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Japan argues to hunt minke whales
May 30 2007 11:27PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Japan said Wednesday that the International Whaling Commission should allow four of its coastal communities to hunt minke whales because the tradition is so old that it qualifies as subsistence hunting.
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Japan argues to hunt minke whales
May 30 2007 11:27PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Japan said Wednesday that the International Whaling Commission should allow four of its coastal communities to hunt minke whales because the tradition is so old that it qualifies as subsistence hunting.
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Reputed New York mob boss is charged
May 30 2007 10:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The reputed head of the Genovese crime family was charged Wednesday with extortion and loansharking as the federal government began a fresh crackdown on what it describes as the most dangerous of the city's five organized crime families.
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Rare rhino dies at San Diego Zoo
May 30 2007 10:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A rare northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide, zoo officials said.
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Crusader's son arrested on sex charge
May 30 2007 10:46PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - The son of a man who became a national crusader for tougher sex-offender laws after his 9-year-old daughter was kidnapped, raped and killed has been accused of sexual conduct with a minor, authorities said.
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UAE wants Bush help nixing jockey suit
May 30 2007 10:45PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The United Arab Emirates' prime minister has asked for President Bush's help winning dismissal of a federal lawsuit that accuses the country of forcing thousands of children to work as jockeys racing camels.
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Scientists looking for wayward whales
May 30 2007 10:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - More than two weeks after they were first spotted far up the Sacramento River, two lost humpback whales appeared to have finally found their way home Wednesday.
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Scientists looking for wayward whales
May 30 2007 10:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - More than two weeks after they were first spotted far up the Sacramento River, two lost humpback whales appeared to have finally found their way home Wednesday.
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Scientists looking for wayward whales
May 30 2007 10:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - More than two weeks after they were first spotted far up the Sacramento River, two lost humpback whales appeared to have finally found their way home Wednesday.
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Marine describes Haditha death scene
May 30 2007 10:31PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - An officer who saw the corpses of Iraqi women and children sprawled across a bed in a home said Wednesday in recorded testimony that he believed that "my Marines were doing the right thing" when they killed them.
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Marine describes Haditha death scene
May 30 2007 10:31PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - An officer who saw the corpses of Iraqi women and children sprawled across a bed in a home said Wednesday in recorded testimony that he believed that "my Marines were doing the right thing" when they killed them.
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Marine describes Haditha death scene
May 30 2007 10:31PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - An officer who saw the corpses of Iraqi women and children sprawled across a bed in a home said Wednesday in recorded testimony that he believed that "my Marines were doing the right thing" when they killed them.
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Fired transsexual not picked for new job
May 30 2007 10:31PM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Steve Stanton was fired as city manager in Largo two months ago after announcing his plans to become Susan Stanton. On Wednesday, Stanton, wearing a white skirt, pumps and makeup, applied for the top job in this cosmopolitan tourist town, and was turned down.
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Nagin: New Orleans is a city on the mend
May 30 2007 10:25PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin, in his first State of the City address since Hurricane Katrina, said Wednesday that New Orleans is a city on the mend, despite broken promises from the state and federal governments.
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Nagin: New Orleans is a city on the mend
May 30 2007 10:25PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin, in his first State of the City address since Hurricane Katrina, said Wednesday that New Orleans is a city on the mend, despite broken promises from the state and federal governments.
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Nagin: New Orleans is a city on the mend
May 30 2007 10:25PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin, in his first State of the City address since Hurricane Katrina, said Wednesday that New Orleans is a city on the mend, despite broken promises from the state and federal governments.
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Nagin: New Orleans is a city on the mend
May 30 2007 10:25PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin, in his first State of the City address since Hurricane Katrina, said Wednesday that New Orleans is a city on the mend, despite broken promises from the state and federal governments.
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US probes how TB traveler crossed border
May 30 2007 10:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is investigating how a globe-trotting tuberculosis patient drove back into the country even after his name was put on a no-fly list provided to border guards. The failure exposed a major gap in a system that is supposed to keep the direst of diseases from crossing borders.
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US probes how TB traveler crossed border
May 30 2007 10:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is investigating how a globe-trotting tuberculosis patient drove back into the country even after his name was put on a no-fly list provided to border guards. The failure exposed a major gap in a system that is supposed to keep the direst of diseases from crossing borders.
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US probes how TB traveler crossed border
May 30 2007 10:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is investigating how a globe-trotting tuberculosis patient drove back into the country even after his name was put on a no-fly list provided to border guards. The failure exposed a major gap in a system that is supposed to keep the direst of diseases from crossing borders.
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Top spammer arrested, feds say
May 30 2007 9:37PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.
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Court upholds $2.8M Iran terrorism claim
May 30 2007 9:07PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The brother of an Iranian terrorism victim can collect $2.8 million from a California company that owes Iran for a canceled weapons shipment, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Labor divided over immigration plan
May 30 2007 9:04PM (CT)
SANGER, Calif. (AP) - In the 1960s, farm labor leader Cesar Chavez rallied fieldhands to speak out against a guest worker program that recruited millions of Mexicans to pick crops at low wages.
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LAPD chief appoints new tactics boss
May 30 2007 8:58PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A police department member who has trained law enforcers to respond to civil unrest will lead a bureau created following the uproar about violence at a recent immigration rally, the police chief announced Wednesday.
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CDC seeks those who sat near TB patient
May 30 2007 8:35PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials in North America and Europe sought passenger lists Wednesday for two trans-Atlantic airline flights in their effort to find about 80 people who sat near a honeymooner infected with a dangerous drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.
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Spector defense targets forensic errors
May 30 2007 8:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A coroner who concluded that Lana Clarkson's death was a homicide testified Wednesday in Phil Spector's murder trial that he cannot tell from autopsy results whether the actress was holding the gun that killed her.
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Spector defense targets forensic errors
May 30 2007 8:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A coroner who concluded that Lana Clarkson's death was a homicide testified Wednesday in Phil Spector's murder trial that he cannot tell from autopsy results whether the actress was holding the gun that killed her.
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Spector defense targets forensic errors
May 30 2007 8:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A coroner who concluded that Lana Clarkson's death was a homicide testified Wednesday in Phil Spector's murder trial that he cannot tell from autopsy results whether the actress was holding the gun that killed her.
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Spector defense targets forensic errors
May 30 2007 8:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A coroner who concluded that Lana Clarkson's death was a homicide testified Wednesday in Phil Spector's murder trial that he cannot tell from autopsy results whether the actress was holding the gun that killed her.
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U.N. resists U.S. on new Sudan sanctions
May 30 2007 7:46PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.S. demand for new U.N. sanctions against Sudan faces an uphill struggle, not least because Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he wants more time for diplomacy to help end the four-year conflict in Darfur.
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Top spellers move to bee's final rounds
May 30 2007 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For most kids, the appearance of the word "Bewusstseinslage" on any kind of test would be reason to shriek in horror. For Matthew Evans, it was cause for joy.
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Top spellers move to bee's final rounds
May 30 2007 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For most kids, the appearance of the word "Bewusstseinslage" on any kind of test would be reason to shriek in horror. For Matthew Evans, it was cause for joy.
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Top spellers move to bee's final rounds
May 30 2007 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For most kids, the appearance of the word "Bewusstseinslage" on any kind of test would be reason to shriek in horror. For Matthew Evans, it was cause for joy.
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Top spellers move to bee's final rounds
May 30 2007 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For most kids, the appearance of the word "Bewusstseinslage" on any kind of test would be reason to shriek in horror. For Matthew Evans, it was cause for joy.
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Amputee soldiers return to active duty
May 30 2007 7:19PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn't be saved. His military career, though, pulled through. Less than a year after the attack, Williamson is running again with a high-tech prosthetic leg and plans to take up a new assignment, probably by the fall, as an Army job counselor and affirmative action officer in Okinawa, Japan.
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Amputee soldiers return to active duty
May 30 2007 7:19PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn't be saved. His military career, though, pulled through. Less than a year after the attack, Williamson is running again with a high-tech prosthetic leg and plans to take up a new assignment, probably by the fall, as an Army job counselor and affirmative action officer in Okinawa, Japan.
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Amputee soldiers return to active duty
May 30 2007 7:19PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn't be saved. His military career, though, pulled through. Less than a year after the attack, Williamson is running again with a high-tech prosthetic leg and plans to take up a new assignment, probably by the fall, as an Army job counselor and affirmative action officer in Okinawa, Japan.
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Amputee soldiers return to active duty
May 30 2007 7:19PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn't be saved. His military career, though, pulled through. Less than a year after the attack, Williamson is running again with a high-tech prosthetic leg and plans to take up a new assignment, probably by the fall, as an Army job counselor and affirmative action officer in Okinawa, Japan.
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Foster parents in custody fight appeal
May 30 2007 6:38PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to hear the case of an American couple trying to prevent an 8-year-old girl they raised since infancy from being returned to her Chinese parents.
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Case worker: Texas mom wanted new life
May 30 2007 6:28PM (CT)
HUDSON OAKS, Texas (AP) - After gathering the courage to leave the common-law husband she described as abusive, Gilberta Estrada was determined to make a better life for herself and her young daughters just a few years after arriving from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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Case worker: Texas mom wanted new life
May 30 2007 6:28PM (CT)
HUDSON OAKS, Texas (AP) - After gathering the courage to leave the common-law husband she described as abusive, Gilberta Estrada was determined to make a better life for herself and her young daughters just a few years after arriving from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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Immigrants sue employer for back wages
May 30 2007 6:07PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Illegal immigrants who worked long shifts scrubbing theme restaurants for an indicted janitorial firm are seeking unpaid wages in a federal lawsuit.
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Judge: Release jailed immigrant
May 30 2007 5:43PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A Middle Eastern man jailed for nearly four years must be released by June 8 because the government, which wants to deport him, has taken too long to find a country that will take him, a federal judge has ruled.
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Ala. officials probe 'Monster Pig' saga
May 30 2007 5:42PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - State wildlife officials said Wednesday they want to know how the huge hog dubbed "Monster Pig" got into a fenced hunting preserve where it was chased down and shot to death by an 11-year-old boy.
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Jury selection in old Miss. murder
May 30 2007 5:32PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The first day of jury selection in the case of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged in the 1964 deaths of two young black men brought a Faulknerian cast of characters to a federal courtroom Wednesday.
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Jury selection in old Miss. murder
May 30 2007 5:32PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The first day of jury selection in the case of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged in the 1964 deaths of two young black men brought a Faulknerian cast of characters to a federal courtroom Wednesday.
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Mo. sex offenders not required to move
May 30 2007 5:19PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sex offenders who lived within 1,000 feet of a school or day care center before lawmakers made it illegal can't be evicted, a county court judge has ruled.
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Report: Impostor also fooled ROTC
May 30 2007 4:49PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - A young woman accused of posing as a Stanford University student for eight months also fooled Santa Clara University's Army ROTC, which provided her with equipment and included her in classes, a newspaper reported.
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Federal jury convicts 'guru of ganja'
May 30 2007 4:46PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The self-proclaimed "guru of ganja" was convicted again Wednesday in federal court of illegally growing hundreds of marijuana plants that he said were meant to treat sick people, which state law allows.
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`Condi' & `Sergey' spar in Germany
May 30 2007 4:39PM (CT)
POTSDAM, Germany (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice passed a note to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news conference Wednesday, and the two diplomats shared smiles and nods as he read what she'd written.
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`Condi' & `Sergey' spar in Germany
May 30 2007 4:39PM (CT)
POTSDAM, Germany (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice passed a note to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news conference Wednesday, and the two diplomats shared smiles and nods as he read what she'd written.
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Falwell memorabilia hit eBay
May 30 2007 4:21PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Hundreds of items related to the Rev. Jerry Falwell have been put up for sale on eBay since the televangelist's death two weeks ago, including an autographed bobblehead doll that went for $145.
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F-15 jet crashes in Indiana field
May 30 2007 4:09PM (CT)
VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) - An F-15 fighter jet on a training mission crashed Wednesday in a farm field, authorities said. The pilot parachuted to safety, the military said, and no injuries were reported on the ground.
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F-15 jet crashes in Indiana field
May 30 2007 4:09PM (CT)
VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) - An F-15 fighter jet on a training mission crashed Wednesday in a farm field, authorities said. The pilot parachuted to safety, the military said, and no injuries were reported on the ground.
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Economist: US, Iran low on peace index
May 30 2007 4:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Iran finished in a virtual dead heat, and way down the list, in a magazine's assessment of the peacefulness of 121 countries.
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Accused madam's delay request is denied
May 30 2007 4:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request to delay the criminal case against a woman accused of running a prostitution ring in the nation's capital.
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School bus, dump truck collide
May 30 2007 3:45PM (CT)
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) - A small school bus carrying 14 people rear-ended a dump truck Wednesday, seriously injuring the bus driver and two passengers, state police said.
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School bus, dump truck collide
May 30 2007 3:45PM (CT)
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) - A small school bus carrying 14 people rear-ended a dump truck Wednesday, seriously injuring the bus driver and two passengers, state police said.
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Green card fees soaring for immigrants
May 30 2007 3:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first step toward citizenship _ obtaining a green card _ will soon surge to more than $1,000, a price tag certain to be a hardship for many immigrant families.
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Injured gov. returns to N.J. Statehouse
May 30 2007 3:29PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine returned to the Statehouse on Wednesday for the first time since an April car crash nearly killed him.
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Injured gov. returns to N.J. Statehouse
May 30 2007 3:29PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine returned to the Statehouse on Wednesday for the first time since an April car crash nearly killed him.
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US to admit a few more Iraqi refugees
May 30 2007 3:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon begin admitting a bigger trickle of the more than 2 million refugees who have fled Iraq, acknowledging for the first time the country may never be safe for some who have helped the U.S. there.
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N.C. publisher charged with trespassing
May 30 2007 3:21PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A newspaper publisher has been charged with trespassing after refusing to leave an airport authority meeting that officials went on to conduct behind closed doors.
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Insanity plea in Jewish center shooting
May 30 2007 3:16PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man accused of shooting six women _ one fatally _ at a Jewish center pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday as prosecutors added 11 counts against him.
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UN Security Council OKs Lebanon tribunal
May 30 2007 3:14PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A deeply divided U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Space station gets protective shielding
May 30 2007 2:34PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two Russian cosmonauts climbed out of the international space station Wednesday to install protective panels designed to shield the orbiting outpost from dangerous space debris.
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1 dead, 2 missing at central Alaska lake
May 30 2007 2:12PM (CT)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Crews searched a popular Interior Alaska lake by helicopter and boat Wednesday for two canoeists, a day after finding the body of a woman who had been with them.
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Police: Woman ran down boyfriend on bike
May 30 2007 2:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman in an SUV ran down and killed her boyfriend as he bicycled on a city street, then she pulled the crushed bike out from under the vehicle and drove off, police and witnesses said.
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2 deputies shot near Disney World
May 30 2007 1:16PM (CT)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Two Orange County sheriff's deputies were shot Wednesday near Walt Disney World as they interrupted a car burglary, authorities said.
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Police seek Fat Joe as shooting witness
May 30 2007 1:04PM (CT)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Rapper Fat Joe may have witnessed a fatal shooting outside a popular South Beach restaurant and police want to talk with him, authorities said Wednesday.
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Many Katrina evacuees are still jobless
May 30 2007 12:58PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Nineteen months after Hurricane Katrina sent evacuees from New Orleans streaming into Houston, more than 5,000 heads of households among them are still unemployed despite the city's booming economy, officials say.
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Library honors Billy Graham
May 30 2007 12:55PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Evangelist Billy Graham held his final crusade two years ago and has made few public appearances since. But the group charged with carrying on the work of the frail, 88-year-old preacher believes he can still have an impact, through a new $27 million museum that tells his story.
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Homeless man pleads guilty to killing 4
May 30 2007 12:54PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A homeless man accused of killing four other homeless men and placing their bodies in manholes in a dispute over scrap metal pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of murder.
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NY millionaires get bail in slavery case
May 30 2007 12:47PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves will be permitted to post $3.5 million bail under strict conditions that include home detention, telephone wiretaps and 24-hour surveillance, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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NY millionaires get bail in slavery case
May 30 2007 12:47PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves will be permitted to post $3.5 million bail under strict conditions that include home detention, telephone wiretaps and 24-hour surveillance, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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NY millionaires get bail in slavery case
May 30 2007 12:47PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves will be permitted to post $3.5 million bail under strict conditions that include home detention, telephone wiretaps and 24-hour surveillance, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Lake Okeechobee ties record low level
May 30 2007 12:21PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Water levels in dried-out Lake Okeechobee matched a historic low Wednesday while firefighters battled a blaze burning on part of the exposed lake bottom.
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ACLU: Boeing offshoot helped CIA
May 30 2007 11:34AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday it is suing Jeppesen Dataplan Inc., a subsidiary of Boeing Co., claiming it secretly flew three of the CIA's terrorism suspects overseas, where they were tortured.
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Sailors arrested, face desertion charges
May 30 2007 10:20AM (CT)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - An anonymous tip led to the arrests of two young sailors listed as deserters from a Virginia-based Navy frigate, police said.
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Cop shoots daughter mistaken as intruder
May 30 2007 10:01AM (CT)
STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - An off-duty New Haven police officer shot and critically wounded his 18-year-old daughter, apparently mistaking her for an intruder after she sneaked out of their Stratford home and re-entered through the basement.
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La.: Pay back Katrina unemployment aid
May 30 2007 9:19AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana wants thousands of state and local government workers to send back $10 million in unemployment pay they received while still collecting regular pay after Hurricane Katrina.
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NJ starting agency to battle obesity
May 30 2007 9:14AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's health department is escalating the battle against the bulge by starting a new Office of Nutrition and Fitness to better coordinate programs to prevent obesity.
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Woman to stand trial in ambulance theft
May 30 2007 8:02AM (CT)
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A woman accused of stealing an ambulance left running while a rescue squad was in a house attending to an elderly stroke victim will stand trial on second-degree felony charges of theft, receiving stolen property and other counts, a judge has ruled.
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Providence, R.I., ex-mayor out of prison
May 30 2007 7:57AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The city's colorful ex-mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci left a federal prison Wednesday after more than four years and headed to Boston, where he'll spend his days promoting a luxury hotel and his nights sleeping in shared quarters at a halfway house.
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Animal CSIs take a bite out of crime
May 30 2007 7:09AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - When Marylin Christian's beloved cat Cody was found dead under suspicious circumstances two years ago, she vowed to seek justice.
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Tipster in Fort Dix plot comes forward
May 30 2007 2:40AM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - When federal authorities announced charges against six young men accused of plotting an attack at Fort Dix, they kept secret the name of the tipster who first came forward.
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Many in-house guards unregulated
May 30 2007 2:07AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - They wear uniforms, guard some of the country's largest corporations and sometimes carry weapons. But so-called in-house private security guards escape even the minor regulatory oversight some states impose on contract guards.
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Many in-house guards unregulated
May 30 2007 2:07AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - They wear uniforms, guard some of the country's largest corporations and sometimes carry weapons. But so-called in-house private security guards escape even the minor regulatory oversight some states impose on contract guards.
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