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Border deaths up despite apparent dip in crossings

Published April 8, 2009

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) âÄî Illegal immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border have risen in the past six months despite a nearly 25 percent drop in arrests by the Border Patrol, according to patrol...

Wisconsin inmate charged with assisted suicide

Published April 8, 2009

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) âÄî A Wisconsin prison inmate encouraged his cellmate, a high-profile killer, to commit suicide in January and helped him follow through with the hanging, authorities said Wednesday....

Trooper: Canadian’s US flight was suicide attempt

Published April 7, 2009

The plane, which flew for six hours, was tracked as a "flight safety issue" and was not believed to be a terrorist threat.

Police look for clues after body found in suitcase

Published April 7, 2009

A massive search for a missing 8-year-old girl ended a few miles from her home Monday, when farmworkers draining the pond to water nearby fields found the suitcase.

Sex offender who posed as boy, 12, gets 70 years

Published April 7, 2009

Authorities said he shaved and wore makeup to help him appear younger, convincing teachers, students and administrators that he was a boy named Casey.

New Red crest projection: 38-40 feet

Published April 7, 2009

That crest is projected sometime between April 16 and 18.

Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override

Published April 7, 2009

Vermont on Tuesday became the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature's vote.

Police: No reason to doubt letter was NY gunman’s

Published April 7, 2009

The letter received by Syracuse TV station News 10 Now is still being analyzed, but police believe it was written by 41-year-old Jiverly Wong.

Letter said to be from NY killer forecast slayings

Published April 6, 2009

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) âÄî The man who opened fire in an immigrant center, killing 13 people before taking his own life, felt he was persecuted by police, couldn't accept his "poor life" and was...

NY court upholds sentence of abortion doc’s killer

Published April 6, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî The life prison sentence given to a militant abortion opponent was appropriate despite his claims that he only meant to injure rather than kill a doctor, a federal appeals court...