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- Study: More Americans Can Call Themselves Millionaires9 March 2010, 4:33 pm
The number of Americans who can call themselves millionaires has gone up in the past year, according to a report released Tuesday by Spectrem Group....
- Man Stabbed With Meat Thermometer in Movie Theater9 March 2010, 2:53 pm
Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater....
- SeaWorld Trainer's Family Wants Video Suppressed9 March 2010, 2:32 pm
The family of a SeaWorld Orlando trainer who was drowned by a killer whale after a Feb. 24 performance, is gearing up for a legal battle to prevent video footage of the incident from appearing online or on television, the Orlando Sentinel reported....
- Second New Orleans Officer Charged in Katrina Shooting9 March 2010, 2:03 pm
A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, a person familiar with the case said Tuesday....
- Calif. Police Fatally Shoot Man Who Allegedly Shot Wife9 March 2010, 1:49 pm
Police near Los Angeles say officers have fatally shot a man who chased his estranged wife down the street and fired a gun at her multiple times, riddling her with bullets....
- Florida Girl, 7, in Critical Condition After Dog Attack9 March 2010, 1:10 pm
Officer Jason Gagnon says an officer responding to the scene saw two dogs attacking the child....
- Pa. Woman Charged With Recruiting Jihadist Fighters9 March 2010, 12:14 pm
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official and attempted identity theft.... - Serial Killer Pleads for Life at Trial; Jury Decides Death9 March 2010, 12:09 pm
Rodney Alcala gave his own closing arguments Tuesday in the penalty phase of his trial for raping and murdering a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four women in the 1970s.... - Ohio Doctor Gets Life Sentence in Wife's Poison Death9 March 2010, 10:12 am
Relatives of the victim sobbed and held each other as a judge in Ohio handed down a life prison term for a doctor convicted of killing his wife with cyanide.... - Powder in Envelope Sent to Mont. State Office No Threat9 March 2010, 9:50 am
Police in Butte were also looking for a suspect who could be behind the suspicious letter mailed to the Montana Department of Labor from a Butte address.... - Cops: Missing Oil Exec's Body Found in Mississippi River9 March 2010, 8:31 am
Police confirm the body pulled from the Mississippi River Tuesday is missing Houston oil executive Douglas Schantz.... - Ohio Death Row Inmate on Suicide Watch After Overdose9 March 2010, 8:27 am
Officials say an Ohio inmate who intentionally overdosed on pills hours before his scheduled execution has returned to prison and is on suicide watch.... - Official: Ohio Employee Kills Co-Worker, Wounds Another9 March 2010, 8:08 am
A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday.... - Church Defends Decision to Not Allow Gay Couple's Kids9 March 2010, 8:00 am
The archbishop of Denver on Tuesday defended a decision by a Catholic school not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple.... - Teacher Backs SUV Into Mich. School, 6 Kids Injured9 March 2010, 7:30 am
A teacher trying to park her SUV Tuesday backed through a large window and into a classroom at the suburban Detroit school where she taught, slighting injuring several preschool students, authorities said.... - Man Arrested in Newark Airport Breach Pleads Guilty9 March 2010, 7:27 am
A student from China has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a Newark, N.J., airport security breach that led to worldwide flight delays.... - Pa. Gas Pumper Dies After Static Electricity Starts Fire9 March 2010, 7:15 am
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a gas station patron died when static electricity ignited a fire as he filled up his tank.... - Judge Issues Gag Order in Calif. Teen Murder Case9 March 2010, 7:08 am
A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one teen and suspected in the disappearance of another appeared in court Tuesday as a judge issued a gag order and delayed a key hearing in the case.... - Anthony's Defense Team Tries to Toss Some Evidence9 March 2010, 6:17 am
Casey Anthony's defense team is trying to get some potential evidence thrown out in in State's capital murder case against their client, MyFoxOrlando.com reported.... - Cops: Man's Confession Led to New Mexico Murder Scene9 March 2010, 6:11 am
Albuquerque police say a man's confession to an attorney led them to a murder scene in New Mexico....