BEND, Ore. – A Klamath Falls man was arrested Friday in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred in mid-February in Klamath Falls, deputies reported. He had been treated in a Bend, Oregon hospital for injuries received in a crash during an earlier and unrelated police chase, deputies reported.   Christopher D. Ricketts – KCJ photo  According to a news release issued by the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office, 25-year old Christopher D. Ricketts of 1433 Derby in Klamath ... [full story]

NEW DELHI - An announcement Monday that India's national elections will begin next month has triggered a scramble by political parties, analysts said. A trend of having to rely on small political factions to cobble together government coalitions is expected to accelerate in the upcoming elections, which are being overshadowed by India's economic slowdown, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) reported. Observers said the race to form political alliances is on, contended amid a fractured landscape ... [full story]

SACRAMENTO - California prison officials announced Monday they would no longer lock up undocumented aliens who violate their state paroles by returning to the United States. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said that in an effort to cut its own costs, it would allow federal authorities to prosecute undocumented immigrants who had illegally re-entered California while on parole. "We hope that the federal government will partner with us in the implementation of our ... [full story]

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee police say a 6-year-old boy was forced to sleep in a day-care van parked outdoors overnight after being forgotten by a driver. Milwaukee police Lt. Raynard Richards said the boy, whose identity was not reported, was apparently left inside the vehicle by the unidentified driver since the child had fallen asleep in the vehicle's back seat last week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Monday. Richards said the driver never noticed the sleeping ... [full story]

TEHRAN - Iranian and Russian technicians were encountering no problems Monday during start-up testing of Iran's first nuclear power plant, officials said. "As pre-commissioning has already begun at the atomic power plant in Bushehr we are confident that we are moving toward the full commissioning of the plant," said Hassan Qashqavi, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman. "There are no problems and the parties involved, Iran and Russia, are seriously working to reach this objective. As technical ... [full story]

FARGO, N.D. - The father of a U.S. free-lance radio journalist arrested in Iran says he's keeping in regular contact with his daughter but is worried sleepless. Roxana Saberi, 31, who grew up in Fargo, N.D., was arrested in Tehran one month ago for allegedly buying a bottle of wine -- an illegal act in Iran -- from a seller who then reported it to authorities, her father Reza Saberi told Monday's Fargo Forum. "As ... [full story]

BEND, Ore. -- A traffic stop in northeast Bend late Friday afternoon led to the seizure of about $1,600 worth of marijuana and the arrest of a 19-year-old Bend man, police reported.   Keegan Steffan Nils Eriksson, DCJ photo  Keegan Steffan Nils Eriksson, 19, was stopped for a traffic violation by police near Bear Creek Road and Pettigrew Road about 5:15 p.m., and when officers learned that the suspect’s drivers license was suspended his car was impounded ... [full story]

CANCUN, Mexico - Cancun, Mexico's former police chief was in custody Monday as the government investigates the slaying of a retired Mexican Army general, officials said. One-time Cancun police chief Francisco Velasco, 57, whom authorities allege was driving a stolen sports utility vehicle at the time of his arrest, was being held in Mexico City as part of a probe into drug crime at what many call Mexico's "signature" vacation beach, the Los Angeles Times ... [full story]

REDMOND, Ore. – A 19-year-old Redmond man who allegedly hit another teenager over the shoulder and head with a large wooden post during an altercation at an area park was arrested and jailed Friday afternoon, police said.   John M. Mistal – DCJ photo  John M. Mistal was taken into custody a short time after the incident just before 3 p.m. near American Legion Community Park at 850 SW Rimrock Way where the altercation took place, Redmond ... [full story]

HOBART, Australia - Rescue personnel say more than 140 pilot whales died after beaching themselves on King Island, northwest of Tasmania. "It's pretty darn sad, you can hear them crying," John Nievaart, one of an estimated 200 rescuers trying to keep the whales hydrated with wet bedspreads, blankets and towels, told The Australian. The dead whales were part of a pod of nearly 200 pilot whales and several bottlenose dolphins that came ashore Sunday on ... [full story]