Maoists attack police camp soon after truce offer, 1 dead

KOLKATA - Maoists attacked a camp housing security personnel in West Bengal late Monday night, just hours after their leader Kishenji offered a 72-hour ceasefire to the government. One suspected Maoist was killed in the ensuring gunfight, police said.

3 New York City police officers are acquitted of all charges in subway sodomy case

3 NYC police officers are acquitted in sodomy case

Calif. congressman seeks federal investigation on woman’s false deportation, TSA policies

US rep seeks probe on Calif. false deportation

Attorney: Child services officials made routine visit to Charlie Sheen’s Los Angeles home

Child services visits Charlie Sheen’s LA home

Australia introduces tougher visa checks as part of $62 million counterterrorism effort

Australia fights terrorism with tough visa checks

Police: Pro wrestler Ric Flair’s wife charged with assault after altercation at NC home

Wife charged with assaulting wrestler Ric Flair

Mass. doctor accused of faking painkiller studies pleads guilty to federal health care fraud

Mass. doctor pleads guilty to research fraud

Delaware pediatrician indicted on more than 470 counts of sex abuse involving 103 children

Del. doctor indicted in child sex abuse scandal

Oregon man wanted in slaying of his mother and her boyfriend arrested in Virginia

Ore. man wanted for mom’s killing arrested in Va.

Experts for defense, prosecution split on if man charged in Iowa coach killing was insane

Experts differ on man’s sanity in Iowa coach death

AG Holder says criminal justice system was invaluable weapon in New York terrorism case

AG: Civilian court valuable weapon in terror case

Baltimore prosecutors: Cult leader, followers watched as 1-year-old boy ‘wasted away’

Prosecutors: Boy starved to death at cult’s hands

Appeals court clears way for pilot to claim emotional distress over improper HIV disclosure

Appeals court: Feds wrong to disclose pilot’s HIV

Ex-LA hospital owner convicted of Medicare fraud gets prison for recruiting Skid Row patients

Ex-LA hospital owner sentenced for Medicare fraud

NJ drug company agrees to pay $3.5 settlement with federal authorities

NJ drug company agrees to pay $3.5 settlement

Prosecutor: Accused serial killer stalked Calif. women like prey, took earrings as trophies

Prosecutor: Man stalked, killed 5 Calif. victims

UN, computer firms discuss to fight terrorism on internet

NEW YORK - The United Nations and US-based computer giants like Microsoft and Google met Monday to discuss ways to fight the use of the internet to recruit terrorists and criminals, the UN said.

Mexico captures suspect accused of trafficking cocaine from Colombia for Sinaloa cartel

Mexico captures Sinaloa cartel cocaine trafficker

NY teen charged with making hoax call that initiated NJ Turnpike stop of minority teens

Teen charged in hoax 911 call that led to NJ stop

Grand jury returns indictment against Del. pediatrician accused of molesting children

Del. pediatrician indicted on 400 criminal counts

Dolphins cornerback Will Allen released on $1,000 bail after DUI arrest in Miami Beach

Dolphin CB Allen released on bail after DUI arrest

Former Phillies starter Brett Myers making easy adjustment to new team

P Myers content with Houston

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Brett Myers lobbed pitches to his 4-year-old son on a practice field on the second day of Houston Astros spring training, happy and relaxed in his new setting.

Los Angeles prosecutors charge ‘Heroes’ actor Adrian Pasdar with drunken driving

‘Heroes’ actor Adrian Pasdar charged with DUI

Over 50 high-ranking Turkish military commanders held over alleged coup plot

Over 50 Turkish commanders held over coup plot

Ex-Mass. DA: It’s a ‘tragedy’ Bishop didn’t get psych exam in 1986 probe of brother’s death

Ex-DA: Failure to examine Bishop in ‘86 is tragedy

Bomb plot suspect Zazi cites ‘martyrdom’ attack plan against New York City subway

NYC terrorism suspect cites subway attack plan

Publicist: Child services officials in LA make routine visit to Charlie Sheen’s home

Publicist: Child services visits Sheen home in LA

Ex-phone worker gets 3½ years in prison for role in Hollywood wiretapping case

Woman sentenced in Hollywood wiretap case

LOS ANGELES — A former phone company worker convicted of lying to authorities about a Hollywood wiretapping scandal involving former private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced Monday to nearly 3½ years in federal prison.

AP Exclusive: Con man serving time in Wisconsin helped run suspected diploma mill

A diploma mill’s trail leads to Wisconsin inmate

Marshals Service says couple wanted in Oregon double homicide arrested in Virginia

Couple wanted in Oregon homicide arrested in Va.

Gates says Pakistani arrests of Taliban figures marks ‘real progress’

Gates says Taliban arrests mark progress

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says recent arrests of high-level Taliban fighters by Pakistan marks “real progress” by the Islamabad government and “another positive indication” of its commitment to stabilizing its border with Afghanistan.

Maryland woman convicted of murdering 2 adopted daughters; bodies found stored in freezer

Md. mom convicted of killing kids found in freezer

Police: SC man killed mother with sword after argument in their home; son charged with murder

Police: SC man killed mother with sword in dispute

Ex-Oklahoma St basketball coach Sean Sutton facing drug felonies, follows father into rehab

Arrest latest blow to Sutton basketball family

Former Oklahoma State basketball coach Sutton follows father into rehab amid drug charges

Another blow to Sutton family

STILLWATER, Okla. — The man whose office will prosecute Sean Sutton on drug charges says he’s not surprised at how the former Oklahoma State basketball coach is handling the issue.

Beheading deaths in Iraq raise fears of sectarian violence as 23 die across the country

Shiite family of 8 killed in Iraq, some beheaded

Man pleads guilty in death of woman whose body parts were scattered at Ohio apartment complex

Man pleads guilty in Ohio dismemberment death

Accuser in NYPD sodomy case says after acquittal that he worries about his safety

NYPD sodomy accuser says he worries for his safety

Gravely injured NYC woman credited with saving ex-roommate in hit-and-run accident

NYC hit-run victim credited with saving friend

Ready for talks if government halts operations: Maoists (Second Lead)

KOLKATA - The Maoists Monday declared they were game for a dialogue, but the government would have to first halt security operations against them for 72 days. The move comes three days after Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s offer to talk with the rebels if they stopped violence for 72 hours.

Closing arguments begin in California serial murder trial with suspect representing self

Closing arguments begin in CA serial murder trial

Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni pleads no contest to DUI, agrees to work program

Kings forward Nocioni pleads no contest to DUI

Jury deliberates in case of Md. mother accused of killing 2 girls, storing bodies in freezer

Jury has case of mother accused of killing 2 girls

AP sources: NYC bomb plot suspect Zazi says he disposed of explosives, makes plea deal

AP sources: NYC terror suspect plans guilty plea

Israeli foreign minister sidesteps questions about assassination of Hamas official

Israeli FM sidesteps questions on Hamas killing

BJP takes Sikh’s beheading protest to Pakistan border

ATTARI - After raising to the national level in New Delhi the issue of the beheading of a Sikh man by Taliban elements, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday took the protest right up to the border with Pakistan.

US OKs $150 million to send training and equipment to Yemen; doubles last year’s total