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Women behind walls: A look inside Md.'s Jessup prison for women 06/06/2014 10:00am • Editor's Note: WTOP reporter Lori Lundin spent a day at Jessup Correctional Facility for Women to get a firsthand look and to speak to some of the women inside. WASHINGTON -- Shiva Dayani's bad decision dramatically changed the course of her life. When Dayani was 17, she was a drug addict. " German Parliament extends Holocaust pensions 06/06/2014 01:10am • DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's Parliament on Thursday approved a measure extending pension payments totaling nearly a half-billion dollars for thousands of elderly Jews who were forced to work for the Nazis in ghettos.The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Wisconsin stabbing highlights juvenile crime laws 06/05/2014 02:06am • M.L. JOHNSON Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- When two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls were charged this week with stabbing a friend nearly to death, authorities had no choice but to send them to adult court.In more than half of the nation, kids as young as 10 are often charged as adults automatically Canada introduces new sex trade law 06/04/2014 08:30pm • ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's Conservative government introduced legislation Wednesday that will make it illegal to buy sex and to sell it in public areas where there might be minors. The bill's critics said it merely makes prostitutes more vulnerable.The proposed law is Prim Court to censure Montana judge over rape comments 06/04/2014 06:29pm • MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana judge who said a 14-year-old rape victim appeared "older than her chronological age" faces public censure and a 31-day suspension without pay for his misconduct in the case, the Montana Supreme Court said in a Wednesday order.Justices Tattoos can be evidence of a crime _ or just cool 06/04/2014 05:20pm • DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Teardrops for murders. Spider webs for prison time. Penal code numbers for crimes committed.Criminals have long used tattoos as indelible ink on their own bodily rap sheet. And for just as long, police have used tattoos as a way to identify suspe Prom day stabbing suspect pleads not guilty 06/04/2014 04:34pm • JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press MILFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A 17-year-old Connecticut boy charged with stabbing a classmate to death in school on their prom day pleaded not guilty to murder Wednesday as his attorney said he was investigating a possible mental health defense.Christopher Plaskon, who Egypt's Brotherhood says vote is 'null and void' 06/04/2014 03:32pm • SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- The political party of Egypt's Islamist president ousted by the military last year said Wednesday it considers the election of the former army chief as the next president "null and void" and will accept nothing short of the reinstatement of Mohammed Morsi Germany investigates alleged NSA Merkel phone tap 06/04/2014 02:05pm • DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the alleged monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone by the U.S. National Security Agency, officials said Wednesday, in a move that could again complicate diplomatic relations between the two Some tattoos that could signal wearers' crimes 06/04/2014 07:36am • The Associated Press Criminal justice experts say there are many tattoos that could signify the wearers committed murders and other crimes. Here are some examples:-- TEARDROPS: Have several possible meanings, including the number of people the wearer killed or the number of stints in prison they se Attorney: Girl in stabbing deserves juvenile court 06/04/2014 01:00am • TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Wisconsin's tough laws requiring children be charged as adults in homicide cases could mean a 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a friend won't get help she needs, her attorney said Tuesday.Waukesha County prosecutors have charged two 12-year-old gi Little public action in Chinese cyberspying case 06/03/2014 10:50pm • EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two weeks ago, Attorney General Eric Holder vowed to bring to a U.S. courtroom five members of the Chinese military who the U.S. accused of hacking computers for economic espionage purposes. The FBI even published "Wanted" posters with pictures of Rich man's accusers press to reopen sex abuse case 06/03/2014 06:56pm • CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) -- Nearly a decade ago, a wealthy financial guru came under FBI investigation, suspected of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. Then, abruptly, the investigation was dropped and Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to a sing Justices reject reporter's bid to protect source 06/03/2014 06:50am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A reporter who has been ordered to divulge the identity of the source of classified information lost his bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to clarify whether journalists have a right to protect their confidential sources.Without comment, the justice US disrupts hacking schemes that stole millions 06/03/2014 04:10am • JOE MANDAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A band of hackers implanted viruses on hundreds of thousands of computers around the world, secretly seized customer bank information and stole more than $100 million from businesses and consumers, the Justice Department said Monday in announcing charge