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 the West made it easy for fires to start and spread....
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....
4 shot, 3 dead at Kentucky condo shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Three people were shot to death and a fourth was critically injured Wednesday at a condominium building in Louisville, Ky., and police are saying the shootings appear to be domestic-related....
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....
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....
Cops: Disabled Pa. man dies after gruesome neglect
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman and her two daughters were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of their 32-year-old son and brother, who had Down syndrome, after officials said he was severely neglected and underfed, weighing just 69 pounds when he died....
Couple in deck collapse sues Fla. sports bar
MIAMI (AP) -- A couple has filed a lawsuit against a South Florida sports bar where a deck collapsed into Biscayne Bay last week....
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....
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....
