Sheriff’s office: Body found on Washington island beach is missing boy; mother still missing

Authorities: Body on Wash. beach is missing boy

Headley confession proves Kasab speaking truth: prosecution

MUMBAI - The admission to guilt by Pakistani American terror suspect

Former UN envoy to Afghanistan says arrests of Taliban leaders stymie talks with insurgents

Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban

Guatemalan rights groups criticize order to free retired colonel convicted in bishop’s killing

Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder

7-Eleven clerk in Kansas City, Mo., slain while working final shift before moving to new job

Gunman kills KC 7-Eleven clerk working final shift

Headley may still be available to Indian investigators ((News Analysis)

CHICAGO - Mumbai terror plotter David Coleman Headley’s guilty plea on the condition that he be spared the death penalty as well as extradition to India is not as big a setback as it might appear from New Delhi. There is enough sting in his plea agreement to ensure that Headley is available to Indian investigators looking into the larger conspiracy related to the overall planning of the Mumbai attacks.

Tight security during Headley guilty plea hearing

CHICAGO - About a dozen US marshals took position inside the court of US District Judge Harry Leinenweber minutes before Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley was escorted in.

Headley case points to threats from home-grown terrorists

WASHINGTON - Pointing to the David Headley case as illustrative of the “real threats from home-grown and international terrorists,” the US says it will continue working to disrupt, dismantle and defeat terrorism at home and abroad.

Headley attended five terror training camps in Pakistan

CHICAGO - In changing his plea from ‘not guilty’ to ‘guilty’, Pakistani American terror suspect David Headley has given graphic details of his preparations for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, including training at Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) operated camps in Pakistan.

Police ‘99 percent sure’ that body washed up on Wash. island, is boy who vanished with mom

Police: ‘99 percent sure’ body is missing WA boy

Headley pleads guilty to Mumbai terror charges (Lead, changing dateline)

CHICAGO - To avoid a possible death sentence and extradition to India, Pakistani American terror suspect David Coleman Headley has pleaded guilty to a dozen federal terrorism charges, admitting his role in planning the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Federal grand jury subpoenas GOP senatorial committee, companies in Sen. Ensign probe

Grand jury subpoenas GOP unit in Sen. Ensign probe

Virginia man executed by electrocution for killing teen girl, bragging about it to prosecutors

Virginia executes inmate by electrocution

JARRATT, Va. — A Virginia man has been executed for killing a teen girl and then bragging about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty.

Bail set at $5M for man accused of fatally shooting wife during counseling at Wash. church

Bail set at $5M for WA man accused in wife’s death

Once-private records depict YouTube founder as video pirate, show Viacom wanted to buy YouTube

Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle

Tenn. police say man in St. Patrick’s leprechaun bank robbery also was behind Santa holdup

Leprechaun holdup suspect linked to Santa robbery

Authorities say brutal beating at Fla. middle school student triggered by text message dispute

Text message dispute triggered brutal Fla. beating

Report: Gunman who killed 5 at Ill. college may have been angry at school for academic changes

Report: NIU gunman may have been angry at school

Oil and gas leases on 38,000 acres in Montana suspended over climate change

Climate change cited as Mont. leases suspended

Pot foes say robberies, killings over medical marijuana show crime forever linked to drug

Medical marijuana a frequent target for criminals

Prosecutor: Calif. serial killer possibly linked to 6 more unsolved cases, tips pouring in

Prosecutor: Serial killer linked to more cases

Police: Child’s body washes up on Wash. island, could be boy who disappeared with mom Saturday

Child’s body found during search for WA boy, mom

Polanski lawyers cite new evidence in appeal of ruling that director appear in LA court

Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct

Congressman: Pa. terror suspect called ‘Jihad Jane’ cooperated in international probe

US rep: Pa. Jihad Jane terror suspect cooperated

Chicago man admits he scouted for Mumbai massacre and plotted attack on Danish paper

Terror suspect admits scouting for Mumbai massacre

Man arrested in Nevada on New York warrant alleging he used Internet to stalk Ivanka Trump

Man accused of stalking Ivanka Trump arrested

NYC art dealer pleads guilty to swindling nearly $100M from victims that included celebrities

NYC art dealer pleads guilty to $100M swindle

Headley pleads guilty to helping plan 2008 Mumbai attacks

WASHINGTON - Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he helped plan the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks and a plot against the offices of a Danish newspaper.

Woman testifies tearfully against RI officer accused of raping her in police station bathroom

Woman testifies against RI officer accused of rape

Investigators look at California motorcycle gang after booby traps found at police building

Calif. bikers eyed in police building booby traps

Congressman: Pa. terror suspect called ‘Jihad Jane’ is cooperating in international probe

US rep: Accused ‘Jihad Jane’ has been cooperating

DA: Calif. serial killer linked to 2 more missing women cases; tips pouring in

DA: Calif. serial killer linked to more cases

NH man convicted of murder for killing landlord to steal truck, trade for motorcycle

NH man convicted of killing landlord for truck

Connecticut judge overturns murder convictions of 2 men, citing ‘manifest injustice’

Murder convictions of 2 Conn. men overturned

1 man dead, 3 injured in daytime shooting that shut down popular Old Montreal tourist area

Fatal shooting closes Old Montreal tourist area

NH man convicted, sentenced to life, for killing landlord to steal truck and trade for cycle

NH man convicted of killing landlord over truck

Court records show YouTube founders views on copyright, reveal Viacom wanted to buy YouTube

Court records illuminate Viacom-YouTube battle

Concerned India discusses Headley case with US

NEW DELHI/CHICAGO - India Thursday said it was concerned that Mumbai terror suspect David Headley was to change his plea to guilty, even as New Delhi awaited his statement in a Chicago court.

Maoists blow up electricity tower

RANCHI - Maoist guerrillas Thursday blew up an electricity tower in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, cutting off power supply to many parts of the state, police said.

British boy kidnapped in Pakistan returns to UK after 2-week ordeal

British boy kidnapped in Pakistan returns to UK

Terror suspect: Coconspirator wanted Danish newspaper employees beheaded to send message

Terror suspect: Beheadings part of attack on paper

US intelligence chief meets Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - America’s top intelligence official Dennis C. Blair met union Home Minister P. Chidambaram here Thursday, on a day suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley was slated to appear before a Chicago court to plead guilty to charges of terrorism.

Police open fire in air as tribals storm outpost

KOLKATA - Police fired in the air after a group of pro-Maoists tribals tried to force their way into a police outpost in West Midnapore district Thursday.

CRPF trooper killed as Maoists trigger IED blast

RAIPUR - A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and two others were injured in a blast triggered by Maoists Thursday in a thickly forested area in Chhattisgarh.

Number of vacant schools in Detroit to grow with new wave of closures in struggling district

Detroit Schools slow to tear down vacant buildings

Osama, deputy hiding in Pakistan: CIA chief

WASHINGTON - The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) believes Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are inside Pakistan though it does not know precisely where.

Ahmedabad railway station blast accused chargesheeted

GANDHINAGAR - Mohammed Aslam Latif, an accused in the bomb blast at the Ahmedabad railway station in 2006 that left 10 people injured, was charge-sheeted Thursday by the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police with providing assistance for the blasts.

Clumsy Afghan suicide bomber blows himself up

Kabul, March 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A suicide-bomber in southern Afghanistan blew himself up while putting on a vest of explosives, an official said.

India waiting for Headley’s statement: Krishna

NEW DELHI - India Thursday said it was waiting for the statement of Mumbai terror suspect David Coleman Headley in a Chicago court amid reports that he would change his plea to guilty to get a lighter sentence than the death penalty.

Los Angeles gang member sentenced to 93 years to life in shooting death of 4-year-old boy

Gang member gets 93 years to life in child killing