Karr arrives in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A suspect in the 1996 death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey arrived early Monday on a flight from Thailand to the United States, where he will be questioned by investigators.

Karr gets royal treatment for a reason

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Authorities probably had a very good reason for allowing JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr to live it up on the 15-hour flight to the United States, legal experts say -- they wanted him to talk.

Four officers hurt in Texas shootout

(CNN) -- Three police officers and a state trooper were shot Sunday in Midlothian, Texas, and authorities were in a standoff with a 25-year-old suspect, police said.

Kidnapped reporter's family issues plea

(CNN) -- The family of Fox News correspondent Steve Centanni, kidnapped nearly a week ago along with a cameraman in Gaza, appealed for information about his condition in a videotaped statement that aired Sunday.

Navy ship arrives with 7 tons of cocaine

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -- A Navy ship brought in 15,000 pounds (6,750 kilograms) of cocaine -- valued at about $480 million (euro374.9 million) -- seized in two drug busts in the Pacific Ocean this summer, authorities said.

Rhymes busted, charged with assault

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rapper Busta Rhymes has been arrested and charged with assault, police said Sunday.

Grim search for bodies enters second day

DREXEL, Missouri (AP) -- Officers were being briefed Sunday in the search for human remains in a rural Missouri yard, a day after authorities announced that bone fragments from at least two people were found there.

Karr begins journey to U.S.

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- The suspect in the 1996 death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey left his Bangkok jail cell Sunday for a flight back to the United States, where he is to be questioned by investigators.

Polygamists' children rally for their families

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- Calling their lives blessed, more than a dozen young women and girls from polygamist families in Utah spoke at a rally Saturday, calling for a change in state laws and the right to live their life and religion.

Remains of up to 6 people found in yard

DREXEL, Missouri (AP) -- The remains of at least two people were found in a rural Missouri yard, where the bodies of as many as six people might have been dumped, sheriff's officials said Saturday.

Army burning mustard gas at depot

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- The Army has begun draining and incinerating thousands of containers of mustard gas held in storage at a facility in the Utah desert.

Barbaro surgeon to operate on polar bear

ERIE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The surgeon who has worked to save the life of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will now try to help a polar bear with a broken leg, Erie Zoo officials said.

Decision on dangerous prank splits town

KENTON, Ohio (AP) -- It was intended to be a prank: steal a decoy deer, place it on a country road and watch as motorists swerved to avoid it. It ended with two teenagers suffering serious injuries when their car hit the decoy and rolled into a ditch.

Kerr back in U.S. on Sunday

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- John Mark Karr, the notorious suspect in the 1996 death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey,

Cops: Severed head in suspect's car

MINEOLA, New York (AP) -- A man was arrested in the killing of a retired schoolteacher whose dismembered body was found in his Long Island home and whose severed head was discovered in the trunk of his car, police said.

Activist holed up in church, agents not going in

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Immigration enforcement officers do not plan to enter a church where a single mother sought sanctuary rather than submit to deportation to Mexico, a government official said Friday.

Body parts company ordered to close up

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health officials ordered a North Carolina company that collected human body parts for transplant to shut down Friday after inspectors found violations that posed a threat to human health.

FDA: OK to add viruses to lunch meat

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A mix of bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday in granting the first-ever approval of viruses as a food additive.

Judge jailed for exposing himself during trials

BRISTOW, Oklahoma (AP) -- A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison.

Cruise ship assists Cuban rafters

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A Carnival Cruise ship assisted nine Cuban rafters adrift in the western Caribbean this week.