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Former boxer 'Macho' Camacho shot in Puerto Rico
Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was shot in the face as he sat in a car outside the Puerto Rican capital Tuesday, and doctors said ...
Suspect's family has questions in monkey killing
A 22-year-old man who police say killed a monkey after breaking into the Boise zoo has encountered run-ins with the law in the last three years that ...
Man arrested over theft of 9 million Greek files
A Greek man has been arrested on suspicion of having stolen 9 million personal data files in what is believed to be the biggest breach of private ...
Art's perfect theft: the 'Ghent Altarpiece'
The main suspect in the legendary art heist is said to have whispered with his dying breath: "Only I know where the 'Adoration' is..." More than seven ...
Redskins' Shanahan victim of theft in Pittsburgh
The Washington Redskins say coach Mike Shanahan had money and a passport stolen from the locker room during the road game against the Pittsburgh ...
Man thought linked to huge art heist pleads guilty
A 76-year-old reputed Connecticut mobster pleaded guilty from his wheelchair Wednesday in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed the ...
'I stole from a 9-year-old': Court-ordered shaming
A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus was ordered this week to hold a sign at the intersection reading, "Only ...
4 stolen paintings found in South Africa cemetery
An informer's tip led South African police to a private cemetery Tuesday where they found four paintings hundreds of miles away from where they had ...
Security breach at Tower of London
A rare security breach has been reported at the Tower of London, one of the British capital's most famous landmarks. Authorities say the Crown Jewels ...
Police: Alleged car thief made food deliveries
Police in Connecticut say a man stole a car used to deliver Chinese food and continued dropping off orders so he could keep the customers' money.
UK teen jailed for robbing jewelry stores
British police say a 16-year-old boy who used prosthetics and dreadlocks to conduct armed robberies in disguise has been jailed for five years.
Last of 3 Fla. siblings pleads in Ga. bank robbery
A man pleaded guilty Friday to robbing a south Georgia bank and firing an assault rifle into the ceiling during a 2011 crime spree with his brother ...
Man put to death in Texas for woman's 2002 slaying
A man described by a prosecutor as "a serial killer in training" was executed Thursday in Texas for a woman's slaying during a break-in at her home ...
Man pleads no contest in 'Bling Ring' case
A man who had been accused of burglarizing Paris Hilton's home pleaded no contest on Thursday to receiving jewelry stolen from the house during a rash ...
Fear of looting grips NYC as new storm threatens
Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East ...
Man sentenced for stealing lobsters for drug habit
A Pennsylvania man could spend up to 25 years in prison for stealing lobsters he planned to sell to support his drug habit. Authorities say ...
Officials: Gambling-addicted NY nun stole $128,000
A nun with a gambling addiction was accused of stealing $128,000 from two rural parishes where she worked. Sister Mary Anne Rapp was treated for a ...
Lawyer: Vatican expert had little motive to steal
A Vatican computer expert accused of helping the pope's former butler steal secret correspondence did not know the man well and had little motive to ...
Dominican police arrest 3 in killing of ex-Yankee
Police in the Dominican Republic said Saturday that they have arrested three men suspected in the killing of former major league pitcher Pascual Perez ...
4 injured at USC campus shooting in Los Angeles
Violence that sometimes borders the University of Southern California crept onto campus when an argument outside a Halloween party escalated to a ...
FBI: Crime reported to police fell last year
The number of violent crimes reported to police decreased 3.8 percent last year to 1.2 million, the fifth straight year of declines, the FBI announced ...
Trial in 1977 killing asks: Were suspects framed?
Two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a white Iowa police officer hope to prove something they couldn't during trials that sent them ...
Olympic bronze medal returned after theft
London police say a bronze Olympic medal stolen from field hockey player Hannah Macleod has been returned. Macleod's medal, together with one earned ...