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- NYC prosecutor Morgenthau _ inspiration for ‘Law & Order’ DA _ retires after 35 years
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- Iran’s supreme leader blames top opposition members, reformists for country’s turmoil
- Authorities identify manager killed by ex-employee at tribe’s Calif. gaming commission office
- Man arrested in 1986 Conn. slaying months after another was exonerated by DNA
- NYC man arrested in 1986 Conn. slaying; Conn. man had served 20 years before being exonerated
- Former Catholic archbishop sentenced to 8 years for abuse of seminarian in Argentina
- Hard-liners support Iran’s government in mass rallies, police threaten to crush protesters
- Iranian police say nephew of opposition leader was assassinated, not by security forces
- Authorities say gunman killed man, then himself in Southern California tribal gaming office
- Authorities say gunman killed a man, then himself in Southern California tribal gaming office
- San Francisco sees 54 percent dip in homicides; overall number lowest in almost 40 years
- Police: Fla. woman set on fire as part of 11-year-old daughter’s plot to kill her
- NY Senate committee holds final hearing to decide fate of senator convicted of assault
- Afghan general: Afghan soldier kills 1 American service member, wounds 2 Italian soldiers
- Police: 3 people killed, 1 wounded when gunmen open fire at Detroit home; victims shot in head
- Gunmen kill 5 Sunni guards, including 1 by beheading, in central Iraqi village
- Man wrongfully convicted of 3 rapes settles suit against Boston for $3.5M
- Rapper Lil Wayne holds hometown farewell show for fans before he heads to jail
- Authorities: Sheriff’s deputy wounded in ambush shoot-out at home in Washington state dies
- Charlie Sheen’s wife tells police he put knife to her throat, threatened to kill her
- Suriname police pursue anti-migrant rioters accused of rape, arson, looting
- Sheen’s wife tells police he put knife to her throat, threatened to kill her
- Group urges US church leaders, Irish government to reveal clergy sex abuse scandal connections
- Pittsburgh council OKs $3.8 million settlement to man wrongly imprisoned 19 years for rape
- Detroit mother charged with murder, accused of beating baby Christmas Eve, hiding evidence
- In 911 call, woman says she is Sheen’s wife and that he threatened her with knife
- Iran holds bodies of slain protesters, possibly in effort to avert protests during funerals
- NJ man pleads not guilty to reckless manslaughter in death of boy shot by 6-year-old brother
- Sacramento fisherman pleads not guilty to shooting sea lion in head because it was eating fish
- Suspect in kidnapping of 11-year-old Md. girl later found dead is ordered held without bond
- Fewer law enforcement officers died on the job in 2009 while decade was safer despite Sept. 11
- New York City police commissioner, mayor announce record-setting crime reduction for 2009
- New York City officials to announce record-setting crime reduction this year
- Sour economy, missing soldier and public wolf hunts top Idaho news stories of 2009
- Former Finnish Olympic ski jump champion Nykanen arrested for alleged attack on wife
- Chinese authorities check children, shut battery plant after 40 kids suffer lead poisoning
- Two portraits of Rachel Yould emerge; one a victim, one a schemer
- Man, 2 girls shot and wounded at waterfront restaurant in San Francisco; all expected to live
- Experts: Explosive used in Detroit attempt common and easily detectible
- Charlie Sheen accused of using weapon in alleged case of domestic violence in Aspen
- Brazilian priest: 7 killed, hundreds homeless after Suriname riot against foreign workers
- Police identify suspect in kidnapping, molestation of rescued 5-year-old Phoenix girl
- Israeli forces kill 3 suspects in West Bank raids; 3 Palestinians die in Gaza strike
- 3 Fatah activists slain in Israeli raid in West Bank; 3 Palestinians killed in Gaza strike
- NATO: Taliban commander dies in mosque shootout; American service member killed in bomb attack
- Charlie Sheen released from jail in Colo. after being arrested on domestic violence charges
- Actor Charlie Sheen arrested in Colorado on domestic violence charges, held without bond
- Ark. Salvation Army major fatally shot in front of 3 young children during attempted robbery
- Fire officials say children, ages 10 and 12, killed in Ky. Christmas fire, grandparents hurt
- Salvation Army major fatally shot in front of his 3 young children at Arkansas center
- At Rainbow’s End farm, no pot of gold as Zimbabwe’s farm mayhem spreads and food crisis looms
- Tenn. man accused of holding 3 hostage in Va. post office served time for shooting ex-wife
- LA man charged with murder after ex-girlfriend’s body is found in parked car
- Northern Calif. authorities step up patrols for shooter who narrowly missed 6 motorists
- Los Angeles sees 10 percent drop in violent crime during 2009
- Russian president orders reform of the nation’s police force
- Gunmen kill Israeli man in shooting attack on West Bank road
- Lawyer: Gerry Adams’ brother won’t surrender to Belfast police over daughter-rape charges
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- Grand jury rules that shooting of unarmed black man by Illinois police was justified
- Report: Japanese man accused in slaying of British teacher faces murder charge
- Assault charge dropped for Pa. man accused of hurting toddler triplet he says fell down stairs
- Patrols boosted in Northern California county after shots narrowly miss 6 motorists
- 2 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Baton Rouge, La., office; former employee in custody
- Mexican prosecutor says 4 Zeta members detained in revenge attack on marine hero’s family
- Texas border mayor says he, Mexican officials he was with weren’t targets in drive-by shooting
- 2 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Baton Rouge, La., office; suspect in custody
- Colombian governor believed to have been slain shortly after his abduction by presumed rebels
- Ala. prison escapees, accomplices plead guilty in June standoff, shootout in North Dakota
- Man who pleaded guilty in 4th of July quadruple homicide in Milwaukee gets 20 years in prison
- Wisconsin judge orders 1 trial for Milwaukee man charged in serial killings of 7 women
- Search postponed for remains of Vt. grandmother who police say was killed, buried by relatives
- Mass. woman pleads not guilty to killing pregnant friend, cutting baby from womb
- NC detectives collect bank statements from home where elderly woman’s corpse hidden for months
- Singer Amy Winehouse charged in connection with alleged assault at London theater, police say
- Conn.’s top prison says inmate slashed guard’s throat with homemade blade, prompting lockdown
- Italy drops plans to crack down on Internet sites after Berlusconi attack
- Grim end to governor’s abduction shows deadly threat still posed by leftist rebels in Colombia
- Jurors recommend death penalty for man convicted of killing California police officer
- LA man whose conviction was overturned after serving 26 years in prison sues city, police
- Gunmen open fire at Mexican restaurant where state prosecutor dines with Texas mayor
- Seattle police say mother and infant daughter shot to death; search on for person of interest
- Prosecutors drop charges against southwest Mo. pastor accused of child sex abuse
- Del. police: Videos show pediatrician sexually attacking at least 16 victims
- Abducted Colombian governor found dead less than 24 hours after kidnapping by suspected rebels
- Rebels blamed for Colombian governor’s kidnapping; 1st major political abduction in years
- Police feared terrorist attack after arrest of Jackson for child molestation in 2003
- Another police shooting in Washington state leaves 2 officers badly wounded, gunman dead
- Slaying of Mexican drug war hero’s family sends chilling message to troops battling cartels
- Police feared terrorist attack after arrest of Jackson for child molestation
- Police say shooter targeting moving cars in Cleveland suburb; 4 vehicles hit since August
- 2 Pa. teens plead not guilty to federal hate crime in immigrant’s beating death
- Mass. youth soccer coaches accused of raping teen player in 2003-04; both plead not guilty
