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• Mass. chemist arraigned in drug lab scandal

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts drug lab chemist at the center of a drug testing scandal that threatens to unravel thousands of criminal cases pleaded not guilty Thursday to …

• Obama’s call for action against gun violence

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act to reduce gun violence. He’s outlined only a broad plan …

• Too big to jail? Execs avoid laundering charges

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against British bank HSBC last week, prosecutors called it a powerful blow to a dysfunctional institution … 1

• Too big to jail? Execs avoid laundering charges

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Some former federal prosecutors are among those who think prosecutors should have brought criminal charges against some former executives at British bank HSBC after it was …

• Authorities: Kansas man who killed 2 cops dies

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man with a history of theft and weapons convictions gunned down two police officers investigating possible drug activity in a Kansas grocery parking lot, and …

• Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World 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 …

• Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the … 1

• Feds: 4 Texas officers guarded cocaine shipments

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Three South Texas lawmen including the son of a prominent county sheriff will likely spend the weekend in custody on charges accusing them and another officer …

• Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Mexican pop superstar Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the …

• 4 Texas officers accused of helping move cocaine

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against four officers from a South Texas anti-drug task force who they say took thousands of dollars in bribes to guard … 2

• Parents fight for release of son jailed in Mexico

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that … 1

• Govt outlines HSBC ties to drug money laundering

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — British bank HSBC violated the Bank Secrecy Act in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics drug traffickers in Mexico and intentionally allowed prohibited transactions with …

• Fla. ex-cop set for execution in 1986 killing of 9

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida police officer ate his last meal and visited with family members and friends ahead of his scheduled execution Tuesday for killing nine people …

• Tribe prepares to bury 5 slain members in Calif.

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Gravediggers work the old-fashioned way on the Tule River Indian Reservation, chipping away at the hard pan by hand with pickaxes and shoveling the dirt aside. …

• Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — An acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for hiding nearly 13 pounds of cocaine in his minivan’s battery before he tried to …

• Famed architect to be sentenced for drug smuggling

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eugenio Velazquez is not a typical courier busted for smuggling drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border. The acclaimed architect will be sentenced Monday for trying to bring …

• Tijuana architect was an unlikely drug courier

  December 9, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eugenio Velazquez doesn’t fit the mold of the down-on-his luck, uneducated, underemployed courier who ferries drugs to the U.S. for Mexican drug cartels. The dual citizen …

• Feds: Imprisoned murderer ran gang network

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — While behind bars for three decades, a convicted murderer and member of the Mexican Mafia controlled a network of Los Angeles street gangs that sold drugs, … 1

• For Washington state, legal pot _ and now what?

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — People openly lit joints under the Space Needle and on Seattle’s sidewalks — then blew the smoke at TV news cameras. To those looking to “get baked,” …

• Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle’s Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is …

• As pot goes proper, a history of weed

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — The grass is no greener. But, finally, it’s legal — at least somewhere in America. It’s been a long, strange trip for marijuana. Washington state and Colorado …

• Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington … 1

• Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington …

• Border Patrol agent arrested in smuggling probe

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested after authorities say he used his patrol vehicle to smuggle drugs while on duty in southwest Arizona, according to …

• Police: Indiana men had sex before fatal fight

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana authorities investigating the death of a homeless man whose decomposing body was found in a freezer say he had been drinking, taking drugs and having sex …

• Coast Guard death after confrontation off CA coast

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — Drug smugglers from Mexico have been creeping farther north along the California coast in an attempt to evade authorities, and it appears the cat-and-mouse game was …

• California sea smuggling claims Coast Guard life

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — The killing of a U.S. Coast Guardsman whose crew was chasing a vessel suspected of being laden with drugs appears to be the latest example of …

• Pot legalization no free ride to smoke on campus

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Young voters helped pass laws legalizing marijuana in Washington and Colorado, but many still won’t be able to light up. Most universities have codes of conduct … 1

• Addiction counselor charged with murder in DUI

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — The convertible hit Phillip Moreno so hard that it knocked him out of his shoes and lodged him in the windshield. As he lay dying on …

• Addiction counselor charged with murder in DUI

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — The convertible hit Phillip Moreno so hard it knocked him out of his shoes and lodged him in the windshield. As he lay dying on the …

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