World datelines

Brazil: Police extort cash, iPod

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Two Brazilian police officers were charged withextorting money and an iPod from U.S. police officers on vacation inRio de Janeiro for the Pan American Games.

The incident took place before dawn on Wednesday when four LosAngeles officers left a nightclub in a taxi, Rio police saidThursday in a statement.

"They were stopped by a patrol car, and two of them were forcedto get in and the other two were allowed to leave," Rio tourismpolice chief Fernando Veloso said in the statement. The remainingtwo were allegedly taken to an apartment they had rented and forcedto hand over about $1,850, along with the …