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.
House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
Jim Abrams, Associated Press |
posted 5 minutes ago
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.
Jury can't reach verdict in Detroit cop's trial
Ed White, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:39pm
A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew.
Radar shows tornado touched down at Denver airport
P. Solomon Banda, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:25pm
Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials said.
Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire
Tom Krisher and Dee-ann Durbin, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:19pm
After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.
Scientists: Timber in Lake Michigan centuries old
John Flesher, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:11pm
A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th century.
CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill
David Espo and Erica Werner, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:10pm
About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades.
Utah man shot in church upgraded to fair condition
Brady Mccombs, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:08pm
A Utah man shot in the head during a Father's Day Mass was upgraded to fair condition Tuesday _ just a few hours after his son-in-law was charged with attempted homicide in the shooting.
Military plans would put women in most combat jobs
Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:03pm
Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.
Google asks FISA court to lift gag order
Anne Flaherty, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 4:52pm
Google on Tuesday sharply challenged the federal government's gag order on its Internet surveillance program, citing what it described as a First Amendment right to divulge how many requests it receives from the government for data about its customers in the name of national security.
NTSB: Bad eyesight likely caused Okla. train crash
Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 4:43pm
An engineer killed in a fiery train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year suffered from serious vision problems for much of his life, underwent several corrective procedures in the years leading up to the crash and even complained that he couldn't distinguish between red and green signals, a doctor told a federal oversight board Tuesday.
Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against J&J
Andrew Demillo, Associated Press |
posted 23 minutes ago
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
Associated Press |
posted 34 minutes ago
A California couple have been convicted of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old boy.
Dish passes on making new offer for Sprint
Associated Press |
posted 50 minutes ago
Dish Network Corp. says a number of factors have made it impracticable for it to submit another offer to buy Sprint Nextel Corp. in time to beat a deadline set by the phone company.
Heimlich rescues choking Texas congressman
Bob Christie, Associated Press |
posted 53 minutes ago
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.
Va. cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant
Matthew Barakat, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:42pm
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.
Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund
Jay Lindsay, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:41pm
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.
Okla. executes inmate convicted of killing couple
Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:30pm
Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for the October 2000 stabbing deaths of a couple on whose ranch he had worked.
IRS worker: No political bias against tea party
Alan Fram, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:17pm
An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday.
Maine governor says he won't talk to 3 newspapers
Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 5:11pm
A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers.
AP sources: 4 US troops killed in Afghanistan
Robert Burns, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 4:59pm
Defense officials say four U.S. troops were killed Tuesday at or near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
Suburban NY woman indicted on pot-growing charges
Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 4:45pm
A woman from the ritzy New York City suburb of Scarsdale who is accused of raising thousands of marijuana plants was compared Tuesday to Colombian cocaine lords.
Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes
Associated Press |
posted Jun 18th - 4:43pm
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