ARTICLES BY THOMAS WATKINS

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Gold fever sweeps criminal underworld

LOS ANGELES - Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof vest, shades wrapped around his shaved head and pepper spray bulging from a breast pocket.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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Bin Laden hunter returns to America

LOS ANGELES - An American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden is on the final leg of his trip home to Colorado, 10 days after authorities found him in the woods of northern Pakistan with a pistol, a sword and night-vision equipment.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Witness: Jackson doctor interrupted CPR

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's doctor halted CPR on the dying pop star and delayed calling paramedics so he could collect drug vials at the scene, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press that shed new light on the singer's chaotic final moments.

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO