DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that authorities violated the constitutional and privacy rights of suspected illegal immigrants when they used tax returns to try and build hundreds of identity theft cases against them. Full Story »
SEATTLE - Paralyzed by a detective's bullet, a man accused of killing a Seattle police officer on Halloween was wheeled into a courtroom on Monday and pleaded not guilty to charges that could bring the death penalty. Full Story »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A recent spate of exonerations in New York state has put renewed focus on the plight of the wrongly convicted, with advocates saying it is not as easy as it should be to get an unjust verdict reversed. Full Story »
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CHICAGO - A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offered congratulations to the killers afterward, federal prosecutors charged Monday. Full Story »
WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal prosecutor in Delaware says an Iranian man has been sentenced to five years in prison after secretly pleading guilty in a plot to ship sensitive U.S. military technology to Iran. Full Story »
RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday temporarily blocked the release of two convicted murderers sentenced to life in prison under a 1970s law, issuing an order an hour before they were to be set free. Full Story »
LAS VEGAS - A 57-year-old fugitive held in Las Vegas in the slaying of his 40-year-old fiancee in Indiana told a judge he'll fight a transfer to face criminal charges. Full Story »
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A teen who pleaded guilty to gang raping a South Florida woman and beating her young son has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Full Story »
Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police raided on Monday a hotel where some of the Americans held on possible links to terrorism stayed, in a case that has highlighted how easily anyone can use the Internet to pursue dreams of waging holy war. Full Story »
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A former tribal security official-turned-preacher accused of killing a Cabazon tribal leader and two friends in 1981 has been extradited and is behind bars in California's Riverside County. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES - The porn family feud that played out in federal court this week ended in a draw Friday when a jury ruled that Larry Flynt's estranged nephews infringed on their famous uncle's trademark when they launched their own smut business, but did not invade his privacy and were not liable for the substantial attorney fees both sides rang up. Full Story »
PHOENIX - An Arizona man facing prison time for lying to authorities in a terrorism-funding investigation could have been a big help to authorities because of his past involvement with a Muslim charity that aided Hamas, an FBI agent testified Friday. Full Story »
PLACERVILLE, Calif. - It's still unclear who will represent one of two people charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard. Full Story »
AP
SALT LAKE CITY - Ten days of testimony in a federal court competency hearing shed new light on the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart but also raised some persistent questions about his mental state. Full Story »
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - A 98-year-old woman was indicted Friday on a second-degree murder charge that alleges she strangled her 100-year-old nursing home roommate after making the victim's life "a living hell" because she thought the woman was "taking over the room." Full Story »
DEKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois University has cleared its tough-talking police chief of allegations he threatened an editor of the campus newspaper, and on Friday it reinstated the man seen as a hero after last year's campus shooting as NIU's top cop. Full Story »
RENO, Nev. - A former sheriff's deputy who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to give preferential treatment to "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis while jailed in Reno avoided prison time after U.S. prosecutors argued for leniency Friday due to his cooperation in the case. Full Story »
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A court Friday threw out a bid to suspend the medical licenses of two doctors accused of illegally supplying late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith with powerful drugs. Full Story »
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