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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Diamondback Capital Management, LLC (“Diamondback”) has agreed to pay $6,000,000 to the United States and entered into a non-prosecution agreement (“NPA”) with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in which the office agrees not to criminally prosecute Diamondback related to charges of insider trading by certain firm employees. Specifically, between January 1, 2008 and January 20, 2012, certain Diamondback employees obtained material, non-public information (“Inside Information”) from public company employees through outside consultants and expert networking firms, and used this information to execute securities transactions. The $6,000,000 represents the total amount of illegal profits and losses avoided as a result of trades that were based, or likely based, in whole or in part, on Inside Information. The NPA, which applies only to Diamondback and not to any individuals, requires that the firm provide its full and truthful cooperation to the United States, including the voluntary provision of information and documents.

A former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, was charged today with repeatedly disclosing classified information to journalists, including the name of a covert CIA officer and information revealing the role of another CIA employee in classified activities, Justice Department officials announced. The charges result from an investigation that was triggered by a classified defense filing in January 2009, which contained classified information the defense had not been given through official government channels, and, in part, by the discovery in the spring of 2009 of photographs of certain government employees and contractors in the materials of high-value detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The investigation revealed that on multiple occasions, one of the journalists to whom Kiriakou is alleged to have illegally disclosed classified information, in turn, disclosed that information to a defense team investigator, and that this information was reflected in the classified defense filing and enabled the defense team to take or obtain surveillance photographs of government personnel. There are no allegations of criminal activity by any members of the defense team for the detainees.

The former police chief for the Village of Alorton and the City of East St. Louis pled guilty in United States District Court in East St. Louis on January 19, 2012, to felony charges of stealing evidence and making false statements to federal investigators, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. After his pleas of guilty, the former chief, Michael Baxton, Sr., 49, was released on bond, pending his sentencing, which is set for April 27, 2012 at 1:30 p.m..

Associated Press President Tom Curley, right, shakes hands with Korean Central News Agency President Kim Pyong Ho after signing an agreement to open a new AP office in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday Jan. 16, 2012. The AP opened its newest bureau in North Korea, making it the first international news organization with a full time presence to cover news from North Korea in words, pictures, and video.

The new generation of Rubick's Cube players are stepping up their game, learning tips in online videos to solve the puzzle in seconds.

Prayer in the Holy Family of Nazareth was the theme of Benedict XVI's catechesis during today's general audience, which was held in the Paul VI Hall in the presence of 7,000 pilgrims.

Retired Army captain and Iraqi war veteran Jason Torpy says the chaplains employed by the U.S. military can't relate to people like him. He's an atheist.

One of the few remaining refuges to keep cars dry at the height of 2011 flooding in Bangkok: elevated parkways

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