| Pa. Woman Charged With Recruiting Jihadist Fighters |
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft. |
| Police: Man Eyed in 2nd Calif. Teen Murder |
A registered sex offender charged with murdering a teen girl last month is a focus of the investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found more than a year after she disappeared near her school, police said Monday. |
| 7-Year-Old Calls 911, Saves Family From Attack |
A terrified 7-year-old boy begged emergency dispatchers to send police to his Southern California home where three armed robbers threatened his parents, according to a recording of the call released Tuesday. |
| Bank of America Ends Overdraft Fees on Debit Cards |
Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees. |
| SeaWorld Trainer's Family Wants Video Suppressed |
The family of a SeaWorld Orlando trainer who was drowned by a killer whale after a Feb. 24 performance, is gearing up for a legal battle to prevent video footage of the incident from appearing online or on television, the Orlando Sentinel reported. |
| Cops: Missing Oil Exec's Body Found in Mississippi River |
Police confirm the body pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday is missing Houston oil executive Douglas Schantz. |
| Man Stabbed With Meat Thermometer in Movie Theater |
Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater. |
| Second New Orleans Officer Charged in Katrina Shooting |
A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, a person familiar with the case said Tuesday. |
| Calif. Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Allegedly Shot Wife |
Police near Los Angeles say officers have fatally shot a man who chased his estranged wife down the street and fired a gun at her multiple times, riddling her with bullets. |
| Florida Girl, 7, in Critical Condition After Dog Attack |
Officer Jason Gagnon says an officer responding to the scene saw two dogs attacking the child. |
| Ohio Doctor Gets Life Sentence in Wife's Poison Death |
Relatives of the victim sobbed and held each other as a judge in Ohio handed down a life prison term for a doctor convicted of killing his wife with cyanide. |
| Serial Killer Pleads for Life at Trial; Jury Decides Death |
Rodney Alcala gave his own closing arguments Tuesday in the penalty phase of his trial for raping and murdering a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four women in the 1970s. |
| Ohio Death Row Inmate on Suicide Watch After Overdose |
Officials say an Ohio inmate who intentionally overdosed on pills hours before his scheduled execution has returned to prison and is on suicide watch. |
| Church Defends Decision to Not Allow Gay Couple's Kids |
The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple. |
| Man Arrested in Newark Airport Breach Pleads Guilty |
A student from China has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a Newark, N.J., airport security breach that led to worldwide flight delays. |
| Pa. Gas Pumper Dies After Static Electricity Starts Fire |
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a gas station patron died when static electricity ignited a fire as he filled up his tank. |
| Powder in Envelope Sent to Mont. State Office No Threat |
Police in Butte were also looking for a suspect who could be behind the suspicious letter mailed to the Montana Department of Labor from a Butte address. |
