Los Angeles police identify suspect in restaurant shooting that left 4 dead

LA police ID suspect in cafe killings

LOS ANGELES — A man who opened fire in a North Hollywood restaurant and killed four people following a dispute during a party last week remained at large Friday, Los Angeles police said.

Air strike, clashes kill 124 militants in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 124 militants were killed and more than 70 injured in the biggest offensive of security forces in the Khyber, Orakzai and South Waziristan agencies in northwest Pakistan, a media report said.

Suspected Maoists kill CPI-M workers in West Bengal

KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district as the indefinite shutdown called by the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) entered the second day Saturday.

Maoists block road in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas Saturday blocked a road in Orissa’s Koraput district by felling trees to protest the government’s crackdown on them, police said.

With Dantewada massacre, Maoists on suicidal course (Comment)

The Maoists may have signed their own death warrant by carrying out the massacre at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. The very success of the ambush can spell doom for them. No government can accept the brutal gunning down of as many as 76 security personnel at one spot without gearing up for a massive retaliation.

60 militants killed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - Sixty militants were killed and over 40 injured Saturday when Pakistani fighter jets bombed a militant gathering in Khyber tribal agency, Xinhua reported.

Resignation a closed chapter: Chidambaram

PUDUCHERRY - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said he had decided to quit after the Dantewada massacre because the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that lost 75 men came under his charge. But he added that the resignation was a “closed chapter”.

Speak less please, Nitish tells Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday had some advise for Home Minister P. Chidambaram: don’t speak too much about the government’s strategy against Maoists.

Indian firm attacked in Afghanistan, no casualties

NEW DELHI - Taliban insurgents attacked an Indian road construction company in Afghanistan’s Khost province Saturday and torched some vehicles, but the raiders were beaten back, Afghan officials said.

Myanmar seeks military aid from India to flush out rebels

SHILLONG - Myanmar Saturday sought military assistance from India to start operations against anti-India insurgent groups taking shelter in its territory, a top diplomat said.

Tucson man who robbed 9 businesses in 9-day crime spree is sentenced to 12 life prison terms

Ariz man gets 12 life prison terms for 9 robberies

Vatican: Ratzinger told Calif. bishop to ensure priest didn’t abuse while defrocking studied

Vatican offers version of Calif. priest defrocking

Defense lawyers take aim on plea deal received by witness in KB Home stock backdating case

Defense blasts witness plea deal in KB Home case

Official: Los Angeles police identify suspect in restaurant shooting that left 4 dead

Official: LA police ID suspect in cafe killings

Case of Dolphins DE Randy Starks resolved, charges reduced to misdemeanor traffic violation

Case against Dolphins DE Starks resolved

MIAMI — The case against Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks has been resolved with the charges being reduced to a misdemeanor traffic violation.

Ex-NBA star Isaiah Rider arrested in Phoenix suburb in alleged assault of fiance

Ex-NBA player Isaiah Rider arrested in Arizona

Fla. prosecutor to determine whether to charge Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes in Orlando

Fla. prosecutors reviewing case against Holmes

Ex-priest charged with raping kids in Bolivia eludes justice after returning home to Uruguay

Uruguayan ex-priest avoids justice on rape charges

Defendant pleads guilty in deal with prosecutors in Javon Walker robbery case in Las Vegas

Defendant pleads guilty in Javon Walker robbery

Colo. police say man suspected in 1980s killings was involved in murder-suicide

CO police: Suspect in 1980s killings dead

DENVER — Police say a man found dead in an apparent murder-suicide was a suspect — along with his father — in the disappearances of as many as 17 homeless men in Colorado during the 1980s.

Man accused of threatening to kill Wash. senator is released from jail after posting bail

Man accused of threatening WA senator is released

Judge advises citizens to carry guns amid cuts to sheriff’s department in Ohio county

Amid cuts, Ohio judge tells citizens to carry guns

Men convicted in 1980 Marlboro diamond heist charged in alleged plot to rob Chicago-area bank

Aging diamond thieves held in alleged bank plot

The North Face v. The South Butt: Lawsuit over Mo. teen selling parody clothing settled

North Face, South Butt dispute settled in Mo.

1 defendant takes plea deal in Javon Walker robbery case in Vegas; trial set for co-defendant

Defendant takes plea in Javon Walker robbery case

White House says al-Qaida seeking A-bomb, exemplifying a new-age threat of nuclear terrorism