RED DEER, Alta. — Police in Red Deer are looking for two people suspected of stealing a number of gold bars from a downtown casino. RCMP Const. Sabrina Grunow said video surveillance caught two people entering the Jackpot Casino early Thursday ...

The group allegedly told victims they had won large lottery prizes but had to prepay Canadian taxes and fees to get the cash. The U.S. Attorney's Office says nine others already have been sentenced to federal prison terms.

Melissa Leo is receiving early Oscar buzz for her role as Ray Eddy in “Frozen River.” In Courtney Hunt's "Frozen River," Ray Eddy smokes a cigarette sitting in her beater car, tearful, shaking her bare feet in snow. The camera picks up on a rose ...

LAS VEGAS - Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. The former football star was ...

ELMONT - Armed with a new 25-year franchise agreement, New York Racing Association is prepared to wage war against industrywide trends of declining on-track attendance and handle. However, it won't have the ammunition to put up a good fight until ...

Federal prosecutors are going after a Florida college student who allegedly installed spyware on a woman's laptop to covertly snap nude photos of her through her webcam. Craig Matthew Feigin Craig Matthew Feigin , 23, is charged (.pdf) in U.S ...

The Illinois House voted last week to lease the lottery. The state Senate has yet to take action on the proposal. Lease proponents hope that such a deal would provide the state with at least $10 billion, of which $7 billion would be for road and ...

This summer, I journeyed with friends to two musical festivals, Rothbury Music Festival in Rothbury, Mich., and Camp Bisco 7 in Mariaville, N.Y. On these adventures, I experienced over 25 alternative rock, jam band, electronic and disc-jockey ...

WOODSTOCK, England — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday the world should keep its powder dry as it reckons with a newly assertive Russia, avoiding military confrontation as U.S. presidents did during the Cold War. "With the added ...

Kobe Bryant can opt out of the final two years of his contract after this season Even if he does opt out, the market won't be filled with attractive alternatives A well-heeled European owner could try to jump into the Kobe sweepstakes Kobe Bryant ...