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3 Michigan boys missing after father drops them off to attempt suicide

Police and neighbors were searching for three young Michigan boys Saturday who have been missing since their father claimed he dropped them off with a woman before trying to kill himself a day earlier.

Lawmakers block Mexico's crucial drug war reforms

Mexico's divided Congress is unlikely to pass President Felipe Calderon's pivotal plans to reform the police and combat money laundering, risking a major setback in the war against violent drug cartels.

Hundreds of Fetuses Found at Buddhist Temple

Thai police have discovered hundreds of human fetuses dumped at a Buddhist temple's morgue in Bangkok, and suspect they came from illegal abortion clinics.

Maryland official, wife hid money as FBI approached, affidavit says

Panicked as the FBI closed in Friday morning, Prince Georges County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife Leslie raced to find a $100,000 check for an alleged kickback and flush it down the toilet.

Senh: There's just too much good stuff in this article: "FBI agents then searched the person of Leslie Johnson incident to her arrest and recovered $79,600 in U.S. currency from her underwear," the affidavit says... Click on the link to the original article. There's money hidden in Leslie Johnson's bras too.

Woman arrested for trying to hit cop with sex toy

A woman from Gurnee, Ill., faces charges of aggravated assault for allegedly trying to hit a police officer with a "rigid female pleasure device."

Traffic on Bay Bridge into San Francisco shut down during armed standoff

Traffic entering San Francisco through the upper deck of the Bay Bridge came to a standstill Thursday morning during a standoff between law enforcement and a gun-wielding man in a car, authorities said.

Pa. man lights joint to celebrate child's birth

Police said a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital. Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking area of Uniontown Hospital Tuesday morning, but said he'll face marijuana possession charges.