Teen pleads guilty in US border agent killing

SAN DIEGO — A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times...

All hat under the collar

There’s was no tip of the cap in this collar. Police said a Dorchester man was arrested early Tuesday...

S. Texas man accused of selling pot door-to-door

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A 19-year-old Brownsville man is jailed on a drug charge after he allegedly went door-to-door...

Colo. medical pot suppliers will have to pay taxes

DENVER — Colorado is gearing up to officially tax and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries, a move lawmakers...

‘Potter’ star’s magic dragon?

“Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe has denied smoking marijuana at a party, after a report...

Man convicted of fatal shooting

LAWRENCE — A Lynn teenager who shot another man in the head during a gunfight has been sentenced to life...

Autopsies withheld in firefighter probe

A federal investigator probing the deaths of two Hub firefighters got a bewildering runaround from state and...

Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade’s open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday, pushing and...

Boston Fire Department, DA: We didn’t block Feds in firefighter probe

Suffolk prosecutors and Boston Fire Department brass yesterday strongly refuted findings in a federal report,...

Tennessee football players charged in attempted armed robbery

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Three freshmen Tennessee football players, including highly touted wide receiver recruit...

Michigan farm expert opens Marijuana U.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Nearly a year after voters in this economically disadvantaged state overwhelmingly passed...

Frankly embarrassing

Congressman Barney Frank is nothing more than a national embarrassment to the state of Massachusetts. His latest...