CEO who turned HP around resigns amid claims he falsified reports to hide relationship

HP CEO forced to resign amid harassment claims

Cuba holds closed trial for 3 armed men arrested in ‘01, linked to US anti-Castro group

Cuba tries armed men tied to US anti-Castro group

Beloved by Wall Street, HP’s CEO resigns amid claims he falsified reports to hide relationship

HP CEO abruptly resigns amid harassment claims

Conn. woman arrested after allegedly receiving stolen beer from shooter who killed 8, himself

Conn. woman arrested over stolen beer from shooter

Bodyguard testifies that Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend and doctor supplied her with drugs

Bodyguard: Anna Nicole’s boyfriend supplied drugs

UN, US designate HuJI as terrorist organisation

WASHINGTON - The UN and the US have designated Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) as a terrorist organisation and imposed sanctions on the group and its commander Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri.

NY man charged in bribery case involving Kazakhstan officials pleads guilty to tax count

Kazakh bribe case fizzles; man pleads to tax count

Calif. couple charged with conspiracy for arranging phony deportation of relative’s wife

Calif. couple charged with phony deportation

Bosnian man pleads not guilty in New York subway plot

NEW YORK - An immigrant from Bosnia-Herzegovina Friday pleaded not guilty to charges that he planned to bomb a New York subway.

Co-owner of Vt. slaughterhouse wanted on animal cruelty charges arrested in NY

Co-owner of closed Vt. slaughterhouse arrested

Lawyer to appeals court: Uphold NYC ruling limiting when website can release stock reports

Lawyer: Finance firms’ suit not free-speech attack

American Samoa prosecutor to seek death penalty if man is convicted of killing police officer

Samoa prosecutor to seek death penalty in shooting

Appeals court reverses drug conviction because police used GPS tracking device without warrant

Court reverses drug conviction in GPS case

US gets suspect extradited from Estonia to face charges in hacking case touching 280 cities

US gets suspect in hacking case that spanned world

Scottish police charge mother for murder in mystery death of US oil executive’s 3 children

American mom charged with murdering 3 children

Woman convicted of trying to extort Pitino says she had unfair trial because of coach’s fame

Woman in Pitino case claims she had unfair trial

US targets terrorist organization operating in India and Pakistan

US targets foreign terrorist group

WASHINGTON — The United States is targeting a group called Harakat-ul Jihad Islami it says supports al-Qaida operations and has been involved in attacks against the Pakistani government.

NY man charged in bribery case involving Kazakhstan officials pleads guilty to a misdemeanor

NY man accused of Kazakhstan bribery pleads guilty

Cops won’t say if they’re looking at possible racism at Conn. warehouse where man killed 8

Cops mum on probe of Conn. shooter’s racism claim

For now, ex-lobbyist chooses to fight charges rather than cooperate with federal prosecutors

Lobbyist: What stories does he have to tell?

Judge throws out Craigslist lawsuit against SC attorney general, says filing is premature

Judge throws out Craigslist lawsuit against SC AG

Mich. police look for suspected serial killer believed to have killed 5, wounded 8 with knife

Mich. police search for suspected serial killer

Marilyn Buck, radical jailed 25 years for role in deadly Brink’s heist, dies in NY at age 62

Radical jailed for role in deadly heist dies in NY

Lawyers, judge schedule start of Bonds’ long-delayed perjury trial for March 21

Bonds perjury trial set for March 21

SAN FRANCISCO — Slugger Barry Bonds will stand trial on federal perjury charges in March.

Fight between rival gangs at Mexican border prison leaves at least 14 inmates dead

At least 14 dead in clash at Mexican border prison

APNewsBreak: Colorado gov. candidate reaches deal to repay money he got for plagiarized essays

Colorado gov. candidate makes deal to repay money

Scottish police issue arrest warrant for mother in mystery death of US oil executive’s 3 kids

Mom to be arrested in mystery death of 3 kids

Two US tobacco companies settle bribery charges with SEC, Justice Department

Tobacco companies settle bribery charges

WASHINGTON — Two American tobacco companies are paying nearly $30 million to settle charges that they bribed foreign officials to get lucrative overseas tobacco sales contracts.

Pitt coach Wannstedt comfortable reinstating Sheard

Pitt coach comfortable reinstating Sheard

PITTSBURGH — Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt is comfortable with his decision not to hold defensive end Jabaal Sheard out of game action, even though Sheard threw a man through a Pittsburgh art gallery’s glass door during a fight last month.

Universal Corp. to pay $9M to DOJ, SEC in settlement of bribery investigation

Universal Corp. to pay $9M to settle bribery probe

Bodyguard testifies that Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend, doctor supplied her with drugs

Bodyguard: Anna Nicole’s boyfriend supplied drugs

Trash-filled apartment hinders investigation of 4 bodies found in DC suburb

4 bodies found in trash-filled apartment near DC

Dutch police suspect woman of killing 3 of her own babies, hiding remains in attic

Dutch woman suspected of killing her babies

AP Interview: Pakistan’s president says door open to negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban

AP Interview: Zardari open to Taliban talks

Ex-NFL offensive lineman Skrepenak gets 2-year federal prison sentence in Pa. corruption case

Ex-NFL lineman gets prison on Pa. corruption rap

UAE confirms terror attack on Japanese tanker

Abu Dhabi, Aug 6 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates Coast Guard Friday confirmed the terror attack on a Japanese tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week, saying a boat loaded with explosives had hit the vessel.

Swedish Web hosting firm confirms WikiLeaks link, reveals server site outside Stockholm

Swedish Web hosting firm confirms WikiLeaks link

Man accused of joining al-Qaida plot to bomb NYC subways in suicide attack pleads not guilty

Man charged in NYC subway plot pleads not guilty

US sees significant increase in Greek terrorism; militant groups spawned by 2008 riots

US sees spike in Greek terrorism

ATHENS, Greece — Domestic terrorism increased significantly in Greece last year following riots in Dec. 2008 sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager, the U.S. State Department says in an annual report on terrorism.

16 civilians killed in Afghanistan, ISAF says

KABUL - An operation by international and Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan claimed at least four civilian casualties, while roadside bombs killed 12 civilians, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

Police investigate mystery deaths in Scotland of American oil executive’s 3 children

Mystery over death of US oil executive’s children

Virginia inmate accused in 2nd prison slaying had befriended victim, his mother

Man tied to 2nd prison killing befriended victim

Six injured in Manipur grenade attack

IMPHAL - At least six people were injured, two of them critically, in a grenade attack Friday in the restive northeastern state of Manipur, officials said.

Former German spies could face punishment over profiles on business networking website

German spies may face punishment over Internet use

Journalism groups condemn a reporter’s arrest, fearing a media clampdown in South Africa

Media clampdown fears in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG — Journalism groups say they are dismayed by the arrest of a South African reporter.

Police in Michigan are looking for apparent serial killer in deaths of 5 men, wounding of 8

Michigan police search for apparent serial killer

Egyptian woman in an unusual account tells TV of alleged police rape

Egyptian woman tells TV of alleged police rape

Maoist, aide arrested in West Bengal

KOLKATA - A Maoist wanted in a murder case and his associate have been arrested in West Bengal’s Bankura district, police said Friday.

Gunman, 3 other men, sentenced for carrying out huge jewel heist at London’s Graff Diamonds

Gunman, 3 others, sentenced for huge jewel heist

Two BSF troopers killed by terrorists in Tripura

AGARTALA - In the first major terror strike in Tripura this year, at least two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were killed Friday in a bomb blast triggered by insurgents near the border with Bangladesh, police said.