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Gift card scandal could sink Baltimore mayor

Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon is about to put her political future in the hands of a jury.

Nov 07, 2009 | 7:35 am

Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company

Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company

Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company …

Nov 07, 2009 | 7:15 am

Ida spurs tropical storm warning for Grand Cayman

Ida spurs tropical storm warning for Grand Cayman

A tropical storm warning has been issued for Grand Cayman Island as Ida gains strength over Caribbean waters.

Nov 07, 2009 | 6:45 am

Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims

Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims

A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

Nov 07, 2009 | 6:40 am

Tropical storm warning issued for Grand Cayman Island as Ida gains strength over Caribbean.

Nov 07, 2009 | 6:40 am

Both sides set to vote on Philly transit contract

Members of Philadelphia's largest transit union and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority are set to vote on a contract to end the strike that has idled buses, subways and trolleys for five days.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:20 am

Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service

Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service

The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center.

Nov 07, 2009 | 5:15 am

Pa. locals, Flight 93 families united by history

Esther Heymann was overflowing with grief for her stepdaughter. Standing in a blustery snow, overlooking the empty field where Flight 93 had crashed a couple of years earlier, she couldn't stop crying.

Nov 07, 2009 | 4:30 am

Island village hit by suspected swine flu

Island village hit by suspected swine flu

Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island _ prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

Nov 07, 2009 | 4:00 am

Ida returns to tropical storm strength

Ida returns to tropical storm strength

Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.

Nov 07, 2009 | 4:00 am

Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph, as it swirls in the Caribbean.

Nov 07, 2009 | 3:30 am

Obituaries in the news

Donald Baim

Nov 07, 2009 | 3:20 am

Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting

Fort victims had different reasons for enlisting

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a wo…

Nov 07, 2009 | 2:55 am

After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse

After immigrant killed in NY, others tell of abuse

The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."

Nov 07, 2009 | 2:45 am

NY town marks year since immigrant fatally stabbed

The family of an Ecuadorean man slain on a Long Island street will be among those participating in a candlelight vigil and memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the killing.

Nov 07, 2009 | 2:30 am

E. Idaho program tackles addiction with religion

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho- Thomas Pence believes it was no coincidence he was arrested for DUI right down the street from Genesis House.

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Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.

Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.

State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.

Nov 06, 2009 | 11:55 pm

Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace'

Stepfather convicted in death of 'Baby Grace'

Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.

Nov 06, 2009 | 11:55 pm

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.

Nov 06, 2009 | 11:50 pm

Court upholds removal of man after Nazi salute

A federal appeals court has ruled that Santa Cruz City Council members did not violate a man's rights when they ordered him removed from a council meeting after he made a one-armed Nazi salute.

Nov 06, 2009 | 11:50 pm

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