Mourners gather to remember 14-year-old girl whose remains were found north of San Diego

More than 1,000 mourners gather to remember Amber

2 ex-ACORN workers in Wis. accused of inflating voter registration totals during ‘08 campaign

2 ex-ACORN workers face charges from ‘08 campaign

Timberwolves C Jefferson returns from 2-game DWI suspension against Mavericks

Jefferson returns for Timberwolves against Mavs

Israeli ambassador offers to exchange views with UC Irvine students who heckled his speech

Israeli ambassador offers to return to UC Irvine

Lawyers for Mexican family alleging priest sex abuse resign case, citing demand for money

Lawyers in Mexico church sex abuse case resign

Myanmar junta to appoint commission that will run this year’s elections

Myanmar provides details of first election law

Colorado lawmakers ask US attorney general to stop medical marijuana raids

President Barack Obama

Boston judge rejects fake Rockefeller’s bid for new trial, but defense promises to appeal

Mass. judge turns down ‘Rockefeller’ new trial bid

University of Georgia quarterback arrested on alcohol, disorderly conduct charges

UGA quarterback charged with underage drinking

Lil Wayne begins sentence of 1 year in NYC jail for having loaded gun on tour bus

Lil Wayne begins 1-year jail term in NYC gun case

Maoists free abducted teacher to scribes

KOLKATA - A schoolteacher abducted by Maoists was handed over unharmed to mediapersons in the Mohulboni forest of West Bengal and went back home saying he would continue to teach, police said Tuesday.

Three Maoists arrested

BHUBANESWAR/RANCHI - Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Orissa and Jharkhand Tuesday, police said.

Three Maoists arrested, one surrenders

BHUBANESWAR/RANCHI - Three Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Orissa and Jharkhand and an area commander surrendered to the police Tuesday, officials said.

India rubbishes Pakistan’s charge about Lahore blast

NEW DELHI - India Tuesday rubbished Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s accusations about its involvement in Monday’s Lahore blast as “absolutely baseless”.

Five Al Qaeda men arrested in Iraq

MOSUL - Five suspected Al Qaeda members were arrested Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a police source said.

Four more missing tribals traced, apex court told

NEW DELHI - The Chhattisgarh government told the Supreme Court Tuesday that it has traced four more of the 12 tribals who were missing. The apex court was moved for a probe into the alleged killings of 10 villagers by security forces in the state’s Dantewada district during anti-Maoist operations.

BSF foils infiltration bid along international border

JAMMU - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Tuesday foiled a suspected incursion bid in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba sector along the international border with Pakistan, according to official sources.

26/11 conspiracy hatched in Pakistan, asserts prosecution

MUMBAI - The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan and the terrorists were trained by the Pakistan Army, the prosecution said, starting its final arguments in the trial of Ajmal Amir Kasab here Tuesday.

Air India bomber’s perjury trial stalled as jury dismissed

VANCOUVER - The perjury trial of Air India Kanishka bombing convict Inderjit Singh Reyat was postponed Monday with a Supreme Court judge here dismissing the whole jury of eight women and four men.

CIA Director Leon Panetta says American counterterrorism efforts are disrupting al-Qaida

CIA director: US efforts disrupting al-Qaida

TiVo 4Q loss widens on higher research and development costs, to miss 1Q Street view

TiVo 4Q loss widens, 1Q to miss Street view

Police: Registered sex offender is focus of 2nd murder investigation involving Calif. teen

Police: Man eyed in 2nd teen murder investigation

In negotiations to close Guantanamo, Obama still wants US trials for some terrorism suspects

U.S. President Barack Obama

New attorney for Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger says ‘no sexual assault occurred’

Steelers QB attorney: ‘No sexual assault occurred’

Accused Ga. killer counts on Census as part of creative legal argument, wants charges dropped

Accused Ga. killer uses creative legal argument

Officer who helped thwart Pentagon shooting recognized trouble in eyes of attacker

Officer: DC gunman’s expression warned of trouble

New trial granted for man convicted in spree that killed 5 teens in post-Katrina New Orleans

New trial for La. man convicted of killing 5 teens

Feds: Calif. man took English proficiency tests, helped Middle Eastern student get visas

Feds: Calif. man ran student visa fraud ring

3rd NYPD officer charged in $1 million robbery of northern NJ perfume warehouse

3rd NYPD officer charged in $1M NJ perfume heist

APNewsBreak: Canadian doc says HGH found in car was enough only for 2 injections for himself

APNewsBreak: Canadian doctor says HGH was for him

African man is charged in NYC with helping terror group bent on destabilizing Somalia

Man accused in NYC of helping African terror group

Summary Box: How to avoid the fraud artists who try to capitalize on tax season

Summary Box: Avoiding fraud artists in tax season

Attorney for Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger says ‘no sexual assault occurred’

Roethlisberger attorney: ‘No sexual assault’

Sentencing postponed for man who smuggled songbirds into Los Angeles in his pants

Sentencing delayed for LA songbird smuggler

Police in Ga. hope to interview Steelers QB Roethlisberger about assault allegation soon

Police hope to interview Roethlisberger soon

Lil Wayne begins sentence of year in NYC jail for having loaded gun on tour bus

Lil Wayne begins year jail term in NYC gun case

3 men charged in LA with installing devices on gas pumps to steal credit card access codes

3 charged with SoCal gas pump ID theft

LOS ANGELES — Three men are accused of stealing $2 million by installing devices on gas station pumps that harvested credit card access codes.

NH man accused of beating landlord to death for motorcycle claims killing was in self-defense

NH man accused of killing landlord for motorcycle

Mother of dead California teen is grateful for closure after 13-month search ends with grief

Mother of dead Calif. girl is grateful for closure

Oregon faith-healing couple sentenced to 16 months each in death of teenage son

Ore. faith healers get 16 months for son’s death

Haitian judge frees US Baptist missionary; group’s leader still held

Haiti frees US missionary; group leader still held

Cyprus police say body found in cemetery could be stolen corpse of former president

Cyprus police say found corpse could be ex-leader

APNewsBreak: Canadian doc says he treated ARod, no HGH involved

APNewsBreak: Canadian doctor says he treated ARod

Hustler Magazine asks for crime scene photos of slain hiker; Ga. authorities to deny request

Hustler asks for crime scene photos of slain hiker

Associate of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis fined $5,000, avoids jail in Nev. bribe case

Girls Gone Wild associate fined $5,000; no prison

Paterson seeks to show he’s still in charge, gets some support at NYC town hall meeting

Paterson seeks to show he’s still in charge

Trial begins as 2 Vikings challenge NFL drug testing policy in closely watched labor case

Trial opens in Vikes’ challenge of NFL drug policy

Parents of teen presumed dead console family of girl whose remains found in San Diego County

Missing teen’s parents console dead girl’s family

Former Kentucky player Ed Davender pleads guilty in ticket scam, sentencing next month

Former UK player Davender pleads guilty in scam

D’Angelo pleads not guilty in NYC to soliciting undercover cop posing as prostitute

D’Angelo accused of soliciting prostitute in NYC