Mobster’s stash of guns, jewelry, recordings and cash could reveal more Chicago Outfit secrets

Secret stash could offer insight into Chicago mob

Wis. priest accused of molesting 200 deaf boys was spared defrocking in 1990s by future pope

Wis. priest accused of molesting 200 deaf boys

61 killed in Pakistan airstrikes

ISLAMABAD - At least 61 militants were killed in the airstrikes by Pakistan military in the country’s restive northwestern tribal area near Afghanistan border, officials said.

AG Eric Holder says government will appeal release order for Guantanamo detainee

US to appeal release order for Guantanamo detainee

Jail or no jail? Sentencing day arrives for Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas on felony gun charge

Jail or no jail? Fateful day arrives for Arenas

Police: Dolphins RB Brown had blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit when arrested

Police: Dolphins Brown failed field sobriety test

Jailers say 41 inmates have escaped from a jail in Mexican town bordering Texas

Jailers: 41 inmates escape in Mexican border town

Rhode Island judge denies bid for mistrial in rape case of Providence police officer

Judge denies mistrial in rape case of RI officer

More than $100,000 missing after Ohio armored car spills bag of cash; police reviewing video

$100,000 missing after Ohio armored car spills bag

Pelosi, Republicans denounce threats, attacks that have followed health care passage

President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama and wife

Murder case against ex-commander who flew Queen Elizabeth II delayed until April

Elite Canadian officer’s murder trial delayed

Justice Department official ‘profoundly troubled’ by state of New Orleans police force

Federal prosecutor visits N.O. amid police probe

Police: 90-year-old NY man hit, suffocated his wife of nearly 68 years; no word on motive

NY cops: Man, 90, hit, suffocated wife of 67 years

Tribes fed up with gang violence ask Guardian Angels to open first Indian reservation chapter

Guardian Angels starting first reservation chapter

Coroner: Alabama snack food heir killed himself, attempted to make it look like murder

Coroner: Alabama snack food heir killed himself

Fla. woman gets 8 years in prison for fleecing Medicare for millions at Detroit-area clinics

Fla. woman gets prison for Mich. Medicare fraud

Hacker gets 20 years for stealing millions of credit card numbers from TJX, BJ’s Wholesale

Hacker gets 20 years for stealing credit card data

Arizona judge moves Liberian teen’s gang-rape case from adult court to juvenile system

Ariz. teen’s gang-rape case goes to juvenile court

Montana fugitive found after 38 years running wedding chapel in Arizona waives extradition

Fugitive found running chapel waives extradition

Top prosecutor: Owner of Venezuela’s lone anti-Chavez television channel arrested

Anti-Chavez TV channel owner arrested in Venezuela

Calif. teacher pleads no contest after confessing to police she had sex with 14-year-old boy

Calif. teacher pleads no contest to student sex

Toyota asks US panel to consolidate more than 200 Toyota acceleration lawsuits in Los Angeles

Toyota asks panel to consolidate lawsuits in Calif

Wife of Grammy-winning jazz pianist grazed by bullet at NYC condo; 81-year-old woman arrested

Wife of Grammy-winning jazz star grazed by bullet

US panel considers where to consolidate Toyota lawsuits claiming plummeting vehicle values

US panel considers location for Toyota lawsuits

Suspect in Twitter data hacking says: ‘I’m a nice hacker’

The White House

Ex-police chief of posh St. Louis suburb says he was told to stop blacks, ticket nonresidents

Ex-police chief: Mo. city told me to stop blacks

Gujarat cops with SIT threatening witnesses, says NGO

GANDHINAGAR - Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), a voluntary organisation supporting the 2002 Gujarat riot victims’ quest for justice, has complained of manhandling of some key witnesses in the Odh massacre case by policemen assisting the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

Madhya Pradesh assembly passes strong anti-terror law

BHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly Thursday passed a stringent anti-terror law, despite strong resistance from the opposition Congress, the state government saying that it was the need of the hour and not targeted against any community.

Reputed mobster in Fla. jail pleads not guilty to obstruction of justice and money laundering

Reputed mobster pleads not guilty in federal court

Honduran journalist recovering from 2nd assassination attempt refuses to leave hospital

Honduran reporter hides in hospital after attacks

Prosecutor: Fortuneteller charged with rape told teens sex would turn around bleak futures

S. Calif. fortuneteller charged with raping teens

UN envoy meets Afghan militant group

KABUL - UN envoy Staffan de Mistura Thursday met the representatives of Afghan warlord Gulbudin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami party in a bid to broker talks between the Islamic group and the government, Xinhua reported.

Mexico arrests ‘King of Heroin,’ trafficker who allegedly sent hundreds of lbs of drug to US

Mexico arrests ‘King of Heroin,’ with ties to US

Vatican says there was no cover-up in US case, denounces attempt to involve pope

Vatican: No cover-up in US molestation case

3 former Madoff employees plead not guilty in massive NY securities fraud

3 plead not guilty in NY Madoff scam

NEW YORK — A former executive with disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s investment firm and two other ex-employees pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that they were in on his massive Ponzi scheme.

2 Virgin Islands men convicted of assaulting Pennsylvania man later killed by 3rd attacker

USVI men convicted in attack on Pennsylvania man

Appeals court upholds convictions of NY couple sentenced to prison for enslaving housekeepers

Appeals court upholds NY forced labor conviction

Judge orders defendants tried together for allegedly using Craigslist to arrange Wyoming rape

1 trial for 2 men accused of arranging rape online

Spanish court clears way for judge to be charged with abuse of power in civil war probe

Spanish super judge closer to being charged

Mexican authorities arrest man known as “King of Heroin”

Mexico’s ‘King of Heroin’ busted

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say they have arrested a major drug trafficker known as the “King of Heroin” for the massive amounts of drugs he moved into the U.S. each year.

Scotland Yard asks London Internet cafe owners to monitor their customers’ Web files

UK police asks Internet cafes to monitor customers

Investigators: French Twitter hacker did it for the thrills

U.S. President Barack Obama

Rome police question US clergy abuse victims who show photos of pope near St. Peter’s Square

Rome police detain 4 US church abuse victims

Tentative deal for Ryan Leaf would put the former NFL quarterback on probation for 10 years

Former NFL QB Ryan Leaf hoping for plea bargain

Court grants bail to 1984 plane hijacker

NEW DELHI - A city court Thursday granted bail to a Sikh militant, Parminder Singh Saini, who had masterminded the hijack of an Indian Airlines plane to Pakistan in 1984.

40 militants killed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 40 militants were killed Thursday in an artillery and air attack in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal district of Orakzai near the Afghan border, a security official said.

Lebanese officials say Hezbollah members were questioned in Hariri assassination probe

Hezbollah members questioned in Hariri case

Meghalaya minister gets extortion SMS from militants

SHILLONG - A Meghalaya minister has become the latest to receive an extortion demand from militant outfit, the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA).

Bin Laden to kill Americans if 9/11 plotter executed

CAIRO - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has in a new audio message threatened to kill captured US citizens if the alleged mastermind of 9/11 is executed, media reports said Thursday.

Official: Kenya police arrest American on terror list attempting to board plane to Somalia

Kenyan police arrest American on terror watch list