BALTIMORE — Inside the banquet hall, a humbled but defiant Michael Vick was honored Tuesday night as one of 32 NFL players to receive the Ed Block Courage Award.

Driver of runaway Toyota Prius tells 911 operator car won’t slow down, ‘brakes are burning’

Prius driver’s 911 call: ‘My car can’t slow down’

Jury recommends death for serial killer convicted of killing 4 women, girl in 1970s

Calif. jury: Death for serial killer Rodney Alcala

Gov. tells officials to retain parole records after documents on slaying suspect destroyed

Governor: Retain parole records on sex offenders

Ex-aide to John Edwards narrowly avoids jail in dispute over handling of candidate’s sex tape

Ex-Edwards aide narrowly avoids jail over sex tape

12 killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Two suspected US drone attacks Wednesday in Pakistan’s restive tribal region near the Afghan border killed at least 12 people, intelligence officials said.

‘Jihad Jane’, the woman who plotted terror in South Asia via internet

WASHINGTON - A middle-aged American woman, nicknamed “Jihad Jane”, has been charged with using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning desire to kill “or die trying,” to help terrorists in South Asia and Europe.

26/11 attack was war against India, asserts prosecution

MUMBAI - A day after accusing the Pakistani Army of training the terrorists behind the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, the prosecution in the trial of the case Wednesday termed the attacks “an act of waging war against India, spreading fear in the minds of the people and to damage the country’s economy”.

Jihad Jane : Charged with plotting terror in South Asia

WASHINGTON - An American woman, nicknamed as \”Jihad Jane\” and \”Fatima LaRose,\” has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe.

Life term for two HUJI militants

NEW DELHI - A Bangladeshi national and his Kashmiri associate, both belonging to the banned Harkat-Ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) militant organisation, were Wednesday handed life terms by a city court for possessing explosives and waging war against India.

US woman charged for plotting terrorism in Europe, South Asia

WASHINGTON - The US government has charged a Pennsylvania woman with conspiring to commit terrorism by using the internet to find recruits to carry out attacks in Europe and South Asia, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Plugging police deficiencies vital to anti-Maoist drive

NEW DELHI - Realising the yawning gap in police vacancies in the six states worst hit by the Maoist insurgency, the union home ministry has once again written to state governments to know the police strength and the steps taken to plug the breach.

Al Qaeda releases two hostages after three months

MADRID - Two women who had been held hostage by Al Qaeda in Mauritania for months have been released, reported Spanish media Wednesday.

Suspected Maoists kill trader in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - Suspected Maoists killed a trader in Orissa’s Koraput district Wednesday, police said.

Protests against proposed Green Hunt operation

RANCHI - A group of people protested here Wednesday against the proposed Green Hunt anti-Maoist operation, alleging it would lead to human rights violations.

Bali bombmaker dead, confirms Indonesian president

SYDNEY - Dulmatin, who is alleged to have made the bombs that killed 202 people in Bali nightclubs in 2002, has been killed in a police anti-terrorism raid near Jakarta, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed Wednesday.

India is friend, Pakistan twin brother: Karzai

ISLAMABAD - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday described India as a friend and Pakistan as twin brother of Afghanistan, which could not be stable without Islamabad’s cooperation.

Three Maoist camps dismantled in joint operation

KOLKATA - At least three Maoist training camps were dismantled during the joint forces’ operation along the West Bengal-Jharkhand border, a senior state police officer said Thursday.

Former legislator says he gave money to Delhi blast suspects

NEW DELHI - A former Congress legislator from Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh Thursday admitted that he unwittingly gave money to two Delhi blast suspects after they escaped from the September 2008 Batla House encounter. A Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator, however, denied providing any monetary help to them.

Sanjay Dutt finally free of terror charges

NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt can finally heave a sigh of relief as his acquittal from terror charges for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai serial terror bombing has gone unchallenged in the Supreme Court.

Mumbai terror suspect Rana denied bail

CHICAGO - Saying that “very serious crimes” with which Pakistan born terror suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana is charged give him a motive to flee, a US court has again turned down his bail plea.

Weapons recovered, Maoist commander arrested in Jharkhand

BOKARO - A cache of weapons and explosive material was recovered from Jharkhand’s Bokaro and Hazaribagh districts and a Maoist commander and an arms supplier arrested, police said Thursday.

Major hunt for Maoists in Jharkhand, West Bengal (Second Lead)

RANCHI/KOLKATA - Backed by air cover, security forces Thursday pursued Maoists in eight districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand in a major crackdown, seizing a huge quantity of arms and destroying concealed rebel camps in thick forests.

EU says Lashkar-e-Taiba has a global agenda

BRUSSELS - Pakistani terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a dangerous group having global agenda, an anti-terrorism official of the European Union has said.

Five civilians killed in Afghan explosion

KABUL - Five civilians, including four children, were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

TV producer pleads guilty in attempted Letterman extortion in exchange for 6 months in jail

TV producer admits attempting Letterman shakedown

Federal official: American Indians need to create healthy families for safety of tribal kids

Official: Tribal children need ‘healthy families’

NY writer who recruited women from overseas is accused of sex crimes, labor trafficking

NY writer accused of abusing foreign assistants

California test-taking ring for foreign students reveals gap in visa security measures

Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security