LA jury convicts Hollywood private eye in racketeering case A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday on charges that he schemed to dig up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and contract disputes against the rich and famous.
Ariz. man charged in serial predator investigation Police say a 38-year-old man has been charged with multiple murder and sexual assault counts after DNA evidence connected him to attacks against four women.
IHT editor Oreskes named AP editor for US news Michael Oreskes, editor of the International Herald Tribune and a longtime news executive for The New York Times, has been named by The Associated Press to the new position of managing editor for U.S. news.
California’s top court overturns gay marriage ban In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation’s biggest state to tie the knot.
DoD: Chinook helicopters at Pa. plant vandalized Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward in the case.
State policies on gay marriage Ten states now offer some form of legal recognition to same-sex couples, while 26 states have approved constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage, and three more may be considering such bans in November. The details:
Woman is indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a MySpace online hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor girl who committed suicide.
Jury gets case of Ga. cop accused of lying in raid An Atlanta police officer accused in a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was shot to death hasn’t stopped lying about his part in a cover-up, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Rain, high winds move through Louisiana, killing 1 Heavy storms swept across central and southern Louisiana Thursday, packing damaging winds, spawning reports of possible tornados and killing at least one person.
Polygamist sect’s finances are murky In just five years, the West Texas polygamist sect transformed 1,700 acres of scrubland purchased for $700,000 into a bustling ranch with a blazing-white limestone temple, sprawling three-story log cabins, woodworking shops and a dairy.
Firefighters get upper hand on Florida wildfire A man accused of lobbing a Molotov cocktail into woods that are among the thousands of acres that have burned along Florida’s Atlantic coast conceded Thursday that he may have accidentally sparked a fire.
Injuries reported in Ala. factory roof collapse Several workers were injured and others were trapped when a roof collapsed Thursday at a clothes hanger factory, fire and police officials said.
Attorney objects to book by witness in Jeffs trial A book and promotional tour by a woman who helped convict polygamist leader Warren Jeffs could taint the jury pool in a rape case against her cousin and former husband, the husband’s attorney said.
Charleston fire dept. is blamed in 9 deaths A new analysis of the furniture store fire that killed nine Charleston, S.C. firefighters last year says the department inadequately trained and supervised its personnel.
United Way targets education, health, income The United Way of America plans to steer money raised during the next 10 years to support programs directly related to education, income and health care.
82nd forced to expand memorial as war deaths mount When the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division dedicated a memorial to paratroopers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, organizers believed three sides of a wide granite column would be plenty of space to engrave the names of the fallen.
Earthquake in China struck in 2 stages The fault line that caused this week’s devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday.
NY prosecutor wins big with Spitzer investigation Michael Garcia’s predecessors as U.S. attorney in Manhattan took on all five mob families, the titans of Wall Street, Osama bin Laden and even Martha Stewart. So it was largely unnoticed when Garcia wanted to attack public corruption.
Sea lions likely died from the heat The deaths of six sea lions found in traps on the Columbia River earlier this month were likely caused by the heat, and not by gunshots as officials first suspected, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.
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