President asked to reject Guru’s mercy plea

NEW DELHI - The union home ministry has asked President Pratibha Patil’s office to reject parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s mercy plea, informed sources said.

Army colonel killed in Kashmir ambush

SRINAGAR - A senior army officer has been killed in a separatist guerrilla ambush in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said Wednesday.

Pistons’ F Charlie Villanueva charged with domestic assault in Canada

Pistons’ Villanueva charged with domestic assault

Man convicted of leaving toddler daughter to die in frozen Pa. playground gets life sentence

Life term imposed for daughter’s death in Pa. cold

Former police officer arrested for falsely claiming badge stopped bullet

Ex-officer arrested for false claiming he was shot

Chicago mayor says spate of gun deaths prove city needs to keep handgun ban in place

Chicago mayor defends handgun ban after shootings

Puerto Rican senator accused of approving legislation in exchange for Vegas trip, boxing match

PR senator, businessman accused of bribery scheme

Jamaican police say fugitive drug lord at center of bloody security offensive is under arrest

Police: Fugitive drug lord arrested in Jamaica

Tapes, witness at corruption trial show Blagojevich excited by value of Obama’s Senate seat

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Colorado company pleads guilty to illegally exporting military technology

Colo. company pleads guilty in military tech case

Defense Ministry: Israel launches ‘Ofek 9′ spy satellite, improving eye on Iran, other enemies

Israel launches new spy satellite ‘Ofek 9′

Jamaica media reports say drug lord at center of bloody manhunt turns himself in

Reports: Fugitive drug lord surrenders in Jamaica

NY teen pleads guilty in slaying of group home worker; will testify against co-defendant

NY teen pleads guilty in group home worker’s death

Police in Ariz. border city threatened by smugglers after 2 off-duty officers thwart drug load

Smugglers threaten police in Arizona border city

Lawmakers say officials knew of protection payments to Afghan warlords but didn’t take action

Lawmakers: Pentagon ignored payments to warlords

Critics want FBI probe of BLM horse roundups in Nev, saying leftover herd too small to survive

Critics want FBI probe of BLM’s Nev horse roundups

Judge extends Nicole Richie’s probation for 2006 drunken driving arrest until March

Judge extends Nicole Richie’s DUI probation

Cops: NY man fatally shoots 3-month-old son in front of officers who then shoot, wound him

Cops: NY man kills infant son, is shot by troopers

Police in AZ border city threatened by smugglers after off-duty officers thwarted drug load

Police in border city threatened by drug smugglers

Dallas police chief faces personal, professional crisis after son dies in weekend shootout

Son of Dallas chief dies in shootout with police

Judge lifts Obama administration’s ban on deepwater drilling as ‘heavy-handed, overbearing’

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Man sentenced to 75 years to life for killing lover, encasing body in cement in San Diego yard

San Diego man sentenced in cemented body case

27 years a tough, but not necessarily surprising, sentence for former slaughterhouse executive

Former slaughterhouse exec gets 27 years for fraud

California man sentenced to life in prison for attempt to overthrow Cambodian government

Man in attempted Cambodian coup gets prison

Witness says Blagojevich considered different ways to leverage value of Obama’s Senate seat

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Defense begins presenting its case in Oakland, Calif., train shooting trial

Defense starts in California train shooting trial

Washington Redskins guard Chad Rinehart convicted on public intoxication charge in Iowa

Redskins Rinehart convicted of public intoxication

Texas police: Girl, 14, gives birth unsupervised, helps discard body after newborn suffocates

14-year-old arrested after her newborn suffocates

Judge says Texas Rangers’ bankruptcy plan needs changes to avoid creditors’ killing it

Rangers expected to change bankruptcy plan

Defense begins presenting its case in California train station shooting trial

Defense starts in Calif. train shooting trial

Reservist charged with premeditated murder in deadly shooting of colleague at Ga. Army post

Reservist charged in fatal shooting at Ga. post

Defense Ministry says Israel launches ‘Ofek 9′ _ its latest in series of spy satellites

Israel launches new military spy satellite

After 183 referrals for disclosing classified information: 14 suspected leakers identified

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Judge blocks offshore drilling moratorium imposed by Obama administration after Gulf spill

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UK police investigating alleged Google privacy breach through public Wi-Fi networks

UK police probing alleged Google privacy breach

Federal prosecutors claim Kuwaiti logistics firm charged with fraud is ‘fugitive from justice’

Feds: Kuwaiti logistics firm fugitive from justice

UN: Peru coca production up for 4th straight year, gaining on Colombia as top producer

UN: Peru coca crop up 4th straight year

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s coca crop grew for a fourth straight year, edging the country closer to its South American neighbor Colombia in overall cultivation of the raw material of cocaine, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Cuban opposition activist found guilty of buying black-market cement, but freed on time served

Cuban dissident found guilty, then freed

HAVANA — A Cuban court found prominent opposition leader Darsy Ferrer guilty of purchasing black-market cement Tuesday, but he was released on time served since it took nearly a year for his case to go to trial.

Government responds to defense motions in Virginia piracy trial of Somali defendants

US responds to defense motions in Va. piracy case

San Diego teen charged with knifing 13-year-old mother of his child

Teen charged with knifing child’s 13-year-old mom

Bernard Madoff’s former finance chief is released on $10 million bail in NYC

Madoff’s ex-finance chief released on bail in NYC

Prosecutors say Calif man hacked into computers to extort sex videos from women, teen girls

Calif man accused of extortion through hacking

How rude: White House inquisitors fire hostile questions at Kagan to prep her for hearings

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Italy blames bacteria for making mozzarella blue; German maker insists cheese now OK

Italy: bacteria made mozzarella blue

ROME — Batches of Mozzarella balls turned blue because of bacterial contamination during production in Germany, Italian prosecutors and health officials said Tuesday, after more than a ton of the suspect cheese was seized.

Egypt court annuls government land deal with top community developer Talaat Moustafa Group

Egypt court annuls developer land deal

CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Tuesday annulled a land sale between the government and the country’s largest publicly listed property developer on grounds it was not opened to public bidding, Egypt’s Middle East News Agency reported.

Intel: Times Square bomber was eager to attack US, other suspects helped him reach Taliban

Intel: Times Square bomber was eager to attack US

NFL, CFL files, cartons of meds seized during search of charged Canadian doc’s office

Files, meds seized from Canadian doc’s office

India to recall choppers on UN work for internal actions

NEW DELHI - India has sounded out its permanent mission at the UN for “phased withdrawal” of its helicopters from peacekeeping operations in Africa for internal deployment, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said here Tuesday.

Witness says Blagojevich wondered how much businessmen might pay for Obama’s Senate seat

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Dakota Beef files federal lawsuit in South Dakota against former chief executive officer

Dakota Beef suing former CEO

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota organic beef company has sued its former chief executive, accusing him of profiting from side ventures, running up more than $67,000 in personal charges on a company credit card and forming a competing company.