PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had... Full story
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FORT HOOD — Army Chief of Staff George Casey has asked Army leaders across the country to review force protection measures after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, left 13 people dead.
Casey described the shooting... Full story
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.
Police spokesman Jacinto Segura says Noel Martinez was shot inside... Full story
RICHLAND, Wash. — Charges have been dropped against a retired coach accused of hitting a 7-year-old autistic boy who was having a ``meltdown'' in the Richland Public Library.
A video from the library's surveillance system shows Frank... Full story
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry has ordered all Texas flags lowered to half-staff until Sunday over the Fort Hood massacre that claimed 13 lives.
President Barack Obama on Friday said the ``whole nation is grieving right now'' over the mass killings... Full story
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression on Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the U.S.
Ida had winds of 75 mph (125 kph) when it hit... Full story
DENTON — A man convicted in the 2008 killing of a customer at a Dallas smoke shop has been sentenced to life in prison.
Formal sentencing came Thursday in Denton for 21-year-old Arsenio Desmond Petty. Prosecutors did not seek the death... Full story
ROOSEVELT, N.Y. — An airplane part fell from the sky and landed on the front lawn of a home on Long Island, New York. Authorities are looking into how it happened.
Residents called police Thursday evening to report a suspicious object on... Full story
NEW YORK — Wal-Mart is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.
The move led rivals Amazon.com and Target to reduce the prices... Full story
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison.
Leonardo Perez has pleaded guilty to charges he stole eight gold Rolex Presidential edition watches, each worth $50,000, over... Full story
FORT HOOD — The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post.
Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday that Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her... Full story