Scolded by the judge for putting on a slow and "boring" trial, prosecutors in the Roger Clemens case livened things up by introducing a convicted drug dealer who talked way too fast.

Drug spending in the public and private sectors slowed in 2011, reaching an estimated $32 billion, Canadian Institute for Health Information reports.

Four of the last reporters and photographers willing to cover crime stories have been slain in less than a week in Veracruz state, where two Mexican drug cartels are warring over control of smuggling routes and targeting sources of independent information.