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SPD Officer Solves Retail Theft Ring

SPD Officer Solves Retail Theft Ring
**Press release from Spokane Police Dept.** SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police began receiving reports of LCD TVs being stolen from K-Mart, Wal-Mart and Rite Aid stores within the past few weeks.  Details in the reports were fragmented with each report containing a different piece of evidence,

SPD Officer Solves Retail Theft Ring

SPD Officer Solves Retail Theft Ring
**Press release from Spokane Police Dept.** SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police began receiving reports of LCD TVs being stolen from K-Mart, Wal-Mart and Rite Aid stores within the past few weeks.  Details in the reports were fragmented with each report containing a different piece of evidence,

Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent

Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent
By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Mexican man accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has admitted he was part of a crew that sneaked into the United States to find marijuana smugglers to rob at the time of the fatal shooting. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes pleaded

Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent

Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent
By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death revealed the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-smuggling operation, marking the biggest conviction to date in a case that embarrassed the federal

Report: Sands, feds in talks to settle probe

Report: Sands, feds in talks to settle probe
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal officials and Las Vegas Sands Corp. are having talks aimed at settling a probe into whether the casino operator failed to report millions of dollars of potentially laundered money transferred to its casinos by two gamblers, according to a published report. Representatives

US seeks Algeria's support in possible Mali move

US seeks Algeria's support in possible Mali move
By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press ALGEIRS, Algeria (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Algeria's assistance on Monday for any future military intervention in Mali, pressing the North African nation to provide intelligence - if not boots on the ground - to help rout

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls
By MARGIE MASONAssociated Press DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) - When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls
By MARGIE MASONAssociated Press DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) - When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual

From predators to hit man for NBC's Hansen

From predators to hit man for NBC's Hansen
By DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - NBC News' Chris Hansen has done his share of hidden camera work, most notably confronting would-be child predators. Even for him, meeting a man willing to carry out a hit was a chilling experience. Hansen is shown negotiating with a hit

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico

US returns 4,000 archaeological relics to Mexico
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) - More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the U.S. have been returned to Mexican authorities in what experts say is one of the largest such repatriations between the countries. The items returned