CHICAGO (AP) âÄî As a bartender and trainer at a national restaurant chain, Rebecca Brown earned a couple thousand dollars in a really good week. Now, as a dancer at Chicago's Pink Monkey gentleman's...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) âÄî Police are investigating the death of a Minnesota teen who fell from a Florida hotel balcony. Daytona Beach police say 16-year-old Barret Forst Ugland fell early Sunday...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) âÄî Fargo officials have put out a call for volunteers to help with dike building to hold back the rising Red River. The National Weather Service says heavy rain is expected over...

PHOENIX (AP) âÄî Jurors who convicted a former janitor of murdering six people and attacking 19 others will begin work Monday to decide whether he should be put to death for the dozens of random,...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) âÄî A man wanted for violating his parole killed three police officers and gravely wounded another in two shootings Saturday, the first after a routine traffic stop and the...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) âÄî Bobby Cutts Jr. was notorious in the law enforcement community because of his crime: While still a police officer, he killed his lover and their unborn child. Stripping...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) âÄî Although economic conditions remain weak, particularly in the farming sector, rural bankers in 11 Midwest and Plains states say there are some bright spots. The bankers who...