"In 2010, a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis set out to test the reliability of drug- and bomb-sniffing dogs."

"The government had appealed after a federal judge in July ordered it to return $1.07 million to 35-year-old Tara Mishra, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Mishra said the cash was her life savings earned over years as an exotic dancer. Government lawyers had claimed the money was connected to illegal drugs, but offered no proof."

"An Iowa woman who used Craigslist to solicit someone to kill her father has pleaded guilty to a murder for hire charge."

London (CNN) -- British police have arrested a couple on suspicion of holding three "extremely traumatized" women captive for more than 30 years, Scotland Yard announced Thursday. One of the women -- a 30-year-old Briton -- "appears to have been in servitude for her entire life," Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland said.

"A sheriff's deputy mistakenly thought he saw a teen carrying an assault rifle on a California street this week and shot him dead, authorities said."

"Teacher slayings in Nevada and Massachusetts this week are the latest examples of how educators feel schools are less of a traditional safe haven, especially from gun violence that killed one of the instructors, an education firm says."

"Sources confirm Minneapolis Police officers will wear body cameras starting in 2014. "

"Florida woman, 31, arrested after posing as teen to seduce boy, 14 "

"The parents of an 8-year-old South Dakota girl want the police officer who stunned their daughter with a Taser disciplined, but the police chief said Wednesday that the officer acted properly and may have saved the little girl's life."

Today everyone needs to COMMENT a response to this article. Please answer both: ~In your personal opinion, did the police act appropriately? ~Based on your team's taser policy (from yesterday) was this an acceptable taser deployment? Why or why not?

"A mother who sent her three-year-old son Jihad to school wearing a sweater with the words "I am a bomb" on the front, along with his name and 'Born on September 11th' on the back, was handed a suspended jail sentence on Friday for "glorifying a crime"."

"(CNN) -- Can cruel words really kill? The answer, unfortunately, is yes. "

" Though he tearfully insisted that he was merely following God's will, a jury on Friday convicted Jacques Robidoux, 29, of first-degree murder in the starvation death of his infant son."

"A Plattsmouth, Nebraska man has sued Walmart, saying the failure of an overfilled plastic shopping bag led to the death of his wife."

"The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out the drunken driving conviction of a northwest Iowa man, saying a police stop based on an anonymous tip violated the man's constitutional protection against improper searches."

"A 50-year-old Indian woman has been released from prison, 19 years after she was granted bail. Vijay Kumari was unable to post the necessary amount of about $180 (£120) to secure her release - so she stayed in prison until the son, who she gave birth to while in jail, got her out."

"A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and emotional."