GREG RISLING

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Adult film producer convicted in obscenity trial

An adult film producer was convicted Friday of violating federal obscenity laws by selling movies depicting bestiality and extreme fetishes.

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TSA screeners charged in LA drug trafficking probe

Duane Eleby, a suspected drug courier, was all set to sneak 10 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport last February with the help of a former Transportation Security Administration employee and a screener.

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Metlife, states reach settlement near $500M

MetLife Inc. will pay nearly $500 million in a settlement involving more than 30 states that claimed it didn't provide life insurance benefits to some of its policyholders, the company said Monday.

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USC campus officer shoots armed robbery suspect

A gunman was shot Wednesday during his arrest by a University of Southern California police officer after a group of students was robbed near the campus, authorities said.

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2 charged in $2.2M scheme against Colts' Freeney

A financial adviser for Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney and the adviser's lover have been arrested on federal wire fraud charges that allege they swindled about $2.2 million from the lineman.

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Man pleads guilty in celeb email hacking

An unemployed Florida man pleaded guilty Monday to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities, including Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet.

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New probe of woman's Malibu death yields few clues

Mitrice Richardson was arrested for walking out on an $86 restaurant tab and vanished after being released from a remote sheriff's station in the middle of the night with no car, no phone and no money. What happened after that remains a mystery.

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Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case

When AT&T started slowing down the data service for his iPhone, Matt Spaccarelli, an unemployed truck driver and student, took the country's largest telecommunications company to small claims court. And won.

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Armstrong says he's happy investigation over

Lance Armstrong is relieved the federal investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and says he always stayed confident he would not be charged.

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Calif. toy company owners sentenced in drug scheme

Two sisters who ran a Los Angeles toy company were sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in federal prison for their role in helping launder money for Colombian drug traffickers.

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California man gets 6 years for foiled murder plot

If Eugene Temkin had heeded a warning by FBI agents two years ago to not kill a former business partner, he wouldn't have found himself in front of a judge on Monday, being sentenced to six years in prison for hatching a murder-for-hire plot.

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Trouble followed German mother, son in 3 countries

Wherever Dorothee and Harry Burkhart went, trouble followed the mother-and-son duo.

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Calif woman charged in terrorist funding case

A California woman was indicted on federal charges alleging she sent money to Pakistan to help fund terrorist attacks against U.S. military personnel, authorities said.

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APNewsBreak: Man charged in attack on Simmons site

A Connecticut man affiliated with a hacking group was arrested Tuesday on federal charges for an attack on a website belonging to Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, authorities said.

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'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96

Harry Morgan never planned to be an actor, yet he spent 10 years on one of the top TV series of all time, made 50 films and appeared on Broadway. He became one of the best-known character actors in Hollywood.

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Calif., Nevada team up in mortgage fraud probes

The attorneys general in California and Nevada said Tuesday they are partnering in investigations into the mortgage meltdown that crippled the two states with the highest rates of foreclosures in the nation.

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Rx drug program in Calif needs lifeline to survive

Traditional police work wouldn't have nabbed Dr. Lisa Barden for visiting 43 pharmacies to illegally obtain tens of thousands of pain pills to fuel her own addiction.

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APNewsBreak: More charges in celeb hacking case

A Florida man has been indicted on two additional felony counts for allegedly hacking into an email account belonging to an unnamed actress, according to court documents obtained Friday.

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Calif. attorney general subpoenas mortgage giants

California's attorney general has subpoenaed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac looking into their lending practices in the state, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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Bieber paternity case withdrawn; DNA test still on

An attorney for a woman who claims Justin Bieber is the father of her baby boy said Wednesday her lawsuit has been withdrawn as both camps await the singer to take a paternity test.

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Police: Bieber sexual tryst may be investigated

A woman who claims Justin Bieber fathered her baby in a backstage bathroom could be investigated for having sex with a minor because the singer was 16 at the time.

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Official: Suspected killer tied to other deaths

Police have linked the man charged with 10 murders in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings to a number of other deaths, a law enforcement official said Friday.

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Florida man pleads not guilty in celebrity hacking

A Florida man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet.

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Fed threat gets results as Calif pot shops close

A letter from federal prosecutors accomplished what nearly $600,000 in legal fees couldn't do in this Orange County suburb: it shut down medical marijuana shops.

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12 arrested, drugs, weapons seized in Vagos raids

Twelve members of the Vagos motorcycle club were arrested and more than 300 weapons seized in raids across seven Southern California counties, in the latest attempt to dismantle what authorities say is a criminal enterprise.

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