Topic: Richard Brown

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- New York law enforcement officials say a janitor stole eight Torahs -- worth about $400,000 in all -- from a synagogue.

LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Eurostar rail ridership is approaching record numbers as more passengers are abandoning air travel to cross the English Channel, say travel experts.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 30 (UPI) -- Prosecutors say new allegations have surfaced in the case of five people convicted of murder in a 1988 explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A New York police detective and his female companion allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old runaway girl and forced her into prostitution, authorities said.

LONDON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- British scientists have determined air quality in the United Kingdom has significantly improved during the past 25 years with the reduction of heavy metals.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The New York Police Department is testing thousands of drug evidence samples after a state watchdog found sloppy handling of the specimens.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Two New York men accused of identity theft say they were getting a measure of revenge for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, officials said Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Police in Philadelphia were looking for two suspects who have been posing as cab drivers and robbing college students at gunpoint.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Three New Yorkers accused of DVD piracy were no match for two black Labradors who sniffed out the sham discs, leaving the men to lick their proverbial wounds.