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Ex-Los Angeles NAACP head says Sterling distraught 05/19/2014 11:10pm • TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The former president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP said Monday that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was a "wreck" and almost crying after a television interview in which Sterling derided Magic Johnson as a role model.Leon Jenkin Credit Suisse pleads guilty to helping Americans evade taxes; will pay criminal penalties 05/19/2014 10:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- European bank Credit Suisse AG has pleaded guilty to helping wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes through secret offshore accounts and agreed to pay about $2.6 billion.The Justice Department says it's the largest penalty imposed in any criminal tax case. It is also the largest ban Supreme Court revives Taser death lawsuit 05/19/2014 08:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to take a new look at a case involving repeated police use of a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed Louisiana man who later died.The justices sent the case of Baron Pikes back to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Tha 58 countries urge UN to refer Syria to ICC 05/19/2014 06:40pm • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Nearly 60 countries urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to refer the war in Syria to the International Criminal Court for investigation of possible crimes against humanity and war crimes.France, which drafted the resolution, has called f Kathleen O'Toole nominated as Seattle police chief 05/19/2014 03:33pm • GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Kathleen O'Toole, a one-time Boston police commissioner and former inspector general for Ireland's national police force, was nominated Monday as Seattle's first female police chief.If approved by the City Council, she would take over a department of abo Man gets 20 years for role in cybercrime syndicate 05/19/2014 02:00pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in what authorities say is an unprecedented criminal case involving an international cybercrime syndicate with hundreds of thousands of U.S. victims.A federal judge in Las Vegas imposed the sentence Thursda Taser death in La. could get Supreme Court review 05/19/2014 09:58am • MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Handcuffed but not obeying police commands, the 21-year-old suspect absorbed the first shot from a 50,000-volt stun gun as he lay on the ground.Over the next 14 minutes, a police officer used his Taser on Baron Pikes at least seven more times when Pik Mali: Tuareg rebels take 30 hostages in north 05/19/2014 04:42am • ALOU DIAWARA Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Separatist Tuareg rebels launched an assault on the northern Mali city of Kidal over the weekend, killing eight soldiers, storming government buildings and taking 30 hostages in a "declaration of war" on the government, officials said Sunday.The att GM is fined $35 million over deadly defect 05/18/2014 07:06am • JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal safety regulators slapped General Motors with a record $35 million fine Friday for taking more than a decade to disclose an ignition-switch defect in millions of cars that has been linked to at least 13 deaths.Under an agreement with the Transpor Ex-defense contractor surrenders to US marshals 05/17/2014 06:21pm • POWAY, Calif. (AP) -- A former defense contractor convicted of bribing former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham of California surrendered to U.S. marshals after exhausting his appeals options.Brent Wilkes was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to 12 years in prison for bribery and other charges for lav Judge: Oil patch killing suspect fit for trial 05/16/2014 09:18pm • MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A mentally disabled Colorado man is fit to stand trial in the killing of a Montana teacher who disappeared after going out for a morning jog, according to a Friday ruling from a state judge in a case that has highlighted the social changes broug Dozens protest genocide denial in Guatemala 05/16/2014 08:08pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Dozens of Guatemalan war survivors and human rights activists protested Friday against a congressional resolution that denies there was any attempt to commit genocide during the country's bloody 36-year civil war.The protesters lined the facade of the Congress building with bl 4 charged with gang slaying of Va. reserve officer 05/16/2014 04:51pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Four members and associates of a Bloods-connected street gang are charged with kidnapping and killing a reserve police officer whose body was found in the woods in Virginia, according to an indictment released Friday.Five others were charged with gang-related crimes incl NY man who raped girl, killed mom gets life term 05/16/2014 12:04pm • SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York man was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for raping a girl and killing her mother after cutting off his ankle monitor and carjacking them last year.David Renz, 30, of the Syracuse suburb of Cicero, was given the maximum possible penalty in Onondaga 5 things to know about World Cup security 05/16/2014 07:34am • STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Violent protests a year ago during a warm-up tournament for the World Cup caught everyone by surprise, including police and troops who struggled daily to contain them.Tear gas wafted into the Maracana stadium during the Confederations Cup final be