Barkeep whose flaming liquor show was seen in ‘Real Housewives of NYC’ arrested for ‘fireball’

NY barkeep famed for flaming liquor stunt arrested

Israeli police officers wounded in West Bank shooting attack

Israeli police officers wounded in shooting attack

Maoists who abducted intelligence officer arrested

RANCHI - Two of the Maoists who abducted an intelligence officer in Jharkhand and who was later beheaded have been arrested, police said Monday.

Live action updates from Game 5 of the NBA finals between longtime rivals Celtics, Lakers

Live updates from Game 5 of the NBA finals

Arkansas fullback Van Stumon faces DWI, other charges

Razorback fullback Stumon faces DWI charge

Indonesians cast aside social taboos to grapple with first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal

Celeb sex-tape scandal hits taboos in Indonesia

Pakistan’s main spy agency still arms, trains Taliban despite US pressure, research says

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Mexico arrests ex-homicide detective accused as killer for alleged US-born drug trafficker

Mexico nabs ally of reputed US-born drug smuggler

Dallas police say Titans QB Vince Young cited for assault after fight at strip club

Police: Vince Young cited for assault in Dallas

Dallas police say no arrests planned after strip club incident involving Titans QB Vince Young

Police: No arrests planned after Young altercation

Los Angeles Kings assistant coach Mark Hardy resigns, faces 4th-degree sex abuse charge

LA Kings assistant facing sex abuse charge resigns

Indigenous landowners briefly kidnap 13 Mexican reporters on gov’t tour to promote tourism

Mexican reporters on gov’t tourism trip kidnapped

Oregon boy’s disappearance reclassified as criminal case; $25,000 reward offered

Disappearance of Oregon boy classified as criminal

For Dutch murder suspect Van der Sloot, a five-year slide of world travel, poker and lies

Bracketed by crimes: Van der Sloot’s last 5 years

California man behind $50M Ponzi scheme was accountant by day, Vegas high-roller by night

Long-running Calif. Ponzi scheme preyed on elderly

Ponzi scheme operator swindle family, friends, elderly out of $50 million

Long-running Ponzi scheme exposed

SAN FRANCISCO — Roberto Heckscher’s double life as a meek accountant and high-rolling gambler has collapsed along with a Ponzi scheme authorities say he operated for 30 years.

Lawyer: Nacchio held in solitary, denied medication on round trip between prison, Denver court

Lawyer: Nacchio isolated, denied medicine on trip

Kagan’s work as a top government lawyer would affect tobacco case if she joins Supreme Court

Kagan confirmation would affect major tobacco case

Egyptian forces beat protesters at demonstration against police brutality

Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality

In Chicago police torture case, prosecutors must present murderers, gang members as victims

Victims are no angels in Ill. police torture case

Guyana minister says US security advisers not needed to help fight crime in violent nation

Guyana: US advisers not needed to fight crime

Florida WR Frankie Hammond Jr. arrested on DUI charge, suspended from team activities

Florida receiver Hammond arrested on DUI charge

National Guard soldiers patrol Puerto Rico’s heartland in bid to curb soaring homicide rate

US soldiers fight crime in Puerto Rico’s heartland

Chilean police: Van der Sloot initially said unidentified intruder killed woman in Peru hotel

Van der Sloot told Chile police thief killed woman

Indonesians grapple with first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal as story tops newscasts

Celebrity sex-tape scandal grips Indonesia

Egyptian cafe owner says he witnessed police beating young man to death, describes scene

Egypt cafe owner describes police beating death

Pope praises priests as a gift to church and world; doesn’t mention sex abuse scandal

Pope praises priests, despite scandal

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI hailed priests on Sunday as gifts to the world for their generous and courageous work, in a speech that didn’t mention the clergy sex abuse scandal.

Algeria Witness 9 Deaths

Algeria Bombing

Pakistan’s main spy agency still supports Taliban despite US pressure, says report

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As Supreme Court justice, Kagan would be forced to sit out some big cases, muddying outcome

Kagan would sit out some big Supreme Court cases

NY teens charged with setting snapper turtle on fire, stabbing it with pole until it died

NY teens charged with setting turtle on fire

Uruguay won’t press charges in theft; police say member of delegation may have been involved

Uruguay won’t press charges in theft

JOHANNESBURG — Uruguayan soccer officials have declined to pursue a theft case after allegations emerged that one of their own may have been responsible.

ULFA has formally expressed desire for peace talks: Gogoi

GUWAHATI - The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has formally expressed its willingness to open peace talks with the government to end more than three decades of violent insurgency in the state, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Sunday said.

Two Babbar Khalsa militants held in Punjab

CHANDIGARH - Punjab police Sunday claimed to have arrested two militants of the banned Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) from a village in the state’s Gurdaspur district.

Zardari met Taliban leaders in prison: Report

LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari recently met captured Taliban leaders in a prison to assure them that the outfit had his government’s full support, a media report said Sunday.

British contractor fights report he is mentally able to stand trial in Iraq shooting death

Iraqi trial delayed over mental health dispute

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Deputy director of China’s drug regulator dismissed amid investigation

Chinese drug regulation official fired amid probe

No reconciliation with terrorists: Thai PM

BANGKOK - Thailand’s prime minister pledged Sunday to give a newly created commission full freedom to investigate recent political violence, while working to identify and prosecute “terrorists”.