Jun 2 - By Peter Prengaman, AP Writer
Luis Hernandez just laughs as he sells fake driver's licenses and Social Security cards to illegal immigrants near a park known for shady deals. The joke — to him and others in his line of work — is the government's promise to put people like him out of business with a tamperproof national ID card.
May 5 - By Associated Press
Chinese weather specialists used chemicals to engineer Beijing's heaviest rainfall of the year, helping to relieve drought and rinse dust from China's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.
Apr 18 - By Associated Press
A man who reported he was carjacked cooked up his story after he later regretted selling his car to a teenager in exchange for a $150 bag of cocaine, police said.
Apr 5 - By Associated Press
The sheik was a fake, the Rembrandt a replica, and the doors never opened for The Greatest. A man who posed as a member of the Saudi royal family and tried to sell a forged painting was sentenced Tuesday to five months in federal prison plus five months of home confinement.
Mar 24 - By Associated Press
A makeshift mannequin that failed to fool police monitoring the high-occupancy vehicle lane on a highway has fetched $15,000 in an auction on eBay, with proceeds going to charity, the buyer announced.
Mar 16 - By Associated Press
A 23-year-old man was arrested after he tried to buy condoms and cologne with a fake $100 bill, authorities said.
Mar 15 - By Associated Press
A former trader for Reliant Energy was sentenced to almost five years in prison for submitting false information about natural gas trades to an industry publication, in what is believed to be the first such case in the nation.
Feb 28 - By Associated Press
A former El Paso Corp. energy trader pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of reporting fake trade data to an industry publication that uses the information to calculate natural gas index prices.
Feb 24 - By Joe Mandak, AP Writer
A woman who claimed she was trying to cheat on a drug test was behind a bizarre incident in which a frightened convenience store clerk thought she had microwaved a severed penis, police said.
Feb 8 - By Tom Krisher, AP Writer
Police arrested 12 people last weekend on felony charges for selling counterfeit Super Bowl tickets, and 73 bogus tickets were taken from people who tried to enter Ford Field on game day, authorities said.
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