NJ jurors convict Florida man in 'fat defense' trial
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) ” A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man s defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway. Edward A...
 3.4K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 78.0 CB man helps Fort Hood victims
When Bridgette Whinery heard about the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, the Coos Bay woman knew her son would be among those lending a hand not one of the victims. Call it mother s instinct. She just had this peace that I was OK, U.S. Army Spc. Da...
3.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 66.0 Army post shooting rampage leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Tex...
7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 88.0 Hang up and drive law comes Jan. 1
SALEM As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be enforced? Orego...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 681.0 'Law Abiding Citizens' so bad it should be illegal
The real mystery of Law Abiding Citizen isn t how Gerard Butler s character manages to wreak explosive, bloody havoc on Philadelphia while confined behind the walls of his jail cell. What s truly baffling is how the star of the hugely successful 3...
3.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 107.0 We have our own home-grown terrorists
What you need to know about Michael C. Finton is that he parked a van in front of a federal building in Springfield, Ill., believing it was loaded with explosives. He then twice made cell phone calls that he thought would detonate the bombs. Finton n...
3.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 66.0 No texting at dinner and other electronic etiquette
Holly Kopczynski always prided herself on raising her kids the right way, teaching them etiquette basics like saying please and thank you. Then it happened. We were at a restaurant for my mom s birthday. I looked over and there are my daughter and...
4.3K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 148.0 Rescuing Bandar
WASHINGTON (AP) They became good buddies during the war, the young American soldier and his invaluable Iraqi translator, an easygoing guy who could spot dangers in the shadows and calm jittery nerves in the streets. When it was time to go home, Joe...
13.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 78.0 NYC attack was set for Sept. 11
DENVER (AP) An Afghan immigrant wanted to carry out a New York City terror attack involving hydrogen peroxide bombs to coincide with the Sept. 11 anniversary before federal authorities foiled the plan, a U.S. prosecutor said Friday. Tim Neff told a...
6.6K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 88.0 NYC terror suspects due are in court
NEW YORK (AP) Najibullah Zazi, his father and New York City imam Ahmad Wais Afzali all were scheduled to be in court for detention hearings later today in Denver and New York. Authorities say they found bomb-making instructions on a hard drive on Z...
1.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 66.0 Feds eye phone ban for drivers
WASHINGTON Safety investigators told federal regulators three years ago that it was dangerous for bus drivers to talk on cell phones while driving and recommended a ban. The National Transportation Safety Board put that recommendation on its list o...
4.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 191.0 Complaint suggests NYPD misstepped in terror probe
NEW YORK (AP) Police acting without the FBI s knowledge might have inadvertently helped blow the surveillance of a terrorism suspect and compromised a bomb plot investigation at a sensitive stage by questioning an imam about him, a criminal complai...
5.1K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 100.0 New York transit systems warned to watch for terrorists
DENVER An airport shuttle driver under arrest in Colorado may have been planning with others to detonate backpack bombs on New York City trains in a terrorism plot similar to past attacks on London s and Madrid s mass-transit systems, officials sai...
7.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 95.0 Reward offered in case of missing Yale student
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Yale University has announced a $10,000 reward for help finding a Yale graduate student who disappeared less than a week before her wedding. More than 100 local, state and federal law enforcement personnel are involved in the ...
0.8K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 66.0 Governor: Handle runaway convert case in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland believes the case of a Muslim girl who ran away to Florida after converting to Christianity should by handled by Ohio authorities. Strickland spokeswoman Amanda Wurst said Friday the state has no reason ...
3.2K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 78.0 California holds a giant garage sale
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping that the Great California Garage Sale will turn government clutter like surplus prison uniforms and office furniture into cash to bulk up the state s depleted finances. On offer as the state...
5.7K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 66.0 Jackson death ruled a homicide
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County coroner s finding that the death of Michael Jackson was a homicide could mean criminal charges for his doctor, who told investigators that he administered a mix of powerful drugs to treat the pop star s insomnia h...
6.8K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 78.0 Losing Stevie
REEDSPORT The bus ride to Tennessee took days. But it seemed like eternity to Jessica Readen, as she rode to Dyersburg to gather her 15-year-old daughter from foster care. Stevie Milburn had called a few days before. Her father, Christopher Milburn...
8.0K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 127.0 Taliban leader is killed in airstrike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan s Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, has been killed in a U.S. missile strike, a militant commander and aide to...
7.4K - Aug. 7, 2009; scored 88.0 Transportation head will push texting-driving study
WASHINGTON The Obama administration will convene a summit of experts to figure out what to do about the problem of texting while driving, a practice that both studies and a growing number of accidents show can be deadly. Transportation Secretary Ra...
2.1K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 91.0 | 
