Ex-hitman: I was heartbroken Bulger was informant
BOSTON (AP) -- An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI informant....
Joint Chiefs chairman visits embattled nuke base
MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reassured hundreds of airmen Monday that recent nuclear weapons missteps at their North Dakota base would be corrected, but he didn't elaborate on the "failures of leadership" he blames for causing the problems....
Commuter train from NYC shakes, derails in tunnel
NEW YORK (AP) -- A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others. No injuries were reported....
Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall
DETROIT (AP) -- In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions....
NYC aims to require composting of food scraps
NEW YORK (AP) -- Legions of apartment dwellers will soon be asked - and may eventually be ordered - to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the Big Apple greener....
NTSB stresses track safety after Conn. man's death
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation after a railroad track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in Connecticut....
Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was buried....
More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Potential jurors' views on race were the focus of questioning Monday in the second week of jury selection for the Florida murder trial of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin....
NYC woman faces suspect in her dad's 1986 killing
NEW YORK (AP) -- An aspiring New York City actress has finally faced down the suspect she helped police capture in connection with her father's 1986 slaying....
Serial murder suspect delivers opening remarks
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to be....
Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park....
Texas, SD governors court Conn. gun makers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School....
Jury convicts Arizona man in terrorism hoax
PHOENIX (AP) -- An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism hoax....
Cancer killed Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A form of cancer killed the serial killer known as the Night Stalker who terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, coroner's officials said Monday....
