Malaysia bans export of weapon parts after cases linked to Iran, Libya nuclear trafficking

Malaysia passes law to curb nuclear trafficking

China says it has executed first Japanese citizen in almost 40 years

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‘I thought I could be dead’ _ Seattle officer describes killing man who fatally shot 4 cops

Officer testifies about death of cop killer

Pakistani cab driver pleads ‘not guilty’ to terror charges

CHICAGO - A Pakistan-born Chicago cab driver has pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to aid Al Qaeda by sending money to Ilyas Kashmiri, a terrorist leader believed to be in Pakistan.

SKorean warship catches up with hijacked oil tanker in Indian Ocean

SKorean warship catches up with hijacked tanker

Texas man faces federal charges after threatening deadly force to stop abortion at clinic

Texas man threatened deadly force to stop abortion

Judge says he’ll rule within 3 weeks on plea deal with $296M penalty for heart device maker

Judge mulls $296M plea deal for heart device maker

Texas ELF member gets 5 years prison for trying to firebomb Pasadena condos

ELF member gets 5 years for attempted firebombing

NYC judge orders disclosure of those who deleted or destroyed records in ‘HOPE’ artist case

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Sanitation workers in NJ find dismembered bodies of man, woman in garbage bags

Sanitation workers find body parts in NJ trash

4 shot, 33 arrested and dozens cited in mayhem near Times Square; NYPD blames auto show crowd

4 shot, 33 arrested and dozens cited in NYC mayhem

Owner of pizza shop says NYC deliveryman fended off armed man to get pies delivered

NYC pizza guy fends off armed man to deliver pies

Judge: Calif. man accused of dismembering mother found mentally incompetent for trial

Calif man accused of killing mom not fit for trial

Michael Jackson family members, fans turn out for LA hearing of doctor charged in death

Jackson doctor’s case assigned to LA trial judge

Michael Jackson involuntary manslaughter case moves slowly through LA court system

Jackson death case moves slowly through courts

Record $16M fine leveled against Toyota over slow recalls; company said to have ‘hid’ defect

Toyota faces $16M fine, accused of hiding defect

Roman Catholic archbishop in Chile says ‘a few’cases of pedophilia are being investigated

Archbishop says ‘a few’ pedophilia cases in Chile

Official: Man who acted as lawyer for US missionaries in Haiti to face US extradition request

‘Lawyer’ for US missionaries faces US extradition

Police say Jamaican rapper Bounty Killer charged with assaulting woman

Jamaica rapper Bounty Killer arrested again

Trial to begin for B-2 bomber engineer from Maui accused of selling military secrets to China

Hawaii man’s China military secrets trial to begin

FBI office in Norfolk, Va., investigating death threats against ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews

Virginia FBI probes threats against ESPN’s Andrews

4 shot, 33 arrested, dozens cited in mayhem near Times Square; NYPD blames auto show crowd

4 shot, 33 arrested, dozens cited in NYC mayhem

Involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson’s cardiologist assigned to new judge

Michael Jackson death case assigned to new judge

State upbraids plan to give NJ casino license to mobsters’ relatives, calling it ‘a travesty’

Plan to give mob kin a casino license is upbraided

Attorney for suspect in 3 Conn. home invasion killings opposes guilty plea, cites death wish

Conn. murder suspect’s lawyer opposes guilty plea

Innocence groups back condemned Ohio killer of 3, cite evidence of alternate suspect

Innocence groups back condemned Ohio killer of 3

AP source confirms video on Internet of Baghdad firefight that killed Reuters photographer

AP source confirms video of Baghdad firefight

Record $16M fine leveled against Toyota in US over handling of recalls linked to gas pedals

Toyota hit with $16M fine over recalls in US

Vatican says it cooperated with extraditing Indian priest accused of assaulting teen in US

Vatican: Cooperated with extraditing Indian priest

Jackson fans rally outside LA courthouse where hearing set for pop star’s doctor

Jackson fans rally outside LA courthouse

LOS ANGELES — Dozens of Michael Jackson fans are rallying outside a Los Angeles courthouse where the pop star’s doctor has a hearing in his involuntary manslaughter case.

Judge settles key issues in divorce case of ‘desperately ill’ Dennis Hopper

Judge settles key issues in Hopper divorce case

Hearing begins on medical device maker Guidant’s record $296M criminal penalty plea deal

Minn. hearing begins on Guidant $296M plea deal

Powerful member of Mexican drug family gets 40 years in prison after lengthy legal battle

Mexican drug cartel honcho gets 40-year sentence

Even before Notre Dame football recruit’s death, Fla. was cracking down on underage drinking

More alcohol agents in Fla. town where player died

Woman accused of taking drugs from SF drug lab pleads not guilty in separate case

Drug lab suspect in Calif. court for other case

Lawyer: Pregnant American charged in overseas terror case to plead not guilty at Pa. hearing

Lawyer: US terror suspect to plead not guilty

Shootout between soldiers, gunmen kills children, ages 5 and 8, in northern Mexico

2 children killed in Mexico border state shootout

Deputies kill San Diego County man suspected of shooting 2 neighbors on Easter

Deputies shoot suspect in California killing of 2

12 killed as bombings target US consulate in Peshawar (Fourth Lead)

PESHAWAR - At least 12 people were killed in a series of bomb and suicide explosions Monday afternoon in what appeared to be a planned attack on the US consulate in the high-security zone of this northwestern Pakistan city, officials said.

Turkey’s state-run agency says 8 detained in alleged coup plot probe

State agency Turkish police detain 8 in coup plot

Chicago cab driver pleads not guilty to attempting to aid al-Qaida

Chicago terrorism suspect pleads not guilty

Lawyers for Ohio Christian convert teen say Muslim parents block efforts for her to stay in US

Ohio Christian convert fights to stay in US

Police arrest man who made bomb threat at Tulsa International Airport; no explosives found

Police arrest bomb threat man at Tulsa airport

Police say Shiite family of 6, including 4 children, gunned down in Iraq

Police say Shiite family of 6 gunned down in Iraq

Afghan lawmakers say Karzai threatened to quit politics, join Taliban

Lawmakers: Afghan leader threatens to join Taliban

10 killed as bombings target US consulate in Peshawar (Third Lead)

PESHAWAR - At least 10 people were killed as multiple bombings during rush hour Monday targeted the US consulate in the high-security zone of this northwestern Pakistan city, officials said.

2 Marshall football players suspended following arrests on misdemeanor charges

2 Marshall players suspended after arrests

Bomb threat forces authorities to evacuate Kansas City courthouse

Bomb threat closes Kansas City federal courthouse

4 shot, more than 50 arrested in mayhem near Times Square; NYPD blames auto show crowd

4 shot, more than 50 arrested in NYC mayhem

Orissa land mine blast toll rises to 11

BHUBANESWAR - The deaths in the land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Orissa’s Koraput district Sunday rose to 11, officials said Monday.