Referendum drive, lawsuits could delay Arizona immigration law until 2012

Tough AZ immigration law facing new road blocks

Canadian parliament condemns Sikh extremism

TORONTO - In yet another warning to pro-Khalistan elements, the Canadian parliament Wednesday passed a resolution condemning threats by radicals to top Indo-Canadian leader and former health minister Ujjal Dosanjh.

Knife-wielding man attacks 28 children, 3 adults at kindergarten in China’s Jiangsu

Man stabs 28 children at kindergarten in China

Fresno, Calif., police arrest 108 since starting crackdown on gangs this week

Fresno, Calif, police arrest 108 in gang crackdown

Calif. prosecutors ask judge to dismiss charges in whale sushi case; investigation ongoing

Prosecutors seek to dismiss whale sushi charges

Maoists kill forest guard in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas killed a forest guard in Orissa’s Nuapada district, police said Thursday.

Washington state man convicted of killing 3-year-old stepdaughter for insurance money

WA man guilty of killing child for insurance money

Prosecutor won’t seek death penalty for man accused of raping 2 Seattle women, killing 1

No death penalty sought in WA rape-slaying

Ohio man who left 2 children in plastic trash bin on hot July day gets 17 years in prison

Ohio man gets 17 years for leaving 2 kids in trash

Investigator says Colo. school shooting suspect said he woke up feeling angry, ‘transformed’

Probable cause found in Colo. school shooting case

Psychiatrist says Iowa kosher slaughterhouse ex-manager convicted of fraud admitted crimes

Psychiatrist: Kosher plant manager admitted fraud

Judge challenges federal prosecutors to show Michigan militia members did more than just talk

Judge asks feds to show militia did more than talk

Lawyer says she saw police shoot Southern California man whose hands were in air

Lawyer: Police shot man whose hands were in air

2nd soldier arrested, accused with 3 other men of beating homeless Ohio man under bridge

2nd soldier arrested in Ohio homeless man beating

Mexico acknowledges abuse of migrants, praises Amnesty report, pledges changes

Mexico acknowledges migrant abuse, pledges changes

Abortion provider says new Okla. ultrasound law leaves some patients emotional

Clinic: New Okla. abortion law hard on patients

Passenger flight in US diverted after terror threat

WASHINGTON - A flight carrying 45 passengers from Houston to Washington was diverted Wednesday after a message threatening a terror attack was found in the plane’s washroom, officials said.

Plea agreements in Seattle racketeering case to close notorious strip clubs

Plea deals to close notorious Wash. strip clubs

Judge ends hearing on Mich. militia, says she’ll rule soon on possible release from jail

No decision on whether militia members stay jailed

Gunmen kill 16 people in violence-torn Mexican border city, including 8 dragged out of bar

Shootings kill 16 people in Mexican border city

Exterminator to face charges in poisoning deaths of girls whose yard was treated for rodents

Utah man accused in girls’ poisoning deaths

Guilty pleas in Seattle racketeering case to result in closure of notorious strip clubs

Wash. strip clubs to close after guilty pleas

Wake honors homeless Good Samaritan who died on NYC sidewalk as people passed by

Homeless Good Samaritan honored at NY wake

Roman Catholic priest in Brazil charged with abusing 8 young boys, dating back to 1995

Brazil: Priest charged with 8 abusing boys

Days after Ariz. law passed, some illegal immigrants plan to leave, say work is drying up

Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law

Mexico’s Supreme Court orders 2 Indian market vendors freed after almost 4 years in prison

Mexico frees 2 Indians after 4 years in prison

Jury recommends death penalty for SoCal man convicted of murdering teenage runaway

Jury recommends death in killing of teen runaway

4th New Orleans police officer pleads guilty in cover-up of Katrina bridge shootings

4th officer pleads guilty in Katrina cover-up

Denver-area man accused in Ponzi scheme involving tens of millions of dollars

Denver-area man accused in Ponzi scheme

DENVER — A hedge fund manager who claimed his investments never lost money, even during the economic downturn, faces allegations that he ran a Ponzi scheme and admitted to falsifying documents in an apparent suicide note.

NC soldier arrested on charge of beating of Ohio homeless man; 3 other men also accused

NC soldier arrested in attack on Ohio homeless man

Federal jury in Tenn. deliberates for 2nd day without verdict in Palin e-mail hacking case

No verdict in Palin e-mail case after 2 days

Central question on CIA drone strikes: Illegal assassinations or legitimate terror operations?

Legal questions raised over CIA drone strikes

Attorney: Army sends notice indicating it plans to seek death against Fort Hood suspect

Army indicates it will seek death in Ft. Hood case

FBI: Passenger who caused jet diversion to Maine claimed he had dynamite, had taken Ambien

FBI: Passenger on airliner claimed he had dynamite

Top Vatican official left Calif. priest in pastor role after learning of abuse decade earlier

Vatican official left abusive priest in pastor job

Suspected Somali pirates ordered held on charges related to attacks on 2 US Navy ships

Somali suspects ordered held on piracy charges

Wife of man accused in Yale doctor slaying says she is ‘in shock and despair’ over death

Wife shocked husband accused in Yale doc killing

NY wants man who spread HIV to at least 13 locked up indefinitely; family says he did his time

NY wants man who spread HIV locked up indefinitely

Charges dropped against actor Randy Quaid; wife on probation after no contest plea

Felony charges dropped against actor Randy Quaid

Charges filed against man accused of mangling shopper’s finger while stealing iPad in Denver

Charges filed in finger-mangling Colo. iPad theft

Venezuela’s online battleground: Chavez starts tweeting to counter Web-savvy opponents

Chavez takes to Twitter to fight critics online

Capping fall from grace, former Vt. police chief sentenced to 6 months

Ex-Vt. chief sentenced to prison in drug case

Police search for Texas man accused of decapitating his wife with a 2 chain saws

Police say Texan decapitated wife with chain saw

Charges dropped against actor Randy Quaid; wife on probation after misdemeanor no contest plea

Charges dropped against actor Randy Quaid

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Randy Quaid won’t have to worry about any more court appearances after prosecutors dropped felony charges against the actor.

Father of jailed Mich. militia leader says he’ll monitor son if judge releases him on bail

Militia leader’s father says he’ll keep eye on son

Barber gets life in prison for dousing Calif. homeless man with gasoline, burning him to death

Barber gets life for burning homeless man to death

Feds launch new national campaign to curb meth use in Indian Country

Ad campaign targets meth use in Indian Country

‘Big Brother 9′ contestant from Boston charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone

‘Big Brother 9′ contestant facing drug charge

Hamas says Egypt pumps gas into cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing 4 Palestinians

Hamas says Egypt kills 4 tunnel smugglers with gas

Favorite retreat for Mexico City’s elite becomes battleground for drug cartel control

Getaway for Mexican elite now cartel battleground