Survivor
NEWARK, N.J. - The execution-style slayings of three friends in a New Jersey schoolyard nearly three years ago were carried out to test the mettle of an aspiring gang member, a prosecutor told jury members Wednesday as the first trial stemming from the attacks neared a conclusion.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Centrism and just plain survival made Arlen Specter part of the nation's political fabric for nearly half a century, his cancer-fighting, party-switching story as much about evading death as writing laws.
NEWARK, N.J. - Testimony concluded Tuesday in the first trial stemming from the 2007 murders of three friends in a Newark schoolyard, a crime that made national headlines as a symbol of lawlessness in New Jersey's largest city and spurred a wave of anti-crime measures.
NEW YORK - Police concerns that media-hungry terrorists would attack Michael Jackson's trial as a "soft target" led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star.
NEW YORK - Police concerns that media-hungry terrorists would attack Michael Jackson's trial as a "soft target" led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star.
