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Country singer Willie Nelson was arrested Friday on charges of marijuana possession by the U.S. Border Patrol in Sierra Blanca, Texas, CNN has confirmed. No further details were available, and a message left for Nelson's publicist has not been returned.

A third teen has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy in North York last week. The 17-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday, police said in a release, one day after another 17-year-old and a 16-year-old were arrested. All three have been charged with...

Federal agents in Gulfport, Mississippi, arrested Sunday a 53-year old man, declared dead in 1994, on kidnapping charges. Thomas Steven Sanders was arrested in the early morning at a Flying J Truck Stop. He is suspected in the abduction of Lexis Roberts, 12, of Las Vegas, Nevada. She was later...

Paris, France -- Two French brothers were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said Thursday. "These are serious counts. They are being questioned at this moment," he said in an interview for France 2 television. He would not say what...

German authorities have arrested 23 people from around the country suspected of being involved in a right-wing extremist radio station that played neo-Nazi songs, Federal Criminal Police said Thursday. They were arrested after raids of 22 homes in 10 German states, police said. Some 270...

University of Georgia partiers arrested ATHENS, Ga., A total of 43 University of Georgia students were arrested on drug and liquor charges during a two-week period, a student newspaper says. That's the period since the Princeton Review declared the university the top U.S. party school, The...

Police arrest man in banana suit PORT ANGELES, Wash., Police in Washington state said they arrested a banana-suited man who allegedly exposed himself in a Wendy's before brandishing a shotgun near a golf course. Clallam County Sheriff's deputies said Carlton Jeffery Kohnert, 21, was dressed in...

Pacers' Stephenson arrested NEW YORK, Rookie Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson is facing charges for allegedly pushing his girlfriend down a flight of stairs in New York. Stephenson, 19, was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly pushing Jasmine Williams down a stairwell in her...

Teens arrested for flashing breasts PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla., The sheriff of a Florida county said he arrested two 15-year-old girls, who were exposing their breasts to motorists, and a man who took a picture of the girls. Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron said he was driving to various...

Mom arrested with wet T-shirt suing city TAVARES, Fla., A Florida woman who was arrested after she was asked to leave a water park due to her wet T-shirt says she is suing the city of Tavares. Janet Lovett said she was at the Tavares splash park with her husband and 7-year-old son in April...

Woman arrested in cancer fraud OAKVILLE, Ontario, Police in Canada have arrested an Ontario woman who admitted faking cancer to solicit money for herself and charged her with fraud, authorities say. Ashley Kirilow, 23, was arrested Friday and charged with three counts of fraud under $5,000...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. – "Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has been arrested in the New Jersey beach town where the MTV show is based. Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd says Polizzi was...

22 illegal immigrants arrested in SoCal OCEANSIDE HARBOR, Calif., U.S. authorities said they arrested 22 illegal immigrants who tried to enter the country by boat near the shores of Camp Pendleton in Southern California. Customs and Border Protection agents took into custody 20 Mexicans, one...

Actor Jeffrey Jones arrested LOS ANGELES, (UPI) -- The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says actor Jeffrey Jones has been charged with failing to update his registration as a sex offender. Jones, 63, is best known for his work in the films "Ferris Bueller's Day Off,"...

Israel arrests seven with al-Qaida ties JERUSALEM, (UPI) -- Israeli security forces say they've arrested seven Israeli Arabs allegedly affiliated with al-Qaida and charged them with terrorist attacks including murder. Shin Bet, the Israeli Security Agency, arrested the seven, all residents of...

Alleged Hezbollah operative arrested PHILADELPHIA, (UPI) -- A New Jersey carpet installer and car dealer who allegedly acquired stolen cars and electronics for Hezbollah has been arrested in Paraguay, authorities said. Federal authorities are seeking to extradite Moussa Ali Hamdan to the...

Two arrested after Wendy's food fight KALAMAZOO, Mich., (UPI) -- Michigan police said two people were arrested after a fight that started as an argument about the accuracy of a Wendy's order and devolved into throwing food. Kalamazoo police said investigators arrived at the Wendy's at about...

NEW YORK (AP) — A barkeep whose flaming liquor show was featured in "Real Housewives of New York City" has been arrested for performing the fiery feat. Authorities said undercover fire marshals arrested the barkeep about 2 a.m. Sunday after he set alight Apotheke's bar top, where he had poured...

87-year-old arrested for selling crack PENSACOLA, Fla., (UPI) -- An 87-year-old panhandling Florida woman was arrested after allegedly selling a $20 piece of crack cocaine, police say. Escambia County undercover Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Ted Roy said he allegedly bought the drugs from Ola Mae Agee...

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