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Man pleads guilty to killing 2 postal workers 05/22/2014 06:48pm • ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former corrections officer pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally shooting two workers at a rural Tennessee post office in a deal that allows him to avoid the death penalty and spend the rest of his life in prison.Chastain Montgomery, 50, changed hi Court: 30 years' solitary OK for convicted killer 05/22/2014 06:20pm • DENVER (AP) -- An appeals court on Thursday denied a request by a federal prisoner convicted of killing three people behind bars to be released from solitary confinement, where he has been held the past 30 years.A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday denied the req FBI ends probe that halted Guantanamo 9/11 case 05/22/2014 04:37pm • BEN FOX Associated Press MIAMI (AP) -- An FBI investigation into a potential security breach that halted proceedings at the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal in April has ended without charges, the Justice Department said Thursday.The FBI was investigating whether a member of the defense team for Ramzi Russia, China veto UN move to refer Syria to ICC 05/22/2014 02:44pm • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the Syrian crisis to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible war crimes, prompting angry responses from the proposal's supporters who said the two Postal inspector cited for breaking up child porn ring 05/22/2014 04:12am • WASHINGTON -- When you think of a postal inspector, you may not think of a crime fighter, but that's exactly what Brian Bone does. He's an inspector with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and he was given the Child Protection Award at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesda Supreme Court halts Missouri execution 05/21/2014 08:44pm • JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday halted the execution of a Missouri inmate with a rare medical condition who challenged the state's refusal to disclose the source of its lethal injection drug.The justices said a lower federal court needs to tak FBI head: Cyber crime posing 'enormous challenge' 05/21/2014 06:15pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Law enforcement faces an "enormous challenge" in preventing state-sponsored cyber crimes, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday, days after the Justice Department announced charges against five Chinese military officials accused of hacking into Ameri Crime Report: Attempted Armed Robbery Near Police HQ 05/21/2014 04:55pm • A man with a gun allegedly tried to rob a woman in the Hilton Garden Inn in Courthouse, just a half block from Arlington police headquarters. The incident happened around 11:20 a.m. this past Thursday. From this week’s Arlington County crime report: ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, 140515023, 1300 bloc War crimes court wants Gadhafi son for trial 05/21/2014 02:46pm • MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Appeals judges reaffirmed Wednesday that a case against the son of the country's former dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, for alleged crimes against humanity can proceed at the International Criminal Court.In a majority decision, a five-judge pane US group says Philippine death squad killed 298 05/21/2014 05:40am • OLIVER TEVES Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A U.S.-based human rights group said Wednesday that a "death squad" targeting criminal suspects in a southern Philippine city was organized by a former mayor and was responsible for nearly 300 killings in recent years.Human Rights Watch said A look at Missouri's next scheduled execution 05/21/2014 05:00am • JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri's seventh execution in seven months, and the nation's first since one went awry in Oklahoma, was on hold after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted a stay of execution. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said the full Supreme Cour Supreme Court justice suspends Missouri execution 05/21/2014 12:36am • JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order late Tuesday suspending the planned execution of a Missouri inmate with a little more than an hour to spare before the inmate's scheduled lethal injection.Alito, who handles emergency matters Mali urges UN to demand disarmament of all groups 05/21/2014 12:09am • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Mali's foreign minister urged the U.N. Security Council at an emergency meeting Tuesday to demand that all armed groups in the volatile West African nation lay down their weapons, especially separatist Tuareg rebels who launched a deadly attac German probe finds 20 former death camp guards 05/20/2014 03:14pm • DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- Around 20 former guards at the Majdanek death camp could face charges in Germany, following a widespread probe of the Nazi SS men and women who served there during World War II, war crimes investigators said Tuesday.Federal prosecutor Kurt Schrimm, who he Case against former Va. Gov. McDonnell to proceed 05/20/2014 03:11pm • ALAN SUDERMAN RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, is set to go to trial this summer after a judge tossed out a motion to dismiss most of the charges against the couple.U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer also decided Tuesday t