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Federal prosecutors added details Tuesday to the corruption indictment against Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who withdrew from consideration for Homeland Security secretary when questions arose around his taxes.
O.J. Simpson's co-defendant is asking a Las Vegas judge for leniency and the minimum prison sentence in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers.
A member of the board that governs Arizona's most populous county is accused of failing to disclose his business assets and involvement in a variety of land deals and business associations.
A federal jury awarded more than $1.7 million Tuesday to a former University of Michigan dental student who said she was illegally kicked out of school after she became ensnared in a feud between a dean and faculty members.
Another suspect has pleaded not guilty in the killing of a Long Island attorney who authorities say was targeted by his business partner.
A township commissioner and former police officer who once ran for Congress was arrested after a standoff Monday and accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Baltimore last month.
A judge in Arkansas has unsealed a federal indictment that includes eight new charges against evangelist Tony Alamo.
The gunmen who attacked Mumbai set out by boat from the Pakistani port of Karachi, then later hijacked an Indian fishing trawler that carried them toward this financial capital on their suicide mission, a top police official said Tuesday.
A homemade bomb was found Tuesday at a gas station a block away from a school, and authorities arresting a suspect found a second bomb on the man's body, police said.
Testimony began Tuesday in the case against three men charged in a series of bank robberies - including a botched attempt that led to the death of an FBI agent last year.
New York City police say a 20-year-old man has confessed to fatally stabbing a bus driver in front of horrified passengers.
India demanded Tuesday that Islamabad hand over 20 fugitives it says have taken refuge in Pakistan, in an escalation of the confrontation between the two countries in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
More than 50 mentally disabled patients in the large state-run homes of Texas died in the past year from preventable conditions often related to poor care, a federal investigation revealed Tuesday.
Egypt is again allowing its doctors to work in Saudi Arabia, lifting a ban imposed last month after two Egyptian doctors working there were sentenced to lengthy prison terms and 1,500 lashes each.
Hugo Chavez wants to remain president of Venezuela for life, and this week he began campaigning for Venezuelans to lift term limits so he can run for re-election indefinitely.
Within minutes of arriving at a private meeting on the economy with 48 governors, Vice President-elect Joe Biden had an offer for his one-time opponent, the Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, Sarah Palin.
A Rastafarian man who refused to shave off his beard or cut his hair to comply with a Jiffy Lube employee grooming policy can take his religious discrimination case to trial, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Tuesday.
About 1,000 Asian men who were hired by a Kuwaiti subcontractor to the U.S. military have been confined for as long as three months in windowless warehouses near the Baghdad airport without money or a place to work.
Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law was charged with murder Tuesday in the shooting deaths of three of the actress's family members, including the 7-year-old son of his estranged wife.
A cargo ship carrying a load of road salt to French-owned islands off eastern Canada capsized and sank Tuesday off Newfoundland, triggering a search for the four crewmen.
President-elect Barack Obama should shift the main U.S. foreign policy focus in the Middle East from Iraq to curtailing Iran's nuclear program and promoting peace agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors, analysts at two prominent Washington think tanks proposed Tuesday.
A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.
The always flamboyant and well-dressed mayor of Alabama's largest city told federal investigators last year that he had big debts, in part from buying expensive attire, and he had a buddy who simply helped him pay off the bills.
The nation's governors got to work on Tuesday, taking their case for a $136 billion infrastructure spending program to the president-elect. The governors hope the plan will funnel immediate government money toward bridges, roads and rail lines in the hopes of creating jobs and spurring the economy out of recession.
A 911 recording reveals the sounds of shoppers screaming during a shootout between two men at a toy store in Southern California.
A prominent Texas prosecutor who fell from grace after the mistaken release of racist, political and pornographic e-mails found on his office computer will not face charges stemming from the scandal, his replacement said Tuesday.
A U.N. special commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri reported Tuesday that it has uncovered fresh evidence that could lead to more suspects.
The following recall has been announced:
Scores of mourners in black hats and coats converged on the Mount of Olives graveyard as Israelis here and across the country buried six Jews killed in last week's Mumbai siege that claimed at least 173 lives.
A bankruptcy court in New York has approved funding that will allow the reopening of a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa that was the site of one of the nation's largest immigration raids.
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