Boy, 6, dies after dog attack at N. Calif. home
UNION CITY, Calif. (AP) -- A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay Area boy died after he was attacked by a dog that belongs to his uncle, who is a police officer, authorities and a family spokesman said Tuesday....
CHP copter saves teens from soaring Sierra cliff
SIERRA CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter amid gusty winds....
Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago....
Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
BOSTON (AP) -- The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday is a milestone for the long-delayed project....
Officials: Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire
MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) -- An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday....
Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The latest possible resting place of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers....
Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant
McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape....
3 charged with enslaving disabled Ohio mom, child
ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) -- A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said Tuesday....
Mich. woman ordered to trial on false rape report
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan woman accused of faking a sexual assault was ordered to stand trial on charges of making a false report of rape and tampering with evidence Tuesday after a doctor said her purported bruises faded after he wiped them with gauze....
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) -- An indication of an oil filter problem prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a United Airlines spokeswoman said....
Boy, 13, charged in 'wrestling' death of girl, 5
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV....
Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against J&J
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal....
Couple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old
PLANADA, Calif. (AP) -- A California couple have been convicted of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old boy....
Heimlich rescues choking Texas congressman
PHOENIX (AP) -- A Texas congressman who was choking on a piece of popcorn is thanking a fellow Republican from Arizona and a House staffer who is also a doctor for stepping in to help....
