Prosecutors: Source of nearly $10K cash deposited in Baltimore mayor’s accounts is a mystery

October 13th, 2009 Attorney defends Texas mayor's $26,000 depositBROWNSVILLE, Texas — Prosecutors say the outspoken mayor of a Texas border town deposited a $26,000 check intended for a vendor in his own bank account and spent more than $5,000 over three weeks. But Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada's attorney said at the mayor's trial on Tuesday that it was "an innocent mistake" and the mayor would never intentionally deposit a check made out to someone else.

October 3rd, 2009 Canada mayors won't boycott over Buy American dealTORONTO — Canada's mayors are withdrawing their threat to boycott suppliers from the U.S. in retaliation for the Buy American provisions in the U.S.

October 2nd, 2009 Mesa, Ariz., is 1,000th signer for climate changeSEATTLE — Mesa, Ariz., is the 1,000th city to sign the U.S. Conference of Mayors' climate change agreement.

September 30th, 2009 Former Danielle Steel aide pleads guilty to fraudSAN FRANCISCO — A former aide to Danielle Steel is facing time in federal prison after admitting she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the romance novelist. Federal prosecutors announced Monday that 47-year-old Kristy Watts, who also goes by the name Kristy Siegrist, pleaded guilty last week to one count of wire fraud and four counts of tax evasion.

September 15th, 2009 Police: Med student uses sword to kill intruderBALTIMORE — Baltimore police say a Johns Hopkins University medical student armed with a samurai sword killed an intruder in his garage. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says campus police and an off-duty city officer responding to a call for a suspicious person heard screams to call police around 1:20 a.m.

August 25th, 2009 Traffic stop yields cash, phones, IDs and mysteryST. LOUIS — Sheriff's deputies in suburban St.

August 19th, 2009 Baltimore race beating suspect has Hitler tattooBALTIMORE — Baltimore police say a suspect in the racially motivated beating of a 76-year-old black man has a tattoo of Adolf Hitler on his stomach and even uses "Hitler" as a nickname. Twenty-eight-year-old Calvin Lockner was ordered held without bail Wednesday morning.

August 11th, 2009 Ex-Fla. sheriff sentenced to nearly 6 yearsPENSACOLA, Fla. — A former head of the Florida Sheriffs' Association has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison in a money laundering and corruption case.

July 17th, 2009 Billie Holiday statue rededicated in BaltimoreBALTIMORE — A Baltimore statue of Billie Holiday now bears images evoking the anti-racism message of a song recorded by the jazz icon in the 1930s, just as the sculptor intended. Two panels at the statue's base — one of a lynched man and another of a newborn baby — were part of the design, but weren't included when the piece was erected in 1985 in a West Baltimore neighborhood.

June 30th, 2009 Mexico frees 3 mayors held for alleged drug tiesMORELIA, Mexico — Federal prosecutors released three of the 10 Mexican mayors arrested last month in an unprecedented sweep of elected officials accused of protecting a drug cartel, authorities said Monday. The mayors of the western towns of Coahuayana, Buenavista and Aquila were let go after spending more than a month in jail, the federal Attorney General's Office said in a statement.

April 29th, 2009 The Baltimore Sun lays off nearly 60BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Sun has laid off nearly 60 people in its newsroom, including veteran editors and managers, columnists, photographers and designers. A spokeswoman for the newspaper says managerial-level employees were laid off at the end of the day Tuesday, and union-represented employees were informed Wednesday afternoon.

April 29th, 2009 Amtrak trips between Baltimore, Washington resumeHALETHORPE, Md. — Amtrak has resumed limited train service between Baltimore and Washington after a major water main break but warns that major delays are still expected south of Baltimore.

April 29th, 2009 Amtrak halts service between Baltimore, WashingtonHALETHORPE, Md. — Amtrak has resumed limited train service between Baltimore and Washington after a major water main break but warns that major delays are still expected south of Baltimore.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Friday joined the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in demanding that the government should ask the Swiss authorities to divulge the names of Indians who have stashed away ill-gotten money in secret bank accounts there. JD-U president Sharad Yadav told reporters here: 'India tops the list of countries whose citizens have deposited monies in Swiss banks and we must ask the government there to reveal the names.' CPI-M leader Prakash Karat made the demand last week during the release of his party manifesto.

December 29th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a tizzy over the Rs.26 million (Rs.2.6 crore) that reportedly went missing on Christmas Day from its national headquarters. Though party workers were Tuesday furiously speculating about who could be the culprit, the spokesperson said accounts were being 'reconciled'.