AP - Four Republicans competed Tuesday for the GOP nomination to succeed Rep. Tom Tancredo, the five-term Colorado congressman whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence. -- read full article
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:23:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A small plane carrying a cancer patient to Boston for medical treatment crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said.
AP - The "preppie killer" who served 15 years behind bars for strangling a woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex is headed back to prison for a drug offense.
AP - A man claiming to be a police detective tried to get an adult novelty shop to give him free X-rated videos, saying he wanted to make sure the performers weren't underage, authorities said.
AP - NASA is not properly emphasizing safety in its design of a new spaceship and its return-to-the-moon program faces money, morale and leadership problems, an agency safety panel found Monday.
AP - Survivors of a casino bus crash in Mississippi described the frightening feeling of the vehicle sliding sideways down a wet highway before it rolled over in a tangle of twisted seats, luggage and injured passengers. -- read full article
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:42:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A judge freed a man Monday who had spent nearly 18 years in prison on a charge of raping a 10-year-old girl after a lab re-examining cases across Ohio showed that his DNA profile didn't match evidence from the crime scene. -- read full article
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:16:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - Hartford police will detain anyone younger than 18 who violates the city's curfew in the next month in response to recent violence, including a weekend shooting that killed a man and wounded six young people, officials said Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:46:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A suspect was shot to death and a sheriff's deputy was injured after an hour-long standoff near an elementary school in north Georgia Monday, authorities said. -- read full article
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:27:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. News
AP - A federal judge on Monday upheld a gun ban at the world's busiest airport, dealing a blow to gun rights groups who argued a new Georgia law authorized them to pack heat in certain parts of the Atlanta airport.