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Roman Polanski's family Friday prepared a welcome for the film director in his Alpine chalet Friday as authorities worked out the last-minute details of his transfer to house arrest.
A man charged with murder in the deaths of 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday, said Ryan Miday, a spokesman for the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, prosecutor.
Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood was released on bail Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of domestic assault.
Mr. Shubin was a government researcher who helped develop bullet-proof vests for the police that have saved more than 3,000 lives.
Under Coach Paul Knox, football offers a haven from the streets where players can learn to break free of tackles, on field and off. Jeremiah Allison sits stone-faced inside the big yellow bus as it winds through a maze of South Los Angeles streets, escorted by police. His jaws clench, his eyes narrow and his mind races to the hard, if not impossible, task ahead.
Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shootout on Wednesday as Peruvian police tried to arrest a suspect for attacking a mining project owned by Chinese company Zijin, police said on Thursday.
Talk about sticky fingers: Police arrested a man they say tried to take their candy bars.
Philadelphia police believe a man whose watch was stolen as he sat slumped in a hospital waiting room may have been dead for 50 minutes before anyone took notice.
Security help for Mexico promised under the so-called Merida Initiative, including helicopters and scanners for contraband detection, has been held up by red tape, a U.S. agency says. A small fraction of U.S. aid for Mexico's drug war under the so-called Merida Initiative has been delivered because of red tape and the time needed to order helicopters and other equipment, a U.S. government report ...
Fairfield police said a Mississippi man took holiday shopping to another level by hiding in a Wal-Mart and trying to leave with cash. Police said the man hid inside the Walmart on Nov. 25 after it closed at 11 p.m. and took $54,000 in cash and checks. A guard subdued the man when he tried to leave through locked doors. Police said money bags started falling from his clothes as he shook the doors.
Police said a pack of bubble gum bandits is walking into suburban Detroit gas stations and chewing through the candy aisle. Police said the latest heist happened Nov. 21, when two suspects chatted up the clerk of a Speedway gas station in Sterling Heights, while a third suspect filched $318 worth of gum.
Continuing obstacles provoke skepticism from Congress about whether the U.S. military can train the Afghans quickly and effectively enough to begin to replace American forces by Obama's proposed exit start date of July 2011.
A police officer in Prince George's County fired at two men in a stolen car who apparently tried to run the officer over during a traffic stop Thursday, police said
NEW DELHI, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A school van plunged into a roadside pond in South India, killing nine children and a kindergarten teacher, police said.
Prosecutors and victim advocates blame inadequate police training in how to ask women the right questions.
Philadelphia police are confident that a photo of a suspected robber taken on a stolen cell phone will lead them to an arrest.
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