Oklahoma troubled by long line of sheriff scandals

A small-town sheriff and his top deputy kept close watch over a lonely stretch of interstate in eastern Oklahoma, looking for drug couriers to fleece. But one motorist carrying $30,000 in cash turned out to be an undercover federal agent.

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Iranian convicted of dealing drugs and sex offences avoids deportation

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The Knesset plenum gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill that would make it a crime to publicly deny Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, punishable by a sentence of up to a year in prison.

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About 300 bishops, gathered in Baltimore for their national meeting, adopted a formal blessing for a child in the womb and advised Chicago's Cardinal Francis George, president of the conference, as he began drafting a statement from the bishops to the incoming Obama administratio …

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Best Automotive Fuel System Cleaners and Additives?

Which fuel system cleaners and additives are the most effective? The variety on the store shelves can be overwhelming to the average consumer.

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Badlands Golf Club is the epitome of what a desert golf course should be, Kevin Iole writes. You frequently have to carry the ball over the rugged desert terrain and, to score well, have to place the ball in the proper side of the fairway.

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Sweden appears to have nearly wiped out prostitution. How? In 1999 Sweden passed legislation that criminalized the buying of sex, and decriminalized the selling of sex.

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NED Kelly's remains may be in a suburban Melbourne park. But Heritage Victoria, which last month revealed the outlaw's remains probably vanished from Pentridge Prison in the 1950s or 1960s, has ruled out looking.

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A former sheriff and mayor of Capitan, New Mexico will not face charges for digging up "Billy the Kid."

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Wil Wheaton has a very coherent and interesting take on how the bill purporting to outlaw internet gambling is actually a very cynical cash-driven election-year stunt.

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Saudi Arabia's religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, are turning to a new target: cats and dogs. The police have issued a decree banning the sale of the pets, seen as a sign of Western influence.

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Lawmakers are preparing to vote on a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions in South Dakota, a measure that could become the most sweeping ban approved by any state in more than a decade, those on both sides of the abortion debate say.

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British authorities are considering outlawing knives. What is the world coming too....

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