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Judge warns reluctant witness in Clemens case
In a brushback reminiscent of Roger Clemens the pitcher, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton had a message for former major leaguer David Segui if he ...
Testimony ending in Fort Hood suspect's trial
Testimony is expected to wrap up in the federal trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops.
Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 5th day
As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial get set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read ...
Explosive standoff in Beirut kills 2
An explosive, eight-hour shootout in west Beirut that apparently erupted after a domestic dispute killed at least two people early Thursday, including ...
Onetime top football prospect seeks exoneration
A onetime high school football star whose college prospects were shattered by a kidnap-rape conviction 10 years ago is seeking exoneration after his ...
Legal experts discuss FAMU band member interviews
Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A & M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with ...
Report: Mother shocked by alleged murder plot
A 13-year-old girl used Mother's Day to seek forgiveness, promise to behave and reassure her mom that she loved her. The handwritten card she gave her ...
Death penalty requested in Tunisian dictator trial
The prosecution of a military tribunal demanded the death penalty for Tunisia's former dictator over his role in the deaths of protesters during the ...
Monsignor: Cardinal wanted accusers kept unaware
A Roman Catholic church official conceded that some "pretty sick individuals" were on a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually ...
Gov't taking new steps to combat food stamp fraud
The government is trying to crack down on food stamp recipients who are ripping off taxpayers by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash.
With smuggling choked, Syria rebels feel arms curb
Mohamed Nizar says he and his fellow rebels have the will, the fervor and the money to bring down Syrian President Bashar Assad. What they lack, he ...
Chinese activist's brother flees guarded village
The brother of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has fled his closely guarded village to seek legal advice Thursday in Beijing on how to protect his ...
Details released on family found dead in Oregon
Two little girls, not yet old enough for kindergarten, were shot to death. Their infant sister was found asphyxiated. All were discovered in a burning ...
Pakistan convicts doctor who helped find bin Laden
A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding ...
Tracking Terror: Malaysian tells Philippine ordeal
A Malaysian wildlife trader held captive by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants for a year in the southern Philippines says he saw group members as young ...
Utah authorities step up search for mountain man
With the summer tourist season fast approaching, authorities are stepping up the search for a mountain man considered armed and dangerous who has ...
Franciscan files tell abuse story
Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the ...
Zimmerman complained about Sanford police in 2011
George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the ...
Russian boy killed in Nebraska fire laid to rest
A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and the Russian government are ...
Monsignor: Cardinal wanted accusers kept in dark
A Roman Catholic church official conceded that a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children in the Philadelphia ...
Indiana man charged with murdering 3rd woman
An Indiana prosecutor isn't ruling out the possibility that a convicted sex offender charged in the killings of three women may have other victims, ...
As Edwards jury deliberates, speculation grows
John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of ...
Fitzgerald stepping down as US attorney in Chicago
In a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known for equal tenacity in going after politicians of ...
4 Western US states shielding part of executions
A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned ...