and one felony count of assault… Read More

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, was charged Wednesday with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, authorities said.

"His alcohol content exceeded the legal limit and he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs," Riverside County Sheriff spokeswoman Courtney Donowho said.

On July 12, King was behind the wheel of a 1994 Mitsubishi when he was pulled over in Moreno Valley, California, about 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Prosecutors have up to 45 days to file charges on a DUI arrest.

According… Read More

(CNN) -- Casey Anthony was "polite and cooperative" in her first meeting with her probation officer for check fraud and fraudulent use of a personal ID, a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Thursday.

Gretl Plessinger, the department's communications director, said that Anthony reported to a probation office Wednesday at 6 p.m. for a visit that lasted a little over an hour. Anthony previously had been sentenced to one year of probation, which including monthly check-in meetings plus "random contacts" in the public.

"She told the probation officer that she intended to do well on probation,"… Read More

Washington (CNN) -- A Florida man has been arrested and charged with planning to set off fireworks on the National Mall "to draw attention to himself and issues he had with the banking industry," according to the Maryland-National Capitol Park Police. Authorities say the man told them he did not plan to hurt anyone.

Glenn Neff, age 27, of Stuart, Florida, has been charged with possession of a destructive device, transport of a destructive device and manufacture of a destructive device. Each of those charges carries a penalty of up to 25 years in prison.

According to a press release, Monday night an officer with… Read More

Los Angeles (CNN) -- The scheduled arraignment of a California woman charged with murder for allegedly pushing her 7-month-old boy off the fourth story of a parking garage was delayed Thursday, a district attorney's spokeswoman said.

The arraignment for Sonia Hermosillo -- once planned for Thursday -- has been pushed back to Monday, said Farrah Emami, a spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

Authorities initially charged Hermosillo, 31, of La Habra, California, with attempted murder. But after the boy died Wednesday, prosecutors upgraded it to one felony count of murder and one felony count of assault… Read More

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, was charged Wednesday with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence, authorities said.

"His alcohol content exceeded the legal limit and he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs," Riverside County Sheriff spokeswoman Courtney Donowho said.

On July 12, King was behind the wheel of a 1994 Mitsubishi when he was pulled over in Moreno Valley, California, about 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Prosecutors have up to 45 days to file charges on a DUI arrest.

According… Read More

(CNN) -- Federal authorities have arrested a man in connection with the firebombing of an Oregon Islamic center, the U.S. attorney's office said Thursday.

A news conference is planned for 11 a.m. (2 p.m. ET) to discuss the arrest of Cody Crawford. No other details were immediately available.

A blaze erupted at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis after the FBI arrested Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who was accused of plotting, unsuccessfully, to bomb a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland last November.

Mohamud… Read More

Washington (CNN) -- A Florida man has been arrested and charged with planning to set off fireworks on the National Mall "to draw attention to himself and issues he had with the banking industry," according to the Maryland-National Capitol Park Police. Authorities say the man told them he did not plan to hurt anyone.

Glenn Neff, age 27, of Stuart, Florida, has been charged with possession of a destructive device, transport of a destructive device and manufacture of a destructive device. Each of those… Read More

(CNN) -- Never one to miss a joke, even when it involves a threat on his life, David Letterman came armed with punchlines for Monday night's show, the first since a jihadist website urged its American followers to kill the comedian.

"Tonight, you people are ... more than an audience," Letterman said, as he opened his monologue. "You're more like a human shield."

"Backstage I was talking to the guy from CBS, we were going through the CBS life insurance policy to see if I was covered for… Read More