NY woman found guilty of fatally poisoning boyfriend with antifreeze mixed into margaritas

NY woman convicted in boyfriend’s antifreeze death

Scientist is sentenced to 86 years in prison for shooting at US officers in Afghanistan

Pakistani sentenced in NY to 86 years in prison

2 Iowa women plead guilty to embezzling nearly $6 million from insurance company Aviva

2 Iowa women plead guilty to embezzling millions

Fla. judge rejects Republicans in lawsuit seeking repayment of $7.5M in Crist contributions

Fla. judge blocks GOP quest for Crist refunds

Ga. pastor fights accusations that threaten megachurch he spent a generation building up

Ga. pastor spent a generation building megachurch

Seattle police investigating shooting at home; SWAT teams heard shots from inside

Seattle police investigating shooting at home

Opening statements delayed in trial of NJ father accused of raping, impregnating daughters

Openings delayed in NJ daughters-rape trial

Emanuel could find himself playing catch-up if waits too long to get into Chicago mayor’s race

Time crunch for Emanuel in Chicago mayor race

Report: Police chief in scandal-plagued Calif city sought deal for tax-free disability pension

Report: Bell police chief eyed tax-free pension

Justin Townes Earle postpones tour, enters rehab program after arrest in Indianapolis

Earle postpones tour, enters rehab after arrest

Extradition of suspect in death of NC chief’s daughter on hold after he gets sick in NY jail

Accused killer of NC chief’s daughter sick in jail

Jury gets case of NY woman accused of poisoning boyfriend with antifreeze-laced margaritas

Jury gets case of NY woman in antifreeze death

Prosecutor: Suspect in 3 DUI deaths cared only about himself while drinking on day of crash

Prosecutor: Man in DUI case drank beyond reason

Mental fitness testing ordered for Illinois man accused of bomb charge, threatening Obama

Man accused of threatening Obama ordered tested

Prosecutors in Mass. plan to call up to 50 witnesses against 3 teens in bullying-suicide case

Teens in Mass. bullying case appear in court

Arms dealer sentenced to 23 months in federal prison after plea in Alabama smuggling case

Arms dealer gets 23 months in Ala. smuggling case

4 dead in shooting at west Seattle home; SWAT teams heard shots from inside

4 dead in shooting at west Seattle home

SEATTLE — Seattle police say four people are dead after a shooting at a west Seattle house.

Defense lawyers say they won’t call any witnesses in Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial

No defense witnesses to be called in Smith trial

Mass. prosecutors plan to call up to 50 witnesses against 3 teens in bullying-suicide case

3 teens in Mass. bullying-suicide appear in court

Victims’ advocates demand explanation for why Wis. regulators didn’t discipline ’sexting’ DA

Groups demand explanation of ’sexting’ DA inaction

Jets owner Woody Johnson says WR Braylon Edwards let himself, team down with arrest

Jets owner says Edwards let himself, team down

Mother and 2 children found dead in small-town Tenn. home, suspect in custody

Family slayings shake investigators in Tenn. town

NJ pastor accused of making teens videotape congregant affair pleads guilty to endangerment

NJ pastor guilty of making teens tape his affair

US walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech as he says some think Americans caused 9/11 attacks

US walks out on Ahmadinejad’s UN speech

UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked yet another controversy Thursday saying a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American government staged the Sept. 11 terror attacks in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.

Police say suspected van Gogh thief sold priceless sketch for $250

Suspected van Gogh thief arrested in Vt.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — After a drawing by Vincent van Gogh valued at more than a million dollars was stolen last year from a Santa Fe home in New Mexico, it didn’t take long for someone to spot it for sale in a consignment shop.

Federal grand jury indicts Alabama prep coach on sex-related charges; state charges pending

Alabama prep coach indicted on sex-related charges

Closing arguments begin in trial over death of Angels pitcher in DUI crash

Trial over Angels pitcher’s death nears end

Ind. girl says she realized her 2 siblings died while all locked in closet, called for mother

Ind. girl says she knew 2 siblings died in closet

Three Arrested from Nassau for Salvage Car Garage Theft

Police say 4 dead, 1 wounded in shootings at west Seattle house; shooter apparently among dead

Seattle police: 4 dead, 1 wounded in shooting

US walks out on Ahmadinejad UN speech as he says some think Americans caused 9/11 attacks

US walks out on Ahmadinejad UN speech

UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. delegation walked out of the U.N. speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday after he said some in the world have speculated that Americans were behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, staged in an attempt to assure Israel’s survival.

Attorney denies he committed fraud by switching portion of McCourt postnuptial agreement

Lawyer denies fraud claim in McCourt divorce case

Note from Mass. man says 4-year-old son saw him fatally stab family at home after IRS fight

Note: Son, 4, saw Mass. man kill family at home

As prescription drug abuse climbs, DEA offers locations to dump unwanted medicine Saturday

DEA: Clean out your medicine cabinets Saturday

Ohio exotic dancer pleads not guilty to murder, other charges in man’s dragging death

Dancer pleads not guilty in Ohio dragging death

Fla. man suspected in killing of Ohio real estate agent found in home he was trying to sell

Fla. man suspected in Ohio real estate agent death

22 dead, 80 hurt in Somali capital gun battles

MOGADISHU - At least 22 people have been killed and 80 wounded in heavy fighting between insurgents and government forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Thursday.

Opening arguments delayed in trial of NJ father accused of raping, impregnating daughters

Trial delay for NJ man accused of raping daughters

UK police arrest 6 men in suspected Sept. 11 Quran burning posted on Internet

UK police arrest 6 men in suspected Quran burning

Afghan president Karzai calls for quick release of detained journalists

Afghan president calls for release of journalists

First partial results from Afghan parliamentary poll released as fraud charges mount

First partial Afghan poll results released

FIFA says it has no intention to investigate arrested former referee Byron Moreno at this time

FIFA has no intention to investigate Moreno

Kidnapping of French uranium workers in Niger shows al-Qaida-linked group getting bolder

Niger kidnappings show group getting bolder

Ga. megachurch pastor sued by young men over alleged sex denies claims, will talk to church

Megachurch head will talk Sunday about sex claims

Obama tells UN that US focused on more effective fight against al-Qaida and Taliban

Obama says US has refocused terror fight

UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama is telling the world community that the United States is “waging a more effective fight” against al-Qaida, as the fight in Iraq is drawn down.

Cambodian opposition leader convicted, sentenced to 10 years in absentia for dishonoring govt

Cambodian opposition leader convicted in absentia

Conn. investigator: Home invasion suspects exchanged text messages hours before fatal attacks

Cop: Home invasion suspects texted hours before

Massachusetts woman charged with disguising herself so she could steal from her grandmother

Mass. woman charged with stealing from grandmother

Medical examiner resumes testifying in Connecticut home invasion murder trial

Medical examiner testifies in home invasion trial

Hamas convicts, sentences alleged collaborator with Israel to death in latest Gaza campaign

Gaza Hamas sentences alleged collaborator to death