Concern in Australia that Rio Tinto employees may not get a fair trial in China

Australia concerned about Rio Tinto trial

SYDNEY — Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and some lawmakers doubted the mining executive involved would get a fair hearing.

Guatemalan court approves ex-president’s extradition to US to face money laundering charges

Court OKs ex-Guatemalan leader’s extradition to US

Records show San Diego murder suspect lived 16 months near school before he was forced to move

Calif. rape suspect lived by school for 16 months

Police say man who went to Seattle-area church for counseling session fatally shoots wife

Police say man fatally shoots wife at Wash. church

Attorney General: Jurors convict member of Texas polygamist group of child sexual assault

Texas polygamist guilty of child sexual assault

Authorities: Officer responding to report of runaway Prius in US saw Border Patrol vehicle

Authorities: Prius seen near Border Patrol vehicle

Life sentence upheld for former Chinese supreme court judge convicted of corruption

Life sentence upheld for China supreme court judge

Authorities: Booby traps targeting police prompt arrests of biker gang members in West

Traps for police prompt raid on bikers in West

Suspect arrested in Calif. cinema thermometer stabbing attack

Suspect arrested in cinema thermometer stabbing

Senate votes to reduce penalty disparity between crack and powder cocaine

Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules

Colorado company charged with exporting technology used by US military to South Korea, Russia

Colo. company accused of exporting military tech

Idaho Supreme Court says no new trials needed for 6 death row inmates sentenced by judge

Idaho high court: No new trials for 6 on death row

Death of Ala. snack food heir a mystery intensified by bag of chips, angry note found in car

Was Ala. snack food heir’s death tied to business?

Viacom, YouTube to dish dirt with unsealing of court documents in lengthy legal battle

Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit

2 suspects, including 1 dressed as leprechaun, shot dead after bank robbery and chase in Tenn.

Leprechaun-garbed holdup suspect among 2 shot dead

Bobby Gonzalez fired as Seton Hall’s men’s basketball coach for cause

Seton Hall fires hoops coach Bobby Gonzalez

Fired from Texas auto dealer, ex-employee accused of sabotaging 100 cars over Internet

Texan accused of disabling 100 cars over Internet

Computer programmers accused of helping Bernard Madoff conceal Ponzi scheme are indicted in NY

Computer programmers indicted in NY Madoff fraud

Minnesota man arrested in Chicago, charged with selling sex with wife on Craigslist

Sheriff: Man sold his wife for sex on Craigslist

As competition heats up, Verizon files complaint to ban Cablevision digital set-top boxes

Verizon seeks to ban Cablevision set-top boxes

Labor Department to help immigrant crime victims get visas while helping police

Labor Dept to help crime victims get special visas

Ex-Seton Hall player Mitchell charged with robbery, burglary, kidnapping days after dismissal

Ex-Seton Hall player charged in armed robbery

Convicted embezzler awarded $9.1 million Mich. tax break, then arrested on parole violation

Convicted embezzler given tax break, then arrested

Dozens arrested in California crackdown on motorcycle clubs; arrests possible in other states

Dozens arrested in Calif. biker gang crackdown

Police investigate death of Mass. college student whose body was found in RI river

Police probe death of Mass. student in RI river

Suspect in Berlin poker heist surrenders to authorities, another arrested; 2 on run

2 suspects nabbed in Berlin poker heist

BERLIN — A man who admits he took part in a brazen daylight raid on a poker tournament in Berlin surrendered to authorities and identified three suspected accomplices, one of whom was later arrested, officials said Wednesday.

Convicted embezzler awarded $9.1 million Mich. tax break arrested on parole violation

Convicted embezzler given Mich. tax break arrested

Tennessee’s head medical examiner arrested in Mississippi on marijuana charge

Tenn., Miss. med examiner arrested on drug charge

Drug probe focusing on housing complex in NJ city mocked by Conan O’Brien yields 149 arrests

149 drug arrests in NJ city Conan O’Brien mocked

Police say 2 bank robbery suspects shot to death after chase in Nashville suburb

Police: 2 bank holdup suspects chased, shot dead

Stolen prescription drugs on the rise, often find their way back to US pharmacy shelves

Prescription-drug heists on the rise

WASHINGTON — The $75 million heist at a pharmaceutical warehouse in Connecticut this week was just the most audacious example of a growing phenomenon: Thieves are stealing large quantities of prescription drugs for resale on the black market.

AP Interview: Tennis officials close the book on Agassi’s drug revelations in autobiography

AP Interview: Agassi drug inquiries dropped

Jury recommends death penalty for Ohio man convicted in slayings of 2 teenage girls

Jury recommends death for Ohioan in teen slayings

Congress passes bill to combat multi-billion-dollar tobacco smuggling industry

US President Barack Obama

Jury rejects allegations that New Orleans police unlawfully arrested 2 men taping them

Jury sides with New Orleans in police taping case

Wachovia paying $160M to settle case involving laundering of Mexican drug money

Wachovia settles money laundering case for $160M

Hawaii inmate sues state, private prison operator over alleged rapes by 2 guards in Kentucky

Hawaii inmate sues state, private prison operator

APNewsBreak: Prison company to name new Idaho warden in wake of ALCU inmate violence lawsuit

APNewsBreak: Lawsuit prompts prison warden switch

Mexican border families afraid to go out in 1 of world’s deadliest cities amid drug-turf war

Fear grips Mexican border families amid violence

Dominican Republic intensifies 10-year search for American who is most-wanted drug smuggler

DomRep expands 10-year manhunt for US drug kingpin

Fourth NY Gov. staffer quits in scandals; Paterson breaks silence, criticizes Gillibrand

NY Gov.’s press aide quits in scandal; 4th to fall

5 suspects arrested in Spain in kidnapping of British boy in Pakistan

5 arrested in British boy’s abduction in Pakistan

AP Enterprise: Overlooked evidence nearly doomed NC innocence panel’s first exoneration

Landmark exoneration in NC almost never happened

Judge in Ohio bodies case backs off reporter arrest threat; colleague leaked information

Judge in Ohio bodies case backs off from reporter

Federal appeals court says Pa. prosecutor can’t pursue ’sexting’ charges against teenage girl

Court: Pa. DA can’t bring ’sexting’ charges

Authorities say 2 killed in California shooting were smuggling illegal immigrants

2 killed in Calif. attack were immigrant smugglers

Cuban security agents prevent female dissidents from marching in Havana

Cuban security agents break up protest march

French priests with love lives speak out against celibacy, as sex abuse scandals swirl

Priests with love lives speak out against celibacy

Wachovia to pay $160M to settle case involving laundering of Mexican drug money

Wachovia to settle money laundering case for $160M

Judge rejects request to delay start of Blagojevich corruption trial; set to begin June 3