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FBI, police in 5 states probing 'Craigslist killer' claims that she murdered at least 22 people in 6-year killing spree

The investigations follow 19-year-old Miranda Barbour's disturbing claims made in a jailhouse interview Friday that painted a bloody trail from Alaska, to California, Texas, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Fla. man bludgeons sleeping father with sledgehammer because of comment he made while ‘playing puzzles’: cops

Vinayak Shanbhag, 33, is charged with attempted first degree murder after his 66-year-old father was found bludgeoned while sleeping in the family's Holly Hill home early Sunday morning, according to an arrest report.

HE MUGGED THE WRONG MAN: Robbery suspect arrested after victim chases him through subway tunnel

A mugging suspect thought he could lose the victim who was chasing after him by fleeing into a subway station and running along the tracks into the tunnel. He was wrong.

Fla. artist smashes vase worth $1 million at Miami museum

A South Florida artist is facing a criminal charge after police say he smashed a $1 million vase at Miami’s new art museum to protest what he called its favoritism for international rather than local art. Maximo Caminero, 51, was charged with criminal mischief after Sunday’s incident at the Perez Art Museum Miami.

French ex-president Jacques Chirac hospitalized near Paris

PARIS — A person close to Jacques Chirac says the former French president has been taken to a hospital near Paris with a suspected case of gout.

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Student found dead face-down in University of Chicago room after dorm mates report foul smell

Nicholas Barnes, a 20-year-old junior, was found face down in his room on Saturday. It was possible he'd been there for more than a week, investigators said.

SHE'S A SUPER FREAK! Connecticut high school teacher busted for multiple sexual trysts with male student in her home: reports

Meghan Eagan, 25, a teacher at Crosby High School in Waterbury, Conn. was arrested on four counts of sexual assault for carrying on trysts with a male student at her home, according to reports.

N.J. towns deprived of desperately needed rock salt because ship carrying cargo violates 1920 maritime law: it does not bear U.S. flag

New Jersey transportation officials say a 40,000-ton shipment of rock salt, badly needed across the state, cannot make its planned shipment from Maine to Newark because the ship does not have an American flag.

Malicious muggers attack elderly man in Brooklyn building, leaving him with bleeding on his brain: cops

Ruthless robbers clocked a 74-year-old man in the head in a vicious bid to steal his wallet, leaving him hospitalized with bleeding on his brain, police sources said.

Headless bodies found bagged and bound in Mexico City in latest drug cartel violence

The latest gruesome photos from Mexico's cartel war show headless bodies bagged and wrapped in plastic tape on the side of a road outside Mexico City.

Cuomo tweet: White House on his mind

ALBANY — A Presidents’ Day tweet from Gov. Cuomo suggests he has the White House on his mind.

Aging ex-militants who admitted to execution-style killing of two NYPD cops in 1971 seek parole

Starting this week, Herman Bell and Anthony Bottom will again go before the state Parole Board to ask for freedom. But this time, it will be after admitting for the first time that they were involved in the execution-style slayings.

Paris has shocking wardrobe malfunction at birthday bash

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White House, GOP stay at odds over stimulus b...

Five years after passage of an $800 billion 2009 stimulus bill to prop up the economy, Washington is as divided as ever over the measure.

NYC teachers union head: Back pay a ‘big iss...

The head of New York City’s teachers union made it clear Monday for the first time that he was pushing the city for back pay for his nearly 100,000 members.

Obama seeks ‘Game of Thrones’ DVD for holiday

America’s First Fan isn’t only watching sports. President Obama, who reminded Americans of his fondness for basketball by granting an interview to TNT’s Charles Barkley that aired during Sunday night’...

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FDA studies limiting TV ads’ drug risk lists

WASHINGTON — TV ads for prescription drugs sometimes include a list of risks so lengthy, you may stress out just listening. It’s partly why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday will announ...

White House, GOP stay at odds over stimulus b...

Five years after passage of an $800 billion 2009 stimulus bill to prop up the economy, Washington is as divided as ever over the measure.

Woman held in chokehold robberies of elderly

A callous crook who put elderly Brooklyn women in chokeholds to steal their loot was busted Monday, cops said.

Memphis mom charged with murdering 7-week-old...

A Memphis mom was cuffed Monday after her missing weeks-old baby was found dead in a ditch. Andrea Walker, 33, is charged with first-degree murder after little Aniston, wearing the same onesie she wo...

Crime

Rights activist says 2 members of Pussy Riot...

A Russian human rights activist says two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have been detained near the Olympics in downtown Sochi. Semyon Simonov says he was with Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokon...

Woman held in chokehold robberies of elderly

A callous crook who put elderly Brooklyn women in chokeholds to steal their loot was busted Monday, cops said.

Memphis mom charged with murdering 7-week-old...

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Ethiopian Airlines hijacker to seek asylum in...

It seemed like a routine overnight flight until the Ethiopian Airlines jetliner went into a dive and oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. Only then did the terrified passengers — bound for Italy fro...

SEE IT: English pub possibly catches ghost on...

A historic English pub — famed for several spirits that haunt the establishment — recently released mysterious footage on Friday that suggests a spooky visitor made an early morning appearance.

Drunk driver crashes truck through 2 houses

Driver Jorge Lopez, 18, who was speeding down Chelton Road as fast as 80 mph, lost control of his Toyota truck, veered off the road and then rammed into two homes, according to police and reports.

‘Dora the Explorer’ helped natives understand...

When the El Salvador native washed up on the Marshall Islands last month, he was physically exhausted from a year at sea but energetically speaking a mile-a-minute in his native Spanish. The problem w...

World

Rights activist says 2 members of Pussy Riot taken...

Pope Francis renews Argentine passport

Pope Francis may be the head of the Vatican state, but he's not giving up the right to travel as just another Argentine citizen. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church has renewed his Argentine passp...