Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of rape and sexual assault in a Tel Aviv court today.

Remember when "reality star" Kim Kardashian and other celebrities promised to stop Tweeting until a million dollars was raised for Alicia Keys' AIDS charity? Well, they finally reached their goal after a $500,000 donation from pharmaceutical exec Stewart Rahr.

Looking to check out of society? Now's your chance: "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski's 1.4 acre Montana hideaway is for sale, and it looks gorgeous! The broker offers a huge selling point, too — "A lot of history goes with this location."

Cell phones are a hot commodity in America's prisons these days. Even Charles Manson was caught with one under his mattress in California's Corcoran State Prison. He's been texting people and even sang a song on one friend's voicemail. Listen!

The Department of Justice was too scared to prosecute the CIA for deliberately destroying evidence that its employees illegally tortured terror detainees. But fear not: The National Archives and Records Administration is still on the case.

Police suspect Steven Spader, 18, in a gruesome New Hampshire machete murder. Partly because they found a wallet connected to the victims in a bag with a sweatshirt bearing the writing "This is Steve's sweatshirt. Steve who is awesome." [AP]

Accused murderer Joran Van der Sloot got a surprise this week when Natalee Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway-Twitty, snuck into Peru's Castro Castro Prison to see him. When asked about Natalee's murder, Van der Sloot handed her his lawyer's business card.

Just in time for Pope Benedict's taxpayer-funded trip to Britain, a Channel 4 investigation shows that at least 14 priests who have served time for molesting children remain in the clergy, and some even made it into the Church's yearbook.

For the second time in two weeks, a leader from the Beltrán Leyva cartel has been arrested in Mexico. Sergio Villarreal, "El Grande," was caught in a power struggle with "La Barbie" for control of Beltrán Leyva.

There's a new survey out ranking the best financial firms to work for and (surprise!) Goldman Sachs is number one. It's no contest, especially when Goldman offers fun, camaraderie, and big ass bonuses. The past is history at Goldman Sachs.

In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Joran Van der Sloot says he extorted money from missing teen Natalee Holloway's parents for the location of their daughter's body, because they "have been making my life tough for five years."

Good news for criminals in China: The government has proposed dropping the death penalty for several crimes, such as smuggling exotic animals and relics. And no more elderly executions, either. Currently, 68 crimes are punishable by death in China.

24-year-old Efraim E. Diveroli, who scored a $300 million weapons deal with the Pentagon for Afghanistan in 2007 and was eventually charged with ripping them off, is at it again, trying to purchase guns for "resale in the Miami area."

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the "Merchant of Death," will be extradited to the US from Thailand on charges that he conspired to sell weapons to FARC guerillas in Colombia, a Thai court ruled today.

A report by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Britain concluded that marijuana is being grown on a massive scale in the country, but that "UK-produced skunk is of a lower quality than varieties available on the continent." Ouch.

Wednesday, police arrested 33 year-old Elias Abuelazam as he boarded a plane bound for Tel Aviv. They say he's the serial killer who attacked and stabbed nearly 20 victims, most in Michigan. Below, what we know about him so far.

First it was Yellowstone. Then it was Glacier National Park. Now, the incestuous "Bonnie and Clyde" fugitive couple from Arizona are thought to be near the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. Are they on some sort of National Parks tour?

One of the Arizona fugitives thought to be hiding in Yellowstone Park was arrested yesterday while hitchiking with a 9mm pistol. But the last of three prison escapees is still on the run with his fiancee/cousin, presumably in northern Montana.

Actress Mia Farrow today took the stand in the trial of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor and contradicted what Naomi Campbell claimed last week, saying Campbell told her she had received a "huge diamond" from Taylor.

U.S. Marshals have said that two men who recently escaped from prison in Arizona — and who have gone on a killing and burning spree — are likely hiding in Yellowstone National Park in Montana or Wyoming. Dont go there.