AP - The most prominent American museum bearing witness to violence against Jews was the scene of bloodshed, its doors breached by an assailant who opened fire with a rifle, killing a guard in an attack linked to a white supremacist's hate.

AP - The black cat's body was found in the grass, just feet from the hedges where she slept each day.

AP - She dared a deputy constable to shock her with a Taser.

AP - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been released from quarantine in China.

AP - Attorneys in suburban Washington are back at work picking a jury for former Congressman William Jefferson's bribery trial.

AP - The group that tried for years to put slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller out of business is interested in buying his now-closed clinic in Wichita, its president said, but an attorney for the doctor rejected the idea as a publicity stunt.

AP - As many as 50 vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction accident early Wednesday in fog on a mountain highway, injuring at least 15 people and scattering wreckage for a half-mile, authorities said.

AP - The Muslim convert accused of killing a soldier outside an Army recruiting center said Wednesday he is not aware of any similar attacks planned against the military on American soil.

AP - In the wake of an attack on a woman who died along with her unborn child, a state lawmaker wants Oregon to join 36 states and the federal government in making it a crime to harm a fetus.