- 4 charged in Ark. college shooting that killed 2 (AP)
- Gunman in notorious Alaska murder dies in prison (AP)
- Former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick sent to jail (AP)
- Informant takes stand in Fort Dix plot trial (AP)
- Doorknobs and TV remotes are germ hotbeds (AP)
- Battle for state legislatures carries high stakes (AP)
- Snowstorm closes major highways, schools (AP)
- Ex-Milwaukee alderman gets 6 1/2 years for bribes (AP)
- Mich. Dems' typo directs voters to phone-sex line (AP)
- Texas A&M settles decade-old lawsuit over deaths (AP)
- Another teenage girl abandoned at Neb. hospital (AP)
- Ohio man accused of wounding teen over McCain sign (AP)
- Skinhead plot news sweeps suspect's Tenn. hometown (AP)
- Iowa boy found dead, mother and brother hurt (AP)
- Schwarzenegger: Budget special session is needed (AP)
- 2 charged in deadly shooting spree in Newark, NJ (AP)
- Witness: Warden's wife, prisoner lived as married (AP)
- Boy, 8, shoots himself to death at Mass. gun show (AP)
- 1 dead, 4 wounded in NYC shooting; 2 suspects flee (AP)
- Singer's 7-year-old nephew found dead in SUV (AP)
- Wash. gov's GOP rival ordered to give deposition (AP)
- Polygraphs tested mettle of agents in biker case (AP)
- Alaskans turning against Stevens after verdict (AP)
- Suspect's sister: Texas dragging death not racial (AP)
- Atlantic City delays smoking ban for 1 year (AP)
- Police seek suspect in Ark. TV anchorwoman's death (AP)
- Southern general's name may come off Fla. school (AP)
- Wash. gov's GOP rival ordered to give deposition (AP)
- Polygraphs tested mettle of agents in biker case (AP)
- 1 dead, 4 wounded in NYC shooting; 2 suspects flee (AP)
- Alternate jurors sworn in for Phil Spector trial (AP)
- 2 charged in deadly shooting spree in Newark, NJ (AP)
- Texas officials say FEMA 'insensitive' after Ike (AP)
- NCI: No prostate benefit from vitamin E, selenium (AP)
- Graffiti targeting legislators now in Missouri (AP)
- Staph germs harder than ever to treat, studies say (AP)
- Calif. prison case to test state sovereignty (AP)
- Uniform supplier accused of safety violations (AP)
- Reuters evacuates NYC newsroom after powder scare (AP)
- Texas nurse pleads guilty in blaze that killed 3 (AP)
- Ga. woman abandons 12-year-old son at Neb hospital (AP)
- Jury in Fort Dix case hears about informant (AP)
- Sheriff: Ex-mayor won't get special jail treatment (AP)
- Stocks open lower as overseas markets slide (AP)
- Shooting at Ark. university kills 2, wounds 1 (AP)
- Boy, 8, killed in Mass. gun show accident (AP)
- Acclaimed author Tony Hillerman dies at 83 (AP)
- Hospitals ease ER crowding with ward beds in halls (AP)
- Tributes pour in after Arkansas TV anchor's death (AP)
- One man's garbage becomes another's power plant (AP)
- Hudson offers $100,000 reward for missing nephew (AP)
- Congressman skeptical of NTSB on bridge collapse (AP)
- Fraud a problem for 11 states with bottle deposits (AP)
- Wall Street workers leaving NYC for fresh start (AP)
- Ex-Pa. officer guilty of sex crimes while on duty (AP)
- Other woes makes foreclosure crisis hard to break (AP)
- AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds (AP)
- Calif. gay marriage ban becomes big money race (AP)
- `High School Musical' graduates to No. 1 with $42M (AP)
- Trash is turning into key power source for NJ (AP)
- Growing Asian-American vote sheds passive past (AP)
- Heart device maker recalls implant (AP)
- Pair of quakes strike off Northern Calif. coast (AP)
- Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes off northern Calif. (AP)
- Ohio home explodes from gas leak (AP)
- Colo. couple get marijuana with order of tacos (AP)
- Californians float a plan: Return of the zeppelin (AP)
- Ark. anchorwoman dies in hospital after beating (AP)
- SUV collides with car in Tenn. crash, killing 4 (AP)
- At service, activists decry Texas dragging death (AP)
- Home that nurtured a star now harbors a calamity (AP)
- Sharpton calls for inquiry in alleged NYPD assault (AP)
- Vaccine slashes diarrheal illness in kids (AP)
- 2 arrested in drive-by shootings in Newark (AP)
- Utah residents make polygamy forefront of AG race (AP)
- Prosecutors widen Chicago police torture probe (AP)
- Hawaii has battle over constitutional redo (AP)
- New Navy sub sponsored by widow of 9/11 co-pilot (AP)
- At this condo project the airplane will be king (AP)
- Mo. man to donate land the size of Central Park (AP)
- AP INVESTIGATION: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids (AP)
- Ordinary Joes have mixed feelings on wealth (AP)
- NJ teen shot in chest, drives self to hospital (AP)
- Police dog shot by friendly fire to be honored (AP)
- Female robber hits 3 Ohio banks in 1 week (AP)
- Jennifer Hudson's nephew missing after slayings (AP)
- Chicago police head outlines anti-gang plan (AP)
- Researchers: 7 orcas missing from Puget Sound (AP)
- Sick Wis. teen plays first, only football game (AP)
- Battles in Lake Co. may decide Indiana race (AP)
- Report: Ex-Detroit mayor transferred appointees (AP)
- Texas man found not guilty of releasing feral pigs (AP)
- Rail agency sues contractor over LA collision (AP)
- UN urges 'drastic' action to help banks and poor (AP)
- Christian right intensifies attacks on Obama (AP)
- Police search for evangelist's alleged enforcer (AP)
- Another dragging death in Texas raises tensions (AP)
- Ind. Supreme Court won't rush early voting tiff (AP)
- Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story (AP)
- Conn. school buses collide; nearly 20 kids hurt (AP)
- NY governor's top aide resigns over tax flap (AP)
- Screen set up at trial nixes assault conviction (AP)
- 2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists (AP)
- Young train fans can pose dangerous distraction (AP)
- Police search for evangelist's alleged enforcer (AP)
- Another dragging death in Texas raises tensions (AP)
- Former NBA star campaigns to be Sacramento mayor (AP)
- As U.S. economy sours, some migrants returning south (AP)
- Federal court enters plea for man in Smart case (AP)
- No rest for dead at foreclosed Mich. funeral home (AP)
- Appeals court halts execution of Ga. cop killer (AP)
- Husband of suspended Nevada judge takes plea deal (AP)
- Prominent former priest convicted of abusing boy (AP)
- Man guilty in grisly killing of Okla. woman, son (AP)
- FBI: Minn. political vandalism not a federal crime (AP)
- Man says NYPD assaulted him; cops deny claim (AP)
- Fla. man lives among the chads of 2000 election (AP)
- How a serial killer victim was finally identified (AP)
- Fire-charred NM mountains fuel policy debate (AP)
- San Francisco weighs takeover of electrical system (AP)
- Grand Canyon tribe working on flood-recovery plan (AP)
- Mo. students face punishment for `Hit a Jew Day' (AP)
- Neb. teen mom seeks safe haven for baby, herself (AP)
- McCain volunteer claims attacker cut 'B' into face (AP)
- Wildfire near LA's Getty museum contained (AP)
- NYC mayor wins fight to extend term limits (AP)
- HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory (AP)
- Doomed fishing boat sent e-mail before sinking (AP)
- HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory (AP)
- Calif. gay marriage ban backers target businesses (AP)
- Veteran's family gets back pay with interest (AP)
- Mexican energy reform passes Senate (AP)
- 21 die in Mexico violence, 4 in crowded park (AP)
- Costly ballot measures pose risk to state budgets (AP)
- Woman: Robber cut face over McCain sticker on car (AP)
- Job losses accelerating, and the worst is ahead (AP)
- Neb. teen mom seeks safe haven for baby, herself (AP)
- Judge tosses Wis. AG's suit demanding voter checks (AP)
- Top Ky. court clears way for child killer's death (AP)
- Teen motherhood: Celebrity buzz belies its cost (AP)
- These taxpayers might want the IRS to find them (AP)
- Mo. governor's race turns co-workers into rivals (AP)
- New stamp honors Edgar Allan Poe (AP)
- Texas death row seeing 12 executions over 6 weeks (AP)
- Mich. ad likens stem-cell work to Tuskegee study (AP)
- Internet habits focus of trial in Fort Dix trial (AP)
- NM woman faces eviction over medical marijuana use (AP)
- Closing arguments begin in cash suitcase trial (AP)
- NY governor orders background checks of his staff (AP)
- Duke lacrosse accuser maintains she was assaulted (AP)
- People nervous now, but expect economy to improve (AP)
- Federal judge orders improvements to Ariz. jails (AP)
- States target sex offenders before Halloween (AP)
- Chicago torture victims face uphill legal battle (AP)
- Immigration probes how shooting suspect got to NYC (AP)
- French nab 9 Somali pirates in Gulf of Aden (AP)
- Ashes to concrete: Sea burials help rebuild reefs (AP)
- New Navajo law provides breast-feeding rights (AP)
- Texas politicians' disclosures hit the Internet (AP)
- US soldier missing 2 years after Iraq capture (AP)
- Judge bans Mongols from wearing trademark logo (AP)
- Al Gore delivers environmental message at Harvard (AP)
- Mountain survivor recalls bug diet on Wash. slope (AP)
- Cheaper gas doesn't mean anyone's spending freely (AP)
- Wisconsin goes after Texas man over wild pigs (AP)
- Mother of 'Precious Doe' sentenced in Kansas City (AP)
- Will tax scandal take down NY gov.'s top aide? (AP)
- Beetle invasion threatens New England trees (AP)
- Texas appeals court tosses priest's sex conviction (AP)
- 2 small planes collide in air in Colo; no injuries (AP)
- Winds return fire danger to Southern California (AP)
- Vandals deface Minn. congressional members' homes (AP)
- Judge says NYC council term-limit vote can proceed (AP)
- Ratchet the Iraqi pup arrives in Minn., takes nap (AP)
- Shop, baby, shop? GOP spent $150K on Palin clothes (AP)
- Fishing boat disappears off Alaska; Body found (AP)
- NY man gets 25-58 years for stolen body parts scam (AP)
- Shop, baby, shop? GOP spent $150K on Palin clothes (AP)
- Feds: Bus companies were bullied by Chinatown gang (AP)
- Charges filed against 6 in Iowa pig abuse case (AP)
- Court allows release of ex-Detroit mayor messages (AP)
- Mastermind of body parts scam sentenced in Philly (AP)
- HIV testing planned amid scare at Mo. high school (AP)
- Vandals deface Minn. congressional members' homes (AP)
- Fishing boat with crew of 11 missing off Alaska (AP)
- Public schools becoming focus of Calif. gay marriage ban (AP)
- Ky. campus on lockdown after report of shots fired (AP)
- FBI agents detail searches in Fort Dix plot trial (AP)
- Beetle invasion threatens New England trees (AP)
- Sick economy has patients skimping on medicine (AP)
- NTSB: Video answers key question in copter crash (AP)
- Former party outsiders vie for Delaware governor (AP)
- Food allergies increasing in US kids, study says (AP)
- Police investigate white powder at New York Times (AP)
- 2 small planes collide in air in Colo; no injuries (AP)
- Winds push S. California wildfire away from homes (AP)
- Man to be sentenced for knowing of cousin's ricin (AP)
- Opposition asks NY court stop term-limits vote (AP)
- Richard Branson tries for trans-Atlantic record (AP)
- Police in Mass. city may get Sept. 11 holiday pay (AP)
- Man freed on DNA evidence sues cops, prosecutors (AP)
- NC sheriff's slurs snarl locals' immigration work (AP)
- Woman, 3 kids missing as house burns in Mich. (AP)
- Fort Bragg trial to start in 'fragging' case (AP)
- Simpson trial witness sues Dr. Phil for defamation (AP)
- FEMA disputes formaldehyde study of Iowa trailers (AP)
- Ex-Chicago cop charged with lying about torture (AP)
- Feds arrest dozens of Mongols motorcycle gang members (AP)
- 'Walter Reed' for combat dogs opens at Texas base (AP)
- Police: TV anchor perhaps victim of random attack (AP)
- Va. pharmacy follows faith, no birth control sales (AP)
- Paulson predicts success in overcoming crisis (AP)
- Texas murderer apologizes, sings before execution (AP)
- Argentina seeks to nationalize private pensions (AP)
- Federal judge in Colo. resigns amid investigation (AP)
- NYC term-limits extension set for vote Thursday (AP)
- AP INVESTIGATION: Palin charged state for children's travel (AP)
- Report: Conn. lawmaker accused of abuse to resign (AP)
- Soldier charged with murder, adultery at Mo. post (AP)
- A heavenly result for Devil-less Tampa Bay Rays (AP)
- San Francisco weighs decriminalizing prostitution (AP)
- Indiana governor's race a litmus test for change (AP)
- Hacked Ohio elections Web site mostly restored (AP)
- Blind Ohio marching band to be in 2010 Rose Parade (AP)
- Hospital bills woman who never saw doctor (AP)
- Safety a problem for new generation drugs, too (AP)
- Witness says civilian access to Fort Dix common (AP)
- Federal agents take on Mongols motorcycle gang (AP)
- School's fundraising pitch gives alumni the blahs (AP)
- Ex-Chicago cop arrested in 1990s torture scandal (AP)
- Police in Mass. city may get Sept. 11 holiday pay (AP)
- Killing suspect dies with son in deliberate crash (AP)
- Study finds LA police stop more blacks than whites (AP)
- Officials: Bus in fatal Calif. crash not inspected (AP)
- Man convicted of murdering couple thrown off yacht (AP)
- Police: Arkansas TV anchorwoman attacked in home (AP)
- Genome fanatics to post own DNA sequences on Web (AP)
- Ex-border agents on run for 2 years held in Mexico (AP)
- Pa. woman ordered out of chemical-free 'bubble' (AP)
- Police: No foul play in Japanese man's jail death (AP)
- Grandfather, woman held as witnesses in kidnapping (AP)
- Texas searches prisons after death row phone found (AP)
- `Anti-American' comments hurt Minn. rep's campaign (AP)
- Man convicted of killing couple thrown off yacht (AP)
- Texas searches prisons after death row phone found (AP)
- Soldier's Iraqi puppy arrives in US, tail wagging (AP)
- Appeal threatens to hold up Exxon Valdez payments (AP)
- LA police say no sign of foul play in Miura death (AP)
- FAA splits controller duties, streamlines training (AP)
- Latest space tourist gets his money's worth (AP)