Attorney says cops withholding evidence

In the case of the January 24 shooting death of a three-year-old infant in Dorchester, the Police Department's version of events is believable enough.

Belinda Andrade, mother of the victim, told reporters a man dressed as a Boston police officer walked up the front porch of 79 Barry Street, attempted to force open the front door, then fired inside the dwelling, the bullet hitting three-year-old Malik Andrade Percival in the neck.

Police then responded to the scene of the shooting. After interviewing the mother and father of the shooting victim, Sgt. Detective Daniel Keeler presented a photo lineup from which the couple picked the alleged shooter, James Bush.

But …

Paulson said to be against govt funds for Lehman

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is against any use of government money to bail out Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., a person familiar with his thinking said Friday.

Lehman Brothers was racing to find a buyer two days after it laid out a restructuring plan it said would raise badly needed money it lost on bad bets in real estate holdings. The No. 4 U.S. investment bank has lost almost $7 billion in the last two quarters alone, primarily because of wrong-way bets on mortgage securities and other risky investments.

The person said Paulson, who played a major role in engineering the government-back Bear Stearns bailout in March, believes the Lehman …

Ronceverte awarded a $145,000 federal grant

The Ronceverte Development Corp. has been awarded a $145,000federal grant to purchase and renovate the former American LegionBuilding in …

Bush's Veto Survives House Challenge

WASHINGTON - Congress failed to override President Bush's veto of legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, a defeat for anti-war Democrats that triggered immediate talks on a new measure to fund the conflict.

The House vote was 222-203, 62 shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. With few exceptions, Republicans stood fast with Bush in the wartime clash. The original vote on the bill was 218-208.

"I'm confident we can reach agreement," the president said moments after the vote as he sat down at the White House with leaders of the Democratic-controlled Congress, who have vowed repeatedly to force him to change his war …

Lopez bows out of Venezuela presidential race

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez bowed out of Venezuela's presidential race on Tuesday, saying he will support his leading rival as the opposition seeks to field a single candidate to challenge President Hugo Chavez.

The announcement gives a significant boost to Henrique Capriles, the youthful 39-year-old state governor who has a commanding lead in the polls ahead of the Feb. 12 opposition primary. It also shakes up the field of five remaining contenders in the primary, which will choose a unity candidate to face Chavez in the Oct. 7 election.

"You will be the next president," Lopez said at a news conference with Capriles. The two embraced and …

Nepal's Maoists confident leader will be new PM

Nepal's former Maoist rebels say they are confident they will have sufficient support in parliament to elect their leader prime minister when a vote is held Friday, although an analyst said the result remained in doubt.

A fresh vote for a new leader was ordered by House Speaker Subash Nemwang after none of three candidates _ including the Maoist chief _ managed to get a majority vote in the 601-seat parliament on Wednesday.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is hoping to return to power, a year after a coalition government it led collapsed. It was succeeded by a coalition led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, who resigned as prime minister in June after Maoist …

Detienen a salvadoreño acusado de delitos sexuales

DEMING, Nuevo Mexico. - Un salvadore�o convicto por delitos sexuales fue detenido cuando intentaba cruzar a Estados Unidos en el sur del estado de Nuevo M�xico, dijo la Patrulla Fronteriza.

Francisco Estanislao Mendoza, de 35 a�os, fue uno de cinco indocumentados detenido a 24 kil�metros al oeste de Columbus, durante un patrullaje rutinario. Un cotejo con el sistema de identificaci�n nacional de huellas digitales determin� que ten�a un historial delictivo, y que hab�a cumplido una pena de prisi�n en Estados …