Body in suitcase was full of heroin packets, cops say

"WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) -- An autopsy has revealed that a man found dead in a suitcase in a suburban park was a drug "mule" who had 50 packets of heroin in his body and probably died when one or two of them broke open. Investigators expressed surprise that the man's body...

Police: Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants

" PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday. Thomas Daley, 45, will face additional charges stemming from the new victims identified...

Police: Gunman kills self after standoff in bank

"WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. ...

Missouri Man kills fireman, injures 2 police after starting house and vehicle...

"MAPLEWOOD, Mo. - A suburban St. Louis firefighter was shot to death Monday and two other emergency workers were injured in a standoff with a gunman in a smoke-filled house.The incident began with a report of a pickup truck fire Monday morning in Maplewood, a suburban town...

The End of White Flight

"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...

Midlothian father admits he locked daughters in cage in truck, cops say

"Midlothian father admits he locked daughters in cage in truck, cops say Man arrested at gas station, charged with child...

Services begin at new £6m station

South London has gotten its first new tube station since World War Two. The new station is located at Epsom, and the first train arrived yesterday."Services have begun at a new railway station in south London.The first Southern Train to Epsom arrived at Mitcham Eastfields in...

New Urbanism's Moses comes to Tsawwassen

Trevor Boddy critiques a proposed new urbanist development in South Delta as "a last-gasp attempt to reform suburbanism from within,before high energy prices and new respect for land compels much denserdevelopment." "The 13th of May brought several downer developments — and...