NC scraps proposed pink-striped license

Chicago to close 54 schools

Conn., rifle maker end aid deal after killings

Ind. police: Child safe, bus slaying suspect is dead

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A man pulled a woman off a city bus in northern Indiana on Wednesday, fatally shot her and then took a 3-year-old boy hostage before a sniper killed him during a police standoff. A police officer carried the child out of a house in Fort Wayne about 4:30 p.m., and police announced soon after that the suspect, ...

Prep football players accused of sexual assault

Sheriff proposes ankle monitors for Alzheimer's

Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism

Appeals court sides with monks defying Louisiana law by selling low cost caskets

‘Show me your birth certificate before you go potty’ bill proposed in Arizona

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SCHOOL ASKS STUDENTS TO CUT BACK ON BODY SPRAY:

No charges in case of 11-year-old NJ boy pictured with gun on Facebook

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INDICTMENT: SHERIFF LET INMATES SLEEP OUTSIDE JAIL: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An indictment charges a veteran South Carolina sheriff let some favored inmates sleep outside jail with access to television and alcohol and that he gave away weapons to people he knew.

NYC looks to bump tobacco from prime retail selling space

Family says NJ overreacted to boy's gun photo

TRENTON, NJ (AP) - The ruddy-cheeked, camouflage-clad boy in the photo smiles out from behind a pair of glasses, proudly holding a gun his father gave him as a present for his upcoming 11th birthday. <p class="MsoNormal" ...

In Ohio case, social media is a double-edged sword; brings crime out in open

Man convicted of starving son, dumping body

Charges dropped in ricin letters sent to Obama

School district gets bulletproof whiteboards

New York City proposes raising age for cigarette purchases to age 21

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VIETNAM POLICE SEIZE 53 KING COBRAS FROM CAR: HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver.

Bill jeopardizes tax-free online shopping

Teen arrested in T-shirt flap back in class

Campbell ends touring career, to release new album

Flight delays pile up amid FAA cuts

Boston bombing suspect charged

Bomb suspect had 2 outbursts at mosque

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NH KILLER APOLOGIZES TO MACHETE VICTIM'S FAMILY : MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A man convicted of hacking a woman to death with a machete and maiming her daughter during a home invasion has ordered his lawyers not to argue for a reduced sentence, and said in a statement Monday that he doesn't deserve or expect forgiveness.