Michigan announces self-imposed sanctions on football team it hopes NCAA agrees with in August

Michigan punishes itself for breaking NCAA rules

Father of slain Calif. girl backs move to require marked driver’s licenses for sex offenders

Calif. to consider marked IDs for sex offenders

California landfill searched for body of pregnant teen; boyfriend arrested

Calif landfill searched for body of pregnant teen

Has right to education fallen victim in Maoist-hit Bastar?

RAIPUR - It is a zone where government officials fear to enter. In the thickly forested interiors of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a heavily-mined Maoist hotbed, authorities are finding it extremely tough to implement the Right to Education Act.

Country singer Mindy McCready back home from hospital in Florida; problem unknown

Country singer McCready out of hospital in Fla.

Gunmen battle Jamaican security forces searching for drug lord wanted by US; 30 dead

30 killed in gunbattles in Jamaican slums

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born Tuesday in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third day of street battles that have killed at least 30 people.

NH man charged with raping 15-year-old fellow churchgoer in 1997; pregnant teen sent to Colo.

NH church focus of 1997 teen churchgoer rape case

Obama set to sent up to 1,200 troops to US-Mexico border to improve security

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Borough attorney: Investigation of Roethlisberger’s police friend to take months, not weeks

Lawyer: Roethlisberger friend probe to take months

Inquest completed in 1986 Mass. shooting death of ex-Alabama professor’s teenage brother

Mass. inquest into ‘86 killing by ex-Ala prof over

Brazil: Lawyers seek release of Polish priest accused of abuse, harboring ‘erotic dungeon’

Brazil: Lawyer for accused priest seek his release

Peruvian judge paroles Lori Berenson after 15 years in prison for aiding leftist rebels

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Ex-execs charged in NYC with looting $60M from auto-chemical company through stock scam

Ex-execs charged in $60M stock scam in NYC

In tearful service, family remembers 12-year-old Colorado girl found dead in irrigation ditch

Slain Colorado girl remembered in tearful service

Judge delays some decisions in Texas Rangers bankruptcy case after creditors’ objections

Creditors voice concerns over Rangers’ bankruptcy

Mexican prosecutor quits amid outcry over case of girl found dead in bed after 9-day search

Mexico prosecutor quits in outcry over dead girl

Former Detroit mayor’s plea for leniency falls short, as he gets up to 5 years in prison

Ex-Detroit mayor gets up to 5 years in prison

Mom accused of taking 2 kids to SKorea, keeping them from B’way musician dad is jailed in NJ

Mom who took dad’s 2 kids to SKorea jailed in NJ

Three Al Qaeda men sentenced to death in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT - Three Al Qaida terrorists were sentenced to death in Mauritania for killing French tourists in 2007.

Jamaica police say at least 30 dead in battle with gunmen of reputed drug kingpin

Jamaica police: 30 dead in battle with drug gang

Lindsey Lohan’s new court-ordered ankle bracelet uses same technology as breathalyzer

Lohan’s ankle bracelet has Breathalyzer technology

California landfill searched for body of pregnant teen; boyfriend arrested

Calif landfill searched for body of pregnant teen

Lawyer for family of TV producer’s wife criticizes Mexican investigation into her death

Lawyer slams Mexico probe in producer’s wife death

Hard-line cleric suspected in Mumbai attack keeps freedom after Pakistani court ruling

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Mauritania sentences to death 3 alleged al-Qaida members for 2007 murder of French tourists

Mauritania gives 3 death for French tourist murder

Michigan details football program woes, calls it ‘a bruise’ and offers self-sanctions to NCAA

Michigan details football woes to NCAA

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan admitted Tuesday to a series of violations in its storied football program and insisted the problems related to practice time and the activities of graduate assistants were not enough to warrant major punishment from the NCAA.

Couple, guests arrested after apparent transgender marriage ceremony in NW Pakistan

Police in NW Pakistan stop transgender wedding

Search resumes at Calif. landfill for body of pregnant teenager; boyfriend charged with murder

Boyfriend charged with killing pregnant Calif teen

NJ man pleads guilty to vomiting on girl, 11, and her father in stands during Phillies game

NJ man admits to vomit assault at Phillies game

Chidambaram asks Assam rebels to surrender or face offensive

GUWAHATI - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday toughened New Delhi’s stand on countering insurgency in Assam, saying security offensives would continue in full steam until rebel groups lay down arms and sit for peace talks.

Truck driver pleads to manslaughter in NY crash that occurred as his computer streamed porn

Guilty plea by trucker who viewed porn pre-crash

Short of evidence, witnesses, Dutch prosecutors face tough case against 5 Somali pirates

5 Somalis face piracy charges in Dutch trial

AP IMPACT: Mexican drug smugglers peddle ultra-pure form of heroin that can kill instantly

AP IMPACT: Deadly, ultra-pure heroin arrives in US

US officials say kidnapping of 2 Americans in Yemen not believed to be terror-related

US says 2 Americans kidnapped in Yemen

WASHINGTON — The kidnapping of two U.S. citizens in Yemen apparently was not an act of terrorism, the State Department said.

Man pleads guilty to state charges in NC college student’s slaying, agrees to life in prison

Man pleads guilty in NC college student’s slaying

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentenced to 5 years in prison for violating probation

Ex-Detroit mayor sentenced to 5 years in prison

Israeli police question former Prime Minister Olmert on corruption charges

Israeli police question ex-PM on bribe case

Yemen airstrike on alleged al-Qaida hide-out, ensuing clash between tribesmen, police, kill 6

Yemen airstrike on al-Qaida hide-out, clash kill 6

Official: Yemeni kidnappers release 2 American hostages to authorities

Kidnappers release 2 American hostages in Yemen

Masked gunmen kill 15 in robbery of Baghdad gold jewelry shops

Gunmen rob gold shops in Iraqi capital, kill 15

Innocents arrested for Dantewada attack: Maoist leader

RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh Police has arrested “six innocent advisasis” for the April 6 Dantewada attack in which 76 security personnel were killed, a Maoist leader said, claiming that none of those nabbed had anything do with the incident.

American Centre attack: Supreme Court stays Ansari death sentence (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the death sentence awarded to Aftab Ahmed Ansari alias Aftab Ansari, a co-accused in the January 22, 2002 attack on Kolkata’s American Centre that killed six policemen. The other accused, Jamiluddin Nasir, who too was awarded death sentence, got a stay from the court on May 10.

Supreme Court upholds Hafiz Saeed’s release from house arrest

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Saying that evidence against him was insufficient, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed two appeals challenging the release from house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

Zawahiri praises Al Qaeda leaders killed in Iraq

CAIRO - Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, praised two senior affiliates killed in a military operation in Iraq and urged the country’s militants to rally behind their cause, according to a recorded message made public Tuesday.

Pune blast suspect Bhatkal sent to police custody

MUMBAI/PUNE - A Mumbai court Tuesday remanded Abdul Samad Bhatkal, the prime suspect in the Feb 13 German Bakery bombing in Pune that killed 17 people, to police custody till June 1 in an arms case. Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) said his arrest could give leads to the conspiracy and other perpetrators of the blast.

Left realises Maoists are a threat: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - The Left parties have realised that the Maoists pose a threat to them too, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said.

Thai ex-PM Thaksin charged with terrorism related to recent Bangkok protests

Thai ex-PM Thaksin charged with terrorism

BANGKOK — A Thai court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges, accusing the fugitive former leader of fomenting two months of unrest in Bangkok that left 88 people dead.

Supreme Court rejects pleas against Hafiz Saeed’s release

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed two appeals challenging the release from house arrest of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

Attorney says Pakistani student accused of aiding Taliban never wanted to fight US troops

Attorney: Texas man didn’t want to fight US troops

Jamaica cops, soldiers invade slum stronghold where gunmen defend reputed drug kingpin

Jamaica cops attack drug lord’s slum stronghold