SRINAGAR - An army soldier was killed and an officer Wednesday injured in an ongoing gunfight between separatist guerrillas and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said.

NEW YORK - A Pakistani American suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing has admitted he attempted to detonate a bomb at the New York landmark and had received bomb-making training in Pakistan, according to court charges filed against him.

Ex-member of Ku Klux Klan gives account of woman’s death at group leader’s trial

Smoking bag removed from international flight in Houston was damaged by external heat source

‘Her head repeatedly hit the wall’: Suspect tells police details of U.Va. lacrosse death

Texas Tech files documents in former coach’s lawsuit over his firing

Fellow passengers: No panic during arrest of Times Square bomb suspect

Police called to NY ‘robbery’ that turned out to be scene from upcoming film

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A filmmaker was taking the blame Tuesday after New York police officers were summoned to what they thought was an armed robbery, but turned out to be a location shoot for his upcoming movie.

Police report details of 2008 arrest of suspect in U.Va. lacrosse player slaying

Attorneys for condemned Utah inmate Gardner ask Board of Pardons for commutation hearing

Oregon investigator accused of taking murdered Ohio boy’s name says little at federal hearing

Suspect in slaying of white supremacist in Miss. says man made sexual advance on him first

53 hours and 20 minutes after car bomb planted in Times Square, arrest is made

Brother: Woman accused in Target stabbing grew unstable after losing custody of child

Cornerback Pacman Jones works out for Bengals a second time, no contract offer yet

CINCINNATI — Cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones got a second look from the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday, an indication that the team with a history of trying to rehabilitate troubled players might be considering its next project.

Former Qwest CEO waives right to attend re-sentencing hearings in federal court

Prosecutor says killing of rapper at crowded LA mall was callous, calculated

Coroner: Actor Corey Haim died of pneumonia complications; drugs not listed as factor

Police chief: investigators looking into reports of threats in U.Va. lacrosse player slaying

Mother sorry son ran on field at Phillies game; police chief backs officer who Tasered him

Jury in Va. court martial of Navy SEAL hears recorded testimony of Iraqi alleged abuse victim

Former Calif. food company exec pleads not guilty to more charges in tomato price-fixing case

Iowa star wrestler Montell Marion suspended following drunken driving arrest

Prison authority: Riot in Venezuelan lockup leaves 8 dead

Actress Demi Moore says more should be done to combat sexual exploitation of US children

Judge’s decision to release members of Mich. militia until trial leaves prosecutors scrambling

San Francisco convictions at risk as authorities investigate handling of police records

Unusual direct negotiations fail to win freedom for American jailed nearly 2 years in Iran

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Bengals WR Maurice Purify arrested on charge of disorderly conduct

Bengals WR Purify arrested after scuffle

NEWPORT, Ky. — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Maurice Purify has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct following a scuffle at a northern Kentucky night spot.

Greek court convicts 4 over carbon monoxide poisoning of 2 British children

4 convicted in Greece for hotel poisoning deaths

LA man charged with using hammer to murder elderly mother, uncle

LA man charged with hammer killings

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man has been charged with using a hammer to beat to death his 87-year-old mother and a legless uncle.

Opening statements begin in trial of man accused of killing rapper Dolla at upscale LA mall

Trial begins in killing of rapper Dolla in LA

Greek court convicts 4 in carbon monoxide poisoning of 2 British children

4 convicted in Greece for hotel monoxide deaths

Pa. woman sentenced to 3 months in prison for putting exchange students in filthy homes

Woman sentenced to 3 mos. in Pa. exchange scandal

Mummified baby corpse at center family, police dispute is missing from NH grave site

Mummified baby corpse missing from NH grave site

AP sources: Suspected NYC bomber told investigators he trained at Pakistan terror camp

AP sources: Bomber trained at Pakistan terror camp

Noriega’s lawyers complain to Red Cross about prison conditions

Noriega’s lawyers complain to Red Cross

PARIS — French lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega sent a letter to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday to protest his lack of prisoner-of-war status in France and complain about his prison conditions.

Philadelphia police commissioner backs officer who Tasered teenager on field at Phillies game

Philadelphia chief backs officer who Tasered fan

Pakistan detains several over links to suspect in Times Square bomb attempt

Pakistan makes arrests over Times Square bomb

Pakistani origin suspect admits role in Times Square plot

NEW YORK - The Times Square bombing bid’s Pakistani-American suspect Faisal Shahzad has admitted involvement in what authorities have now labelled an “attempted terrorist attack”, according to US Attorney General Eric Holder.

TV producer sentenced to 6 months in NYC jail for $2 million Letterman blackmail plot

TV producer sentenced in Letterman blackmail plot

US officials offer no explanation for bomb suspect boarding airliner in New York City

Affidavit: Va. player charged with murder shook, hit member of women’s team repeatedly

Affidavit: Va. player shook, hit victim repeatedly

German who says he was abused by priest seeks compensation from church in letter to pope

German seeks compensation from church for ‘abuse’

Bomb suspect admits role, will face terror, weapons of mass destruction charges

Opening statements to begin in trial over murder of rapper Dolla at upscale LA mall

Trial to open in murder of rapper Dolla in LA

Battle against Maoists is battle for development: Raman Singh

NEW DELHI - Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday said an integrated action plan should be worked out to tackle Maoists and stressed that it was important to win the battle against the guerrillas for the sake of development.

Army officer, soldier injured in Kashmir gunfight

SRINAGAR - Two army personnel - a captain and a soldier - were injured in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district late Tuesday evening when separatist guerrillas fired at them, sources here said.