Indian authorities have arrested and charged with murder 60 dismissed workers of a car part plant outside New Delhi for bludgeoning to death their employer on Monday. Those arrested were among the 125 former workers who barged into the factory in Greater Noida and beat Lalit Kishore Choudhary, head of Graziano Transmissioni India, with sticks and iron rods after he tried to pacified them. Police said the 47-year-old victim suffered severe blows in the head and bled to death.

A prison drug counselor faces felony charges after being caught smuggling heroin and cocaine into the Riker's Island jailhouse. The Village Voice reported that Juan Delarosa, 56, was initially arrested in January this year after authorities, who had been alerted to his criminal activity, caught him with more than bags of heroin and two bags of cocaine in his jacket pocket. He is now charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of attempted promoting of prison contraband. Upon his initial arrest he was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Two French nationals held hostage by Somalian pirates since September 2 were rescued by the French army, in an operation that also resulted in the death of one pirate and the capture of six others. The office of President Nicolas Sarkozy said Jean-Yves and Bernadette Delane are safe. Sarkozy gave the green light on Monday for the French army to carry out the operations.

A Catholic priest on the University of Illinois campus has pleaded not guilty to charges that he was selling cocaine from his church office and rectory at St. John's Catholic Newman Center. Rev. Christopher Layden was arrested after police searched those locations and found about three grams of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, including a scale, according to reports.

Coroners said Friday that a 17-year-old girl who died after being struck by a bicycle had a pre-existing brain condition that left her more vulnerable to the effects of impact. Eveylyn E. Bolen, a special needs student, was walking on the school track in gym class with friends Wednesday when a 15-year-old boy who was riding the coach's bike accidentally struck her with the bicycle. WBST reported the boy told police he looked behind him because he thought he heard someone call his name, and when he turned forward again, Bolen was right in front of him. He slammed on the brakes, tumbling over the handlebars and onto Bolen.