SANTA ANA, Calif. — Prosecutors said convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala used his camera to gain the trust of young women and now they fear photographs he snapped decades ago could contain images of more potential victims.

Oregon QB Masoli to face burglary count related to frat house theft

EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth last season, faces a burglary charge in connection with a theft at a campus fraternity house in late January.

Attorney: Off-duty Pa. officers were with Roethlisberger at Ga. club where assault was alleged

Juror deliberations in Williams’ slaying trial to go to 2nd day

Tribes scramble to meet federal sex offender registration requirements by summer’s deadline

2 Australians charged in vicious attack on Canadian tourist in wheelchair

Female teacher’s reported confession of affair with 14-year-old surprises even police

Vikings player Pat Williams says he didn’t know banned substance was in weight-loss supplement

Federal charges filed against Calif. sushi restaurant owner, chef over alleged whale serving

Ohio State: Background check on janitor who shot 2 supervisors didn’t reveal criminal record

Democrats ban earmarks to for-profit companies as GOP leaders urge complete moratorium

NJ police seek armed passenger who robbed, shot minibus driver and then ran him over

Monica Conyers, wife of Detroit congressman and ex-councilwoman, gets 37 months for bribery

Five Afghan troops killed in suicide bombing

KABUL - A suicide bomber killed at least five Afghan troops in an attack on military convoy in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, officials said.

Son is safe, but Padres catcher Yorvit Torrealba still fears for family in Venezuela

San Francisco drug cases dropped amid questions of evidence handling at crime lab

Calif. boy thanks dispatcher who took his 911 call about gunmen threatening parents

Former Texas state school worker sentenced to 4 years in Corpus Christi fight club case

Police say suspect accused of injuring 2 in Dallas office shooting dies in hospital

17 arrested at Fremont, Neb., meatpacking plant for immigration violations, ICE says

California woman arrested after officers find 60 dogs in crates at 2-bedroom house

Obama denounces waste, inefficiency and fraud in the government’s health care system

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Portait of dual life _ caretaker, would-be terrorist _ emerges on Philly area’s ‘Jihad Jane’

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, ‘Jihad Jane’ online

Obama says Washington has accepted billion of dollars in health care fraud, and it must end

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

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Calif. sex offender with letter carrier job reassigned to post that doesn’t deal with public

Sex offender with letter carrier job reassigned

Ex-official pleads guilty in NY pay-to-play pension probe, admits politics guided investments

Ex-official admits guilt in NY pension probe

Mine foreman pleads guilty over fake safety data as federal prosecutors investigate W.Va. mine

Mine foreman pleads guilty in record-faking case

Unlicensed dentist charged in Oregon shooting death with man believed to be a patient

Unlicensed dentist charged in Ore. shooting death

Monica Conyers, wife of Detroit congressman, gets 37 months in prison for bribery scheme

Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 37 months in prison

Background check on Ohio State gunman found no criminal past despite 5-year prison term

Check on Ohio State gunman found no criminal past

Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing, says Islam not off limits to mockery

Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing

Female teacher who police say acknowledged affair with 14-year-old boy appears in court

Female teacher in teen sex case appears in court

Church abuse scandal reaches pope’s brother, threatens to throw papacy into turmoil

Church abuse scandal reaches pope’s brother

‘Lobster wars’ shooting trial sheds light on territory feud, weapons, and vigilante justice

Bad blood detailed in Maine ‘lobster wars’ trial

Jury says Smith & Nephew infringed wound care technology licensed to Kinetic Concepts

Kinetic Concepts shares rise on patent ruling

Calif. detectives search for gunmen after frantic boy calls 911 during home attack

Calif. police seek gunmen after boy’s 911 call

Ex-Detroit councilwoman and wife of congressman gets 3 years in prison for bribery scheme

Ex-Detroit councilwoman gets 3 years for bribes

Ex-Marine acquitted in Iraqi killing case sues Calif. city to get back job as police officer

Ex-Marine sues Calif. city to get back police job

Court rejects appeal of Azerbaijan bloggers convicted in politically tinged case

Azerbaijan bloggers’ appeal denied

BAKU, Azerbaijan — A court in Azerbaijan has rejected the appeal of two bloggers who were sentenced to prison last year in a case that supporters say was politically motivated.

Journalists bear brunt of government crackdown in Iran, says watchdog

Iran tops list of jailers of journalists in world

Israeli supermarket advertisement inspired by Dubai surveillance tape of Hamas assassination

Israeli ad inspired by Hamas killing

JERUSALEM — An Israeli supermarket on Wednesday looked to to cash in on the infamous surveillance camera footage showing suspected assassins stalking a Hamas operative in Dubai with a new advertising campaign.

Drug-related arrests of 3 Providence police officers latest troubles for department

Drug arrests latest black mark on RI police force

Law officers may be less patient, quicker to use force after combat deployment, study finds

Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war

House Democrats ban earmarks to for-profit companies

House Democrats ban earmarks to corporations

NY police probe Toyota Prius crash; driver says accelerator stuck, was not seriously injured

Police probe Toyota Prius crash in NYC suburb

Mass. high court upholds constitutionality of state law that requires guns be locked at home

Mass. court upholds state gun-lock requirement

Boyfriend says woman accused of being self-dubbed ‘Jihad Jane’ showed no religious leanings

Boyfriend: ‘Jihad Jane’ suspect wasn’t religious

Police harassment backfires as China’s troublemakers bond over ‘drinking tea’ tales

China’s troublemakers bond over ‘drinking tea’