Man charged after death of 400-pound wife

WARREN, Mich. (AP) - The husband of a 400-pound Detroit-area woman has been charged with abuse after her recent death. Authorities are accusing Michael Brooks of ignoring Yolanda Reese-Brooks and allowing her to fester in a bed surrounded by her own waste. The 40-year-old Warren woman died of morbid obesity and other injuries last week. The prosecutor's office ...

SD executes man for rape, death of 9-year-old girl

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota inmate was executed Tuesday night for the 1990 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl who disappeared after leaving her home to buy sugar at a nearby store so she could make lemonade.

Disarray, millions lack power with at least 50 deaths in Sandy's wake

Ohio boy, 17, convicted in deadly Craigslist scheme

Octomom - mother of 14 - checks into rehab citing anxiety, exhaustion, stress Octomom - mother of 14

Dad in Facebook photo case acquitted of 1 charge

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man who bound his 22-month-old daughter with tape and posted a photo on Facebook was acquitted Tuesday of unlawful restraint and will find out the verdict on a second charge next week. Cook County Circuit Judge Lawrence Flood acquitted the 22-year-old father of one charge after a bench trial. The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/WZ7jIe ) Flood ...

Sandy disrupts presidential campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as it barreled across the Eastern Seaboard. Republican Mitt Romney scaled back his appearances and urged supporters to "do your very best" in donating to relief efforts.

Old Guard stays at Tomb of Unknowns in superstorm

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - In the face of Hurricane Sandy, the Army continued to guard the Tomb of the Unknowns on Monday but not with the familiar, choreographed 21 paces that the public typically sees. A photo that went viral on social media of three soldiers from the Army's Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, keeping watch over the ...

Driver of car drives into church;beats pastor to death with guitar

FBI: Violent crime reported to police fell again last year

Superstorm Sandy slams into New Jersey coast; at least 10 deaths blamed on storm

Hurricane claims famous tall ship off NC coast

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LA BULLDOZES FENCE AROUND OCCUPY PROTEST HOME: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles city officials have torn down a 6-foot-tall wooden fence surrounding a home whose owners are fighting a bank-ordered eviction.

Crane dangles from NYC high-rise, clearing streets

Why Sandy expected to be superstorm

1. A NORTHBOUND HURRICANE: Hurricane Sandy is moving slowly northeast and but is expected to turn to the north and west later Sunday and Monday, forecasters say. At some point, it's expected to become what's known as an extratropical storm. Unlike a hurricane, which gets its power from warm ocean waters, extratropical systems are driven by temperature contrasts in the atmosphere.

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