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Widening sex scandal rocks Texas Air Force base
From a chapel pulpit on Lackland Air Force Base, where every American airman reports for basic training, Col. Glenn Palmer delivered his first order ...
Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky insists he's not guilty
As Jerry Sandusky insisted through a lawyer Monday that he is not guilty of sexually abusing children, a juror who voted to convict the retired Penn ...
Teacher, students arrested in hazing investigation
Police said Monday they have arrested a masonry teacher and four students as they investigate allegations of brutal hazing at a summer school in ...
Conn. cops: Dylan McDermott's mom murdered in '67
A reopened police investigation has concluded that actor Dylan McDermott's mother was killed in 1967 by her now-dead gangster boyfriend.
Armstrong: USADA investigators violating rules
Lance Armstrong filed a scathing response Friday to the latest doping allegations against him, accusing the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of violating its ...
Air Force training head orders misconduct probe
The head of the Air Force's training command ordered an independent investigation into instructor misconduct Friday amid a scandal at a Texas base ...
Expert: Poor plan led to Calif cop-on-cop shooting
Knowing that one of their officers was having sex with a 17-year-old Explorer program member, police in the central coast city of Santa Maria hatched ...
Friday a key deadline as Armstrong case ramps up
Lance Armstrong faces a Friday deadline to file a formal response to the latest allegations that he was doping during his seven consecutive Tour de ...
Fla. police chief at center of Martin probe fired
The central Florida police chief who was strongly criticized for his agency's initial investigation of Trayvon Martin's slaying was fired Wednesday, ...
Wis. company that sold to Va. Tech gunman closes
An online weapons dealer who sold the handgun used in the Virginia Tech massacre and provided equipment in two other mass shootings has quietly closed ...
$5M in stolen artifacts returned to Polish museum
Stolen documents, military medals and other artifacts valued at about $5 million — including letters signed by Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson ...
GOP House committee holds AG Holder in contempt
Setting up a potential constitutional confrontation, a Republican-controlled House panel voted Wednesday to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for ...
Ill. investigated parents of kids tied at Walmart
An Illinois couple arrested after two of their five children were found bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot in Kansas were investigated for ...
Clemens acquittal latest blow for sports cases
Barry Bonds. Guilty on a technicality. At least that's how much of the public sees it. It's all that came out of a seven-year investigation into ...
Goodell hears bounty appeals from players
The NFL went public Monday with some of its evidence against the four players suspended for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty program.
Nalbandian fined $12K and faces assault inquiry
David Nalbandian was fined the maximum $12,560 and placed under police investigation for assault after kicking an advertising board and injuring a ...
Cartel money laundering cases tough but critical
When it comes to arresting drug traffickers and dismantling organized crime, the investigation into a U.S. horse racing operation allegedly laundering ...
Pope to meet with cardinals investigating leaks
Pope Benedict XVI is getting a briefing from the three cardinals he appointed in April to investigate a series of leaked Vatican documents that have ...
NYPD probe report of gunshots in Chris Brown brawl
New York City police are investigating whether shots were fired inside a nightclub during a bottle-throwing brawl involving singer Chris Brown and ...
Police detain Nigeria lawmaker who led fuel probe
Police in Nigeria say they detained and questioned a federal lawmaker who led a probe into the country's mismanaged gasoline subsidy program that ...
Russian investigator denies threatening reporter
Russia's top investigator denied Thursday that he threatened to kill an investigative reporter over a story that lambasted his agency, but apologized ...
US Anti-Doping Agency charges Armstrong
Lance Armstrong is facing more doping allegations just a few months after he thought he had finally put them to rest. Although federal investigators ...