21 hours ago - By Associated Press
British pop star Sting says Brazil's government should listen to the voices of local indigenous groups before building a massive hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rain forest.
Nov 6 - By Mark Scolforo, Associated Press Writer
An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.

Oct 29 - By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP Music Writer
Sting isn't a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world's problems.
Oct 7 - By Sara Kugler, Associated Press Writer
Private unlicensed gun dealers were captured on video selling weapons to undercover investigators who admitted they couldn't pass background checks in a sting operation by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to highlight the "gun show loophole."
Jul 29 - By Associated Press
State investigators who ramped up their use of sting operations to catch Internet child predators four years ago are frustrated by a judge who has refused to impose a stiffer penalty in a case against a former sports editor.

May 24 - By Deborah Hastings, AP National Writer
It usually starts with a snitch and a sting operation, followed by a great deal of publicity and controversy.

Mar 19 - By MARY ESCH, Associated Press Writer
An undercover investigation into poaching and illegal sales of New York's native turtles, snakes and salamanders has led to charges against 25 people, state environmental officials said Thursday.
Mar 12 - By Associated Press
After singing of "Fields of Gold," British rock star Sting is tending fields of grapes as he prepares to market red wine made at his country estate in Tuscany.

Feb 11 - By Associated Press
Sting thrilled a Romanian audience of 4,000 with his renditions on the lute of Elizabethan music interspersed with classics from his Police days such as "Roxanne."
Jul 10 - By Mike Robinson, AP Legal Affairs Writer
It might have looked like easy money to O'Hare International Airport worker Riad Skaff: $26,500 to help smuggle night-vision goggles, rifle scopes and cash aboard Paris-bound jets.

Jun 25 - By Associated Press
NBC Universal has settled a $105 million lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed a televised sex sting by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator" drove her brother to kill himself.
Apr 1 - By Associated Press
A former children's services lawyer accused in an Internet child-sex sting pleaded guilty Tuesday to two charges.
Mar 10 - By Marcus Kabel, Associated Press Writer
A former small-town Missouri mayor and pastor can go to trial over allegations he made sexual advances in an Internet chat room to a detective posing as a 13-year-old girl, a judge ruled Monday.

Jan 25 - By Sara Kugler, Associated Press Writer
City officials say a federal judge helped their lawsuit against gun dealers by ruling that there was no crime in sending undercover investigators into gun shops to try to buy weapons illegally.
Jan 24 - By Associated Press
A sting targeting alcohol sales to underage customers produced a startling result, police said: Not a single arrest.
Jan 16 - By Marcus Kabel, Associated Press Writer
A small-town mayor and pastor charged with enticing a child over the Internet was recorded calling the investigating detective at home Wednesday and asking him to stop the case.
Jan 14 - By Marcus Kabel, Associated Press Writer
A small-town mayor and church pastor was in jail Monday on charges of soliciting sex over the Internet from a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl.
Nov 27 - By Associated Press
Authorities found child pornography among the possessions of a prosecutor who fatally shot himself last year when police arrived at his home as part a sting arranged by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator," according to a state report.
Nov 6 - By Associated Press
A man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for plotting to help a supposed al-Qaida operative blow up U.S. oil pipelines and refineries.
Oct 31 - By John McCarthy, AP Writer
A former children's services lawyer was in jail Thursday, a day after authorities allege he went to the Ohio Statehouse to meet someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl he had met online.

Oct 5 - By Associated Press
A federal prosecutor from Florida accused of flying to Detroit last month to molest a 5-year-old girl committed suicide in his cell Friday in federal prison, authorities said.

Jul 17 - By Associated Press
An employment tribunal ordered Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, on Tuesday to pay a former chef $51,000 in compensation after she won a sexual-discrimination claim against them.

May 10 - By Associated Press
An employment tribunal ruled Thursday that Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, discriminated against their chef by firing her after she became pregnant.

Apr 1 - By Associated Press
A woman's five children were in protective custody after she was charged with offering to let an undercover investigator have sex with her 7-year-old daughter.
Mar 13 - By Associated Press
A Portland couple arranged to trade marijuana for the chance to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, the authorities said Tuesday.