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American Mumbai plotter sentenced to 35 years
Minutes before an American was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping plan a deadly attack on Mumbai, India, one of his victims tearfully pleaded ...
Defense attorney weighs in on case of slain family
The public defender who is representing a New Mexico teen accused of gunning down his parents and younger siblings said Thursday that it's too early ...
Judge must open jury selection in Maine Zumba case
The remaining jury selection in the trial of the first major figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk must be opened ...
Fort Hood shooting suspect wants death penalty out
The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting rampage case faces a controversial decision next week: whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan a possible death ...
Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents fell by 7 percent last year, to the lowest level since 1994, and is likely to plunge further ...
Texas police seek 2nd suspect in college shooting
A shooting at a Houston-area community college that wounded three people erupted when two men began arguing after bumping into each other, according ...
Hawaii Coast Guardsman held during investigation
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was being held at a Navy-run facility in Pearl Harbor Thursday while the military service investigates his three-month ...
Mexico, France divided on release of Frenchwoman
She left Mexico to jeers of "killer!" but touched down Thursday in Paris to the fanfare of a state welcome. Seven years in prison in Mexico on ...
Teacher's lawyer says sex accuser 'gaming system'
An awkward, vision-impaired former Catholic school teacher was an easy target for a false rape claim made by a longtime heroin addict "gaming the ...
Exterminator charged with strangling Philly doctor
A suburban exterminator has been charged with strangling a young Philadelphia doctor found bound and burned in her downtown row home, police announced ...
Linda Pugach, blinded in infamous NYC crime, dies
Linda Pugach, who was blinded in 1959 when her lover hired hit men to throw lye in her face — and became a media sensation after later marrying him ...
Republic Airways buys jets from Brazil's Embraer
Brazilian planemaker Embraer said Thursday it signed a contract with Republic Airways Holdings Inc. for the sale of 47 E-175 passenger jets for an ...
Fire in frigid Chicago makes for eerie winter wonderland
Chicago's worst blaze in seven years broke out in an unstable, vacant warehouse, but the true sight was what the firefighters left behind.
Security at Calif. dist. has high-powered rifles
The semiautomatic rifles look like they belong in a war zone instead of a suburban public school, but officials in this Los Angeles-area city say the ...
WTC workers scrawl graffiti of defiance, hope
On most construction projects, workers are discouraged from signing or otherwise scrawling on the iron and concrete. At the skyscraper rising at ...
LA teacher suspected of sex abuse of 20 kids
An elementary school teacher who worked for nearly four decades in the Los Angeles Unified School District was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...
Sickening fog settles over Salt Lake City area
Michelle Francis keeps one eye on Utah's air quality index and the other on her 9-year-old daughter's chronic asthma these days. The air pollution is ...
Va. university lockdown ends; gun report a hoax
A lockdown at a Virginia university has been lifted after state police determined a report of a gunman on campus to be a hoax. Virginia State Police ...
Great white shark hanging out near NC coast again
A 16-foot great white shark named Mary Lee is among those who like calling North Carolina home. The Ocearch Shark Tracker has kept track of the ...
Sheriff: Second suspect possible in college attack
A second suspect may emerge in the aftermath of the shooting at a Houston-area community college that left three people injured, the Harris County ...
Hate crime, murder alleged in Philly basement case
A paroled killer targeted mentally disabled adults in a scheme to steal their Social Security benefits, confining them like "zoo animals," forcing ...
Al-Qaida leader's brother condemns Mali operation
The brother of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri on Wednesday sanctioned violence against the West in retaliation for the French-led campaign against ...