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Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:22:09 -0400

A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:27:15 -0400

It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child.

Car full of weapons lands US soldier in Mexican jail

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:18:12 -0400

When he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, Spc. Richard Torres was carrying a small arsenal in his car: an AR-15 assault rifle, a .45-caliber handgun, 171 rounds of ammunition, several cartridges and three knives.

Investigation at Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson hid

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:02:13 -0400

National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains.

Church records offer rare look inside polygamist families

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:52:14 -0400

Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

7 more cops pulled from Philly streets over taped beating

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:06:13 -0400

Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.

'Best Santa ever' arrested in N.J. on child sex charges

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:37:16 -0400

A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen."

Police: Convicted murderer shot hikers on Appalachian Trail

Fri, 09 May 2008 03:26:13 -0400

A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said.

Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eagle

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:23:14 -0400

An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.