Prosecutors charge 38 people in $20M black market travel scam that used stolen credit cards

Feds charge 38 in black market travel scheme

San Diego foster mom convicted of grand theft for hoarding charity toys

San Diego foster mom convicted of grand theft

Feds indict founder, director of The Hawaii Cannabis Ministry, 13 others

14 Hawaii religious marijuana advocates indicted

5 men charged with stealing $200,000 worth of TVs in California freight train heist

5 charged in California freight train cargo theft

SC state police won’t file any charges after reviewing jobless Senate candidate’s finances

SC nominee to face no state charge for filing fee

Mexican judge acquits man in precursor drug case linked to $205 million cash seizure

Mexico judge acquits man in cash-seizure drug case

LA-area schools seek movie productions to earn extra bucks as state dollars dry up

Cash-hungry LA schools seek movie shoots on campus

Prostitution sting yields bonus: seizure of 95 pounds of cocaine in Wash. state

95 pounds of cocaine seized in Wash. state

Betancourt seeks $6.8 million in damages for Colombian hostage ordeal

Betancourt seeks $6.8 million for kidnapping

Citing political persecution, owner of Venezuuela’s anti-Chavez TV channel seeks help from OAS

Owner of anti-Chavez TV seeks help from OAS

Boston federal judge drastically cuts $675K penalty against student in song-sharing case

Boston judge cuts penalty in song-sharing case

Panamanian court drops money laundering charges against former Nicaraguan president

Panama charges dropped against ex-Nicaragua leader

Text of Johannes Mehserle’s apology letter in California transit shooting case

Text of apology letter in transit shooting case

Schwarzenegger signs $20M settlement with woman who was kidnapped, held captive

Schwarzenegger signs $20M kidnapping settlement

RadarOnline posts recording of Mel Gibon’s alleged racist, sexist rant to ex-girlfriend

Website posts recording of racist Gibson rant

She may not have known her husband’s name _ was NY columnist a willing spy or a wife betrayed?

Spy mystery: Was NY columnist a wife betrayed?

Verdict sets stage for what could be explosive sentencing in Calif. transit killing case

Angry protesters eye sentencing in transit killing

Los Angeles police say mom fatally stabbed 10-year-old daughter, then tried to kill self

LA police: Girl dies after she is stabbed by mom

Speedy end to riveting spy swap: Quiet switch in Vienna, then jets heading back East and West

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley
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2 Tennessee players charged after early morning bar brawl; police say more could be charged

2 Tennessee players charged after bar brawl

Jeremy Green, son of former NFL coach, arrested in Conn. on child porn charge, loses ESPN job

Son of former NFL coach held on child porn charge

Calif transit cop apologizes in letter, says he’ll always ‘live, breathe’ with victim’s memory

Mehserle writes letter apologizing for shooting

Cops to probe more than 30 cold cases for possible LA serial killer connection

Cops to probe cold cases for serial killer ties

Florida suspect in 2 police officer shooting deaths now faces charges in 4 killings

Fla. man in officer deaths charged in 4 killings

UK police say they have found fugitive wanted for murder and are negotiating with him

UK police negotiate with murder suspect

LONDON — British police said Friday they were negotiating with a murder suspect they had found after searching for him for a week.

Sheen’s court date in domestic violence case postponed until Aug. 2

Charlie Sheen’s court date postponed

ASPEN, Colo. — A court hearing during which actor Charlie Sheen was expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife has been postponed.

Patent holder that won hefty RIM settlement sues other smart phone makers over e-mail patents

Patent holder sues smart phone makers over patents

Ohio woman gets 6 months for lying to government about fugitive sister in corporate fraud case

Ohio sister of fugitive ex-executive gets 6 months

Lions president Tom Lewand pleads guilty to impaired driving, gets 6 months of probation

Lions’ Lewand pleads guilty to impaired driving

LA police chief: Cold case detectives to re-examine 30-plus killings for ‘Grim Sleeper’ ties

LA ‘Grim Sleeper’ probe to check unsolved killings

Into the cold: Swapped spies face uncertain lives, reality of modern-day Russia

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Pa. baseball coach charged with punching son after the boy was thrown out of a game

Pa. baseball coach accused of punching ejected son

Colorado woman gets 30 days in jail for taping boyfriend’s dog to refrigerator in jealous fit

Woman who taped dog to fridge gets 30 days in jail

WH official: US considered idea of spy swap as early as June 11 _ well ahead of arrests

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley
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Feds will investigate California transit killing by officer found guilty by state jury

Feds opening investigation into transit killing

Disgraced ex-Orange County sheriff convicted of witness tampering got $215,000 in ‘09 pension

Disgraced ex-Calif. sheriff got $215,000 pension

2nd Tennessee player charged after early morning bar brawl; police say more could be charged

2nd Tennessee player charged after bar brawl

New federal charges returned against 11 suspected Somali pirates in attacks on 2 Navy warships

New US charges against 11 suspected Somali pirates

ESPN analyst Jeremy Green, son of former NFL coach, arrested in Conn. on child porn charge

ESPN analyst held in Conn. on child porn charge

Former top Russian spy Sergei Tretyakov dies 10 years after defecting to US

Former top Russian spy Sergei Tretyakov dies at 53

Norway arrests alleged bomb plotters, but trial might be hindered by legal problems

Norwegian terror trial could face problems

Betancourt seeks $6.5 million in damages for Colombian hostage ordeal

Betancourt seeks $6.5 million for kidnapping

Germany’s top bishop acknowledges mistakes in handling case of pedophile priest

German bishop acknowledges abuse scandal mistakes

Iowa DE Broderick Binns arrested on drunken driving charge, coach says he will be suspended

Iowa DE Binns arrested on drunken driving charge

Maoists’ bid to blast police vehicle fails

RAIPUR - Maoists Friday made a failed bid to blow up a police vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said.

Gov’t Official: CIA chief Panetta worked out details of spy swap with Russian counterpart

Official: CIA’s Panetta launched spy swap talks

2nd Tennessee player arrested after early morning bar brawl; police say more could be charged

2nd Tennessee player arrested after bar brawl

From Rift Valley Fever to terror fears, doomsday scenarios fade in glow of World Cup success

Doomsday scenarios that preceded World Cup fade

Tennessee freshman Rogers arrested after bar brawl; police say other Vols may be involved

Tennessee freshman Rogers arrested after bar brawl

US Justice Department says the swap in the Russian spy case has been successfully completed

DOJ announces successful completion of spy swap