By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – The first lady had come to visit. Hundreds of people who work at the Education Department had waited for hours to be sure they got a coveted spot in the auditorium.
And as soon as Michelle Obama stepped onstage, the place roared to life with applause, cheers and cell [...]
SANTA ANA, California (AP) – A woman and her son went on trial Monday on charges they had her cancer-stricken husband killed a decade ago to avoid the cost of his medical treatment.
Sandra Jessee, 58, and Thomas Aehlert, 39, pleaded not guilty in 2007 to murder for financial gain and felony conspiracy. If convicted, they [...]
BROWNSBURG, Indiana (AP) – An Indiana man arrested Monday night was accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death while his two daughters, 12 and 8, hid in a closet. Authorities said the older girl called police and told a dispatcher, “Daddy killed Mommy.” Joseph L. Warnock, 41, was arrested about 9 p.m. in the [...]
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) – Southern Baptists are beginning their national assembly in Kentucky and are looking at ways to energize missionary efforts.
The two-day Southern Baptist Convention begins Tuesday. Church leaders are asking attendees to put aside squabbles over political and social issues and to take a look inward this year.
The convention won’t escape politics altogether. [...]
By RACHEL D’ORO
Associated Press Writer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A strong earthquake jolted Alaska’s most populous region, sending residents and office workers diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing almost no damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.4 magnitude temblor struck Monday about 24 miles (39 kilometers) from the town of Willow at 11:28 [...]
By PHUONG LE
Associated Press Writer
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Washington (AP) – Officials at national parks across the U.S. are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by cleaning up their operations, with the help of federal stimulus dollars.
Visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park may soon hop on hydrogen-powered shuttles, while those visiting parts of Golden [...]
By BRIAN WITTE
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – The subway train that plowed into another, causing a crash that killed seven and injured scores of others in Washington, was part of an aging fleet that federal regulators had recommended three years ago be phased out or retrofitted, a safety investigator said Tuesday.
Debbie Hersman of the federal [...]
HOUSTON (AP) – Two Houston modeling studio owners have been sentenced to prison on federal conspiracy charges after originally pleading guilty to bribery, fraud and prostitution related charges connected to their businesses where women from South Korea worked.
Fifty-four-year-old Ki Sun Park received an 18-month sentence and her husband, Man Hui Cho, was sentenced to one [...]
By DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. A closer look at his video, though, showed he was actually being tortured by al-Qaida.
The confusion over the video collection found in an al-Qaida safehouse is one of the [...]
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all the lake’s fish.
The court said Monday that the federal government acted legally in declaring the waste left [...]
