Pakistan should rein in Lashkar-e-Taiba: US

WASHINGTON - Welcoming India-Pakistan dialogue stalled since the Mumbai terror attack blamed on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the United States has asked Islamabad to rein in the terror group with “increasingly global ambitions and global scope.”

Maoists set machines on fire in Bihar

PATNA - Suspected Maoist guerrillas torched machines of a road construction company in Bihar’s Buxar district early Saturday, police said.

Mexico defends military courts, army abuses cited in US human rights report

Mexico defends army courts after US rights report

State authorities say name of Corey Haim found on fraudulent prescription linked to drug ring

Authorities: Haim’s name on illegal prescription

Pa. man charged with badly beating woman at NYC bar after she allegedly rejected his advances

Pa. man charged with badly beating woman at NY bar

California molester’s release from prison thwarted by federal case filed in Florida

New Florida case thwarts Calif. molester’s release

Oakland, Calif., woman accused of suffocating her 2-year-old daughter charged with murder

Mother charged with murder in daughter’s death

US probes terror suspect\’s stints in nuclear plants

WASHINGTON - US officials are probing the case of a suspected terrorist held in Yemen after evidence revealed he had worked at several nuclear plants in the US, Xinhua reported.

NYPD: Man suspected of beating woman in bar after she rejected his advances in custody

NYPD: Bar beating suspect in custody

NEW YORK — A man suspected of brutally beating a woman in a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances was taken into police custody Friday.

After 4 months on the lam, Southern Calif. teen pleads not guilty to killing 16-year-old boy

Calif. teen pleads not guilty in death of boy

State authorities say Corey Haim had fraudulent prescription linked to major drug ring

Authorities: Corey Haim had illegal prescription

Tough choice ahead for sick 9/11 responders, who have 90 days to say yes to $657M settlement

Tough choice ahead on settlement for 9/11 workers

Ohio man’s lawyers tell jurors he killed 2 teenage girls; jury convicts him Friday

Ohio man found guilty in teens’ slayings

CINCINNATI — An Ohio registered sex offender, whose attorneys had told jurors he admitted to killing two teenage girls, has been found guilty of the slayings.

Oregon suspends Masoli for season, James for opener after both plead guilty in unrelated cases

Oregon QB Masoli suspended for next season

Lehman’s accounting gimmick helped firm hide debt, examiner says; could it mean legal trouble?

Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

WASHINGTON — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has found. The question now is whether the trickery spells legal jeopardy for executives of Lehman or its auditors Ernst & Young.

NC judge finds former John Edwards aide not in contempt of court in sex tape dispute

Ex Edwards aide avoids jail again in sex tape flap

Lobsterman, daughter acquitted of all counts in Maine’s ‘lobster wars’ trial

Maine man acquitted in ‘lobster wars’ trial

San Francisco police probe a dozen alleged hate crime shootings by cousins using BB gun

SF police probe more hate crime BB-gun shootings

Schwarzenegger orders review of molestation case involving man now charged with killing teen

Schwarzenegger orders review of sex offender case

Attorney general didn’t reveal all legal briefs from private practice during confirmation

AG Holder didn’t reveal all legal papers to Senate

With competition in pursuit, Ford aims to keep police car crown; anti-stab seats come standard

Hot pursuit: Competition heats up for police cars

Man with fake bomb on body claims to be vampire and space cowboy; disrupts downtown Seattle

‘Vampire’ wearing pipe disrupts downtown Seattle

Roethlisberger’s lawyer hires private investigator, few details about the case released

Roethlisberger’s lawyer hires private investigator

White couple convicted in severe beating of Indian immigrant on Lake Tahoe beach

Couple guilty in Tahoe beating of Indian immigrant

‘I can’t bear to watch my son live this life,’ wrote mom accused of killing boy, 8, in NYC

Letter bares mindset of mom charged in son’s death

US condemns Pakistan bombings

WASHINGTON - The US Friday condemned the bombings in Pakistan’s Lahore city that left 48 people dead, saying there is no justification for killing innocent people.

Man pleads no contest to receiving watch stolen from actor Orlando Bloom’s LA home

No contest plea in case over star’s stolen Rolex

Autopsy finds Washington state girl was killed by strangulation, stab wound to neck

Autopsy: Washington girl was strangled, stabbed

Al-Qaida suspect from NJ worked at 6 nuclear plants; authorities are tracing his footsteps

Al-Qaida suspect from NJ worked at 6 nuke plants

NY mom accused of killing autistic son, 8: ‘I can’t bear to watch my son live this life.’

Letter shows NY mom’s anguish over autistic son

Judge rules on testimony against NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters

Judge rules on evidence in NJ incest case

PATERSON, N.J. — Jurors will get to hear testimony of the extreme physical and mental abuse allegedly inflicted by a New Jersey man accused of repeatedly raping his five daughters and terrorizing his family for years.

German sex scandal reaches pope with transfer of pedophile and criticism of Vatican letter

Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse

Co-defendant of hedge fund operator Rajaratnam seeks separate trial in insider trading case

Co-defendant of Rajaratnam seeks separate NY trial

Haitian judge: New child-trafficking charge filed against American missionaries’ leader

Haiti judge: New charge for US missionary leader

Conn. judge rules that state can force-feed hunger striker in prison, ACLU weighing next step

Conn. judge rules that state can force-feed inmate

Miami Heat suspend forward Dorell Wright for 2 games after DUI arrest

Heat suspend Wright for 2 games after DUI arrest

Internet fraud losses doubled last year to $560 million; most common scammers posed as FBI

Internet fraud losses doubled last year

WASHINGTON — The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.

2 dead in shooting at Western Canadian car dealership

2 dead in shooting at Canadian car dealership

Body of missing longtime ETA member turns up in French morgue

Body of ETA member turns up in French morgue

US government knew of NJ man in Yemen before arrest this month in al-Qaida sweep

US gov’t knew about NJ man before Yemen arrest

Kazakh court jails nuclear executive to 14 years in jail on embezzlement, corruption charges

Kazakh court jails nuclear executive for 14 years

Federal judge invites comment on $657M deal for 9/11 workers suing over illnesses

Judge invites comment on 9/11 health settlement

Attorneys plan insanity defense for suspect in Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case in Utah

Insanity defense planned for suspect in Smart case

Internet fraud dollars doubled last year; $560 million lost to online scams

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Seven blasts shake Lahore after two suicide bombings (Third Lead)

ISLAMABAD - Five successive low-intensity blasts hit Pakistan’s eastern city Lahore Friday, less than 12 hours after massive twin blasts killed at least 48 people and injured 95 in the town.

New Mexico police say man visited lawyer to say he killed 2; bodies found where he said

NM police: Man visits lawyer to say he killed 2

Al-Qaida in N. Africa says it freed Spanish hostage after she voluntarily converted to Islam

Al-Qaida: Freed Spanish hostage converted to Islam

Suspected al-Qaida member from US worked at 5 nuclear sites in NJ, Md., Pa.

US terror suspect in Yemen worked at 5 nuke sites

Ohio man accused of hitting children in head at Walmart, police say he found it exciting

Police: Ohio man hit children at store for thrill

Colorado school shooting suspect says he was hearing voices, fending off ‘transforming forces’

Colo. school shooting suspect says he heard voices