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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 ...
NY woman denies charge tied to firefighter ambush
A woman charged in connection with two guns used in a former neighbor's deadly Christmas Eve ambush of firefighters pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a ...
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 ...
Chicago lottery winner died from cyanide poisoning
With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery ...
Possible victims of 'Speed Freak Killers' sought
The FBI on Monday began the excavation of an abandoned well in Central California in a renewed search for possible victims of two men known as the ...
Judge halts horse roundup amid abuse allegations
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Bureau of Land Management from rounding up wild mustangs in Nevada after horse protection advocates ...
Calif. serial killer gets prison for NYC slayings
A California serial killer who left a trail of brutalized women's bodies in his wake was sentenced Monday in New York to an additional 25 years to ...
Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Calif. school
A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of hundreds of children from a Southern California elementary school Monday while police searched buildings to ...
Church can't withhold names in Calif. priest files
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles must release the names of church leaders and pedophile priests identified in thousands of pages of ...
Small fire sends smoke into 787 cabin in Boston
An electrical fire filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 with smoke Monday minutes after passengers disembarked following a non-stop flight ...
Sandy-battered NJ residents allowed to return home
The utterly mundane task of bringing a garbage can back from the curb put a broad grin on Guy Mazzanti's face Monday. Seaside Heights' retired police ...
Retired Pa. pastor standing trial in wife's death
A retired Pennsylvania pastor charged with killing both of his wives is on trial in the death of his second wife. Arthur "A.B." Schirmer, 64, is ...
Skydiver missing near Seattle thought to be dead
The search for a wing suit-wearing skydiver in the Washington Cascade foothills will continue by helicopter as the weather allows, but officials don't ...
Fewer gun buyers seen in US mass shooting states
People who lived in the two states that saw the most deadly U.S. mass shootings in 2012 were less enthusiastic about buying new guns at the end of the ...