Financial crisis panel may have surprises up its sleeve for Greenspan, Citi execs

Citi execs may be in for surprises at crisis probe

Reports: US authorizes killing of radical US-born cleric believed acting in terror plots

Reports: US OKs radical US-born cleric for death

Ohio man who struck children in Walmart sentenced to probation, fined

Ohioan sentenced for striking kids in Walmart

Day after deadly Maoist ambush, troopers scared to enter forest

RAIPUR - A day after 76 troopers were massacred in the worst ever Maoist attack, hundreds of para-military men and state police personnel assigned to track down the killers are scared to enter the jungles of Chhattisgarh Wednesday fearing a repeat of the ‘bloody Tuesday’ incident.

Ex-Newark Mayor Sharpe James exits prison; returns to NJ to serve out remainder of sentence

Ex-Newark Mayor James leaves prison, back in NJ

Cheering throng greets ex-Newark Mayor Sharpe James as he returns from prison

Supporters greet ex-Newark Mayor James on return

NKorea sentences US man to 8 years’ hard labor for illegally entering country and hostile acts

US President Bill Clinton
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Jury selection begins for Maui man’s military secrets trial

Jury selection in Maui man’s defense secrets trial

1 arrested in shooting of 2 women during brawl near Times Square; 21 arraigned in mayhem

1 arrested in shooting amid Times Square mayhem

Auto company warned European distributors of sticking accelerator pedals 4 months before US

Documents: Toyota lagged in issuing US warnings

Former secretary of Islamic charity pleads guilty to violating federal sanctions in Iraq

Man admits illegally sending money to Iraq

Wis. prosecutor warns new state sex ed requirements could result in charges against teachers

Wis. prosecutor: Sex ed rules could mean charges

Woman gets 7 years for selling $20M in fake paintings, prints to 10,000 people with TV auction

Woman sentenced to 7 years for auctioning fake art

Former Ohio St star Clarett out of prison after spending 3½ years on robbery, weapons charge

RB Clarett could be freed within 6 months

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio State football player Maurice Clarett is in county jail and awaiting a judge’s decision on Wednesday that would release him to a community-based correction facility after spending 3½ years in prison.

Jailed Chavez opponent freed after 7 months, plans run for legislative office in Venezuela

Jailed government opponent freed in Venezuela

Search warrants allege misuse of funds by officials in polygamous towns in Utah, Arizona

Warrants claim misuse of funds in polygamous towns

Woman in 911 call says fatal Ohio Easter fight started when she tried to prove point with gun

911 call: Gun in Easter fight was ‘to prove point’

TV show host gets 7 years in nationwide art scam that duped 10,000 people out of $20 million

Woman in fake art scam gets 7 years in prison

Inmates: Fla. mother charged with killing toddler used drugs to make daughter sleep

Inmates: Anthony would drug daughter for sleep

Texas DA files child endangerment charges against father accused of showing porn to daughters

DA: Texas father endangered daughters with porn

Obama shifts US defense focus from Cold War competition to preventing nuclear terrorists

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Maryland man gets life sentence for killing teen’s father in mistaken belief she was abused

Md. man gets life for murder of friend’s father

Kirk Douglas, other supporters ask NY judge to spare convicted grandson serious prison time

Kirk Douglas seeks leniency for convicted grandson

Records show violent offenders among parolees without supervision under new Calif. law

Violent parolees go unsupervised under Calif. law

Venezuela arrests 8 Colombians suspected of espionage, allegedly gathering data on power grid

Venezuela arrests 8 alleged Colombian spies

NM medical investigator trying to ID bodies at company that did donations for medical research

NM working to identify bodies, body parts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico medical investigators are trying to identify remains at an Albuquerque business following the arrest of its owner who was arrested on fraud charges after seven heads, a torso and several limbs were found at a Kansas medical waste company.

LaHood says federal officials could find more Toyota lapses as they pore over documents

Documents: Toyota lagged in issuing US warnings

Suit OJ Simpson wore when acquitted going to Newseum in DC for display with other trial items

OJ Simpson acquittal suit goes to Newseum in DC

Prosecutors say suspect in Va. congressman threat has multiple personalities; tests ordered

Suspect in Va. congressman threat not competent

Cartel gunmen fire grenade at Mexican army housing, wounding 2 soldiers

Gunmen attack Mexican army housing, 2 troops hurt

NM medical investigator trying to ID bodies at company that handled donations for research

NM officials working to identify bodies, parts

Officials: French police probing media rumors of infidelity involving Sarkozy and his wife

Police probing origin of Sarkozy infidelity rumors

Washington state man charged with threatening to kill Sen. Murray over health care bill

Wash. man charged with threatening Sen. Murray

Kirkland investment adviser ‘knows she’s done wrong,’ pleads guilty to stealing $9.4M

Kirkland investment guru took $9.4M, pleads guilty

Rome cardinals decry alleged anti-Catholic ‘hate’ campaign, say target is gay marriage stand

Vatican blasts anti-Catholic ‘hate’ campaign

Nearly 2,700 people call German Catholic Church’s sexual abuse hot line in its first 3 days

Nearly 2,700 call German church abuse hot line

Not guilty pleas made for 3 teens charged in Mass. school bullying case that ended in suicide

3 plead not guilty in Mass. school bullying case

Obama says new nuclear strategy is ’significant step’ toward reducing role of atomic arms

President Barack Obama

Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky brings jar of crude oil to his trial to reveal its ‘absurdity’

Olympic judo team

Archbishop Jose Gomez introduced as next leader of Los Angeles archdiocese

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LaHood says federal officials poring over 70,000 documents related to Toyota safety problems

LaHood: Feds examining 70,000 Toyota documents

35 killed in Iraq bombings

BAGHDAD - Seven successive blasts ripped through residential buildings across Baghdad Tuesday, killing 35 people and injuring 140, in a second such attack in the Iraqi capital in three days.

Judge allows Texas financier Stanford to hire new attorneys for $7B fraud case

Jailed Texas financier Stanford gets new attorneys

Government offices in polygamous towns in Utah, Arizona hit with warrants for records

Warrants served on polygamous towns in Utah, Ariz.

Turkish power struggle escalates, prosecutors seek charges against senior general in coup plot

Power struggle escalates in Turkish coup plot case

In anti-Maoism fight, buck stops with Chidambaram: Jaitley

NEW DELHI - Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership decided to support the government’s drive against Maoism, senior party leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday trained his guns on Home Minister P. Chidambaram and said that the buck stops with him.

Ex-CIA contractor resentenced to shorter prison term for beating of detainee in Afghanistan

Ex-CIA contractor’s prison term reduced in appeal

Maoists massacre 76 troopers, government fumes (Intro Roundup)

RAIPUR/NEW DELHI - India’s sweeping anti-Maoist offensive suffered a huge blow Tuesday when the Leftwing guerrillas ambushed and massacred 76 security personnel in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh in the worst such attack since the Maoist rebellion erupted 43 years ago.

Mexican father casts doubt on wife’s innocence in their 4-year-old daughter’s death

Mexican dad doubts mom’s innocence in girl’s death

Police identify bodies found dismembered and discarded in bags in New Jersey

Police ID bodies found dismembered in NJ

LINDEN, N.J. — Police have identified a man and woman whose dismembered body parts were found stuffed in bags and dumped on a residential street in a quiet northern New Jersey community.