| Ark. police arrest man in death of TV anchorwoman (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:39 AM CST  AP - Police on Wednesday arrested a man on a capital murder charge in the beating death of a popular television anchorwoman but offered neither a motive behind the attack nor details about why they suspected him.
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| Astronauts share freeze-dried Thanksgiving feast (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:35 AM CST  AP - The smoked turkey is ready to be heated up. All the freeze-dried green beans and cornbread dressing need are water injections before they're served.
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| Gay icon's life yields lessons after 30 years (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:17 AM CST  AP - Early this month, when it looked like same-sex marriage was on the rocks in California, gay rights activists summed up their angst about the upcoming Proposition 8 vote with four wistful words: What would Harvey do?
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| Jury convicts mom of lesser charges in online hoax (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:29 AM CST  AP - A Missouri mother on trial in a landmark cyberbullying case was convicted Wednesday of only three minor offenses for her role in a mean-spirited Internet hoax that apparently drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide. The federal jury could not reach a verdict on the main charge against 49-year-old Lori Drew conspiracy and rejected three other felony counts of accessing computers without authorization to inflict emotional harm.
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| NY subway terror threat emerges on busy travel day (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 10:52 PM CST  AP - Police bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an attack on New York's mass-transit systems during the holiday season. An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI has received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al-Qaida terrorists in late September may have discussed attacking the subway system.
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| Web searches revealed in missing Fla. girl case (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:03 PM CST  AP - Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday.
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| Some share the bounty this bleak Thanksgiving (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:03 PM CST  AP - A Thanksgiving ago, many of us were fretting over delays at the airport, our holiday season shopping lists, even things like whether to get another Botox injection or a new set of wheels.
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| Economy keeps more Americans home for Thanksgiving (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:40 PM CST  AP - Scott Fuchs will spend Thanksgiving with his family in Florida like he's done for 20 years or so. But like thousands of other Americans, his brother is staying home travel isn't possible after he was laid off from his job in Maryland.
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| 3 new giant balloons to join Macy's parade lineup (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:52 PM CST  AP - An astronaut, an elephant and a Smurf are joining Macy's Thanksgiving parade this year.
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| Former Alaska hospital employee shoots supervisors (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 01:37 AM CST AP - A worker returned to an Alaska hospital a day after being fired and unleashed a shooting spree that left one of his ex-supervisors dead and another critically wounded before he was fatally shot by state police. |
| Former first lady doing well after surgery (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:36 PM CST  AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush was expected to remain in a Houston hospital for the next week as she recovers from laparoscopic surgery for a perforated ulcer, her surgeon said Wednesday.
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| AP Exclusive: 45K Ill. drivers have DUI, license (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 08:07 PM CST AP - Ann Marie Getz had already been twice convicted of driving under the influence when, behind the wheel of her Lincoln Continental and allegedly drunk, she ran a stop sign this month in central Illinois and smashed into another car. A mother and two kids in the Chevy Impala that Getz hit died. And yet the 43-year-old Streator woman was able to present a valid Illinois driver's license to investigators. |
| Feds recover bookmark that reportedly was Hitler's (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:01 PM CST  AP - Authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly was given to Adolf Hitler by his longtime mistress, Eva Braun. Christian Popescu, a Romanian national, was arrested Tuesday outside a Bellevue Starbucks after trying to sell the bookmark to an undercover agent for $100,000, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court.
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| More horses sent abroad for slaughter after US ban (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 08:22 PM CST  AP - At dusk, after all the fancy horses had been auctioned, Doug Barnes settled into a seat at the sale barn and got down to business. Three, four, five or more horses ambled into the ring at a time.
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| Researchers: 139 WWII Marines entombed on atoll (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 10:06 AM CST  AP - A Florida man's quest to find hundreds of U.S. Marines buried anonymously after one of World War II's bloodiest battles could lead to the largest identification of American war dead in history.
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| Charity bells muted but not booted from Md. mall (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 04:33 PM CST  AP - Ring-a-ling. Hear them ring?
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| Reno cops identify suspect in student killing case (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:44 AM CST  AP - Police in Reno, Nev., have released the identity of a suspect in the January kidnapping and slaying of a 19-year-old college student who was abducted as she slept on a friend's couch.
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| SUV hits kids outside suburban Los Angeles school (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 10:34 AM CST AP - A sport utility vehicle has struck and injured several people including at least two children outside a suburban Los Angeles elementary school. One is listed as critically injured. |
| Second chance helps US in terror-financing case (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 03:49 AM CST  AP - Both trials had the same pro-Hamas videos, the same Israeli witness and the same allegations of how a Muslim charity in Texas funneled millions of dollars to terrorists overseas.
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| Obama reassures nervous nation on ailing economy (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 05:16 PM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama sought to reassure the nation and nervous holiday shoppers about the ailing economy Wednesday as beleaguered stores braced for their most important month of the year.
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