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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Iraq takes on fake drugs

World | By Tina Susman and Caesar Ahmad | August 30, 2008
Amid the cacophony of Baghdad’s Bab Sharaji market, Yasir Mazen peddles counterfeit Viagra and other pills, gels and creams promising cures for everything from sexual dysfunction to bad skin. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A royal death sentence in Kuwait

World | By Raed Rafei | August 12, 2008
It was an open-and-shut case. Read more
 

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Anti-drug general ousted

World | By Richard Marosi | August 9, 2008
In Mexico’s drug war, Gen. Read more
 

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Bruises and a blind eye in Italy Tied up in a knot

World | By Tracy Wilkinson | July 15, 2008
A few miles from the Vatican, Najat Hadi kept house with her husband, his other wife and their assorted children, an unhappy home with a hateful woman 10 years her junior and a cruel spouse who left her with a jagged scar peeking from her collar. Read more
 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

World | By Héctor Tobar | July 9, 2008
Here in the Wild West of the Central American isthmus, tough hombres like “the Bald Guys” make mahogany trees disappear in the middle of the night. Read more
 

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Indians, sheriff sign pact

California | Local | By David Kelly | July 8, 2008
After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians signed a deal Monday aimed at improving the way they communicate and reducing tension on a reservation where three tribal members died in recent gun battles with deputies. Read more
 

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Federal prosecution of illegal immigrants soars

National | By Nicole Gaouette | June 18, 2008
The Bush administration has sharply ratcheted up prosecutions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last year, with increases so dramatic that immigration offenses now account for as much as half the nation’s federal criminal caseload. Read more
 

Cancer ‘cures’ blasted by FDA

National | By Jonathan D. Rockoff | June 18, 2008
In an effort to crack down on fraudulent remedies being sold over the Internet, the government has warned 25 companies to stop selling purported cancer cures that federal health officials say could disrupt legitimate treatment and even harm unsuspecting patients. Read more
 

Sunday, June 8, 2008

U.S.-born children feel effect of raids

California | Local | By Anna Gorman | June 8, 2008
Yesenia Rangel, 12, looked out her window on a Friday morning in February and saw several officers with the letters “ICE” on their sleeves. Read more
 

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Mexico vs. drug gangs: A deadly clash for control

World | By Ken Ellingwood | June 3, 2008
Mexico is at war. Read more
 

Army’s role in Mexico drug war seen as crucial yet risky

World | By Ken Ellingwood | June 3, 2008
Although the Mexican army has been able to quiet drug violence in some hot spots, political observers say the deployment of thousands of soldiers could undermine civilian institutions and jeopardize Mexico’s evolving democracy. Read more
 

Monday, May 19, 2008

Red-light cameras catch right turns and lots of revenue

California | Local | By Rich Connell | May 19, 2008
Porcia London walked into the West Los Angeles courthouse ready to fight her red light camera ticket. Read more
 

Friday, May 16, 2008

Plot twist for cops on film sets

California | Local | By Joel Rubin | May 16, 2008
The star-struck gawkers, paparazzi and businessmen walking by a big-budget film set on Broadway in downtown Thursday could be forgiven for thinking that Bill Todd was a real Los Angeles police officer. Read more
 

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

The road back to Mexico stops 100 yards short

California | Local | By Richard Marosi | May 7, 2008
U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Read more
 

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Subways in N.Y. get more security

National | April 27, 2008
Straphangers in New York now have an extra layer of security: police officers armed with submachine guns and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs. Read more
 

Monday, April 21, 2008

Coastal cop’s troubled waters

California | Local | By Tony Barboza | April 21, 2008
Andrew Willis walked for an hour along the rugged Corona del Mar coast, his path punctuated by intimate coves and tide pools. Read more
 

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Issue intensifies day laborers’ fears

California | Local | By Ari B. Bloomekatz | April 20, 2008
Guatemalan immigrant Diego Cap, one of several hundred day laborers who look for work each day along a stretch of Oxnard Street in Van Nuys, said the proposed changes to Special Order 40 would only make people even more afraid to talk to police. Read more
 

A barrier to policing

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein | April 20, 2008
For Sterling “Ernie” Norris, Special Order 40 is a barrier to effective policing in Los Angeles. Read more
 

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bratton vows to clarify policy on immigrants

California | Local | By Richard Winton | April 17, 2008
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said Wednesday that the department’s controversial policy on dealing with illegal immigrants was widely misunderstood by the public and some of his own officers, and he would clarify the rule in the next couple of weeks. Read more
 

Monday, April 14, 2008

Ready for your (car) close-up?

California | Local | By Steve Hymon | April 14, 2008
Beverly Hills Police Lt. Read more
 
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