
APNewsBreak: Coast Guardsman gets desertion charge
A veteran rescue swimmer has been charged with desertion after he went missing for three months and triggered a massive search, the Coast Guard said ...

Gunman holding firefighters killed; 4 hostages OK
An armed man who was having financial problems held four firefighters for hours in a suburban Atlanta home, demanding his cable and power be turned ...
3 arrested after Wyoming police follow footprints
Three men have been accused of stealing items that include a samurai sword — but according to central Wyoming police the suspects weren't exactly ...

Boost for background checks: Senators compromise
Conservative senators from both parties announced their support for expanding background checks for gun buyers Wednesday, giving a burst of momentum ...
Thirsty Ore. burglars left telltale juice carton
Authorities in southwest Oregon say two burglars took silver ingots, collectible coins, electronics and jewelry in a break-in last fall. They also ...

Prosecutor in Arias trial says victim was afraid
The one-time boyfriend Jodi Arias has admitted killing was "extremely afraid" of her before his death as she stalked him while he pursued other ...

Sheriff: Knife attack at Texas college was random
A man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a suburban Houston community college chose his victims at random, authorities said Wednesday, ...

Police: Phoenix area man killed wife over HIV fear
A man charged with fatally stabbing his wife and adult son in their suburban Phoenix home told investigators he carried out the killings out of a fear ...

Survivor of '63 Ala. church bombing seeks funds
The lone survivor of a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls said Wednesday she wants millions in compensation for her injuries and ...
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...

Maine hermit living in wild for 27 years arrested
A man who lived like a hermit for decades in a makeshift camp in the woods and may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries for food and other ...

Ruling again delayed on sources in Colo. shootings
The judge in the Colorado theater shootings refused again Wednesday to make a quick decision on whether to order a Fox News reporter to reveal her ...

Flavor Flav felony case headed for trial in Vegas
Entertainer Flavor Flav is facing a trial on felony charges that he threatened his longtime girlfriend's 17-year-old son with a butcher knife during ...
34 charged in probe of illegal sports betting
A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses 34 people and 23 companies, many of them registered in Central America, of operating an illegal sports ...

Autopsies: Detroit office shootings murder-suicide
Authorities determined Wednesday that a fired maintenance worker fatally shot his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself inside a Detroit ...

NJ diner manager accused of plotting kin's murder
The manager of a popular New Jersey diner who felt he wasn't getting his fair share of the profits tried to have a hit man kill his uncle, who co-owns ...
Officer defends overturning sexual-assault verdict
The Air Force commander who overturned a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case — enraging members of Congress and prompting talk of military ...

Amish gather a last time before prison terms start
Bare feet and work boots shuffle on the wooden floor of the Amish schoolhouse as the children settle into tight rows of scuffed metal desks across the ...
Ex-Tenn. judge sentenced in drugs, sex scheme
A former circuit judge in Tennessee has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for lying to cover up a scheme that provided him with ...

Bin Laden raid member can be WikiLeaks witness
A military judge cleared the way Wednesday for a member of the team that raided Osama bin Laden's compound to testify at the trial of an Army private ...

3 convicted in Ohio prison riot plan hunger strike
Three of five Ohio inmates sentenced to death for an historic prison riot plan a hunger strike starting on the uprising's 20th anniversary Thursday ...

Under the radar, Cuba and US often work together
Cuba and the United States may be longtime enemies with a bucket overflowing with grievances, but the fast return of a Florida couple who fled U.S.

Putin on Finland's criminal blacklist by 'mistake'
Vladimir Putin, banned in Finland? Finnish police say the Russian president's name was mistakenly placed on a secret criminal register that could ...
Paterno's widow: We were ignorant of sex predators
Joe Paterno's widow said Wednesday that she and her husband were ignorant about sexual predators like Jerry Sandusky and did not realize that the ...

Mercy rejected for Ohio man who killed 6-month-old
The Ohio Parole Board on Wednesday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned Ohio man who says he intended to rape his girlfriend's 6-month-old ...