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Lawyer says tennis referee was incapable of murder
A professional tennis referee accused of beating her 80-year-old husband to death has had two knee replacements and a shoulder replacement and ...
Correction: Britain-Mass Slaying story
In a story Aug. 24 about a mass slaying on the British Channel Island of Jersey, The Associated Press erroneously reported the charge for which Damian ...
Family of alleged shooter "horrified"
A 15-year-old student opened fire on the first day of classes at a Baltimore County high school Monday, getting off two shots and wounding a classmate ...
Peterson lawyers mount defense at murder trial
Drew Peterson's defense team began Monday to try to counter the state's portrayal of the former suburban Chicago police officer as a bully who was ...
A subdued start for GOP convention as Isaac surges
Republicans staged a remarkably subdued opening to Mitt Romney's national convention Monday in the midst of a turbulent election year, wary of ...
Pa. Senate candidate compares abortion decisions
The Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania on Monday compared the decision to abort an unwanted pregnancy resulting from premarital sex to ...
Ill. man pleads not guilty in captive teen case
An Illinois man pleaded not guilty Monday to a sex charge involving a teenager who claims he held her captive in his house for more than three years, ...
Prosecutor: Ga. murder case uncovers terror plot
Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that ...
Police commissioner defends force in NYC showdown
The police shooting near the Empire State Building last week is a testament to how quickly officers can fire off 16 rounds to take down an armed ...
Cowboys have guidelines in place for Dez Bryant
The Dallas Cowboys are trying to provide some guidance for Dez Bryant, the talented young receiver who has had issues off the field. Coach Jason ...
Fight for women's vote defines presidential race
A nation at war, crippling joblessness and a looming budget standoff that could wreck the economy have been overshadowed in recent days by an issue ...
SAfrican cops: 150 miners claim beaten in custody
South Africa's police are investigating each of the 34 killings of striking mine workers and are also looking into allegations that more than 150 ...
Riots in Mombasa after killing of Muslim cleric
Gunmen in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa shot dead a Muslim cleric accused by Washington and the United Nations of supporting al-Qaida-linked ...
Suspect in Maryland school shooting in custody
Police say a suspect is in custody after the shooting of a student on the first day of classes at a high school near Baltimore. Baltimore County ...
Police: arrested miners say beaten in custody
South Africa's police directorate of complaints says it is investigating charges that more than 150 arrested striking miners have been beaten in ...
Belgians fear pedophile's ex-wife may be freed
Even after all these years, the mere mention of the name "Marc Dutroux" can wipe the smile off the face of almost any Belgian. And now that the ...
Family of slain US activist awaits verdict
Almost a decade after their daughter was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer as she tried to block its path in a Gaza Strip conflict zone, ...
Analysis: Akin row shows GOP's social-fiscal rift
Every now and then, an event awakens the ever-slumbering tensions between the Republican Party's two core wings: social conservatives and corporate ...
NYPD gunfire injures 9 at Empire State Building
The veteran patrolmen who opened fire on a gunman outside the Empire State Building had only an instant to react when he whirled around and pointed a
Man charged in case of teen allegedly held captive
A southwestern Illinois man was charged Saturday with aggravated criminal sexual abuse in connection with a St. Louis teenager who told police she was ...
Mexico probes why federal cops fired at US gov car
Mexican authorities are trying to sort out why a U.S. Embassy vehicle was ambushed by federal police on a rural back road in mountains south of the ...
Drew Peterson attorneys to mount "quick" defense
And now it'll be Drew Peterson's turn. After four weeks of witnesses telling jurors that Peterson wanted ex-wife Kathleen Savio dead, threatened to ...
Mine shootings threaten SAfrica's president, party
South Africa's powerful trade unions are in turmoil following violence that killed 44 people at a platinum mine strike that has wide-ranging political ...