A traffic stop in southwest Redmond Sunday morning led to a car chase, a collision with a police vehicle, a suspect fleeing on foot, and ultimately the arrest of a man accused of over a dozen different crimes, Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies reported. A deputy stopped a maroon Jeep Cherokee near SW Canal Boulevard and SW Wickiup Avenue in Redmond shortly after 10 a.m., April 1, Sgt. Joe DeLuca said.  When the officer went back to ... [full story]

MUNICH – Baron Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, who was with Adolf Hitler just before the German dictator died at the end of World War II, has died in Munich at age 93.Von Loringhoven, who escaped Hitler's bunker with the dictator's permission one day before Hitler shot himself, died in February, The New York Times reported.After the war, von Loringhoven spent two and a half years as a British prisoner of war. Later, he reportedly gave ... [full story]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Police in North Carolina Sunday were questioning a suspect in the shooting deaths of two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers. Officer Jeff Shelton & Officer Sean Clark – Courtesy CMPD Chief Darrel Stephens told a news conference Sunday evening that the suspect had not been charged in the slaying of officers Sean Clark and Jeffrey Shelton in east Charlotte, the Charlotte Observer reported."These situations are very fluid," Stephens said.Clark and Shelton both died at ... [full story]

PESHAWAR - An eruption of riots after an Afghan refugee was killed in Pakistan prompted United Nations officials to stop the refugee repatriation program indefinitely.Police fired tear gas shells and used batons to disperse the rock-throwing demonstrators who had blocked the Peshawar-Torkham road Saturday, the Dawn news agency reported. A U.N. refugees commissioner said the refugee verification center was closed as a precaution.Witnesses said a refugee died when paramilitary forces fired on a crowd that ... [full story]

LONDON - A teenager who revealed a sex-for-asylum scandal in the British Immigration Service is among hundreds of Zimbabweans facing deportation.The 19-year-old, known only as "Tanya," learned last month her claim for asylum was rejected, The (London) Observer reported Sunday. She said she would "rather die" than return to her violence-plagued home country, the newspaper said."Going back to Zimbabwe is not an option," Tanya said. "Even death is better. My husband was shot in Zimbabwe. ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - A new generation of al-Qaida leaders has formed under Osama bin Laden to consolidate control over the terror network's operations, The New York Times said.Citing U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials, the newspaper said the new leaders rose within the ranks of al-Qaida following the death or capture of operatives who built the organization before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The emergence of the new leaders is being seen as evidence of al-Qaida's ... [full story]

CHICAGO - Chicago 's famous skyline would gain a dominant new feature - North America 's tallest building - under an advancing project that has generated praise for its sculptural look but concerns over logistics. Switzerland-based architect Santiago Calatrava last week unveiled his latest design for "The Chicago Spire," a twisting residential tower of 150 stories that would be completed near Navy Pier in 3 1/2 years. At 2,000 feet tall, the building would upstage ... [full story]

A 40-year old Hillsboro man was arrested Saturday when he drove twenty miles with two children in the trunk of his car, deputies reported. To avoid having to take two vehicles on an Oregon coast outing, Douglas Willy decided to place two children in the trunk while he, his fiancé, and two other children rode inside the car.   Douglas Willy – WCSO photo Washington County Deputies responded to an unincorporated area on Highway 26 to a ... [full story]

A 20-year old Nampa, Idaho man died Saturday at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon where he was being treated for injuries sustained March 25 after crashing a stolen police vehicle, Oregon State Police (OSP) reported.   20-year old Anthoney M. Nickerson of Nampa, Idaho died of injuries received when he crashed a stolen police vehicle after police used spike strips and a PIT maneuver to stop him from traveling into Lakeview, Oregon city limits ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - White House counselor Dan Bartlett says President Bush is willing to talk with Democratic leaders in the Senate and House about funding U.S. troops in Iraq.But Bartlett said the president would not accept and would veto any bill that calls for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq or sets a deadline.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have said they would like Bush's input on a final bill ... [full story]