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NY soldier acquitted of murder in officers' deaths
A soldier was acquitted of murder Thursday in the 2005 bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq, triggering loud outbursts and gasps from the slain officers' families.
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Gun club, police chief indicted in boy's Uzi death
Three men, including a small-town police chief, were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter counts in the gun-fair death of an 8-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi that a prosecutor said he never should have been allowed to handle.
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Son of former Assembly speaker pleads not guilty
The teenage son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez acted in self-defense in a confrontation that left a college student dead of a stab wound, his lawyer said Thursday after his client and three other men pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
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President, first lady buying home in Dallas
President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home among business leaders and prominent Republican donors in an affluent North Dallas neighborhood, where they will live after the president leaves office in January.
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Calif. trio charged with torturing, abusing teen
A teenage boy who limped into a local gym with a chain locked to his ankle had been burned by a baseball bat heated in a fireplace and forced to watch a family eat meals while he went without food, a woman accused of abusing him said in a jailhouse interview.
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Convict's mom goes undercover, gets dirt on juror
Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder. She gave herself an extreme makeover - blonde dye job, fake tan, sexy wardrobe, phony name - and began spying on jurors. She befriended one juror to root out any possible misdeeds at the trial, and for nearly eight months, they drank at bars, smoked marijuana and shared meals in her tiny Brooklyn hideaway.
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Who runs Kansas City - the mayor or his wife?
The people of Kansas City thought they were getting a straight-shooter with financial smarts as their new mayor. What they got, critics say, is a henpecked husband who needs his wife to tell him what to do.
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FBI: Girls told agent evangelist Alamo abused them
Before evangelist Tony Alamo's arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have "someone take care of you" if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit.
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Texas justice fined over law firm's $168K discount
A Texas Supreme Court justice was fined $29,000 on Thursday after the state ethics commission found that a law firm provided what amounted to an illegal campaign contribution by giving him a $168,000 discount on legal fees.
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Minn. teen girls charged in nursing home abuse
Two teenage girls who worked at a nursing home have been charged with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
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49th Annual WRAL-TV Tower LightingWRAL-TV's tower has been changed into a 300-foot Christmas tree, with 2,805 colored lights and three stars on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.
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A year of N.C. Drought MapsView a time lapse animation of drought conditions during the last year.
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The week in photosA look at the top news, politics and sports stories of the week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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Gallery: Black Friday shoppingA look at shoppers across the country on Black Friday.
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The week in entertainmentA look at the top entertainment stories this week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.



























