Jury in Washington state convicts man in 2009 stabbing death of taxi driver

Wash. man convicted in cab driver’s stabbing death

Newspaper: Victim in Seattle bus tunnel beating was charged in 2 earlier attacks

Victim in tunnel beating was charged in 2 attacks

Canadian Muslim gets life term for plotting attacks on Europe

TORONTO - An Al-Qaeda-linked Canadian Muslim was Wednesday sentenced to life for plotting attacks on European targets and spreading jihadist propaganda on the internet.

AP Top News at 9:56 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 9:56 p.m. EST

8 jailed American missionaries leave Haiti for US

AP Top News at 9:46 p.m. EST

AP Top News at 9:46 p.m. EST

8 jailed American missionaries leave Haiti for US

Mexican president vows that besieged border city will ‘again become a city of law’

Mexican leader listens to border city on drug war

Prosecutors: Texas judge who refused to keep court open for death row appeal must be punished

Prosecutors: death row judge deserves punishment

Judge: Brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan can return to family home if he makes bail

Kerrigan brother can return home if he makes bail

Wealthy hedge operator to face trial in NY on Oct. 25 in massive insider trading case

October NY trial date set for hedge fund operator

Alaska man sentenced to life for killing neighbor; tells judge: ‘Don’t push it, man’

Alaska man sentenced to life for killing neighbor

Man accused of labeling Gatorade bottles with ‘Unfaithful’ Tiger Woods image may plead guilty

Mislabeled Gatorade bottles suspect considers plea

Correction: Human Trafficking story

Correction: Human Trafficking story

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a story Feb. 10 about human trafficking in Ohio, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the surname of Ohio’s attorney general. His correct name is Richard Cordray, not Condray.

DA: Jayson Williams’ blood-alcohol level more than twice legal limit after NYC crash

DA: Williams’ alcohol level more than twice limit

Capture of Taliban military commander ’significant win’: US

WASHINGTON - The capture this week of the Afghan Taliban’s military commander was a “significant win” in the efforts to rid the region of extremists, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.

Utah prosecutors say they’ll turn over additional records in Four Corners artifacts case

Prosecutors to turn over records in artifacts case

Haitian judge frees 8 US Baptists after talks with parents who gave them children

Haiti judge frees 8 of 10 American missionaries

Judge declares mistrial in Detroit corruption case; jurors point to race as sticking point

Judge declares mistrial in Detroit corruption case

Vt. man found not guilty of assault in biting off part of groom’s eyebrow at wedding reception

Vt. man found not guilty in eyebrow biting

Haitian judge says 8 Americans charged with kidnapping to be freed; families wait for details

Idaho families wait for news on US missionaries

In bid to defend city, NYC lawyers challenge health claims of some 9/11 responders

NY questions health claims of some 9/11 responders

Surviving child testifies in trial of Md. mother whose daughters’ bodies were found in freezer

Child testifies in Md. mother’s murder trial

Ala. slay suspect a cousin of author Irving; hoped connection could help her become novelist

Ala. slay suspect a cousin of author Irving

Attorney: Lone suspect in slaying of US journalist in Mexico to be freed for lack of evidence

Suspect in reporter’s death in Mexico to be freed

Mass. judge says Kerrigan’s brother can return to live at home if he posts bond

Judge: Kerrigan brother can go home if bond posted

NJ police search for infant believed thrown off bridge; father held on kidnapping charge

NJ man tells police he tossed baby off bridge

2 Pa. brothers charged with beating owner of Finger Lakes winery named 3 Brothers

2 Pa. brothers accused of beating NY winner owner

Haitian attorney says 8 of 10 US missionaries charged with child kidnapping will be released

Haiti lawyer says 8 of 10 missionaries to be freed

Haitian judge says will release 8 of 10 US missionaries charged with child kidnapping

Haiti judge says 8 of 10 missionaries to be freed

Fla. psychologist suspended, accused of tryst with patient and billing insurance for sessions

Fla. psychologist accused of patient tryst, fraud

Va. businessman accused of defrauding banks of millions using fake insurance policies arrested

Va. businessman accused of fraud arrested in Texas

LA County deputies advised to try to contain armed suspects, wait for backup before arresting

LA County issues new guidelines on armed suspects

Court sides with Forest Service in lawsuit over logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Industry loses lawsuit over Alaska forest logging

Fuel leaks left high level of cancer chemical in NC Marines’ water, but contractor omitted it

Report on Marines’ water omitted cancer chemical

Pathologist testifies that death of ex-Chicago police sergeant’s 3rd wife was accidental

Pathologist: Ex-cop’s 3rd wife died accidentally

Designer Anand Jon says he’s gone broke fighting sex charges; faces NYC trial

Anand Jon says sex cases have left him broke

Summary Box: Imprisoned Adelphia founder Rigas, son fight 2nd federal fraud trial

Summary Box: Rigases fight 2nd fraud trial in Pa.

US trade agency will investigate Kodak patent complaint against Apple, RIM

Trade agency reviewing Kodak patent complaint

British TV reporter who claims he killed dying lover as act of mercy arrested

UK TV reporter arrested after mercy killing claim

K-what? Pot smokers seize on legal and convenient substance that mimics marijuana’s effects

Cops: Imitation pot as bad as the real thing

Top French court overrules acquittals of 5 former Guantanamo inmates facing terror charges

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

Tennis star Anna Kournikova’s mother officially charged with felony child neglect

Kournikova’s mom charged with felony child neglect

Father of Colo. airport driver accused in NYC terror plot to be released on bail

Father of NY terror plot suspect gets bail

Concrete testing firm president guilty of doctoring records in case involving NYC landmarks

Concrete test co. chief guilty of altering results

Alsaka man gets 99 years for killing Anchorage neighbor, avoids death penalty

Alaska man sentenced to 99 years in nurse’s murder

Mom of former football player accused of shooting Iowa coach says son suffered from delusions

Accused coach shooter’s mom says son had delusions

Concrete testing firm president convicted on 1 charge in case involving NYC landmarks

Concrete test firm president convicted on 1 charge

LA County deputies to avoid chasing armed suspects under policy aimed at reducing shootings

LA County deputies to avoid chasing armed suspects

Judges free NC murder convict after 16 years in prison in 1st win for state’s innocence panel

Judges free NC murder convict after 16 years

US files new charges against Russian arms dealer suspect held in Thailand

US files new charges against arms dealer suspect

Afghan police vow to hold territory captured by NATO

BRUSSELS - Hundreds of police officers began deployment Wednesday to areas captured by NATO’s biggest offensive so far in Afghanistan, in a bid to stave off the return of insurgents, a spokesman for the Afghan ministry of the interior said by video link to Brussels.