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Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case

Published November 21st, 2009 - 6:10AM

Prosecutors have requested a life sentence for an American student and her former Italian boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.

59 and counting: Health care bill nears test vote

Published November 21st, 2009 - 9:59AM

And then there was one.

Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission

Published November 21st, 2009 - 6:44AM

A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and concentrated instead on his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

Rocket hits outside luxury hotel in Afghan capital

Published November 21st, 2009 - 6:05AM

A rocket hit outside the luxury Serena Hotel in Afghanistan's capital late Saturday, wounding two people, the Interior Ministry said.

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

Published November 21st, 2009 - 12:20AM

Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

Published November 20th, 2009 - 11:49PM

Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

Published November 20th, 2009 - 8:59PM

Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.

Plea deal reached in store scuffle case

Published November 20th, 2009 - 5:20PM

A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

Published November 20th, 2009 - 5:20PM

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

Publisher says buyer emerges for Ariz. paper

Published November 20th, 2009 - 5:20PM

The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business.

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

Published November 20th, 2009 - 3:59PM

The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.

Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care

Published November 20th, 2009 - 3:05PM

Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

2 Pa. judges given partial immunity in civil suit

Published November 20th, 2009 - 3:05PM

Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday.

NYC TV newsman guilty of attempted assault on wife

Published November 20th, 2009 - 3:00PM

Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

Published November 20th, 2009 - 1:49PM

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

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