Woman sues RR after train injures leg while she was taking pictures on tracks in north Miss.

November 13th, 2009 Police say 2nd suspect admitted kidnapping NC girlFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park.

November 13th, 2009 Former judge DeLaughter to be sentenced FridayJACKSON, Miss. — Bobby DeLaughter (deh-LAW'-tur) made history as a prosecutor who put away a notorious civil rights-era assassin.

November 13th, 2009 Police: Man admitted kidnapping missing NC girlFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park.

November 13th, 2009 Man to plead not guilty to kidnapping NC girlFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The attorney for a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl says his client will plead not guilty.

November 6th, 2009 Mississippi woman sentenced for bankruptcy fraudJACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for hiding more than $255,000 from a bankruptcy trustee.

November 3rd, 2009 Ex-Miss California Prejean, pageant settle lawsuit LOS ANGELES — The legal war between former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean and pageant organizers is over. A joint statement released Tuesday says Prejean and the organizers of the pageant reached a confidential settlement on dueling lawsuits.

October 31st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Punjab government has asked the state police to train English-speaking youth from the state to make them employable in western countries as security guards, according to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also the state's home minister. Speaking at a meeting of national security agencies in New Delhi Saturday, Badal said that the police have created state of the art training facilities in the Punjab Security Training Institute located at Jahankhelan near Hoshiarpur, 160 km from here, to train youth and organise their employment as security guards in western countries.

October 27th, 2009 David Copperfield wins stay in assault lawsuitSEATTLE — Magician David Copperfield has won a six-month stay in a lawsuit filed in July by a Seattle woman who contends Copperfield sexually assaulted her while she was a guest on his private island in the Bahamas. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour stayed the case Tuesday so the U.S.

September 27th, 2009 KATHMANDU - They became the first sexual minority in South Asia to wrest the right to same-sex marriage and have a say in the new constitution. Now Nepal's transgender community is aiming to conquer the world outside by taking part in the international pageant for transgenders to be held in Thailand next month.

September 23rd, 2009 EPA sues North Face over anti-bacterial claimsSAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Environmental regulators are suing the parent company of outdoor apparel maker The North Face, alleging that footwear marketed as anti-bacterial violated federal pesticide laws.

September 23rd, 2009 KATHMANDU - Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal's biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did. "Women comprise more than half the population of Nepal," said Manu Humagain, coordinator of the United Struggle Committee formed by former rebels to stage protests against the pageant scheduled to be held in the capital Thursday.

September 17th, 2009 Arizona parents sue over kids' bath picturesPHOENIX — An Arizona couple accused of sexual abuse after taking bath-time photos of their children and then trying to have them developed at Walmart are suing the state and the retail giant. Lisa and Anthony "A.J." Demaree's three young daughters were taken away by Arizona Child Protective Services last fall when a Walmart employee found partially nude pictures of the girls on a camera memory stick taken to the store for processing, according to the suit.

September 16th, 2009 Notre Dame sues ex-worker over $29,000 tipINDIANAPOLIS — A woman who worked catering events for the University of Notre Dame says it was her lucky day when the school tipped her $29,000 in her check. But now the university is suing to get back the money she says she's already spent.

September 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Thursday that Pakistan will train Maldives Police. Malik made the remarks after a meeting with his Maldives counterpart Muhammad Shoaib in Islamabad, the Online news agency reported.

September 7th, 2009 PATNA - Dozens of handicapped students Monday blocked rail tracks at the Rajendra Nagar terminal near the Patna railway station Monday to protest the looting of handicapped passengers on a train late Saturday night, police said. The students on wheelchairs blocked the tracks for nearly an hour, shouting slogans against the incident and demanding stern action against criminals involved, police said.