AP - Jeff Carstensen was spooked when he learned his grandmother planned to buy him a $100,000 life insurance policy — and name herself the beneficiary.
AP - A police officer and his family have won $40,000 in their lawsuit against a restaurant that had served them food tainted by an employee's spit and urine. -- read full article
AP - Immigration reform advocates and religious leaders hope hundreds of people will descend on a small Iowa town this month for a rally in support of workers arrested in a large raid at a meatpacking plant. -- read full article
AP - A janitor whom a university official had accused of racial harassment for reading a historical book about the Ku Klux Klan on his break has gotten an apology — months later — from the school. -- read full article
AP - When Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to gay couples in 2004, it left one big roadblock in place: Out-of-state couples need not apply. -- read full article
AP - A 10-member team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers fanned out on foot Monday in rugged mountains on the Nevada-California border, hoping to find what search planes and satellite imagery couldn't — Steve Fossett's body.
AP - A 22-year-old woman will probably face six years in prison after admitting Monday that she and her boyfriend pulled off a brazen identity-theft scheme that funded trips, fancy dinners and expensive salon visits.
AP - A "striking lack of recollection" by White House and military officials prevented congressional investigators from determining who was responsible for misinformation spread after the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, a House committee said Monday.
AP - The District of Columbia Council plans to vote on new gun legislation Tuesday as officials scramble to comply with last month's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the city's 32-year-old ban. -- read full article
AP - Authorities in North Carolina say a Marine charged with murder in the death of his wife, an Army nurse, is scheduled to face a first-appearance hearing in court Tuesday along with a fellow serviceman.
AP - NAACP leaders meeting in in Cincinnati say they will step up their campaign against flying of the Confederate battle flag on state grounds in South Carolina.
AP - A former Haitian paramilitary leader has gone on trial in New York City on charges that he cheated lenders out of $1.7 million in a mortgage fraud scheme. -- read full article
AP - Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley has asked the California parole board to deny Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins' request for compassionate release from prison. -- read full article
