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Release of names in prostitution case stirs debate
The first batch of men charged with being clients of a woman accused of turning her Zumba dance studio into a brothel included a former mayor and men ...
Over 100 militants attack Pakistani police station
A Pakistani official says over 100 militants have attacked a police station in the northwest, killing six policemen. Two of the killed policemen were ...
For dollars' worth of copper farmers out thousands
Cannon Michael is a folk hero across California's agriculture heartland, where these days the price of scrap metal influences a farmer's bottom line ...
US knew dead Zeta leader's ID before body stolen
The U.S. government knew that a suspect fatally shot by Mexican marines was the head of the widely feared Zetas drug cartel well before the marines ...
Prostitute patrons can't hide their faces anymore
Gone are the days of the nameless, faceless "john." Men who buy sex are now likely to end up with their faces splashed across the Internet or the ...
FBI in Philly reports theft of new $100 notes
The FBI is reporting an unusual heist of some newly designed $100 bills that aren't going into circulation until next year. Agent Frank Burton Jr.
Mexican mayor says boy shot by US agent 7 times
A teenage boy apparently killed this week by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was hit seven times by gunfire and died on a sidewalk just across the ...
Secret Service officer arrested after passing out
In the latest embarrassing spectacle for the Secret Service, one of its officers was found passed out and apparently drunk on a Miami street corner ...
UK promises major inquiry on 1989 stadium disaster
A U.K. watchdog has launched its biggest-ever investigation into police actions, opening a new inquiry Friday into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium ...
Influential Israeli rabbi suspected of bribery
Israeli police are investigating a prominent Israeli rabbi on suspicion that he tried to bribe a high-ranking police officer for access to sensitive ...
Source: Mexican teen killed by US BP agent
A U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people throwing rocks from across the Mexican border, killing a teenage boy and eliciting outrage ...
21 accused in NYC of selling meds on Craigslist
The Craigslist ad offered black-market Percocet pills for sale but warned potential customers: "No LE please." Meaning: No law enforcement. Like that ...
Cartels flood US with cheap meth
Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation's drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made ...
Jack Warner bans release of Trinidad crime reports
Former world soccer vice president Jack Warner wants to stop the release of crime reports and statistics in his capacity as Trinidad's national ...
Down economy exacerbating US town dissolutions
Carmen Wilkerson ran for mayor of St. George with one clear goal in mind for the tiny Missouri town: Get rid of it. Like many of St. George's 1,200 ...
Embattled San Francisco sheriff to keep his job
San Francisco's embattled sheriff will keep his job, despite his guilty plea to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge stemming from a New Year's Eve ...
Correction: Border Shooting story
In a story Oct. 8 about the funeral of a Border Patrol agent, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a horse-drawn carriage carried the ...
Detroit police chief steps down amid sex probe
Detroit's police chief stepped down Monday after a week of embarrassing revelations about a sexual relationship with a subordinate, forcing the city ...
Occupy members join police in bid to save Ga. home
Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they're now protesting alongside officers to help ...
Union: Border agents opened fire on each other
The head of the U.S. Border Patrol agents' union says the agent killed last week in a shooting in southern Arizona apparently opened fire on two ...
2 US troops, 2 Afghan policemen killed in fighting
Insurgents on Saturday killed two American troops in eastern Afghanistan, an area that has seen heavy fighting in recent months, the U.S.
FBI: Friendly fire likely in border shootings
A preliminary investigation has found friendly fire likely was to blame in a shooting that killed one federal agent and wounded another along the ...
Israeli police: American kills chef at hotel
An American man who lost his job at a Red Sea hotel in Israel shot dead a chef at the resort on Friday, then was killed himself in a shootout with ...
FBI: Workers hid scheme to sell Russia electronics
An FBI agent testified Friday that employees at a Houston company were coached to hide information about the cutting-edge microelectronics the firm ...
Mexico holds 2 in connection with border shooting
Federal police have arrested two men who may be connected with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent just north of the Mexico-Arizona ...