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Vatican: Savile's papal honor cannot be removed
The Vatican said Saturday it never would have given Jimmy Savile his papal knighthood had it known of allegations the British TV star was a child sex ...
Al-Qaida leader urges kidnapping of Westerners
The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence ...
FBI tip leads French police to wanted US mogul
An FBI tip helped French police track down and arrest an 87-year-old real-estate developer and his wife wanted by U.S. authorities — more than a year ...
Police arrest 1 in Los Angeles family shooting
The suspect who was arrested Friday in the killing of three people and wounding of two others in suburban Los Angeles may have been responding to a ...
DA: Friend planned $50K kidnapping, but baby died
A family friend hoped to hold a baby girl hostage to get $50,000 from her software-engineer parents but instead killed her and her grandmother in a ...
Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 43 in Caribbean
Hurricane Sandy spun away from the Bahamas late Friday after causing 43 deaths across the Caribbean, churning northward toward the U.S. East Coast, ...
Pa. friend charged with killing grandmother, baby
A family friend charged with killing a baby girl and her grandmother told police he dropped the baby as he wielded a knife and the grandmother charged ...
Trooper fired from chopper to stop truck, kills 2
A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter and killed two illegal immigrants during a chase through the desert was trying to ...
China expels Bo from legislature, set for trial
Chinese lawmakers have stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his last official position, formally expelling him from the country's top legislature ...
Jury told of efforts to save kids in day care fire
As a Houston home day care filled with choking smoke and flames last year, neighbors tried desperately to rush in and rescue the seven children who ...
NY parents shaken as nanny accused of killing kids
The nightmarish case of a nanny accused of stabbing to death two children in her care stunned the family's well-to-do neighborhood and caused legions ...
Minn. terror case spotlights after-school program
On any given weekday, in a nondescript storefront on the eastern edge of Minneapolis, dozens of young Somalis gather to get help with homework, learn ...
NYC cannibal case tests lines of fantasy, threat
In Internet chats as breezy as they were bizarre, a police officer accused of plotting to kidnap and eat as many as 100 women was once cautioned not ...
Silvio Berlusconi convicted in Italy of tax fraud
Just two days after announcing he won't run in spring elections, former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to ...
Ex-LSU players Mathieu, Jefferson out of jail
Former LSU football standouts Tyrann Mathieu and Jordan Jefferson were released from a Baton Rouge jail Friday after their arrests at Mathieu's ...
Former tech exec settles insider trading charges
A former executive at a technology firm in Silicon Valley is settling charges lodged by federal regulators that he provided insider information to ...
Former NC scoutmaster admits he molested boys
Former scoutmaster Thomas J. Menghi Jr. says he was usually drunk when he molested numerous Boy Scouts during the early 1970s. He was in his late 20s, ...
Brothers accused of killing NJ girl remain held
Two teenage brothers accused of killing a 12-year-old New Jersey girl were ordered Friday to remain in a juvenile detention center, while the girl's ...
NY man accused of trying to cheat Facebook
A businessman who claimed in a lawsuit that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had promised him half ownership in the then-fledgling company when he was ...
Trader denies $2.3 bn fraud, says UBS was family
A former UBS trader accused of losing $2.3 billion through reckless deals and deceit broke down in tears in court Friday as he insisted he had acted ...
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 ...
ExxonMobil executive shot in Belgium
So far, it's still a mystery. A British oil executive gunned down in front of his wife in the Belgian capital of Brussels. Helmeted assailants ...
Silvio Berlusconi faces verdict in tax fraud case
An Italian court is set to deliver verdicts Friday against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and 10 others in a six-year-old tax fraud trial.
Central Africa new drug transit hub: Interpol
The arrest of a Nigerian allegedly smuggling heroin here highlights what officials say is a growing problem of drug trafficking in Central Africa.