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NEW YORK (AP) — A private service at ground zero today for victims' family members will later give way to potentially thousands of people reflecting on the Sept. 11 attacks 14 years ago. President Barack Obama is observing the anniversary with a visit to Fort Meade, Maryland, in recognition of the military's work to protect the country. There are other observances around the country.
PARIS (AP) — The International Energy Agency is predicting consequences from the low price of crude oil. The IEA forecasts a sharp drop in oil supply from the United States, Russia and other non-OPEC countries. The agency says non-OPEC production is expected to drop nearly half a million barrels per day to 57.7 million barrels a day -- the biggest decline in over two decades.
VIENNA (AP) — The trains aren't running, so now it's time to walk for thousands of people hoping for asylum in western Europe. They're heading for Vienna from Austria's main border crossing point with Hungary. The Austrian Federal Railways says it no longer has the capacity to deal with the thousands of people at the Nickelsdorf crossing wanting to board trains daily to the Austrian capital.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An affair and a cover-up have led to a resignation and an expulsion for two Michigan state lawmakers. Republican state representative Todd Courser resigned today and the state House then expelled fellow Republican representative Cindy Gamrat. Michigan State Police plan to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing and House leaders say that's appropriate.
BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who spent more than 12 years in prison for a crime it was later determined he did not commit has been awarded $4 million. The New Haven Register reports state Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr. said Lawrence Miller Jr. was convicted "despite the shaky evidence" and a solid alibi. Miller, a federal prison guard, Army veteran and former police officer, was convicted of assaulting a 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy in 1981 and sentenced to 32 years in prison. Another man later confessed.
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