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Woman said to be drug lord's daughter enters plea

Woman said to be drug lord's daughter enters plea
By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press A woman described by U.S. officials as a daughter of Mexico's most-wanted drug lord pleaded not guilty Thursday to an immigration charge during a brief hearing in San Diego that made no mention of her family background. Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar,

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. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighboring countries. The

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. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighboring countries. The

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. were returned to Mexican authorities on Thursday in what experts say is one of the largest repatriation ever made between the neighboring countries. The

GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark

GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark
By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock refused to apologize Wednesday for saying that when pregnancy results from rape then that is "something God intended." State Republicans and a few congressional leaders defended Mourdock,

GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark

GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark
By TOM LoBIANCOAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock refused to apologize Wednesday for saying that when pregnancy results from rape then that is "something God intended." State Republicans and a few congressional leaders defended Mourdock,

'Little czar' in Ohio school drug ring gets prison

'Little czar' in Ohio school drug ring gets prison
By AMANDA LEE MYERSAssociated Press LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - A teenager convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southwestern Ohio was sentenced Monday to serve six months to three years in a juvenile prison by a judge who called him "a

Soldiers' arrest marks shift in Guatemala

Soldiers' arrest marks shift in Guatemala
By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENAAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Chanting and waving signs to protest high electricity prices, thousands of unarmed indigenous demonstrators blockaded a highway in western Guatemala, forcing a standoff with police. Two truckloads of soldiers arrived and gunfire

Daughter offers no clues on Mexican drug lord

Daughter offers no clues on Mexican drug lord
By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The daughter of one of the world's most sought-after drug lords didn't share information that might lead to her father's capture after she was detained on an immigration violation, a U.S. official said Tuesday. Alejandrina Gisselle

Baggage handler at NYC airport gets life in prison

Baggage handler at NYC airport gets life in prison
By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The testimony at a federal drug trafficking trial was chilling: Jurors heard how bribed baggage handlers at John F. Kennedy International Airport concealed cocaine on commercial jets inside sensitive wing assembly compartments. Saying the tactic