Car bomb blast outside Ireland shopping mall

LONDON - A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside a shopping centre in Northern Ireland, police said.

Colorado prison escapee charged with kidnapping, other crimes

Colo. prison escapee charged with several crimes

California man who cited HIV panic convicted of killing sex client over valuable flutes

Man convicted in Calif. ‘golden flute’ slaying

Small, scandal-plagued Calif. city cancels council meeting after indicted members fail to show

Scandal-plagued Calif city cancels council meeting

Attorney for former transit officer seeks retrial in California train station shooting case

Attorney seeks retrial in CA train station death

Police: Gainesville, Fla., gunman kills self, 1 other in shooting spree; 5 wounded

Police: Florida gunman killed self, 1 other

Police say college student shot, killed in dorm at Bible college in coastal North Carolina

Police: NC Bible college student killed in dorm

Police: Gainesville, Fla., gunman killed self, 1 other in shooting spree; 5 wounded

Police: Fla. gunman kills self, 1 other, wounds 5

City council member arrested in salary scandal says he’s resigning from Bell post

Ca councilman arrested in salary scandal to quit

81-year-old charged with murder of his 94-year-old roommate at California rehab center

81-year-old charged with murder of 94-year-old man

Fort Hood shooting suspect’s mental exam set before key hearing next week

Mental exam set for Fort Hood shooting suspect

Judge Jack Camp Arrested on Charges of Buying Drug from a Stripper

Eight Germans with alleged links to Europe plot killed

PESHAWAR - Eight German nationals thought to be Islamist militants were killed Monday night in a strike by a suspected US unmanned drone in Pakistan.

Police: 2 killed, 5 wounded in Gainesville, Fla., shooting spree; suspect shoots himself

2 killed, 5 wounded in Gainesville shooting spree

Human Rights court rules that Mexico is responsible for soldier rapes of indigenous women

Human Rights Court: Mexico responsible for rapes

2 arrested in anti-gay beating at NYC bar where 1969 riot helped spur gay rights movement

2 arrested in anti-gay beating at famed NY gay bar

5 German militants killed by US strike in Pakistan amid terror alert for Europe

US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan

LA police: Alleged pimp-kidnapper may have had dozens of other young victims

Police seek possible young victims of alleged pimp

Sniper in 2nd-floor room kills brother, good Samaritan, self, police near Jersey shore say

NJ police: Sniper kills brother, Samaritan, self

Federal judge in Georgia faces drug and firearms charges after exotic dancer tips authorities

Ga. federal judge arrested on drug, gun charges

Prosecutor portrays Anna Nicole Smith as addict who pressured defendants for drugs

Prosecutor portrays Anna Nicole Smith as addict

NFL suspends Chargers SS Gregory 4 games for violating performance-enhancing substances policy

NFL suspends Chargers SS Gregory for 4 games

4 Alabama senators, 2 casino owners, top lobbyists indicted in electronic bingo probe

Casino owners, senators charged in Ala bingo probe

Vt. man accused of locking up, torturing stepson gets 18 to life in prison on sex charge

Vt. man accused of locking up stepson gets prison

Sheriff’s captain: Trainee mistook store manager’s finger for gun, fires, misses 8 times

LA sheriff: Trainee mistook store clerk for robber

2 pleas, no jail time after toddler chokes to death on carrot from NY day care teacher’s bag

2 pleas after NY toddler chokes to death on carrot

Rapper T.I. to return to federal court Oct. 15 for probation hearing after arrest in Calif.

Rapper T.I. to return to federal court Oct. 15

Prosecutor: Anna Nicole Smith was addict who pressured boyfriend, doctors for pain killers

Prosecutor: Smith was addict who pushed for drugs

Colombian inspector-general sanctions former senior officials in domestic spy scandal

Colombia metes out sanctions in spy scandal

Wis. prosecutor Kratz quits after sending sex messages to domestic assault victim

Wis. prosecutor quits after ’sexting’ abuse victim

LA police say dozens more victims possible in case of alleged pimp accused of kidnapping girls

LAPD seeks other victims of alleged child pimp

‘Big Brother 9′ champ pleads guilty to drugs, failing to file tax return for year he won $500K

‘Big Brother’ champ admits guilt in tax, drug case

Pa. firm to pay $23M for illegal bone cement tests in spine patients; 3 died in surgery

Pa. firm to pay $23M for illegal bone cement tests

NATO calls on Pakistan to open border for supplies

BRUSSELS - NATO Monday expressed regrets for the death of three Pakistani soldiers killed in its cross-border helicopter raid against Taliban militants and asked Pakistan to open the border for supplies as soon as possible.

Federal jury in Utah convicts Illinois man of 2006 Salt Lake City library bombing

Utah jury convicts Ill. man for library explosion

1 pleads guilty to conspiracy in Alabama bingo probe; 11 others indicted

1 pleads guilty to conspiracy in Ala. bingo probe

NY lawyer accuses feds of gaming the system to get wiretaps in hedge fund insider trading case

NY lawyer: Feds gamed system in hedge fund case

Report: NRC needs more tools to try to keep terrorists from getting jobs at nuclear plants

Report: Changes needed to make nuke plants secure

Wis. prosecutor Katz resigns after sending sex messages to domestic assault victim

Wis. prosecutor quits after coming on to victim

‘Die Hard’ director gets 1 year in prison for lying about Hollywood wiretapping case

Director gets 1 year in prison in wiretapping case

Jury selection begins for ex-high school athletes on hate crime charges in fatal Pa. beating

Pa. men face jury selection in hate-crime killing

Mets fire manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya

Mets fire Manuel and Minaya

NEW YORK — Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and his father Fred, the team’s owner, sat side by side and spoke for nearly three-quarters of an hour about responsibility, cultural change and thinking outside the box to bring winning back to an organization that has won little recently.

Six killed in US drone attack in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least six people were killed and three injured in a US drone attack launched late Monday in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, Xinhua reported.

Congo government says man who threw rocks at president’s motorcade committed suicide in jail

Congo: Man who threw rocks commits suicide in jail

4 Ala. state senators, casino owner and top lobbyists indicted in electronic bingo probe

Casino owner, others indicted in Ala. bingo probe

Conn. jury begins deliberating fate of man charged in home-invasion killings of woman, 2 kids

Jury deliberations begin in Conn. killings trial

Federal court jury to resume deliberating in Illinois man’s trial in Utah library blast

Utah library explosion jury to resume deliberating

Remains found in Vermont not far from where police believe grandmother was abducted

Remains found near where Vt. woman disappeared

Federal indictment: Ala. casino heads, state senators, lobbyists indicted in vote buying probe

Ala. casino heads, senators, lobbyists indicted

High court rejects appeal from Georgia death row inmate over lack of money for defense lawyers

High court won’t review Georgia capital case