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The association says it isn't safe after six tribal members have been killed in gunfights with deputies. By David Kelly, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 31, 2008 The Riverside County Sheriff's Assn., a union representing thousands of employees, has warned its members and the public to stay away from the Soboba Indian ...

About $55,000 in damage was caused in this rental house in Arcata, Calif., where marijuana was being grown and a piece of equipment started a fire. The owner didn't know how the house was being used. Officials estimate as many as 1,000 of the 7,500 homes in town are used for ...

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center will be monitored by a former U.S. attorney for up to five years following charges that it left a paraplegic man on a downtown L.A. street. By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 2, 2008 Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on Friday settled charges that it left a ...

An opinion piece by the former German foreign minister published today in a leading Middle East paper says that Israel is planning to attack Iran over its nuclear program. Joschka Fischer, German's top diplomat from 1998 to 2005, is a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He wrote ...

As polygamist families from the Yearning for Zion Ranch await the return of their children, officials in Texas face the fallout after trying to crack down. By Miguel Bustillo and Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers May 31, 2008 ELDORADO, TEXAS -- As officials haggled Friday over how to return more than ...

Undercover FBI probe snags 2 Miami cops accused of protecting shipments of drugs, stolen goods By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Writer MIAMI May 30, 2008 (AP) Two veteran police officers were charged Friday with providing protection for purported shipments of cocaine and stolen goods in what was actually an undercover FBI operation. Officer Geovani ...

39-Year-Old Son Jim Jr. Is Caught on Tape Screaming, 'I Had the Nuts the Whole Time!' By JUSTIN ROOD May 30, 2008 Jim Moran had the nuts the whole time. Not the longtime Democratic congressman from Virginia, Rep. Jim Moran -- but his 39-year-old son, Jim Jr., a Washington, D.C. area regional manager for ...

Politec to set up three development centers as part of bid to grow business outside of Brazil By Patrick Thibodeau May 27, 2008 (Computerworld) Some offshore outsourcers that want more IT work from companies in the U.S. are expanding their operations here, with the latest example being Brazilian vendor Politec SA. Brasilia-based Politec, ...

By Nick Heath Published: March 11, 2008 5:25 AM PDT eBay is decrying the lack of interest in cybercrime by authorities in countries such as Romania, Russia, and China. The online auction site pinpoints these three countries as the source of the majority of phishing e-mails that target eBay users for personal and ...

Dan Goodin, The Register 2008-05-27 TJX Companies, the mammoth U.S. retailer whose substandard security led to the world's biggest credit card heist, has fired an employee after he left posts in an online forum that made disturbing claims about security practices at the store where he worked. Security was so lax at ...