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Marijuana seized in banana shipment at San Diego border crossing
LOS ANGELES — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in San Diego found more than $1 million worth of marijuana hidden in a shipment of bananas at the Mexico border, officials said Wednesday...
Michael Jackson death investigation may be coming to a conclusion
LOS ANGELES — There were growing signs Wednesday morning that the half-year investigation into the death of Michael Jackson could be coming to a conclusion...
Car slams into Laughlin casino, killing 2
LAS VEGAS — Two casino patrons were killed and nine injured Wednesday in the southern Nevada resort town of Laughlin...
Man charged with posing as federal marshal to deport relative
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of posing as a federal marshal to kidnap a distant cousin's wife and put her on a plane to the Philippines, police said Wednesday...
Game developers see potential, not gold rush in Apple’s iPad
On its surface, Apple's iPad may seem like a...
Judges rule ‘millennium bomber’ sentence too lenient
LOS ANGELES — The 22-year prison sentence given to would-be Los Angeles International Airport bomber Ahmed Ressam is so lenient that it constitutes procedural error and failure by the Seattle judge who sentenced him to adequately protect the public, a federal ...
Family allowed to sue California Highway Patrol over release of crash...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — An appeals court has given an Orange County family the go-ahead to sue the California Highway Patrol over graphic accident-scene photos its officers leaked to the public...
Americans split over whether Obama has taken on too much
WASHINGTON — Americans hold mixed views of President Barack Obama's...
Pilot errors cited in crash that killed 50 near Buffalo, N.Y.
WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday the pilots of Continental Connection Flight 3407 that crashed near Buffalo, N.Y., nearly a year ago made mistakes that showed their "complacency and confusion that resulted in ...
Official: U.S. had to push Toyota into safety recall
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday that it had taken "an enormous effort" to get Toyota to recall vehicles in the United States, and said federal regulators were not done with their investigations...
