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Calif. robbery spurs chase, long campus lockdown
What began as yet another car chase on Southern California freeways turned into a saga that spanned three counties, with one of five suspects arrested ...
Police search Calif. campus for robbery suspects
Students at Cal State Fullerton who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms Wednesday afternoon prepared to stay put into the night as ...
Handcuffed suspect who took squad car arrested
Police say the theft suspect who managed to escape from the back of police squad car while handcuffed and make his getaway in the car has been ...
Correction: Gang Indictment story
In a story Dec. 6 about a racketeering indictment against dozens of alleged gang members, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age of ...
Dog theft case ripples through New Mexico town
The cases were often heartbreaking: Families coming home to find their dogs had vanished from inside houses, behind locked fences and outdoor kennels ...
Med tech in hepatitis C case pleads not guilty
A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C through contaminated syringes pleaded not guilty to the ...
US government releases once-secret Watergate files
Watergate Judge John J. Sirica aided the prosecution in pursuing the White House connection to the Democratic headquarters break-in by providing the ...
Couple convicted of stealing GM trade secrets
A former General Motors engineer with access to the automaker's hybrid technology was convicted Friday along with her husband of stealing trade ...
4 Hofstra basketball players charged in burglaries
Four Hofstra University basketball players were arrested on burglary charges stemming from dormitory room break-ins, police said Friday.
Multi-million gold heist from Curacao boat
Masked men in jackets emblazoned with the word "police" boarded a fishing boat Friday in Curacao and stole 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.
Slain Minn. teens may be tied to earlier burglary
A car linked to two Minnesota teens who were fatally shot during an alleged home burglary on Thanksgiving Day contained prescription drugs that had ...
Addiction counselor charged with murder in DUI
The convertible hit Phillip Moreno so hard that it knocked him out of his shoes and lodged him in the windshield. As he lay dying on the hood, police ...
Minn. man says he 'fired more shots than I needed'
A Minnesota homeowner who shot two unarmed teenagers in the midst of an apparent Thanksgiving Day break-in told authorities he feared they had a ...
Man accused of stealing Tim Allen's Chevy Impala
A man suspected of stealing one of Tim Allen's custom cars says the comedian left the keys so he could drive it to Denver. Denver police spokesman ...
British man killed in S. Africa farm robbery
Police in South Africa say a British man who ran a nature reserve on a rural farm was killed in a robbery. Capt. Phumelelo Dhlamini of the South ...
South Africa: Police kill 7 suspected robbers
Police in South Africa say they shot dead seven suspected robbers and wounded nine others in a botched theft at an armored car company. Capt.
Brash boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico
Hector "Macho" Camacho was a brash fighter with a mean jab and an aggressive style, launching himself furiously against some of the biggest names in ...
Greece: 3 people arrested for museum robbery
Police say they have arrested three people in connection with an armed robbery that targeted the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, the birthplace of ...
Kan. honor flights halted after money goes missing
As many as 100 World War II veterans missed their chance to travel to Washington to see their war's memorial after about $110,000 disappeared from a ...
Cops: Conn. real estate agent stole for sale signs
A Connecticut real estate agent has been charged with stealing a competitor's for sale signs from the front lawns of area homes. Police say ...
Doctor: Puerto Rico boxer Camacho is brain dead
Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on whether to take him ...
Man pleads no contest in burglary of Jobs' home
A California man accused of breaking into Steve Jobs' house and stealing computers and the Apple Inc. co-founder's wallet has pleaded no contest to ...
Official: Man killed zoo monkey during theft try
A 22-year-old man clubbed a monkey to death with a tree branch, after he was bitten by the animal while trying to steal it from a Boise zoo, ...
Prosecutor: Theft was motive in monkey killing
Prosecutors said Wednesday that the man accused of killing a monkey at Boise's zoo hoped to steal the animal before he was bitten and clubbed it to ...
Boxer 'Macho' Camacho critical in Puerto Rico
The family of Hector "Macho" Camacho tried to decide Wednesday whether he should be removed from life support after a shooting in his Puerto Rican ...