WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month....
Police close Susan Powell case, offer new details
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) -- Josh Powell reportedly had an affair just months before his wife disappeared and his brother may have been "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body, Utah police revealed as they announced they couldn't solve the sensational case....
Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death
PHOENIX (AP) -- When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison....
Face-chewing victim continues recovery in Miami
MIAMI (AP) -- A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his injuries....
Quotations of the day
"I got a phone call from her screaming, `Help! Help! I can't breathe. My house is on top of me!'" - Tiffany Thronesberry, who heard from her mother, Barbara Jarrell, shortly after a tornado roared through Oklahoma City's suburbs....
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."...
Killing of gay man in NYC draws protesters
NEW YORK (AP) -- The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation's most gay-friendly neighborhoods....
Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling....
Okla. mayor says city already at work on recovery
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Glenn Lewis was the mayor of Moore, Okla., when the strongest tornado on record whipped the city in 1999, and he says the most recent storm won't deter the community from rebuilding....
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise....
51 killed in Okla. tornado; toll expected to rise
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to rise....
FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night....
Medical examiner: 20 children killed in twister
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs....
Average credit card debt, late payments fall in 1Q
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt....
