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Obama: Mistrust of police corrodes America 09/28/2014 04:30am • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Saturday said the widespread mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri, is corroding America, not just its black communities, and that the wa Suspect's confession is center of missing boy case 09/28/2014 12:48am • COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- While a judge weighs whether a murder confession in one of the nation's most notorious missing child cases can be used at the suspect's trial, a larger question is looming: Was it all made up?Pedro Hernandez is seen in hours of videotaped statements tel Russian FM issues blistering attack on US, NATO 09/28/2014 12:16am • STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Russian foreign minister issued a blistering attack on the West and NATO on Saturday, accusing them of being unable to change their Cold War "genetic code" and saying the United States must abandon its claims to "eternal uniqueness."Sergey Teacher gets 10 years prison in student rape 09/27/2014 12:00pm • MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana teacher was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in a notorious student rape case that dragged on for years and led to the censure of a judge who partially blamed the victim.Stacey Dean Rambold, 55, was resentenced by a new judge exa Vegas sidewalk-chalk arrests spawn federal lawsuit 09/26/2014 08:10pm • KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The arrests of several protesters for writing anti-police messages with chalk on a sidewalk last year have spawned a federal civil rights lawsuit against Las Vegas police.Maggie McLetchie, attorney for the plaintiffs, said Friday that chalking isn't a cr Families want investigations into police deaths 09/26/2014 12:18pm • JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The parents of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two black men who died in encounters with white police officers, joined with civil rights leaders on Thursday to call for a full federal investigation and charges against those involved in their deaths Romanian-Italian counterfeit euros gang busted 09/26/2014 09:38am • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Anti-crime prosecutors say they are questioning 20 Romanians and four Italians suspected of counterfeiting millions of euros.Romania's anti-organized crime office said Friday it had worked with Italian justice officials from since October when the chief suspect, an Italian Holder resigning: Attorney general backed rights 09/26/2014 03:26am • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eric Holder, America's first black attorney general and an unflinching champion of civil rights in enforcing the nation's laws, announced his resignation Thursday after leading the Justice Department since the first days of President Barack Obama's t Mexico detains 8 soldiers in June killing of 22 09/26/2014 12:20am • MEXICO CITY (AP) -- An army officer and seven soldiers were detained in connection with the killing of 22 people in rural southern Mexico, authorities announced late Thursday.The Mexican Defense Department said in a statement that the eight were involved in the incident in San Pedro Limon. They were Prosecutors: Lawyers can block Hernandez evidence 09/25/2014 06:50pm • DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Prosecutors have decided not to oppose a move by lawyers for former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez to suppress evidence against him in a 2013 murder case.In court filings Wednesday, prosecutors said that they won't fight the reques Career criminal gets life for 3 killings in 1980s 09/25/2014 05:25pm • BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As Audrey Nelson clawed for her life while being beaten and strangled 25 years ago, she grasped something that finally brought justice for her family Thursday and helped send a serial killer to prison.DNA found under Nelson's fingernails eventually l Crime Report: Robbery Outside Ballston Common Mall 09/25/2014 03:30pm • It was a relatively quiet seven days in Arlington, at least according to this week’s Arlington County crime report. In one notable incident, two men reportedly assaulted a man near Ballston Common Mall early Saturday morning, stealing his prescription medication, cash and a cell phone. ROBBERY Immigrant who hid in Oregon church gains support 09/25/2014 12:04pm • GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- As an immigrant activist's stay at an Oregon church to avoid deportation nears a week, he's gaining supporters, including Portland's mayor, and the church plans a rally for him.But court documents reveal more details about the troubled past of Suspect captured, but UVa student still missing 09/25/2014 11:40am • Get the latest information on the search for Hannah Graham in the WTOP live blog. JILL CRAIG Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- A man charged with abducting a missing University of Virginia sophomore has been captured in Texas and is awaiting extradition -- but there is sti Domestic violence in US: Data tells complex story 09/25/2014 10:52am • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer For weeks, amid allegations involving several NFL players, domestic violence has been the focus of intense national attention. Does the turmoil reflect a worsening epidemic of domestic violence, or has the U.S. in fact made great strides to curtail it? The answer is co