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Some 30 people are killed in clashes between suspected al-Qaeda militants and the army in the southern Yemeni province of Lahij, officials say.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- A representative of the military junta that seized control of Mali in a coup last week says the group is confident they will find a solution to the crisis after meeting with Burkina Faso's president....

Police are investigating the deaths of five residents at the same Broughty Ferry nursing home within the space of two days.

LONDON (AP) -- British lawmakers have been known to get rowdy during debates. They also have been known to fall down drunk during a vote, headbutt colleagues in a drunken brawl, and run up 50,000 pound ($80,000) tabs for food and drink....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the big trading loss at JPMorgan Chase shows the need to finally put in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago. He also is calling on Congress to stop trying to weaken the regulations....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes who remained true to their nation despite an unwelcome homecoming....

CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Barack Obama said November's election will give voters the chance to break a stalemate about America's direction, declaring Thursday in a campaign speech in battleground Ohio that he and Republican Mitt Romney offer "two fundamentally different views" about how to grow the economy and create jobs....

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Bahraini security forces fired tear gas during clashes Saturday with protesters who gathered after authorities acknowledged that gunfire killed a young man during earlier anti-government demonstrations in the Gulf kingdom....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Activists say Syrian troops are shelling restive suburbs of Damascus and rebel-held areas in the central city of Homs....

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi-American woman found bludgeoned to death in her California home last week, with a threatening note left beside her body, was buried in her native Iraq on Saturday. Family members wept uncontrollably by her graveside and her father asked God to exact revenge on those responsible for her death....

Warrant for DNA failed to show probable cause because it was based on mere conclusions. On remand, however, the state is free to use inevitable discovery to validate it. State v. Jenkins, 2012 S.C. App. LEXIS 84 (March 28, 2012):

Nevertheless, the State argues that because this case involves a sex crime, the magistrate could reasonably have inferred the victim was the source of the information. We disagree. The law does not allow the State to justify a bodily intrusion on the possibility that a magistrate made a correct inference as to the source of the information in the affidavit. Rather, "[m]ere conclusory statements which give the magistrate no basis to make a judgment regarding probable cause are insufficient." Smith, 301 S.C. at 373, 392 S.E.2d at 183. Moreover, the complete absence of a source for any of the information makes a variety of scenarios possible. For example, the detective could have pieced together the information from other officers, the victim's neighbors, or even an anonymous tip. This is precisely what the law forbids a magistrate from doing. The magistrate's "action cannot be a mere ratification of the bare conclusions of others." Id. (quoting Gates, 462 U.S. at 239).

Note: One of the benefits of knowing the Fourth Amendment is that you don't file pointless motions to suppress. Most of the time, 95% of the time, the warrant or search is valid. I filed my first motion to suppress in over a year this week on the same ground: The officer alleged it was his opinion that evidence would be found in the place to be searched without any effort to show probable cause connecting it to the crime under investigation saying only "It is the officer's opinion evidence will be found" in a camera and computer. And, warrants failing on this ground get no good faith exception under Leon's third ground.

A hip fracture rules bookies' favourite Prince De Beauchene out of the Grand National on 14 April, owner Graham Wylie reveals.

A cruise ship disabled by a fire has been repaired and is sailing slowly from Philippines waters to Malaysia, the ship's operator says.

Police responded to a shooting call, and defendant was outside being patted down and handcuffed saying, “Just help him. Help him,” referring to his adult son Brian Chapman in the house who was shot. The first responders entered and also did a protective sweep for other possible injured, and they saw evidence in plain view. Those officer left briefly, but second responders were called to process the scene. They could enter the premises under the original consent. “California decisions uphold an officer's reentry to seize evidence observed in plain view during a lawful entry but not seized initially because the officer was performing a duty that took priority over the seizure of evidence.” The reentry was valid, and the trial court erred in suppressing the second entry. People v. Superior Court, 2012 Cal. App. LEXIS 369 (2d Dist. March 29, 2012):

Iraq solder was injured by an IED and evacuated stateside for recovery. When he was unconscious, his belongings were inventoried for shipment back with him, and child pornography was found. He was court martialed after recovery at Fort Drum. The inventory was valid under regulation for the injured and dead and MRE 313(c). United States v. Kelly, 2012 CCA LEXIS 103 (Army Ct. Crim. App. March 27, 2012) (unpublished).*

CHICAGO (AP) -- Lottery ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland each selected the winning numbers for the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot that is believed to be the world's largest of all time, a lottery official said Saturday....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Rebels on Saturday attacked Mali's strategic northern city of Gao, a day after they took the provincial capital of Kidal, witnesses and an official said. The move deepens the crisis in the landlocked nation at the feet of the Sahara in western Africa after a coup earlier this month....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked militants staged a surprise attack on a Yemeni army base in the south Saturday, setting off clashes that left 30 dead on both sides before air strikes forced the militants to retreat, military officials said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked militants staged a surprise attack on a Yemeni army base in the south Saturday, setting off clashes that left 30 dead on both sides before air strikes forced the militants to retreat, military officials said....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a "humorous" story about his dad shutting down a factory....