3 Navy football players accused of sexual assault
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three Navy football players with sexually assaulting a female midshipman at an off-campus house more than a year ago....
Maine governor to stop talking to 3 newspapers
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The press secretary for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says it was her decision to put three newspapers on notice that she, the governor and other administration officials will no longer speak to them....
Car quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds
DETROIT (AP) -- Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they're not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail....
Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal commission charged with building a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower voted unanimously Wednesday to approve architect Frank Gehry's design for a park near the National Mall, allowing the project to move forward over the objections of Eisenhower's family....
Montana court says bison transfer legal
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- The relocation of Yellowstone National Park bison to tribal lands in Montana can resume, under a Wednesday ruling from the state's Supreme Court that revives a stalled conservation initiative for the animals....
4 shot, 3 dead at Ky. condo shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Police say three people are dead and a fourth is injured in a shooting at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky....
Cops: Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglect
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials said he was severely neglected and underfed....
FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit. For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains or clues to the disappearance of the former Teamsters boss....
Feds make find at former home of NY mobster
NEW YORK (AP) -- An FBI excavation has turned up possible human remains at a home once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the movie "Goodfellas," authorities said Wednesday....
Bulger's ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories
BOSTON (AP) -- A former hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James "Whitey" Bulger in 11 slayings, but he acknowledged lying in the past, including to a close friend just before he shot him in the head....
Bus company owner faces charges from 2008 crash
HOUSTON (AP) -- The owner of a bus that crashed and killed 17 people on their way to a religious retreat in Texas in 2008 has been indicted on federal charges that include making false statements on official documents....
Father sentenced for binding kids outside Wal-Mart
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children a year ago in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas....
Defense: US man never joined Syrian al-Qaida group
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, his defense lawyer said Wednesday in court papers....
Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jail
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A mentally disabled mother authorities said was enslaved for two years along with her daughter spent time in jail this year after pleading guilty to beating the girl, but her attorney told a judge that her captors forced her to do it....
As fires rage, feds cut funding on prevention
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- As the West battles one catastrophic wildfire after another, the federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place....
