Mom: Reality TV show star a Christian, now in heaven

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - For all his on-camera carousing and cussing, "BUCKWILD" reality TV star Shain Gandee was a publicly proclaimed and baptized Christian, and his mother told hundreds of mourners Sunday that she will see him again.

Slain diplomat had passion for foreign affairs

CHICAGO (AP) - Anne Smedinghoff had a quiet ambition and displayed a love of global affairs from an early age, joining the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of college and volunteering for missions in perilous locations worldwide.

Slain W.Va. sheriff honored at funeral

DELBARTON, W.Va. (AP) - Slain southern West Virginia Sheriff Eugene Crum was remembered Sunday for his warmth, kindness and dedication to tackling Mingo County's pervasive drug problems.

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• 5,000 NYC PAY PHONES WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO 1993: NEW YORK (AP) - Want to journey to a grittier time in New York City's not-too-distant past, when the murder rate was sky-high, Times Square was a crossroads of crime and porn, Starbucks had yet to arrive, and hardly anyone owned a cellphone?

Father of 4th-grade Mass. Rapper cleared of abuse

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts child welfare officials concluded that there is no evidence of abuse and neglect in the case of a 9-year-old rapper who drew national condemnation for appearing in sexually suggestive videos. Brockton police in February asked state child welfare officials to look into possible abuse after watching videos featuring Louie Rivera Jr., who goes by the stage name ...

Winner of Lucas council seat is not a US citizen

LUCAS, Kan. (AP) - The winner of a city council seat in a small north central Kansas town apparently won't be able to take office - at least until he becomes a U.S. citizen. Adam Baker, 32, is a British immigrant living in Lucas, a town of about 500 people in Russell County. <p style="line-height: 18pt; background: ...

Obama proposes cuts to Social Security

House group finalizing immigration bill

Ga. man stabbed, unleashed dogs on pig

SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia man unleashed his two pit bulls on a neighbor's pet pig that got loose in a mobile home park, then stabbed the animal 23 times in front of children and other onlookers, authorities said. The pig - named Oliver - survived and was in critical condition at a veterinarian's office Friday, said Effingham County Sheriff's Office ...

Judge will determine Renoir painting's owner

Doggone it, owners can’t sue

Many states fight Obama’s overhaul of immigration rules for young people

Mom of frozen baby given 50-year sentence

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois woman who admitted leaving a newborn daughter to freeze to death along a rural roadway in 2004 was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison. Katie Stockton, 32, faced up to 60 years in prison for the death of the infant, who became known as Baby Crystal around the Rock River Valley after her frozen ...

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PHOENIX POLICE: MAN LEFT AMMUNITION ON SCHOOL BUS: PHOENIX (AP) - Court records show a Phoenix man who reportedly got on a bus, rode it to a school and left a gun magazine with 15 rounds of ammunition on the bus was hearing voices and feared for his life.

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VT. JUDGE TELLS DEFENDANT TO CHANGE T-SHIRT: ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont judge refused to arraign a domestic violence suspect until he changed his shirt, which had the words: "I bust mine to kick yours."

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in New York

Fired Oregon officer: Alcoholism is disability

Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress

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Obama backs Planned Parenthood in political fight

Student's prom dress is one of a kind

Boston bomb suspect moved