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Man who rode horse while drunk gets time served
A Florida man accused of riding his horse while intoxicated during a police chase has changed his plea and was sentenced to time served. The Daytona ...
Woman denies charge tied to NY firefighter ambush
A woman who bought two guns used by a former neighbor in a deadly Christmas Eve ambush of firefighters has pleaded not guilty to a state charge of ...
Former AP fashion editor Anderson dies at 91
Former Associated Press fashion editor and foreign correspondent Nadeane Walker Anderson, who interviewed legendary designers including Coco Chanel ...
Ore. deputies: Wooden statue was a bear to steal
A bear that weighs more than 200 pounds is missing, and it's not in hibernation. The sheriff's office in Washington County, Ore., says the wooden ...
Wife says poisoned lottery winner had no enemies
The wife of a Chicago lottery winner who was poisoned with cyanide said Tuesday she was devastated by his death and cannot believe her husband could ...
Pilot who struck Bay Bridge had 3 prior accidents
The pilot of an empty oil tanker that crashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was involved in three previous accidents, records obtained ...
Savage killing, sex at heart of Ariz. murder trial
The photographs present a chilling portrait of sex and death. A nude Jodi Arias on Travis Alexander's bed. A naked Alexander in the shower.
Mom: Slain daughter was trying to reclaim life
One of four women found fatally shot inside a Tulsa apartment was staying at the crime-plagued building with a friend as she tried to get her life ...
Utah town makes arming households a top priority
Officials in a small Utah town want to make sure every head of household has a firearm and knows how to use it, and they want to give school teachers ...
Detective: Holmes played puppets with paper bags
It was just hours after a deadly Colorado theater shooting, and James Holmes was not acting like a man accused of methodically planning the attack and ...
Mo. attorney general to retry man in farm slaying
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a man's murder conviction and life sentence in the 1990 slaying of a rural neighbor, but his ...
Conn. grants $500K for lost business in Newtown
For Vito Kala, owner of an Italian restaurant not far from a street leading to the grade school in Newtown where 20 children and six educators were ...
Salazar, Coast Guard announce drill vessel reviews
A day after Royal Dutch Shell PLC towed a damaged floating drill rig to shelter from a remote Alaska island, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced ...
Records: Iowa murder suspect fantasized about rape
A 21-year-old Iowa man accused of killing his mother and abducting a woman after being released from prison last week underwent treatment as a ...
Fish story lands in NC's high court, $1M on line
About four hours after the fishing charter boat Citation left dock on the Outer Banks to compete in one of the country's richest deep-sea fishing ...
Sheriff thinks Conn. tragedy a factor in bomb plot
An Alabama teenager who called himself a white supremacist is accused of plotting to attack classmates and a teacher with small homemade explosives, ...
Colo. shooting families listen to police testimony
There was plenty of horror in the courtroom as Aurora police officers gave detailed accounts of the grim scene after a gunman killed 12 and wounded ...
CA school slaying suspect found unfit for trial
A man accused of killing seven people at a small Northern California Christian college is not mentally fit for trial, a judge ruled before temporarily ...
Hot air balloon crashes San Diego backyard wedding
A sunset wedding ceremony aboard a hot air balloon got off to a bumpy start when a gust of wind forced the pilot to make a crash landing in the yard ...
Officials: Wild dogs kill 4 in Mexico City park
Wild dogs mauled and killed four people whose bodies were found over the past two weeks in a park on the edge of Mexico City, authorities said Monday.
Tanker strikes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
An empty oil tanker caused minor damage Monday when it struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while navigating beneath ...
Woman pleads guilty in 'total identity theft' case
An illegal immigrant accused of assuming the persona of a Texas teacher pleaded guilty Monday in a case that put a face on the growing crime of "total ...