Drug

North Idaho Traffic Stop Nets Nearly Half A Million Dollars In Drug Money

COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho - Kootenai County Sheriff's office is fighting to keep nearly a half a million dollars in what's believed to be drug money. According to newly released federal court documents, $407,676.52 was seized in May of 2012 after a deputy made a traffic stop

Texas trooper in chopper shooting returns to work

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press LA JOYA, Texas (AP) - The Texas trooper who fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two illegal immigrants hiding in the bed, has returned to work but in a different role, the state Department of Public Safety

Calif. death penalty opponents say it's too costly

By PAUL ELIASAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Death penalty opponents in California are trying a new argument this year: Abolish capital punishment because the perpetually cash-strapped state just can't afford it. Voters in the state with the nation's largest death row will decide

Animals that can replace you at your job

By Linda McMaken