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Suspect Swaps Places With Prisoner to Escape From Court

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:09:26 -0500

A Staten Island, N.Y., robbery suspect escaped from custody Wednesday by pretending to be another prisoner, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Police: Woman Beaten After Rejecting Advances in NYC Bar

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:28 -0500

Police say a woman was severely beaten in the bathroom of a New York City bar after rejecting a patron's advances.

Dive Crews Find Body After Car Plunges Off Calif. Bridge

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:51:28 -0500

Authorities say they've recovered one body and are looking for two other people after a car plowed off a bridge into a Long Beach channel.

Boy, 7, Who Saved Family Unites With 911 Dispatcher

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:44 -0500

A 7-year-old boy who called 911 while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and delivered a high five to the dispatcher who took his call.

PETA Offers Parks Free Trash Cans -- With Anti-Meat Slogans

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:19:27 -0500

The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks on one condition. The cans have to carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini.

'Jihad Jane' Tried to Kill Herself, Hid Muslim Religion

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:53 -0500

Colleen LaRose, the self-described Jihad Jane, spent many hours caring for her boyfriend's father in the small town of Pennsburg, Pa., as she hid her terrorist activities on the Internet, Fox 29 in Philadelphia reported.

N.C.-Bound Jet Returns to N.Y. Airport After Bird Strike

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:44:45 -0500

A US Airways jet bound for Charlotte, N.C., has made an emergency landing at an upstate New York airport after the pilot reported a bird strike shortly after takeoff.

Police Release Photos Calif. Serial Killer Took of Girls

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:18:00 -0500

Prosecutors said convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala used his camera to gain the trust of young women and now they fear photographs he snapped decades ago could contain images of more potential victims.

Professors in U.S. Increasingly Ban Laptops From Class

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:16 -0500

Lecturers in America who once embraced the portable computer as an invaluable learning aide are increasingly banning them from class, The Times of London reported Thursday.

Sex Offender Suspected in Teen's Murder Broke Parole

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:57 -0500

Had John Albert Gardner III been returned to prison in 2007 he would have been evaluated for commitment to a state mental hospital as a sexually violent predator.

Secret Service Probes Counterfeit Money Found at School

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:03:21 -0500

Since last week police said students allegedly passed, or tried to pass $50 worth of counterfeit bills, Falmouth police said.

Guilty Verdict in Murder of Denver Broncos Player

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:44:35 -0500

Suspected gang member Willie Clark has been found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams.

Maryland Woman Charged With Murdering Infant Son

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:16 -0500

State's Attorney Lisa Thayer Welch said Thursday that 27-year-old Jamie Lynn Hiemenz is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, first-degree child abuse and reckless endangerment.

Small Plane Crashes Into Hanger at Arizona Airport

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:46:56 -0500

Authorities were evacuating nearby hangars.

Valedictorian Sues to Stop School Graduation Prayer

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:07:11 -0500

The lawsuit by 18-year-old Eric Workman says the prayer and the vote at Greenwood High School unconstitutionally subject religious practice to majority rule.

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NYC to Pay up to $657M to Settle WTC Health Cases

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:18:51 -0500

NYC agrees to pay up to $657M to settle health lawsuits filed by ground zero workers

World Trade Center - Lawsuit - September 11 2001 - Health - Terrorism

Twisters, Flood Threat: East's Last Winter Jolt?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:54:20 -0500

After four tornadoes in Arkansas, a front is sweeping from the Midwest toward the Northeast today, bringing tornado watches in Florida, 7 inches of rain in parts of Alabama, and the threat of flooding in New York, Pennsylvania and New England this weekend. Heavy rain and mild temperatures, forecasters say, could combine to melt much of the snow that hit the eastern U.S. this winter.

New England - Arkansas - Florida - Alabama - Flood

Woman Crashes Car While Shaving Privates

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:40:45 -0500

According to a startled Florida Highway Patrol trooper, Gary Dunick, Megan Barnes said she was shaving her bikini area while she drove and her ex-husband held the wheel on the famed Overseas Highway when she crashed into the rear of an SUV on March 2.

Florida Highway Patrol - Sport utility vehicle - Florida - Megan Barnes - Hair removal

Gay Teen Files Lawsuit Over Canceled Prom

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:59 -0500

Openly gay Mississippi high school senior Constance McMillen has filed a lawsuit with the help of the local ACLU chapter after her school canceled prom for all students following her request to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

Mississippi - High school - American Civil Liberties Union - Gay - Constance McMillen

Missing Woman Has No Interest in Reuniting With Father After 14 Years

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:27:00 -0500

The California woman who was found last week after going missing 14 years ago at age 8 has no interest in reuniting with her father, police said today. "Jessica is very adamant about not seeing him," Walnut Creek, Calif., police Det. Shawn Wallace said of the woman known as Jessica Click-Hill, 22.

California - Walnut Creek California - Police - Shawn Wallace - Walnut Creek

'Net Posse Tracked 'Jihad Jane' for Three Years

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:32 -0500

Groups like JawaReport, Quoth the Raven and the YouTube Smackdown Corps claim they had been monitoring Colleen LaRose's growing militancy for three years, and watched as the Internet -- particularly YouTube -- fed her fervor.

YouTube - United States - Islam - YouTube Smackdown Corps - Jane

WATCH: FDA Responds to ABC's Osteoporosis Report

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:14 -0500

Dr. Besser on what the FDA says about osteoporosis drugs, like Fosamax.

Osteoporosis - Alendronic acid - Health - Food and Drug Administration - FDA

Libraries' Tough New Tactic: Book 'Em!

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:58 -0500

A number of towns frustrated by the loss of library materials have resorted to arresting patrons who fail to return their books and DVDs.

Library - DVD - Libraries - Book - Shopping

Liz Cheney Defends Attack on Holder

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:09 -0500

The conservative group behind a controversial ad attacking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is refuting criticism from within its own party and across the aisle that that its message is unfair.The ad, launched by Keep America Safe, an advocacy group led by Liz Cheney, criticizes Holder for not disclosing details about Justice Department lawyers who have previously defended alleged terrorists.

Keep America Safe - United States Department of Justice - Eric Holder - Al-Qaeda - Lawyer

How Young Is Too Young for Life in Prison?

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:15 -0500

Case of Jordan Brown, a Pennsylvania boy charged with committing murder at age 11 fuels debate on juvenile justice.

Murder - Crime and Justice - Juvenile court - Crime - Pennsylvania