Portland children’s author sentenced to 6 years in prison for child porn

Author K.P. Bath sentenced to prison

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge has sentenced children’s author K.P. Bath to six years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Family Attorney: Michael Jackson’s children are normal kids adjusting to life without father

Family Attorney: Jackson children just normal kids

LA judge orders trial to determine guardianship for children of TV producer and slain wife

Judge orders trial over children of TV producer

NY appeals court cooks up quick ruling, sides with Jessica Seinfeld in culinary copycat claim

Jessica Seinfeld wins NY culinary copycat claim

Children’s author K.P. Bath pleads guilty to possessing child porn

Portland author pleads guilty in child porn case

Pa. agency says no legal action will be taken in ‘Jon & Kate’ child-labor inquiry

Pa.: No legal action in ‘Jon & Kate’ labor probe

Film obtained by activists allegedly documents 2007 outbreak of HIV among Uzbek children

Film: 147 toddlers infected in Uzbek HIV outbreak

Relatives of Indian stampede victims mourn as police open criminal investigation

Relatives of Indian stampede victims mourn

Gunman tied to angry, anti-gov’t Web posts shoots 2 Pentagon officers, dies from return fire

Angry anti-gov’t writing linked to Pentagon gunman

Student hurt in Colo. school shooting thanks teacher, hopes to be skateboarding again soon

Boy hurt in Colo. school shooting thanks teacher

More anti-government, 9/11 conspiracy Internet postings linked to Pentagon shooting suspect

More anti-gov’t writing linked to Pentagon shooter

Chinese kindergarten teacher admits to pricking 63 students with empty hypodermic needle

Chinese teacher pricked 63 children with syringe

Students protest school funding cuts; protesters clash with police, shut down Calif. freeway

Angry students protest cuts to schools, colleges

Home videos of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard show her cooking, riding horses with family

Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard shares home videos

Pakistani diplomat says ‘inside job’ possible in British boy’s abduction

‘Inside job’ suggested in British boy’s abduction

Homicide claim could undermine Mo. prosecutor’s sexual abuse cases against 6 family members

Homicide claim could hinder Mo. incest, rape cases

2 police officers shot at entrance to Pentagon, suspect killed in return gunfire

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Police launch criminal investigation of Indian temple stampede as families grieve

Police investigate deadly Indian temple stampede

Rowdy protests target funding cuts at US campuses; demonstrators shut down Calif. freeway

Rowdy protests target funding cuts at US campuses

Gunman opens fire at subway entrance, wounding two Pentagon police officers

Gunman wounds 2 officers at Pentagon metro station

2 Pentagon police officers shot at subway station

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Police arrest 28 during rowdy celebration after No. 22 Maryland’s win over No. 4 Duke

28 arrested celebrating Maryland win over Duke

US Virgin Islands senator charged with domestic violence; police say he pulled gun on teen

USVI senator faces domestic-violence charges

Driver who accused Naomi Campbell of assault says he ‘overreacted,’ regrets involving NYPD

Naomi Campbell’s driver regrets involving NYPD

Dispute over crime exhibit including RFK’s clothes shows scars remain for victims’ families

Crime exhibit dispute shows families’ scars linger

Police in Calif. arrest man suspected of stalking TV, radio host Dr. Drew Pinsky

Police arrest man suspected of stalking Dr. Drew

Summary Box: TiVo prevails in patent case against Dish, but dispute isn’t over yet

Summary Box: TiVo prevails in Dish patent case

Swedish rapper gets 15-to-life for running over pedestrian in Hollywood crosswalk

Swedish rapper gets 15-to-life for LA killing

Police arrest 27 during rowdy celebration after No. 22 Maryland’s win over No. 4 Duke

27 arrested celebrating Maryland win over Duke

TiVo prevails in patent rights case against Dish, but dispute isn’t over yet

TiVo prevails in patent rights case against Dish

27 arrested after snowball-throwing group confronts police after Maryland beats No. 4 Duke

27 arrested near UMd. after Maryland beats Duke

Home video of kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard to air Friday on ABC

ABC to air video of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard

Video of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard, held in captivity for 18 years, to air Friday on ABC

Video of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard to air on ABC

Nigeria: 1 of 3 sports journalists kidnapped by gunmen successfully escapes

Nigeria: 1 of 3 kidnapped journalists escapes

Mozambican police investigate alleged child trafficking case;

Mozambican police investigate child trafficking

Ex-oil giant Yukos tells European rights court that Russia sought to ‘destroy’ the company

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In Dubai killing, some see an espionage era dying in a blaze of publicity

Dubai death: ‘The last assassination of its kind’?

AP Interview: Hamas spy says Islam teaches people to kill, he’s not afraid to die

AP Interview: Hamas spy unafraid, criticizes Islam

Idaho missionary still detained in Haiti says she would return to help children

Detained US missionary: I’d come back to Haiti

Del. judge allows Magna Entertainment more financing, more time on reorganization plan

Magna gets more time, money in bankruptcy case

San Diego County prosecutors charge sex offender with murder in Chelsea King case

Sex offender charged in Chelsea King case

SAN DIEGO — A convicted sex offender charged Wednesday with murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King while raping or attempting to rape her was linked to the crime by DNA from semen found in her clothing, a state Justice Department spokeswoman said.

Florida nightclub shooting victims sue rapper PLIES; say he profited from their pain

Fla. nightclub shooting victims sue rapper PLIES

4 Pa. social workers convicted in fraud case stemming from disabled teen’s 2006 death

Social workers guilty of fraud in starvation case

Colleague says psychiatrist is angry that sentencing advice on molester ignored in 2000

Colleague: Psychiatrist angry about molester case

Dissident hunger strike in central Cuba rushed to hospital after week without food

Cuban hunger striker briefly hospitalized

HAVANA — A dissident journalist who has refused food and water for a week was rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital in central Cuba after losing consciousness, then returned home when doctors said they could do nothing for him if he refused to eat, a spokeswoman for his family said Wednesday.

KV Pharmaceutical’s Ethex unit pleads guilty to charges from manufacturing problems

KV Pharmaceutical’s Ethex unit pleads guilty

Central Wisconsin man changes plea to guilty in homicides of girlfriend, 2 children

Wisconsin man pleads guilty in triple homicide

San Diego County prosecutors to file charges against sex offender in Chelsea King case

Sex offender to be charged in Chelsea King case

Author JK Rowling accused in lawsuit of stealing ideas for “Harry Potter” books

‘Harry Potter’ author hit with plagiarism lawsuit