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Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse

Obama vows sustained effort on military sex abuse

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to...

Posted: 05/16/13 at 8:55 pm EDT
  • 2nd-degree murder conviction in Honolulu shootings

    2nd-degree murder conviction in Honolulu shootings

    HONOLULU -- A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder after authorities say he went on a shooting rampage through Honolulu in 2011, killing a mother of 10 and wounding two other people as he opened fire on multiple motorists.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Judge lets Ariz. immigrant license policy stand

    Judge lets Ariz. immigrant license policy stand

    PHOENIX -- A judge on Thursday refused to halt Gov. Jan Brewer's order that denies driver's licenses for young immigrants in Arizona who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

    Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot

    SEATTLE -- Officials in Washington state took their first stab at setting rules for the state's new marijuana industry Thursday, nearly eight months after voters here legalized pot for adults.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Authorities: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast

    Authorities: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast

    WEST, Texas -- Investigators working in the remnants of an exploded Texas fertilizer plant sifted by hand through untold kernels of corn, moved tons of debris and conducted more than 400 interviews, while searching for the missing piece to solve what many officials compared to an extraordinary puzzle.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 9:00 pm EDT
  • Authorities arrest man in Idaho in terrorism case

    Authorities arrest man in Idaho in terrorism case

    BOISE, Idaho -- Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 9:05 pm EDT
  • Police: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting

    Police: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting

    NEW ORLEANS -- A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 1:25 pm EDT
  • AP Sources: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast

    AP Sources: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast

    WEST, Texas -- Authorities have not ruled out criminal activity and are investigating two other possible causes in the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 14 people.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 3:35 pm EDT
  • Teary testimony from victim's family in Arias case

    Teary testimony from victim's family in Arias case

    PHOENIX -- The jury deciding the fate of convicted murderer Jodi Arias heard dramatic and emotional testimony Thursday from the family of the man she killed as they described how their lives were ripped apart by his death.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 3:50 pm EDT
  • Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

    Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

    JACKSON, Miss. -- The man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials appears to have attempted to evade law enforcement just days before his arrest, according to FBI documents made public Thursday.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 2:15 pm EDT
  • Army chief admits failure to stop sexual abuse

    Army chief admits failure to stop sexual abuse

    WASHINGTON -- The Army's top officer acknowledged on Thursday that his service is failing in its effort to stop sexual assaults, as he and the nation's other top defense leaders were summoned to the White House to discuss the military wide problem.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 3:10 pm EDT
  • School bus carrying special-needs kids rolls over

    School bus carrying special-needs kids rolls over

    INDIANAPOLIS -- State police say a dozen people -- including five children -- are injured after a school bus carrying special needs children rolled over on a highway near Indianapolis.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 3:40 pm EDT
  • Arias lawyers wanted to withdraw but were denied

    Arias lawyers wanted to withdraw but were denied

    PHOENIX -- Attorneys for Jodi Arias asked to step down from the case after their client was convicted of first-degree murder, but a judge denied the request, according to court minutes obtained Thursday.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 5:50 am EDT
  • NC nuclear plant shut down after crack discovered

    NC nuclear plant shut down after crack discovered

    RALEIGH, N.C. -- Operators have shut down a North Carolina nuclear plant after finding tiny marks of corrosion and cracking that need repair. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the health and safety of employees or the public are not affected.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 2:15 pm EDT
  • Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator

    Texas senior, 18, bags 800-pound record alligator

    HOUSTON -- A Houston-area high school senior has bagged a 14-foot, 800 pound alligator -- the heaviest ever certified in Texas -- on his first alligator hunt.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 2:20 pm EDT
  • $10 million bond set in Mother's Day shooting

    $10 million bond set in Mother's Day shooting

    NEW ORLEANS -- As the official tally of those wounded in a Mother's Day parade shooting ticked up to 20 on Thursday, the suspect made his first court appearance in the case, remaining silent as a judge set his bond at $10 million.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 10:20 am EDT
  • Oregon search turns up no sign of Susan Powell

    Oregon search turns up no sign of Susan Powell

    SCOTTS MILLS, Ore. -- Police say they have found no trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell at a rural Oregon site after spending two days searching.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 12:30 pm EDT
  • Man who lied in Somali terrorism case gets 2 years

    Man who lied in Somali terrorism case gets 2 years

    MINNEAPOLIS -- A man who admitted he lied before a grand jury investigating why young Somali men were leaving Minnesota to join a terrorist group in their homeland has been sentenced to two years in prison.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 12:30 pm EDT
  • Chefs cook, raise money for Boston bombing victims

    Chefs cook, raise money for Boston bombing victims

    BOSTON -- Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks from concession stands in a project intended to raise money for those killed and wounded in the twin explosions.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 5:55 am EDT
  • A look at the top 10 world record lottery jackpots

    A look at the top 10 world record lottery jackpots

    So you didn't win Wednesday's $360 million Powerball jackpot? You and everyone else.

    Posted: 05/16/13 at 11:55 am EDT
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