ASHFORD, Wash. — A day of searching for a 57-year-old climber who unclipped his rope and vanished near Mount Rainier’s summit has ended without locating the man, a National Park Service spokeswoman said Friday night.

Man arrested in fatal boat crash near Statue of Liberty; his 3 young kids emerge unscathed

BOGOTA - At least eight people were killed and nine seriously injured when a group of armed men opened fire at a bar in Colombia, officials said.

Los Angeles City Council approves $2.5M payment to fire captains in racial discrimination case

Bureau of Land Management revises size estimates of wildfire northeast of Las Vegas

Boat collision kills 1, injures 2 near Statue of Liberty; NYPD investigating

Death toll in Mexico flooding from former Hurricane Alex rises to 6

MEXICO CITY — The death toll in Mexico from flooding caused by former Hurricane Alex has risen to six, authorities said Friday.

2 pleasure boats collide near Liberty Island in NYC, at least 2 injured but conditions unknown

Serbian state TV website hacked

BELGRADE - Suspected Kosovo Albanian hackers attacked the website of Serbia’s state-run Radio Television Serbia (RTS) and uploaded headlines and bylines related to Kosovo, a media report said.

Chavez says Salvadoran man detained in Venezuela is suspect in Cuba bombings

Feds file charge against La. tug company involved in 2008 Mississippi crash, major oil spill

Scientists discover oil blotches on tiny blue crab larvae in Gulf of Mexico, source uncertain

Data shows BP has not reached maximum daily oil collection capacity with 2 containment devices

Toyota to recall 138,000 Lexus vehicles in US to fix faulty engines that can stall in motion

Toyota to recall 138,000 Lexus vehicles in US

Environmental groups ask judge to disqualify himself from drilling ban case, throw out ruling

Judge asked to toss decision on drilling ban

At least 1,063 US military deaths in Afghan region since 2001

US military deaths in Afghan region at 1,063

BP to 40,000 Gulf oil spill workers: Talk away with the media, but only if you want

BP to 40,000 oil spill workers: Talk away to media

6 suicide bombers attack USAID compound in N. Afghanistan, killing 2 foreigners, 2 Afghans

USAID compound attacked in Afghanistan; 4 killed

BP sends some skimming vessels back to the sea as rough conditions from Hurricane Alex ease

BP: Skimmers back on the seas after Hurricane Alex

Workers clearing brush blamed for wildfire damaged 10 homes, other buildings near Las Vegas

Campfire, work crew blamed in Vegas-area wildfires

Deal being finalized in lawsuit alleging turtles were killed when BP burned oil from Gulf well

Deal being finalized in lawsuit over Gulf turtles

New model says Fla. Keys and Miami have up to 80 percent chance of seeing oil remnants

Model shows high chance of oil hitting South Fla.

Wife of Pakistani man in Maine held in Times Square bomb probe says he’s getting out on bail

Bail set for Maine man held in Times Square probe

Crews back to battle 2 wildfires that forced evacuations, burned 10 homes near Las Vegas

Fires burn homes, force evacuations near Las Vegas

Jama Masjid bomb hoax caller arrested

NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday for making a hoax call to police claiming bombs had been placed in the historic Jama Masjid here.

Pacheco to surrender Saturday: Lawyer

PANAJI - Former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, wanted in a case of culpable homicide involving the death of his 28-year-old alleged lover, is likely to surrender to the crime branch Saturday morning, his counsel said.

Judge: Deal reached in lawsuit alleging turtles killed in BP’s controlled oil burns in Gulf

Deal reached in lawsuit alleging turtles burned

Police questioning Japanese journalist held by Maoists

KOLKATA - Police Friday detained for questioning a Japanese journalist and a local photo-journalist, who were earlier held by Maoists for several hours in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district.

Crews back to battling Vegas-area wildfires in Moapa and on Mount Charleston

Crews resume fighting Las Vegas-area wildfires

Molestation accused school official surrenders in court

CHENNAI - Kodaikanal Public School correspondent (official) M.L. Bright, absconding since a class nine girl student filed a sexual harassment complaint against him last month, surrendered in court Friday, police said.

Police ‘reconstruct’ DNA of mafia leader in Italy

Palermo (Italy), July 2 (IANS/AKI) Italian police claimed to have reconstructed the genetic profile of a mafia leader, using tests on DNA samples from the fugitive’s relatives, media reports said.

Five killed in Bihar boat capsize

PATNA - Atleast five people drowned and around 40 were missing after a boat capsized in Gandak river in Bihar’s Bettiah district Friday morning, an official said.

Nine Indian Oil Corp officials arrested in Jaipur blaze case

JAIPUR - Nine Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) officials, including general manager Gautam Ghosh, have been arrested for criminal negligence in a major fire at its depot in October last year in which 11 people were killed, police said Friday.

Three held for running fake visa racket

NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Friday claimed to have busted a fake visa racket with the arrest of three people, including a Nigerian national and a woman, here.

Ancient idol stolen from Jharkhand temple

RANCHI - Two people were detained Friday after a three century old idol of goddess Chhinmastika was stolen from Rajrappa temple in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district, creating a sensation in the state.

Ex-Interpol chief convicted of corruption

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s former top policeman and ex-head of Interpol Jackie Selebi was found guilty of corruption Friday after being found to have been in the pay of a convicted drug smuggler.

Two more teens charged in Indian-American scientist’s murder

NEW YORK - US police has charged two more teenagers for the murder of an Indian-American computer scientist outside his home at Old Bridge in New Jersey.

Family of Kurla killings suspect claims he’s innocent

MUMBAI - Around 1,000 people led by the family members of Javed Shaikh, arrested in the rape and murder case of a minor girl, Friday gheraoed (surrounded) a police station in Kurla suburb of north-east Mumbai and pelted stones at the officers, claiming he was innocent.

Two held in multi-million rupee coal scam

BHUBANESWAR - Two senior officials of a state-run company were arrested in Orissa Friday on charges of being involved in a multi-million rupee scam, police said.

Three arrested for parading widow naked

LUCKNOW - Three men have been arrested on charges of assaulting a widow and parading her naked through a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, the police said Friday.

Robbers vandalise graves in Goa

PANAJI - Two freshly-dug graves were vandalised at a Roman Catholic cemetery in Goa and gold ornaments stolen, police said Friday.

Murder accused open fire in Chandigarh, 1 held

CHANDIGARH - Three murder accused opened fire at Haryana policemen in broad daylight Friday in the busy market area of Sector 20 here, the police said.

Mafia don Arun Gawli gets bail in extortion case

MUMBAI - Nearly 27 months after he was arrested and jailed, mafia don-turned-politician Arun Gawli secured bail in an extortion case, his lawyer said here Friday.

Police: Suspected insurgents kill 8 in 2 days of bloodshed in Thailand’s restive south

Police: 8 killed in Thailand’s restive south

Fake cold drink factory busted, six held

NEW DELHI - Six people were arrested Friday after police busted a fake cold drink factory here seizing about 1,000 spurious bottles of well-known brands, police said.

Delhi constable dies in accidental firing

NEW DELHI - A Delhi Police constable died here Friday after another policeman accidentally shot him while getting a service revolver checked, an official said.

Blast at Serb protest kills man, injures dozen others in ethnically tense northern Kosovo town

Blast kills 1 at Serb protest in north Kosovo town

Court to decide on Ramalinga Raju’s trial Monday

HYDERABAD - A special court will decide Monday whether B. Ramalinga Raju, the key accused in the Rs.14,000 crore Satyam scam, should be examined through video conference.

Citizen ‘cops’ use mobiles, Twitter to nab traffic offenders

NEW DELHI - Big Brothers are watching… and reporting traffic violations on Facebook and Twitter. Recalling the Orwellian era with new age tools, citizens in the capital have armed themselves with cellphone cameras to assist the Delhi Traffic Police (DTP) in nabbing offenders by posting pictures on social networking sites.

346 students booked for forgery in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - As many as 346 students of Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad University have been booked for using fake documents to avail a fee-refund scheme meant for poor scholars, police said Friday.