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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man is being held for allegedly carrying out nine contract killings in Central California, but he claims he's killed more than 40 people. Prosecutors say 51-year-old Jose Manuel Martinez has told investigators he carried out the crimes working as an enforcer for a drug cartel. Martinez is set to go to trial in June for an Alabama murder.
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania high school student is being held without bail after authorities say he went on a stabbing rampage, injuring 21 students and a security guard. Authorities say 16-year-old Alex Hribal (RY'-buhl) was armed with two kitchen knives when he allegedly stabbed his first victim in the belly. Officials say the attack might have been even worse if an assistant principal hadn't tackled the teen.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House vote is expected today on an election-year budget Republicans say promises to balance the government's books through wide-ranging cuts in programs like food stamps and government-paid health care. The plan by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan is a nonbinding framework aimed more at engaging GOP voters than rival Democrats. Some of the cuts would be difficult to pass even if Republicans controlled both the House and Senate.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge is expected later this morning to sentence Connecticut-based hedge fund SAC Capital for wire fraud and securities fraud. SAC Capital LP and three related entities reached a plea agreement in a $1.8 billion deal with the government. The government says in a presentencing memorandum that the majority of money managed by the defendants during a decade-long fraud belonged to the hedge fund's owner and founder, Steven A. Cohen. Eight employees were convicted of insider trading.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to figure out your federal tax return? You might be in the minority. The majority of Americans who answered an Associated Press-GfK poll think completing a federal tax return is easy. Only 7 percent of those surveyed say they would be willing to pay more in federal taxes if the process of filling out a tax return were easier. Some 90 percent say "no, thanks." Small business owner Sara Thornton of East Granby, Conn. says, "If you've got the equivalent of a high school degree and you know how to do math, it's very simple."
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