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Prime suspect named in Las Vegas shooting, crash
A 26-year-old man was being sought Sunday as the prime suspect in a pre-dawn shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last week which led to a fiery crash that ...
26-year-old man named as suspect in Vegas shooting
The black SUV used as a getaway car in a pre-dawn shooting and crash that killed an aspiring rapper in a Maserati and two people in a taxi on the Las ...
Grief besets family of Pistorius' slain girlfriend
Far from the courtroom drama that has gripped South Africa, the family of Oscar Pistorius' slain girlfriend has struggled with its own private deluge ...
Las Vegas seen as dangerous even as crime drops
Variously known as an adult playground and Disneyland for grown-ups, Las Vegas brands itself as a place where tourists can enjoy a sense of edginess ...
Father of Pistorius' girlfriend speaks out
The father of Oscar Pistorius' slain girlfriend has told a South African newspaper that the athlete will have to "live with his conscience" if he is ...
Colo. teen heard on 911 call saying he killed girl
A search that set parents in the Denver area on edge last fall, had neighbors casting a suspicious eye on neighbors, and left a family grieving the ...
Rapper, cabbie meet violent end together in Vegas
Kenny Cherry was an aspiring rapper who moved from the Bay Area to Las Vegas to pursue his career. His music videos online show him cruising the Strip ...
India's secret executions raise concerns
For 11 years the family of a convicted terrorist waited and wondered about his fate as he sat on death row. Two weeks ago they found out — from ...
Soldiers stole children during El Salvador's war
One of Gregoria Contreras' first childhood memories was the moment she last saw her parents. Fighting between government troops and guerrillas had ...
Guatemala: No evidence of gunfight or capo's death
A Guatemalan official said Friday there was no evidence that Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, had been killed in a shootout ...
House to take up own version of anti-violence act
The House and Senate appeared headed for another partisan battle as the House prepared to take up its version of the once-noncontroversial Violence ...
Arias seeks death penalty stay, court rejects
Jodi Arias' effort to get the death penalty option in her murder case temporarily set aside was met Friday with a swift rejection from the Arizona ...
Most charges dismissed against ex-Blackwater execs
The federal prosecution of five former employees of the private security firm Blackwater has crumbled after the defendants said they were acting at ...
BBC leaders have harsh words for own corporation
The BBC is a bloated, top-heavy, and poorly led corporation staffed by dull executives and backbiting journalists — and that's just what the company's ...
Man sought in attempted kidnap of 2 Calif. girls
An 11-year-old girl walking alone near a Southern California park was grabbed by a man and shoved into the back seat of a car where a sobbing ...
Prosecutor questions woman in Arizona murder case
A woman charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her Arizona lover traded barbs with a prosecutor under a withering cross-examination as she ...
Rape and killing of 3 young sisters shocks India
Police were searching villages in western India on Friday for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters, as Indians still angry over the ...
Japan identifies some Boeing 787 problems
Japanese authorities have identified the causes of fuel leaks and other problems with Boeing's 787 but are still investigating the more serious ...
Drew Peterson screams, gets prison in wife's death
Drew Peterson showed nearly no emotion during his trial, yet the once famously jocular ex-Illinois police officer screamed out his innocence before ...
Tip from former LAPD mentor led to Dorner manhunt
The training officer whose dispute with former Los Angeles police Officer Christopher Dorner led to his firing said Thursday that it was her hunch ...
Police: Hotel altercation sparked Vegas shooting
Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip. Beneath the neon ...
Peterson screams, then gets 38 years for murder
Drew Peterson — the swaggering Chicago-area policeman who gained notoriety after his fourth wife vanished — lost his characteristic cool in court ...
Texas executes man who lit ex-girlfriend on fire
A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend by dousing her with gasoline and setting her on fire was executed in Texas on Thursday after the U.S.
Unclear how gunman, victim linked in Calif rampage
The link between the gunman in a series of deadly California shootings and the woman police say was his first victim remained a mystery Thursday as ...