Prison for Ill. workers in bribery-tax cut scheme

Brothers with the Cook County Board of Review - Chicago is the county seat - took a bribe to lower property taxes on several homes

• Apr 17, 2014

Knife found in enchilada at Calif. airport

The passenger told authorities she made the enchilada but didn't know how the knife got into the bag

• Apr 17, 2014

Coroner: Aspen socialite killed by blunt force

Official says Nancy Pfister, heiress to prominent Aspen family, was dead about 36 hours before her body was found in her home in February

• Apr 17, 2014

Affidavit: Mom kept dead son on ice for 4 days

Texas woman Pallavi Dhawan, a Hindu, contests charge she murdered her 10-year-old son; claims she was following tenets of her faith

• Apr 17, 2014

Teen arrested for "Heartbleed attack" on tax agency

Canadian Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes accused of hacking into the country's Revenue Agency using the Heartbleed bug; apparently first reported attack on security flaw

• Apr 16, 2014

Man arrested in aunt's death held on $2M bail

Wash. State man Mark Irwin accused of killing aunt he lived with

• Apr 16, 2014

S.C. man missing, cops looking for his stepson

Raymond Davis, 61, went missing Tuesday night after reportedly getting into a fight with his 41-year-old stepson Travelle Burros

• Apr 16, 2014

Will the NYPD really stop spying on Muslims?

Arab-American advocate takes wait-and-see attitude about announcement unit that spied on Muslims is being dismantled

• Apr 16, 2014

Ex-California city leader gets 12 years in prison

Former Bell, Calif., city manager Robert Rizzo previously pleaded no contest to 69 counts including conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds and falsification of public records

• Apr 16, 2014

Cops: Murder victim was on 911 call for 12 minutes

Denver police say a mother in fear for her life spent 12 minutes on the phone with 911 before she was shot to death by her husband

• Apr 16, 2014

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