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Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

By By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug trafficking and that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has dogged him for more than two

EU imposes massive fine on TV, monitor producers

By By RAF CASERTAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - For years, some top managers at electronics multinationals would hold secretive meetings in Europe and Asia to fix the global market on the most expensive part of television and computer monitors. Then, said the European Union's antitrust

Soldiers: Mexico beauty queen had gun in her hands

By MARTIN DURANAssociated Press CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) - A Mexican beauty queen killed over the weekend in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers likely was being used as a human shield, a federal official said Tuesday. Maria Susana Flores Gamez, crowned 2012 Woman of Sinaloa

FBI: Reward helped capture fugitive in Mexico

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A murder suspect on the FBI's most wanted list gained weight and switched identities to evade authorities for 14 years, but his notoriety and a $100,000 reward finally led to his capture, the agency said Monday. Jose "Joe" Luis Saenz was arrested in Guadalajara, Mexico, on