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• Man suspected of threats faces weapons charge

  September 19, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rants, racist remarks and menacing words permeate the Internet these days, so why did police decide to arrest a Yale dropout for investigation of making online …

• Video: Wis. fetal-abduction suspect details attack

  September 19, 2012 MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and trying to steal her fetus described the attack in a video prosecutors played for jurors Wednesday, telling …

• LSU police make arrest in bomb threat

  September 19, 2012 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don’t believe he …

• Arizona immigration law spurs education campaign

  September 19, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona’s immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend …

• Texas town’s rental ban to get second hearing

  September 19, 2012 DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas suburb’s long, expensive fight to ban illegal immigrants from renting homes will have perhaps its most important hearing before a largely conservative group of judges …

• Defense argues intent in Wis. fetal abduction case

  September 18, 2012 MILWAUKEE (AP) — A woman accused of killing a pregnant Milwaukee woman and trying to steal her full-term fetus never meant for the mother or her unborn child to die, …

• Feds: NC sheriff and deputies targeted Latinos

  September 18, 2012 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted … 1

• AP Exclusive: Mass. inmate lauds sex-change ruling

  September 18, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — A convicted murderer in Massachusetts says a judge’s decision to grant her request for sex-reassignment surgery is “the right thing to do.” U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf …

• Chicago teachers await vote that could end strike

  September 18, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of delegates to the Chicago teachers union gathered Tuesday to debate a proposed contract, the first step before casting a critical vote that could end the …

• Chicago teachers to consider offer, ending strike

  September 18, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — Teachers in the nation’s third-largest city will pore over the details of a contract settlement Tuesday as the clock ticks down to an afternoon meeting in which …

• Lawyers: Obese Ohio inmate faces ‘torturous’ death

  September 18, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs 480 pounds and has a history of difficulty losing weight argues he would face a “torturous and lingering death” if … 1

• Lawyers: Obese Ohio inmate faces ‘torturous’ death

  September 17, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorneys for a condemned inmate who weighs 480 pounds argue he faces a torturous and lingering death if his execution is carried out early next year. …

• More than 180 Occupy Wall Street arrests in NYC

  September 17, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrated the movement’s anniversary on Monday by clogging intersections in the city’s financial district, marching to the beat of drums that were …

• Homeowners association members face violence

  September 17, 2012 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Disagreements that boil over into shouting matches, finger-pointing and even fistfights are often part of neighborhood homeowners association meetings, but the kind of violence that erupted …

• Ohio inmate says he’s too obese for execution

  September 17, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying his weight could lead to a “torturous and lingering death.” … 1

• Sandusky to be sentenced Oct. 9 in sex-abuse case

  September 17, 2012 There’s little doubt that Jerry Sandusky faces a long prison sentence. In a few weeks, he’ll find out how just how long. A judge announced Monday he will sentence Sandusky …

• Chicago mayor: Court must end teachers’ strike

  September 17, 2012 CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appeal to the courts to end a six-day Chicago teachers strike set off a new round of recriminations Monday but did not appear to …

• Calif. DNA collection from arrestees challenged

  September 17, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Alabama man was charged this month with the 1980 murder of an Oxnard teen. A Placerville man was arrested last month for a 1986 rape …

• Police: Fla. boy, 13, killed 2-year-old brother

  September 16, 2012 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A decade before he was charged with murder, a 2-year-old Cristian Fernandez was found naked and dirty, wandering a South Florida street. The grandmother taking care …

• Wisconsin fetal abduction, murder trial to begin

  September 16, 2012 MILWAUKEE (AP) — It’s been almost a year since Maritza Ramirez-Cruz bled to death when her full-term fetus was cut from her womb, and her three surviving children don’t go …

• FBI: Operation tracking Chicago teen took months

  September 16, 2012 HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) — The investigation started months ago, when the FBI noticed an email message: A man in the Chicago suburbs was using an account to distribute chatter about … 1

• Woman to lead Air Force training after sex scandal

  September 15, 2012 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Air Force chose a woman Saturday to lead its basic training unit at a Texas base where dozens of female recruits have alleged they were …

• Teen charged with trying to blow up Chicago bar

  September 15, 2012 HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) — Undercover FBI agents arrested an 18-year-old American man who tried to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar, federal prosecutors …

• Wis. AG aims to enforce union law during appeals

  September 15, 2012 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s attorney general said Saturday he would seek court permission to keep enforcing a state law that effectively ended collective bargaining for public employees while his …

• Neighbor: NY rape suspect terrorized W.Va. women

  September 15, 2012 The man accused of raping an elderly woman in New York’s Central Park frightened people for years in his tiny West Virginia hometown, where a neighbor says residents were so …

• Tip nabs alleged ‘Bucket List Bandit’ in Okla.

  September 15, 2012 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities knew they would need a lucky break to catch a middle-aged bank robber who pulled off a dizzying number of heists in a three-month crime …

• Judge strikes down Wis. law limiting union rights

  September 15, 2012 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public …

• US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya

  September 15, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, …

• Man convicted in 1957 murder of 7-year-old girl

  September 14, 2012 SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — For most of five decades, it seemed no one would ever be held accountable for the murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl snatched off a small-town …

• Judge strikes down Wis. law limiting union rights

  September 14, 2012 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most …

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