LONDON, England - August 19, 2010 - In heavy camouflage gear, Johnny Cochran squats down and shuffles noiselessly along the ground. His target is a large man who, like Cochran, is in military fatigues. Seconds later, Cochran leaps up and stabs the man once, hard, in the neck. The movement is swift, and would almost certainly be lethal, were it not for the fact that the weapon Cochran is wielding is a pen.

NEW YORK - August 18, 2010 - An undercover New York City police officer threatened to throw a man in jail for being “disrespectful,” then proceeded to tell him he would get brutally raped over a three-day stay while waiting to see the judge.

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia - August 18, 2010 - Radio talk-show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced Tuesday she will not renew her contract that is up at the end of the year, telling CNN's "Larry King Live" she wants to "regain my First Amendment rights."

SEATTLE, Washington - August 16, 2010 - A former supervisor for the federal Transportation Security Administration has pleaded guilty to stealing $20,000 worth of jewelry and other items from checked luggage at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The U.S. Attorney's office in Seattle says 50-year-old Randy Pepper entered the plea Monday at U.S. District Court in Seattle.

PATERSON, New Jersey - August 16, 2010 - Former Prospect Park police chief Frank Franco pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a handcuffed juvenile at the police station in 2008.

Franco, 52, of Wayne, pleaded guilty to a a charge of obstructing administration of law or other governmental function, a fourth-degree offense, before state Superior Court Judge Ernest M. Caposela in Paterson.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (PNN) - August 16, 2010 - They call themselves sovereign citizens, free men and women who declare themselves above state and federal laws. Many don't register children's births, carry driver's licenses or recognize the court system.

They base their beliefs on the fundamental laws of the united States of America, including the Declaration of Independence and the organic Constitution for the United States.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota - August 15, 2010 - Police in Minnesota said a chase involving four police cruisers and a suspect in a go-cart ended when officers used a Taser to stun the suspect three times.