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Today in History - Nov. 11 - Added 1 week ago

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 11, the 316th day of 2008. There are 50 days left in the year. This is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War...

Ga. lottery numbers - Added 1 week ago

Here are the winning numbers selected Monday in the Georgia state lotteries: Cash 3 Midday 1-3-5 (one, three, five) Cash 4 Midday 7-5-5-8 (seven, five, five, eight) Cash 3 Evening 3-6-9 (three, six, nine)...

Head-on collision of SUVs kills 6 in Delaware - Added 1 week ago

Two sport utility vehicles collided head-on in a fiery crash Monday in Delaware, killing a mother and four of her children and the driver of the other vehicle. Both vehicles burst into flames on impact, and no one in...

SEAL submersible catches fire at Pearl Harbor - Added 1 week ago

Firefighters extinguished a blaze on a SEAL submersible that was undergoing maintenance in a shore-side facility at Pearl Harbor, Navy officials said Monday. The Naval Special Warfare Command said in a statement that...

Army to destroy Ky. nerve agent container - Added 1 week ago

The U.S. Army is expected to begin draining and neutralizing a container of lethal nerve agent on Wednesday, almost 15 months after a one-gallon leak was identified at a Kentucky storage site for chemical weapons. ...

NY official accused of using funds for own project - Added 1 week ago

A suburban New York county official has resigned after being accused of assigning a government employee to design the covers for two novels he was writing. Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore...

Bond revoked for Ill. student charged with threats - Added 1 week ago

A former Southern Illinois University student charged with threatening a Virginia Tech-like shooting rampage was ordered back to jail Monday after a judge found the man's attempt to buy a handgun online was "bad...

Drifter gets 55 years in Wis. torture-slay case - Added 1 week ago

A member of a gang of drifters was sentenced Monday to 55 years in prison for helping to kill another woman in the group and torturing the woman's 11-year-old son. Candice L. Clark, 24, pleaded no contest to being...

Ex-Wash. priest agrees to pay abuse victims $5M - Added 1 week ago

A former priest accused in many of the child sex-abuse claims that bankrupted the eastern Washington Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $5 million to victims, who'll likely never be paid. Even though Patrick O'Donnell...

Brothers convicted of conspiring Pa. teen's murder - Added 1 week ago

Two brothers were convicted of conspiracy and aggravated assault Monday in the beating death of a university student in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Terry Kline, 23, and Kenneth Kline, 22, both of Allentown, were...

Exclusive Yellowstone Club files for bankruptcy - Added 1 week ago

The Yellowstone Club, an exclusive mountain retreat for the ultra-rich, said it filed for bankruptcy Monday after failing to secure new financing _ underscoring that even the elite can't escape the country's current...

Father: Cal State student bailed out of Iran jail - Added 1 week ago

The father of a California graduate student jailed in Iran for nearly a month said his daughter was freed on bail Monday but still faces charges relating to her research of the country's women's rights movement. Esha...

Deputy suspended for using Taser to wake inmate - Added 1 week ago

A Pinellas County detention deputy was suspended for using the sound of his stun gun to try and wake up an inmate. According to an internal affairs report, the deputy thought the crackling sound of his Taser would rouse...

Report: Government must revise wild horse program - Added 1 week ago

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management needs to consider euthanizing wild horses or selling many of them to reduce spiraling costs of keeping them in long-term holding pens, said a government report Monday. The report by...

Armed bandits target man's jug of loose change - Added 1 week ago

Police say three armed thieves stormed into a Long Island home to steal a water jug full of loose change. Suffolk County police said the masked suspects descended on the East Patchogue home around 2 a.m. Saturday. ...

Dallas nixes 2 proposals to name road for Chavez - Added 1 week ago

An effort to rename one of two Dallas streets for Cesar Chavez failed Monday, but the city plans to find another road to name after the late labor and civil rights activist. Several Latino leaders in the nation's...

World's ugliest dog dies after battle with cancer - Added 1 week ago

A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died. The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested dog, had cancer. He was 9. Gus was rescued from a...

Michelle Obama tours Executive Mansion - Added 1 week ago

!!-- AUDIO:0810B147,0810B146,0810B145 -->From the kitchen to the Lincoln Bedroom and others cloaked in history where her daughters will nod off to sleep, Michelle Obama visited the White House living quarters Monday,...

Closing arguments begin in Hamas financing retrial - Added 1 week ago

A Muslim charity funneled more than $12 million to Palestinian schools and charities controlled by the militant group Hamas, prosecutors said in closing arguments Monday at the charity's second trial for allegedly...

New Times Square ball to hang around for Halloween - Added 1 week ago

Next month, it'll be the famous New Year's Eve ball. Next year, it could be the Great Pumpkin. A bigger, brighter Waterford crystal ball will usher in 2009 above Times Square, then remain in place all year to celebrate...

Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship - Added 1 week ago

A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship. "It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing...

2 employees slain in St. Louis-area Steak'n Shake - Added 1 week ago

A cook and waitress were slain at a Steak'n Shake restaurant early Monday during an apparent robbery, police said. A bread delivery man found one body when he entered the restaurant about 5 a.m. Police who responded to...

Michelle Obama visits Washington private schools - Added 1 week ago

Michelle Obama visited at least two well-known private schools Monday as she and President-elect Obama prepare to move their two young daughters to the White House in January. The soon-to-be first lady toured...

Lawsuit filed against NYC mayor's bid for 3rd term - Added 1 week ago

A broad coalition of elected officials and others sued New York City on Monday over Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bid for a third term in office, which the lawsuit says would be unconstitutional without another public vote....

Obama inheriting broad covert ops policies - Added 1 week ago

President Bush leaves President-elect Obama broad latitude for covert action in countries with which the United States is not at war, powers that Obama could scale back along with other Bush presidential orders now...

Police: Slaying of NY immigrant was a hate crime - Added 1 week ago

Seven high school students looking "to beat up some Mexicans" attacked an immigrant from Ecuador on a Long Island street, with one of them fatally plunging a knife into the man's chest during the brawl, police said. A...

Names floated for top Obama jobs - Added 1 week ago

President-elect Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for top administration posts, according to Democratic officials. Obama has signaled that he will make no...

Friends dispute abuse suspicions in Ariz. slaying - Added 1 week ago

Hundreds of mourners packed a funeral Monday for a man allegedly shot to death by his 8-year-old son, while friends and neighbors disputed any suggestion the boy had been abused by his father. They painted a picture of...

First meeting between presidents often emotional - Added 1 week ago

!!-- pobj:WX115-1110080849 -->The first meeting of incoming and outgoing presidents has been a rite of passage fraught with emotion, surprises and the rare exchange of secrets between leaders of opposite political...

Hawaii switching to digital TV early for the birds - Added 1 week ago

!!-- pobj:NY132-1014081142 -->!!-- pobj:NY131-1014081142 -->Hawaii will switch to digital TV faster than the rest of the country to make way for an endangered, volcano-dwelling bird. Most of the state will switch to...

Jewish group wants Mormons to stop proxy baptisms - Added 1 week ago

Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old...

Boat capt. in fatal wreck charged with smuggling - Added 1 week ago

A boat captain from the Dominican Republic has been charged with smuggling illegal immigrants after his vessel ran aground last month near Miami, killing six people. The passengers from Brazil and the Dominican...

Busted drug dealers' bling being auctioned by NC - Added 1 week ago

If you're in the market for a diamond-studded gold gorilla pendant, the North Carolina Department of Revenue may have just what you're looking for _ thanks to busted drug dealers. The department hopes to auction...

Banks reap big tax breaks atop bailout billions - Added 1 week ago

Some of the nation's biggest banks are in for a windfall _ on top of the $700 billion government bailout _ thanks to a new tax policy quietly issued by the Treasury Department. The notice gives big tax breaks to...

Witnesses: 2 shot in dispute over Alabama-LSU game - Added 1 week ago

Witnesses said a man and his former wife were shot to death over an argument about the Alabama-Louisiana State University football game, though a spokesman for the slain man's family disputed that Monday. "Basing it on...

Judge rules against White House in e-mail case - Added 1 week ago

A federal judge on Monday ruled against the Bush administration in a court battle over the White House's problem-plagued e-mail system. With two-and-a-half months remaining before the Bush administration leaves office,...

Informant: 2 Fort Dix suspects weren't in on plot - Added 1 week ago

The government's star witness in the case against five men accused of plotting an attack on soldiers at the Army's Fort Dix said two of the men "had nothing to do" with the scheme. Mahmoud Omar, a paid FBI informant...

Audit: Public shorted on terror prosecutions - Added 1 week ago

Federal prosecutors have spent far less time pursuing terrorism suspects over the past five years than the American people paid for, a new Justice Department audit concludes. The study released Monday says the...

Court weighs use of crime lab reports at trial - Added 1 week ago

The Supreme Court appeared inclined Monday to rule that crime lab reports used in drug and other cases may not be introduced at trial without allowing defendants to cross-examine the forensic analysts who prepare them. ...

Ohio woman who made up kidnapping admits to theft - Added 1 week ago

A former Toledo, Ohio, lawyer who made up a story about being kidnapped after a client accused her of stealing his money has admitted she took $624,000 from about two dozen people. Karyn McConnell Hancock pleaded...

Infant gas-relief drops recalled - Added 1 week ago

About 12,000 units of Mylicon drops to relieve gas for infants were recalled Monday because some bottles could include pieces of metal. Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. recalled certain bottles...

Suicide evidence likely out of MySpace hoax trial - Added 1 week ago

Prosecutors in the trial of a woman accused of a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to kill herself will likely be prohibited from presenting evidence of the suicide, a federal judge said Monday. U.S....

Michelle Obama has her own transition to work out - Added 1 week ago

As Michelle Obama prepares for her new life at the White House, at least two things are certain about the kind of first lady she will be. She will remain the new president's close confidante and adviser, in keeping...

Canadian trucker accused of smuggling $2 million - Added 1 week ago

Federal agents say a Canadian trucker was caught trying to smuggle $2 million of U.S. cash into the United States. Authorities say the driver told agents at a Michigan border crossing Friday he was traveling to the...

Ohio homeowner who found money in walls bankrupt - Added 1 week ago

A Cleveland woman who ended up in a feud over $182,000 in Depression-era currency found in the walls of her home has filed for bankruptcy. Amanda Reece's Nov. 5 filing lists liabilities of $1.9 million and assets of...

Group finds, buries remains of forgotten veterans - Added 1 week ago

In World War II, Samuel Mazur was a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber that flew over Europe. Three decades later, he died of cancer _ with no family at his side _ at a Veterans Administration hospital in Vermont. His...

Man pleads not guilty in shooting of Jags' Collier - Added 1 week ago

A man accused of shooting Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier 14 times pleaded not guilty Monday at his arraignment and was being held without bond. Tyrone Romaro Hartsfield, 32, stood silently as...

Big purse stops bullet from hitting Tenn. student - Added 1 week ago

Don't knock those trendy, oversized purses _ they could save your life, as one college student found out. Police say the contents in an oversized purse saved Elizabeth Pittenger, a 22-year-old Middle Tennessee State...

Teen left at hospital, Neb.'s 30th safe-haven case - Added 1 week ago

A 17-year-old boy left by his mother at an Omaha hospital on Monday is the 30th child abandoned under Nebraska's safe-haven law, state officials said. The boy from the Omaha area was left at Creighton University Medical...

Unions look to Obama to help advance their agenda - Added 1 week ago

The labor unions that helped Barack Obama win the White House are looking for some payback. Labor's wish list for the incoming president and the expanded Democratic majority in Congress includes making it easier to...