Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
FAIRPORT, Mich. (AP) -- A wooden beam that has long been the focus of the search for a 17th century shipwreck in northern Lake Michigan was not attached to a buried vessel as searchers had suspected, but still may have come from the elusive Griffin or some other ship, archaeologists said Wednesday....
Man convicted in Phoenix's 'serial shootings' dies
PHOENIX (AP) -- A serial killer convicted of murdering six people in a shooting spree that terrorized Phoenix in 2005 and 2006 was found dead Wednesday in his prison cell, officials said....
AP PHOTOS: Astrodome, JFK terminal endangered
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places....
Feds: Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in prison....
SF 'landlords from hell' plead guilty to felonies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building have pleaded guilty to several felonies....
Bus company owner faces charges from 2008 crash
DALLAS (AP) -- The owner of a Houston bus company has been indicted on federal charges stemming from the 2008 Texas crash that killed 17 people on their way to a religious conclave, authorities announced Wednesday....
4 shot, 3 dead at Ky. condo shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Three people were shot to death and a fourth was seriously injured Wednesday at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky....
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....
Father, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge who heard prostitutes testify that a father-and-son pimp team made them feel like family cleared the two men of sex trafficking charges Wednesday....
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
DENVER (AP) -- A new wildfire in the foothills southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of dozens of homes Wednesday as hot and windy conditions in much of Colorado and elsewhere in the West made it easy for fires to start and spread....
3 Navy football players accused of sexual assault
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three football players with sexually assaulting a female midshipman at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago, a case that has brought renewed focus to how the nation's military academies handle reports of sexual assaults....
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....
