San Francisco prosecutors have dropped 180 drug cases in the ten days since the city's drug-lab was shut down amid allegations that a technician was stealing cocaine from the lab.

The only person to confess to the murder of Malcolm X in 1965 has been granted parole.

The New York State Division of Parole voted on March 3rd to release Thomas Hagan after spending more than 40 years behind bars for killing Malcolm X, however half that time has been spent in a work release program. Hagan is scheduled to go free on April 28.

An El Salvadorian police officer was wounded Thursday when a bomb exploded outside the Rio Lempa Hydroelectric Power Plant Executive Commission's office in San Salvador. Police officials described the officer's wounds as "slight" and said little damage was done to the buildings.

The Los Angeles Times has an intriguing article about how sensitive Russian government information is for sale in Moscow's Savyolovsky Market. The data is either leaked or stolen and is now available on discs for anyone to purchase. According to the Times, the data includes police and FSB records, unlisted numbers, tax returns, customs declarations, wanted lists, car registrations, and business permits.

The NYPD on Thursday cited a "computer glitch" as the reason police have targeted the home of an elderly, law-abiding Brooklyn couple more than 50 times since 2002. The cops explained to the couple that their address, for some unknown reason, was used to test a department-wide computer system in 2002, and the address was never "wiped" from that system.

Since January 1st there have been at least three attempts to kill members of California's Hemet-San Jacinto Gang Task Force, with the latest incident coming two weeks ago when someone placed a "dangerous device" near an unmarked car of a task force member. The other attempts happened on New Year's Eve and on Feb. 23.

Now officials are offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

Luis Pena Soltren pleaded guilty Thursday (3/18) to his role in the 1968 hijacking of Pan AM flight 281, which was bound from New York to Puerto Rico, but instead was flown to Havana.

Pena Soltren, who spent 41 years hiding in Cuba before surrendering last October to U.S. authorities, admitted to threatening a flight attendant with a knife during the hijacking.