Two militants killed in Kashmir gun battle

JAMMU - Security forces killed two militants in a gunfight with a group of militants in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday, police said.

Mexico City prosecutors seek man for questioning in case of disappeared girl found dead

Man sought for questions in death of Mexican girl

Admin. official says screening for US-bound travelers will no longer target specific countries

Official says new checks set for travelers to US

Pakistani cabbie indicted on terror-related charges in US

CHICAGO - A Pakistani-American taxi driver in Chicago has been indicted on two counts of providing material support to Al Qaeda by attempting to send funds to a terrorist leader in Pakistan linked with Pakistani-American terror suspect David Headley.

SEC’s bounty program for whistleblowers has paid only $159,537 over 20 years: watchdog

Few SEC bounties for whistleblowers

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission has had a bounty program for two decades to reward outside whistleblowers. But it has made few payments and must be improved, the agency’s watchdog says.

Militants blow up rail track in Kashmir

SRINAGAR - Separatist guerrillas carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) blast that damaged three meters of rail track in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an official said Friday.

Man kills son for mobile

A man in eastern India beat his son to death after his newly-bought mobile set went missing, police said today.

Business group: US companies say China trying to cut market access, favor its own companies

US companies criticize Chinese market obstacles

Calif. Attorney General Jerry Brown finds no criminality by ACORN, won’t prosecute activists

Calif. AG: No criminality found on ACORN tapes

No decision on direct access to Headley for India

WASHINGTON - The US has reiterated its stand of sharing full information on David Headley with India but says no decision has yet been made on whether New Delhi will have direct access to the Pakistani-American terror suspect.

Separatists guerillas blow up railway track in Kashmir

SRINAGAR - Separatists guerillas have blown up about three metres of railway track in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an official said here Friday.

MySpace removes profile of Calif. registered sex offender charged in San Diego teen’s death

MySpace removes link to SoCal child sex predator

Kan. abortion doctor’s killer gets forum, life in prison with no possible parole for 50 years

Abortion doctor’s killer gets forum, life sentence

Ore. Boy Scouts executive says parents negligent after boys sexually abused at man’s apartment

Ore. scouting exec says parents negligent in abuse

Kan. abortion doctor’s killer must serve 50 years but gets forum for views in hearing

Kan. abortion doc’s killer gets forum, 50 years

SF prosecutors back off estimate of number of cases to be dropped in drug lab scandal

Prosecutors back off estimate involving drug cases

MySpace removes link used by Calif. man charged in teen’s death that was used while on parole

MySpace removes link to Calif. child sex predator

Scout leader says parents in Ore. sex abuse trial were negligent for allowing boys’ sleepovers

Scout exec in Ore. abuse trial: Parents negligent

Ind. police chief says officers suspended after using stun gun, slapping unruly 10-year-old

Ind. officer uses stun gun on unruly 10-year-old

Mich. man who shot son after teen admitted molesting young girl convicted of 2nd-degree murder

Murder conviction for Mich. man who shot son, 15

La. man charged with lying to FBI about deadly police shootings on bridge after Katrina

La. man charged with lying about Katrina shootings

Ex-NBA player Kirk Snyder convicted of burglary, assault in break-in at neighbor’s Ohio home

Ex-NBA player Snyder convicted in Ohio break-in

San Francisco prosecutors dismiss estimated 1,000 drug cases due to crime lab scandal

1,000 cases to be dismissed in Calif. lab scandal

Medical shipments turn up heads, torsos of bodies that were supposed to cremated

Medical waste shipments turn up heads, torsos

Kansas abortion doctor’s murderer sentenced to life in prison; parole possible after 50 years

Kan. abortion doc’s murderer gets life prison term

Sentencing delayed for LA film producers convicted in Thai festival bribery case

Sentencing delayed for producers in bribery case

Drug cartels become more brazen in attacks on Mexican army, but troops have upper hand so far

Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks

Israeli woman accused of leaking secret military data as soldier is placed under house arrest

Israeli woman detained on military leak accusation

Amnesty International accuses Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez of persecuting political opponents

Rights group: Chavez trying to silence dissent

Racing group accuses Bill Simpson’s company of using fake certification labels on products

Group sues over allegedly counterfeit racing gear

USVI judge sentences 2 former Delta ticket agents in immigrant smuggling case

USVI sentences ex ticket agents in smuggling case

Abortion doctor’s killer lashes out at court, describes abortion procedures in detail

Abortion doc’s killer lashes out at court

WICHITA, Kan. — A man who murdered one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions lashed out at the court during his sentencing hearing Thursday and took the opportunity to describe abortion procedures in detail, which he was previously forbidden from doing during the trial.

Police: Cleveland Browns tackle Shaun Rogers arrested at airport for loaded handgun in luggage

Browns’ Rogers arrested for loaded gun in luggage

Abortion doctor’s killer takes stand at sentencing, describes abortion procedures in detail

Abortion doc’s killer takes stand at sentencing

Man who killed Kan. abortion doctor shouts in court that he did it ‘to protect unborn babies’

Man who killed abortion doc interrupts hearing

Fundraiser accused of duping Mass. Catholic school into believing donor would fund $3M project

Fundraiser charged in Mass. Catholic school ruse

FBI chief in Detroit: Government created memorial service ‘ruse’ to arrest militia members

FBI says ruse created to arrest militia members

APNewsBreak: Autopsy reports show most women found in Ohio sex offender’s home were strangled

APNewsBreak: Ligatures, drugs found in Ohio deaths

Man arrested on charges of having sex with teen, who police say prostituted her stepsister, 7

NJ man arrested in connection to gang-rape case

US appeals court rejects Microsoft request to review $290 million patent ruling

Microsoft request for patent suit review is nixed

Daimler firms plead guilty, pay $185 million after being caught paying bribes

Daimler firms plead guilty, pay $185 million

Canadian police settle suit launched by the mother of unruly Polish traveler

Police apologize for Polish man’s death

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada’s national police force apologized and settled a lawsuit involving the case of an unruly Polish traveler who died after being repeatedly zapped with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport.

Alaska woman who took on new identity to escape abuse pleads guilty in bizarre scam

Woman with 2 identities pleads guilty to fraud

FBI chief in Detroit: Government created memorial service ‘ruse’ to arrest militia suspects

FBI: ‘Ruse’ created to arrest militia suspects

NJ mayor: 27 arrested on warrants at apartment complex where 7-year-old girl was gang-raped

NJ mayor: 27 arrested where 7-year-old was raped

Cardinals defend pope, criticize media coverage of Vatican sex abuse scandal

Cardinals defend pope on church sex abuse scandal

Decision expected Friday on whether to free Midwest militia suspected in plot against US gov’t

No ruling yet on whether to free militia suspects

Los Angeles police eye romantic motive in slaying of family members in Hollywood

Calif. police eye romantic motive in family deaths

Lawyer says Jackson’s doctor can’t pay for defense if medical license is revoked

Jackson doctor fights to keep medical license

Soldiers seize head of Guinea-Bissau’s army, place prime minister under house arrest

Soldiers put Guinea-Bissau PM under house arrest