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NY murder-rape suspect removed monitor quickly
A man charged with killing a woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter after a carjacking at an upstate New York mall last week was able to remove and ...
UCF plotter's roommate calm but urgent in 911 call
The former student behind an aborted attack plot at a Florida university was working off a checklist that included plans to get drunk, pull a fire ...
Defiant teen gets life sentences in Ohio shooting
Wearing a T-shirt with "killer" scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting ...
Wis. limits use of nude beach to reduce sex, drugs
Wisconsin authorities announced Tuesday they will shut down one of nation's most popular nude beaches on weekdays after struggling for years to ...
Calls for change at slain Chicago infant's funeral
A community unable to make sense of the killing of a 6-month-old Chicago girl filed past her tiny white casket Tuesday, as religious leaders implored ...
Jury convicts Tenn mother of killing newborn twins
A jury has convicted a 26-year-old Tennessee woman of felony murder and other counts in the smothering deaths of her newborn twins. She was ...
Worker admits cutting 10 babies at abortion clinic
A medical assistant told a jury Tuesday that she snipped the spines of at least 10 babies during unorthodox abortions at a West Philadelphia clinic, ...
Russian agency criticizes US ruling in boy's death
Russian officials expressed disbelief Tuesday with an American grand jury's decision not to charge a Texas couple in the death of their 3-year-old ...
Indiana school, expelled girls reach settlement
Three Indiana girls who discussed which classmates they would like to kill in Facebook posts adorned with smiley faces and LOLs have reached a ...
Report: Bribery probe targets Microsoft partners
Microsoft is entangled in a U.S. government investigation into whether the software maker and some of its business partners resorted to bribery to ...
Protests, pleas and gifts ahead of Obama's visit
Preparing for the scheduled arrival of President Barack Obama Wednesday, the wife of Israel's premier has prepared gifts to take home with him.
Chicago police expect arrests in baby's killing
A 6-month-old baby who was killed when a gunman fired at minivan in Chicago was on her father's lap at the time, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy ...
2 inmates recaptured after helicopter escape
Two inmates made a daring daylight escape from a prison northwest of Montreal in a hijacked helicopter, then led police in a car chase and exchanged ...
Trial opens for NYC stop-and-frisk challenge
Many of the tens of thousands of New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of ...
Impostor's lawyer points to missing wife as killer
A defense attorney told a Los Angeles jury Monday that the missing wife of a man slain a quarter century ago could be the real killer, rather than the ...
NTSB: Former Oklahoma QB, friend were flight crew
People who knew former Oklahoma quarterback Steve Davis say his passion for flying began before he arrived at the school and led the Sooners to ...
Thief returns $800 from 1980s Michigan burglary
A burglar expressing guilt about stealing $800 from a western Michigan store three decades ago has repaid the money, plus some interest. The anonymous ...
Pa. pastor gets life sentence for killing 2nd wife
A former Pennsylvania pastor was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole in the fatal bludgeoning of his second wife in 2008. Arthur "A.B.
Jury gets case of Mich. woman who killed grandson
Sandra Layne confessed to killing her teenage grandson as soon as police arrived at her suburban Detroit home last spring. The jury that began ...
AP INTERVIEW: US general makes overtures to Karzai
The top U.S. military chief in Afghanistan said Monday that his team is working as fast as possible to resolve issues that have infuriated Afghan ...
Trustee wants to sell Casey Anthony's life story
The trustee overseeing Casey Anthony's bankruptcy case has filed a motion to sell the rights to her story so she can pay her debts. In a motion filed ...
UCF: Student who killed self was planning attack
A University of Central Florida student planned an attack on campus but committed suicide in a dorm before carrying it out, authorities said Monday.
Pa. college awaits answers as it mourns coach
At least one player from a Pennsylvania women's college lacrosse team remains hospitalized as police search for answers to why the team bus veered off ...