SAN FRANCISCO – A California university placed two of its police officers on administrative leave Sunday because of their involvement in the pepper spraying of passively sitting protesters, while the school's chancellor accelerated an investigation into the incident amid calls for her resignation. Read the rest of this entry »

MIAMI – A woman who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a curvier body. Police say what she found was a woman posing as a doctor who filled her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant. Read the rest of this entry »

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A woman killed one person and wounded five more before fatally shooting herself as police approached her on Sunday morning, North Carolina authorities said. Read the rest of this entry »

Bloomberg calls suspect a 'lone wolf' and not part of a larger conspiracy. NEW YORK — An "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as U.S. troops returning home has been arrested on numerous terrorism-related charges. Read the rest of this entry »

135 cameras installed around Denver, Colo. record imagery constantly. A sophisticated, citywide camera system has proved instrumental in fighting crime in Denver. Read the rest of this entry »

WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- Two inmates who tried to sweeten their love letters, quite literally, by adding a sprinkling of sugar to the envelopes accidentally touched off a hazardous-materials scare at a prison in upstate New York. Read the rest of this entry »

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The sprawling pile of hundreds of thousands of tires isn't easy to spot from the ground, sitting in a rural South Carolina clearing accessible by only a circuitous dirt path that winds through thick patches of trees. No one knows how all those tires got there, or when. Read the rest of this entry »

(CNN) - I don’t remember exactly when it started for me. It was before the first grade. I must have been 5 years old, maybe 4. My mother was divorced and worked during the day. Read the rest of this entry »

U-Haul truck slams into crowd in parking lot before college football game. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A driver of a U-Haul truck carrying beer kegs through a tailgating area before the Yale-Harvard game suddenly accelerated, fatally striking a 30-year-old Massachusetts woman and injuring two other women, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

Fort Lauderdale suburb is home to wealthy developers, Miami Dolphins pro football players. SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Florida — In one of South Florida's upscale, rural enclaves, where peacocks roam and horse trails are as common as sidewalks, town leaders decided to bring in much of their money from an unusual business: a prison. Read the rest of this entry »