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By Pete Yost

January 23, 2012

Warrant needed for GPS tracking, high court says

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rare defeat for law enforcement, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed on Monday to bar police from installing GPS technology to track suspects without first getting a judge's approval. The justices made clear it wouldn't be their f... Read More

September 19, 2011

FBI: violent crime down by 6 percent last year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime dropped 6 percent in 2010, marking the fourth straight year-to-year decline, while property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent, the FBI reported Monday. Read More

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September 16, 2011

Nonfatal violent crime plunges in U.S. in 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says the number of violent crimes fell by 12 percent last year, several times larger than the average annual decrease from 2001 through 2009.The Bureau of Justice Statistics said there were 3.8 million violen... Read More

June 16, 2010

Justice: Blackwater case should have gone forward

WASHINGTON (AP) — There was more than enough untainted evidence to justify a trial for five Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a deadly 2007 shooting in Baghdad, the Justice Department told a federal appeals court. Read More

April 24, 2009

Plane heading to N.C. prompts White House lock down

WASHINGTON (AP) — A small, single-engine plane strayed into restricted air space near the U.S. Capitol on Friday, forcing anxious officials to place the White House in temporary lock down and take steps to evacuate the U.S. Capitol.The episode was o... Read More

August 15, 2008

Edwards' ally explains $14K payment to mistress

WASHINGTON (AP) - New questions emerged Friday about John Edwards' longtime chief fundraiser and secret efforts that protected the pregnant woman with whom the former presidential candidate has admitted a shameful affair in 2006.Fred Baron, Edwards' natio... Read More

August 8, 2008

Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side by side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos as... Read More