Lance Armstrong’s lawyer demands prosecutors stop leaks of investigation

Lance Armstrong’s lawyer: ‘Stop leaks’

AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong’s attorney sent a letter to the federal prosecutor investigating the seven-time Tour de France winner and his associates for possible fraud and doping violations, complaining about leaks to the media.

Man says son who died in Afghanistan allegedly killed by fellow US Marine

Man says son allegedly killed by fellow US Marine

Man arrested at Mexico City airport with 18 tiny endangered monkeys stuffed inside girdle

Man caught smuggling 18 monkeys at Mexico airport

As hunt for killers continues, slain officer’s friends say he was looking forward to retiring

Friends: Slain cop looking forward to retirement

Ana Barbara or bodyguard? Victim’s family accuses Grammy-winning crooner in Cancun hit-and-run

Latin Grammy-winner in Cancun hit-and-run

CANCUN, Mexico — Latin Grammy-winner Ana Barbara is under investigation in a hit-and-run in Cancun that left a 79-year-old woman dead.

Prosecutors charge Dolphins player Merling with felony battery against pregnant girlfriend

Dolphin charged with battery against girlfriend

Police arrest 17-year-old in weekend shootings in downtown Indianapolis that wounded 9

Teen arrested in downtown Indianapolis shooting

Al Qaeda accuses Arab leaders of surrender to Israel

CAIRO - Al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri blasted Arab leaders for having “surrendered” to Israel after their last summit in March, according to a new message posted on Islamist websites.

New concerns by creditors in Texas Rangers bankruptcy case could delay or halt sale

Creditors raise new concerns over Rangers’ sale

Blagojevich’s brother says offer of millions if Jackson got the Senate seat ‘a joke’

Time for Mayweather to step up and fight Pacquiao if he’s really concerned about legacy

Time for Mayweather to fight Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. lives in what he calls his Big Boy house, a $9.5 million golf course mansion he likes to show off whenever HBO trots out its “24/7″ show to promote his fights.

KeyCorp reaches deal for consumer, commercial fraud detection with Nice Systems unit

KeyCorp inks deal for fraud detection with Nice

Arizona and RI immigration measures similar in spirit but separated by key differences

RI, Ariz. immigrant measures diverge on key points

US appeals court grants bail to ex-media mogul Conrad Black pending appeal of fraud conviction

Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black

Conn. man appears in court on murder, sex assault charges in teen’s death at religious site

Suspect in killing of Conn. teen charged in court

US appeals court grants bail to ex-media baron Conrad Black pending appeal of fraud conviction

Court grants bail to jailed ex-press baron Black

Toyota settles patent dispute with hybrid technology maker Paice; terms not disclosed

Toyota settles Prius patent dispute with tech firm

Attorneys: Accused Somali pirates were blindfolded, handcuffed without access to interpreter

Attorneys: Accused pirates blindfolded, handcuffed

Blogger to cooperate with probe, ending free speech fight in lost iPhone saga

Free speech fight ends quietly in lost iPhone saga

Man pleads not guilty to murdering couple, unborn child in Southern California beach house

Man pleads not guilty in Calif. beach house deaths

Judge extends order blocking Oklahoma law requiring women to have ultrasounds before abortions

Judge extends order blocking Okla. abortion law

3rd ex-Iowa education contractor employee pleads guilty to looking at Obama student loan info

NY man who admitted lacing wife’s coffee with lethal cyanide gets 19 years to life in prison

NY man gets 19 years to life in wife’s poisoning

9-year-old boy who was shot in head in domestic violence case has died

2nd person dies in Spokane shootings

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A 9-year-old boy who was shot in the head is the second person to die in what authorities are calling a violent domestic dispute.

Abducted 7-year-old Calif. girl placed with foster family after being found in Phoenix

Abducted Calif. girl, 7, placed with foster family

Prosecutors could seek to have Barefoot Bandit _ and mom _ forego movie, book deal profits

Could feds keep Barefoot Bandit, mom from profit?

Are negative ads the new campaign normal? Dirt flies in scores of political races

Dirty diapers, huckster, political ads go negative

Ex-LTTE rebels to apply for university courses

COLOMBO - Over 300 former Tamil Tiger rebels, currently under rehabilitation, will sit for an examination that would prepare them for higher education in the universities, the government said Monday.

Blagojevich’s brother testifies that he never tied campaign cash to government business

Bodo rebels will negotiate if handled properly: Army chief

SHILLONG - Army Chief General V.K. Singh Monday said he was confident that the rebel National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) would come to the negotiating table if they are “handled properly”.

Yemeni-American cleric says Obama will bog down US forces in just like Afghanistan

Former Suriname military dictator Desi Bouterse elected president in parliamentary vote

Suriname ex-dictator Bouterse elected president

Russian court gives alleged underworld kingpin to 10 years in jail for racketeering, gambling

Russian court gives crime kingpin 10 years

Maoists damage school in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR J - Nearly a hundred Maoists damaged a school building Monday in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said.