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Charges say man reneged on golf hole-in-one prizes
A man who specializes in insuring golf tournament hole-in-one prizes has been charged in Washington state with refusing to pay up. Kevin Kolenda, of ...
Coroner: Scott's notes didn't say reason for death
Los Angeles County coroner's officials say notes left behind by "Top Gun" director Tony Scott did not give a motive why he would kill himself.
Mass. commuters save woman, son from train tracks
Quick-thinking Boston-area commuters are being praised for rescuing a woman who tumbled off a subway platform and onto the tracks with her 4-year-old ...
Mass. burglary suspect complains of heavy haul
Perhaps the man found with a 40-pound backpack full of items Massachusetts police say he stole from several Cape Cod homes shouldn't have taken so ...
Ohio man pleads not guilty in hospital shooting
A man pleaded not guilty Friday to shooting his wife of 45 years in a hospital intensive care unit in what may have been a mercy killing. John Wise ...
Obama, Romney pursue divergent ad strategies
A new TV ad featuring former President Bill Clinton is the latest evidence of a deliberate and potentially risky advertising strategy by the Obama ...
Prosecutors: Colo. suspect angry over academics
James Holmes was a promising neuroscience doctoral candidate, but by the end of the program's first year, he had fallen out of favor with professors ...
Dad hopeful son, reporting in Syria, turns up safe
The father of an American journalist working in volatile regions of Syria said his son hasn't been in contact with his editors or his family in Texas ...
Gay NYC judge challenges father's will
A gay man and his longtime partner decide to become parents using a surrogate mother. Shortly after their son is born, the couple gets married.
2 killed, 6 hurt trying to help after LA crash
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa paid tribute to eight good Samaritans who suffered electric shocks as they ran to the scene of a traffic ...
Ill. police say teen held captive 2 years escapes
A teenage girl reported missing more than two years ago escaped from a home in southwestern Illinois where she said she was held captive and ...
School: Background check was run before shootings
The former graduate student accused in a deadly mass shooting at a movie theater had failed a key exam six weeks before the rampage, made threats and ...
Autopsy: NJ boy, 2, alive before being decapitated
Autopsy results released Thursday show that a 2-year-old boy was alive before he was decapitated, and his mother, who authorities said killed him, ...
Nevada teen missing after Southwest flooding
A teen was swept away in a drainage wash in the Las Vegas area and remained missing, and two people were rescued from a van stranded in high water in ...
Study: Coverage of Obama, Romney highly negative
News coverage of both major presidential candidates has been more negative this year than in almost any other recent election, with President Barack ...
Auction cancelled for SD land considered sacred
The planned auction of nearly 2,000 acres of land in South Dakota's picturesque Black Hills that is considered sacred by American Indian tribes has ...
N. Calif. fire near Redding destroys 84 buildings
Twisted sheets of metal, the hulks of pickup trucks and brick walls were all that was left of dozens of homes once sheltered by green pine and cedar ...
Ind. prison drug ring shows contraband phone risks
A drug ring that two Indiana inmates allegedly ran behind bars using cellphones to orchestrate drug purchases and sales shows the risks posed by the ...
Pastor: Peterson's 4th wife spoke of 3rd's death
A pastor told jurors Thursday at Drew Peterson's murder trial that the former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife once tearfully recounted ...
Judge: TVA liable for massive Tenn. coal ash spill
The Tennessee Valley Authority is liable for a huge spill of toxin-laden sludge in 2008 in Tennessee, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The decision is ...
Victim's mom raising funds to watch SD execution
A woman whose 9-year-old daughter was kidnapped, raped and slashed to death in South Dakota 22 years ago is trying to raise money so she can attend ...
Police: Rodney King death ruled accidental
Rodney King had been drinking and was on drugs when he plunged into a swimming pool and accidentally drowned in June, a coroner's report released ...
Autopsy: Coal killed Md. derailment victims
Two young women were killed when a freight train derailed and toppled so much coal on them they couldn't breathe, authorities said Thursday.
2nd man charged in 'Cathouse' slaying in Oklahoma
Oklahoma prosecutors on Thursday charged a second man with killing a prostitute featured on HBO'S "Cathouse series" and three other people.
Drought worsens in Plains, despite cooler temps
While other corn growers already have knocked down their drought-ravaged crops to feed them to livestock, Nebraska farmer Doug Nelson still waits for ...