San Diego coroner says its unclear how migrant died after US agents shot him with stun gun

Coroner: Unclear how migrant died in US custody

Man who kidnapped 5-year-old girl in Phoenix on Christmas Day gets 30-year prison sentence

Man gets prison term for Phoenix girl abduction

Panel: Top Texas criminal judge accused of turning away death row inmate’s appeal can keep job

Top Texas criminal judge warned but keeps job

Texas officer appeals excessive force suspension in racially charged case caught on dash cam

Texas officer appeals excessive force suspension

Lawyer: Lohan staying at substance abuse facility as she prepared to go to jail

Lawyer: Lohan staying at substance abuse facility

Authorities focus on couple who raised abducted Calif girl for 7 years

Police focus on couple who raised abducted girl

Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill suspended for season opener by NFL

Seahawks Hill suspended 1 game by NFL

RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill will miss the season opener after being suspended by the NFL on Friday for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

Authorities in Los Angeles, Phoenix investigate couple who raised abducted child as their own

Ariz. couple probed in abducted Calif. girl case

Texas mayor believed to have killed self, daughter, had financial trouble, grieved for spouse

Texas mayor who killed self had financial troubles

Celebrity lawyer Robert Shapiro agrees to represent Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan hires celebrity lawyer Shapiro

Feds launch largest Medicare fraud bust, charging 94 in 5 states for $251 million scams

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Police: Pa. teacher faked inoperable brain tumor for years, forged papers to take sick leave

Police: Pa. teacher faked inoperable brain tumor

30 Al Qaeda suspects arrested in Yemen

SANA’A - At least 30 people, suspected to be members of terror outfit Al Qaeda were arrested during a security operation in Yemen, a senior minister said.

Judge rejects Schwarzenegger request to force minimum wage on state workers

Judge rejects Schwarzenegger minimum wage request

Texas mayor who killed self, apparently daughter, was in financial trouble, grieved for spouse

Texas mayor who killed self had financial trouble

AIG to pay $725 million to settle class-action fraud suit involving Ohio pensions

AIG agrees to pay $725M to investors in settlement

Pastor says Dallas-area mayor who killed herself had financial troubles

Pastor says dead Texas mayor had financial woes

Spies for 30 years, State Department analyst and wife sentenced for stealing secrets for Cuba

US analyst, wife sentenced for spying for Cuba

NY man admits making hoax 911 call saying minorities in van on NJ Turnpike were carrying guns

NY man: 911 call about gun-toting minorities a lie

US to add radical American-born cleric accused of inciting attacks to terror blacklist

US-born radical cleric added to terror blacklist

Harvard’s JFK school revokes master’s degree given to Russian spy, citing misrepresentation

Harvard revokes degree given to Russian spy

Venezuela opens coffin of independence hero Simon Bolivar to investigate death

Venezuela opens Bolivar’s tomb to examine remains

Inspector general watching over Afghan reconstruction gets poor grade in peer review

Poor grades to watchdog for Afghan reconstruction

NFL suspends Packers DL Johnny Jolly indefinitely, will miss at least 2010 season

NFL suspends Packers DL Jolly indefinitely

Iranian scientist who left CIA embrace will face hard question in native land

Iranian defector could spend rest of life in fear

Feds pursue charges in NY against man accused of abuse in Haiti after Conn. judge tosses case

Charges filed in New York in Haiti sex-abuse case

Federal appeals panel upholds 3-year prison tax sentence for film star Wesley Snipes

Federal panel upholds Wesley Snipes tax sentence

Fed judge rules law penalizing fake military heroes is unconstitutional, dismisses Colo. case

Judge: Law penalizing fake heroes unconstitutional

Utah identifies at least 2 state workers allegedly behind list of purported illegal immigrants

Utah identifies 2 allegedly behind immigrant list

Calf. judge rejects change of venue for trial of man accused of killing Angels pitcher

Change of venue denied in Adenhart death trial

DEA agents sweep Puerto Rico housing projects, net dozens in raid on violent drug gang

DEA nets dozens in raid on PR housing projects

Appeals court questions US designation of Iranian opposition group as terrorist organization

Appeals court sides with Iranian dissident group

Ohio police say woman who tried to sell $10K LeBron James pendant is a suspect in the case

Police: Ohioan a suspect in stolen LeBron pendant

Clooney says photos linking him to Italian fashion line are fake, wows courtroom in Italy

George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand

NY gov signs law removing information from stop-frisk database; NYC mayor, top cop decry move

NY governor signs law limiting stop-frisk database

Obama condemns deadly attack on Iranian mosque

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama strongly condemned the “outrageous terrorist attacks” on a mosque in southeastern Iran that killed at least 27 people.

Activist group wants killing, dragging of SC black man declared hate crime, locals not so sure

Group: Dragging of slain SC man is a hate crime

Conservative member of Britain’s House of Lords charged with false accounting in expenses row

UK peer charged with false accounting of expenses

German Lutheran bishop accused of failing to thoroughly investigate abuse resigns

First woman Lutheran bishop resigns

BERLIN — The first woman ever elected as a Lutheran bishop has resigned from her post in northern Germany amid allegations she failed to thoroughly investigate reports of a sexually abusive pastor.

Video shows Albany, NY, police officer fatally shooting man who had run down another officer

Video shows police officer fatally shooting NY man

Teenager dubbed ‘Barefoot Bandit’ soon headed back to Wash. to face charges in 2-year spree

Teen dubbed ‘Barefoot Bandit’ soon headed to Wash.

Stray bullet kills boy in Rio classroom during clash between police, drug traffickers

Rio schoolboy killed by stray bullet from shootout

Retired State Department worker in spy case gets life in prison, wife sentenced to 81 months

In spy case, man gets life, wife 81 months

Int’l judges reject extraditing Kosovo terror suspect to US on legal grounds, then free him

Judges won’t extradite Kosovo terror suspect to US

Norway al-Qaida case highlights special Scandinavian counterterrorism strategy

Norway al-Qaida case highlights terror strategy

Fla. detectives: Porn stars texted plans in days, hours before they killed tattoo shop owner

Porn actors accused of killing Fla. tattoo artist

Ohio sexual offender arrested while waiting outside prison for brother’s execution to finish

Ohio sex offender nabbed while brother is executed

Report: German Protestant bishop accused of failing to thoroughly investigate abuse to resign

Report: First woman Lutheran bishop to resign

Report: German Protestant bishop set to resign amid abuse allegations

Report: Bishop to resign amid abuse allegations

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