4th suspect in Ohio enslavement case surrenders
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Federal authorities alleging an Ohio woman was held captive with her child and made to do housework say a fourth suspect charged with forced labor has surrendered to authorities....
New Colo. wildfire prompts evacuations of homes
EVERGREEN, Colo. (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....
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 - including cutting holes in one tenant's floor with a power saw while he was still inside - have pleaded guilty to several felonies....
Maine governor to stop talking to 3 newspapers
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine's blunt-spoken governor doesn't mince words when opponents dare to cross him but he's saved some of his harshest criticism for newspapers, once telling schoolchildren he isn't a fan of papers and another time saying that reading one is "like paying somebody to tell you lies."...
Prison for Ohio woman who buried mom in yard
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A woman who quit her job to care for her elderly mother felt at a loss to support herself when the older woman died so she buried her in the yard of their Florida home and lived off her mother's Social Security checks for 14 years, her lawyers and federal authorities say....
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet....
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 death row prison cell, officials said....
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....
Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening....
Judge sides with US in Manning document dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge in Baltimore said Wednesday she's satisfied for now with measures the military has taken to release documents related to Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial in the Wikileaks case....
Woman convicted in LA train platform death
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A jury which convicted a homeless woman of second-degree murder in the death of a woman pushed off a Los Angeles train platform heard expert opinions Wednesday on whether the defendant was sane at the time of the crime....
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....
NC repeals law that allowed racial bias appeals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina has repealed a landmark law that had allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their cases....
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....
