Maoists blow up government warehouse in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas blew up a government warehouse in Orissa’s Malkangiri district during their two-day strike protesting the government offensive against them, police said Wednesday.

Times Square bomber arraigned, next hearing June 1

NEW YORK - Two weeks after his arrest, Pakistani American Faisal Shahzad, who planned to detonate a car bomb at the landmark Times Square, was arraigned before a federal magistrate in Manhattan on five felony counts.

Accused Times Square bomber makes first court appearance

NEW YORK - The accused terrorist who allegedly tried to blow up a car in Times Square Tuesday made his first court appearance Tuesday in Manhattan.

Most of small Mexican town’s police force quits in fear after gunmen ambush fellow officers

Mexican town’s police force quits after ambush

WH adviser: Elite terror interrogation team questions Times Square suspect, others

WH adviser: Interrogation team questions Shahzad

The center was a bullseye in 2010 for party-switching Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter

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Venezuela government to set band for currency in regulated bond market

Venezuela temporarily halts bond trading

CARACAS, Venezuela — Authorities temporarily halted the trading of government bonds on Tuesday and said they would seek to control Venezuela’s currency exchange rates by setting a range of permitted prices in the bond market.

WH official: Terror team launched, interviewed Times Square suspect Shahzad

The White House

Federal judge dismisses suit against NASCAR, rules against Mayfield, who failed drug test

Judge dismisses Mayfield’s suit vs. NASCAR

Attorneys: Jail has turned Texas financier Stanford into a ‘wreck of a man’

Attorneys: Stanford a ‘wreck of a man’

HOUSTON — Texas financier R. Allen Stanford’s attorneys said Tuesday that jail has reduced their client to a “wreck of a man” who is severely depressed, forgets conversations, can no longer see out of one eye and believes he is “losing his mind.”

Wife of environmental lawyer Robert Kennedy Jr. charged with drunken driving in NYC suburb

Wife of RFK Jr. charged in NY with drunken driving

Detroit police chief says results of investigation into girl’s death ‘won’t be pretty’

Police chief says investigation ‘won’t be pretty’

Pakistani proclaims innocence, says ‘false alarm’ led to detention at US Embassy in Chile

Pakistani says false alarm led to Chile detention

Illegal crossings into Arizona on the rise, even as state enacts tough immigration law

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Sea lions, dolphin join annual terror attack exercises staged at California ports

Sea lions, dolphin join terror exercises in Calif.

Times Square car bomb suspect makes 1st appearance in NY court since his arrest 2 weeks ago

Times Square car bomb suspect appears in NY court

Congressional report says US repeated 9/11 intel failures in Christmas bomb plot

Congress: US repeated 9/11 slips in Christmas plot

Testimony in NJ schoolyard killing trial ends with assessment of defendant’s mental state

Testimony concludes in NJ schoolyard killing trial

Feds: Canadian doctor unlawfully treated NFL, MLB players, used unapproved drugs in the US

Canadian doc accused of unlawfully treating pros

Crane company admits bribing NYC official to fake inspection results, exam certification

Crane company admits bribing NYC inspector

US missionary who tried to remove children is freed in Haiti after court convicts her

Missionary returns to Idaho after Haiti conviction

Somali piracy suspect pleads guilty in NY court in attack on US cargo ship

Piracy suspect pleads guilty in NY court to hijack

Former defendant in Vegas exec murder case paroled, required to live with parents

Former defendant in Vegas exec murder case paroled

US missionary freed in Haiti after illegal travel conviction returns to Idaho

US missionary convicted in Haiti returns to Idaho

Feds say Virginia Tech violated campus security law; University disputes finding

Feds: Virginia Tech violated law in 07 massacre

Prosecutors: Times Square car bomb suspect to appear in court Tuesday on 5 felony charges

Feds: Times Square bomb suspect to appear in court

3 members of Midwest militia accused of conspiring against government released from jail

3 members of Midwest militia released from jail

Ore. man charged in Ohio with identity fraud; prosecutors say he used dead boy’s name

Oregon man charged with using dead Ohio boy’s name

Delhi government not opposed to Afzal Guru’s execution (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - The Delhi government has not opposed the death sentence to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru but expressed concerns of law and order if he is executed, official sources said here Tuesday.

Authorities practice terror attack response at Calif ports in annual security exercise

Terror attack response exercises at Calif ports

Maoists reject talks offer as terror shadows Chhattisgarh (Intro Roundup)

RAIPUR/NEW DELHI - Fear stalked large parts of Chhattisgarh as police totted the toll of the Maoist massacre the day before, and disheartened security forces Tuesday stayed in their camps as a shutdown called by the guerrillas hit four other states. The central government made a fresh offer of talks, but the rebels turned it down.

Maoist leader rejects Chidambaram’s talks offer

RAIPUR - A top Maoist leader based in Chhattisgarh Tuesday rejected Home Minister P.Chidambaram’s offer of talks a day after the guerrillas massacred at least 31 people, triggering a bus blast in the state. He also warned of more attacks on policemen.

Ohio parole board makes rare mercy ruling for condemned inmate who strangled girlfriend

Ohio board casts rare vote for mercy for inmate

3 cult members sentenced for Md. child’s starvation death, leader gets 50 years

Md. cult leader gets 50 years for child’s death

Journalist imprisoned in North Korea says she confessed to government plot in ploy for mercy

Journalist says she confessed in N. Korean prison

2 jailed members of Mich. militia released from jail until trial; 1 more expected out later

2 jailed militia members released until trial

Some high-profile detentions of foreigners in Iran

Some high-profile detentions of foreigners in Iran

JNU students condole Dantewada deaths

NEW DELHI - A candlelight condolence meet was organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru University Tuesday in memory of the victims of Monday’s Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in which 31 people were killed.

Trial under way for Vt. man in shooting death of retired professor from backyard firing range

Trial of Vt. man charged in prof’s shooting begins

Feds: Canadian doctor unlawfully provided HGH to NFL players, lied to probers in NY

Canadian doc charged with unlawfully treating pros

3 mothers of detained US hikers leave for Tehran to ask Iranian leaders for children’s release

Mothers of 3 imprisoned US hikers head to Iran

Pa. kennel owner sentenced on cruelty charges stemming from 2008 raid that found sick animals

Pa. kennel owner sentenced on cruelty charges

Digvijay Singh opposes use of air power against Maoists

MIRZAPUR - Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Tuesday said he was not in favour of using air power in anti-Maoist operations.

Man who called himself a Rockefeller loses bid to trim Mass. kidnap sentence, plans new appeal

‘Rockefeller’ loses bid to trim kidnap sentence

Victim lawyers say billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein refuses to pay them $2M in fees

Victim lawyers: billionaire sex offender owes $2M

College professor at center of orgy case in China that tests limits of sexual freedom, privacy

Swingers’ case tests sexual limits in China

Greek police recover 2 twin life-sized ancient statues, arrest 2 for illegal excavation

Greek police seize 2 statues from 2 farmers

Lawyer files 2 lawsuits in death of 7-year-old Detroit girl shot during weekend police raid

Attorney files 2 lawsuits in death of Detroit girl

Times Square probe to top US NSA’s talks in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - The probe into the attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square, for which Pakistani American Faisal Shahzad has been arrested, will top the agenda during US National Security Adviser James Jones’ talks here Wednesday.

German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller to appeal Mass. kidnapping sentence

‘Clark Rockefeller’ appealing Mass. sentence