Fri, Jul 3rd, 2009 | U.S. |

Detroit -- Police officers and city officials expressed shock to learn that Mayor Dave Bing had fired James Barren as police chief after less than a year on the job. Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans will replace Barren effective Monday, Assistant ...Read More

Housing plan for Jerusalem neighborhood spurs criticism

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, World |

Housing plan for Jerusalem neighborhood spurs criticism JERUSALEM -- City officials moved forward Tuesday with a plan to build 900 homes in a disputed neighborhood of Jerusalem, prompting sharp criticism from the White House, the Palestinians and others who feel it will further undermine the chance of ...Read More

Detroit's Famous Pontiac Silverdome Sells For Just $583,000

Tue, Nov 17th, 2009 | Sports |

Detroit's Famous Pontiac Silverdome Sells For Just $583,000 Even though some homes in Detroit literally sell for $1, we're still surprised to see how little an entire stadium fetches. In this case it's the famous Pontiac Silverdome Detroit News: Nearly 25 years after taxpayers spent $55.7 million building the ...Read More

NHL, Glendale officials discuss Coyotes' future

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Sports |

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with city officials on Monday to discuss the process of keeping the Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale. "We weren't in town to negotiate with the city of Glendale," Bettman said before the Coyotes' game ...Read More

NHL commissioner Bettman, Glendale officials discuss Coyotes' future, keeping team in city

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Sports |

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with city officials on Monday to discuss the process of keeping the Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale. "We weren't in town to negotiate with the city of Glendale," Bettman said before the Coyotes' ...Read More

Pfizer move a new blow to Conn. city in land fight

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Business, U.S. |

After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project _ triggering an epic fight over eminent domain that reached the U.S. ...Read More

Conn. residents: Pfizer land battle unnecessary

Mon, Nov 16th, 2009 | Business, Top Stories |

Conn. residents: Pfizer land battle unnecessary NEW LONDON, Conn. - After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project , triggering an epic fight over eminent domain ...Read More

Plane crashes in San Gabriel; pilot dies

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Top Stories |

A single-engine plane crashed this afternoon in San Gabriel, killing the pilot. The plane took off from Brackett Field in La Verne and was headed to Van Nuys when it crashed in the 5100 block of Walnut Grove Avenue, Los Angeles ...Read More

China Mayor Apologizes as Heavy Snows Kill 38 People

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | World |

Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The mayor of China’s Shijiazhuangapologized for the response to the region’s heaviest snows insix decades as Beijing pledged funds to help people caught inthe storms that have left 38 dead and thousands stranded. Ai Wenli, mayor of ...Read More

Damaging coastal storm on way out

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | U.S. |

Damaging coastal storm on way out Wind and waves from the powerful nor'easter that has pummeled the Mid- Atlantic coast since Wednesday have eaten away as much as a quarter of Ocean City's dune line. The sand will have to be replaced, city officials said, but the ...Read More

Officials hail system that flagged 111000 'criminal aliens'

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | U.S. |

Immigration officials announced Thursday that a fingerprint-based system that screens for suspected illegal immigrants in local jails led to the identification of more than 111,000 people classified as "criminal aliens" in its first year. The Secure Communities program, launched in October ...Read More

5 bodies found inside homes in Arkansas

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

PEARCY, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say they found four bodies in a burning mobile home in southwest Arkansas and another person was found dead inside a nearby house. Officials say around 2:30 Thursday morning authorities in Pearcy received a report of ...Read More

Missouri Land Scoured in Sex Crimes Case

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. (Nov. 12) - An excavation was scheduled to resume Thursday at a rural western Missouri property where authorities believe they may find bodies and buried glass jars with notes written by children who may have documented sexual abuse. The ...Read More

5 men accused of sex with kin

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. -- Authorities were searching a rural property in western Missouri yesterday for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who might have documented sexual abuse by five members of their ...Read More

Missouri officials search for more victims, clues in child-abuse case

Thu, Nov 12th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

Missouri officials search for more victims, clues in child-abuse case (CNN) -- Investigators are searching the property that once belonged to one of five members of a Missouri family arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges for "a body or bodies," the Lafayette County sheriff said Wednesday. Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh said ...Read More

Five men charged with sex crimes against kids

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | U.S. |

LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday were searching a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members ...Read More

NYC to buy land to revive Coney Island amusements

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | Entertainment |

NYC to buy land to revive Coney Island amusements NEW YORK (Reuters) - After years of blight, the future of New York's Coney Island historic amusement park brightened on Wednesday when city officials said they had a deal to spend about $96 million to buy seven acres to expand ...Read More

Search in family sex abuse case also is for bodies, Lafayette sheriff says

Wed, Nov 11th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

Search in family sex abuse case also is for bodies, Lafayette sheriff says LEXINGTON | Authorities are searching a rural property near Bates City, Mo., looking for bodies, as well as buried jars of written memories of anguish and horror allegedly left years ago by sexually abused children. Indications are that “an individual or ...Read More

No bail in case of slain pregnant woman from Ore.

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | U.S. |

A pregnant woman was repeatedly beaten with a collapsible police baton before a "cutting instrument" was used to slice open her abdomen and remove her fetus, a detective testified Tuesday. Another woman, Korena Roberts, is accused of aggravated murder in the ...Read More

Gunman Reportedly Holding High School Principal in Dutchess County, NY

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Most Viewed, U.S. |

A gunman reportedly took the principal hostage at an upstate New York high school Tuesday, but the students are safe, a town official said. Police said that Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, N.Y., was on lockdown because of an ...Read More

Teen killed while sleeping at Ore. hunting camp

Tue, Nov 10th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

TERREBONNE, Ore.—Authorities say a 14-year-old boy is dead and his cousin is in custody after a bullet came through the wall of the motor home the boy was sleeping in at a central Oregon hunting camp and struck him in ...Read More