WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida jury has acquitted a man on charges of attempting to illegally broker uranium ore shipments to Iran. The jury in West Palm Beach federal court reached its verdict Monday in the case of Patrick Campbell of Sierra Leone after a weeklong trial. Campbell had faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The ...

A man from Sierra Leone has been arrested at New York's John F Kennedy airport with uranium samples allegedly concealed in his shoes. Patrick Campbell was charged with attempting to broker a sale of 1,000 tonnes of yellowcake uranium to Iran. He allegedly made the offer to US undercover agents, thinking they were representing the Iranians. Samples ...