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Callaspo's 2-run double in 11th lifts Angels
Bob Melvin has little to explain about Oakland's losses the past two days: Four hits in two games is not going to amount to much. Jarrod Parker had his strongest outing yet for the Athletics in a 3-1, 11-inning defeat to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, yet he didn't ...
Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book
Harvard University's alumni association says it regrets including the Unabomber's references to his convictions in a directory for his 50th class reunion this week. Ted Kaczynski (kah-ZIHN'-skee) graduated in 1962 and is in prison for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978 and 1995. ...
Feds approve operational changes to Arizona dam
The federal government has approved two programs to further test the impact of flooding the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and to help boost the native fish population. Since the 1960s, Glen Canyon Dam near the Arizona-Utah border has blocked 90 percent of sediment from the river from flowing ...
EU leaders support growth, give few concrete plans
Turmoil in Greece is forcing other eurozone countries to consider the prospect that it might soon leave the single currency club. Luxembourg Prime Minister and president of the group of finance ministers of the 17 euro countries, Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters at the end of a summit of European leaders ...
US soldier: Muslim faith motive for bomb plot
A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo is heard telling his mother during a recorded jail visit ...
'Merchant of Death' witness gets 5-year sentence
A South African businessman who helped put a notorious Russian arms dealer known as The Merchant of Death behind bars for 25 years was rewarded on Wednesday with a five-year prison term for charges stemming from the same U.S. sting operation. The sentence means Andrew Smulian will be a free ...
Former nanny sues Sharon Stone, claims harassment
A former nanny for Sharon Stone sued the actress Wednesday claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime. Erlinda T. Elemen's harassment lawsuit claims Stone insulted her accent, her religion and other aspects of her culture in the final months ...
US jury hears recording of ex-P&G board member
A federal jury heard the lone recorded phone call of an ex-Goldman Sachs board member speaking with a billionaire hedge fund founder Wednesday as the government laid a foundation for its insider trading case. The friendly 24-minute conversation on July 29, 2008 came a month and a half before prosecutors ...
Defense begins cross-examination of informant
Defense attorneys began to cross-examine an FBI informant Wednesday in the federal trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox and two others accused of amassing illegal weapons in a plot to kill judges and other government representatives. Cox's lawyer, Nelson Traverso, homed in on informant Gerald "J.R." Olson's criminal past, ...
'Merchant of Death' witness gets 5-year sentence
A South African man who became the star witness at the trial of a notorious Russian arms dealer has been sentenced to five years in prison. Andrew Smulian had pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges that carried a potentially lengthy prison term. But a Manhattan judge imposed the lighter sentence ...
DC zoo hand-raising cubs after rare cheetah birth
Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last month at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia. The zoo offered a first look at the now healthy cubs Wednesday and hopes to place them ...
Sisters of Sierra LaMar murder suspect describe arrest as 'surreal'
More information surfaced Wednesday about Antolin Garcia-Torres, the suspect in custody for the murder of Sierra Lamar, as his family spoke about his past. Garcia-Torres lives at the Maple Leaf RV Park in Morgan Hill with his mother, wife and daughter. His family said their heart goes out to Sierra's ...
Zimmerman complained about Sanford police in 2011
George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer. "I would just like to state that the law ...
Callaspo's two-run double in 11th lifts Angels
The back end of the Angels' bullpen is coming together nicely of late. Now, manager Mike Scioscia would love to see some of the same from his hitters. Alberto Callaspo delivered a go-ahead two-run double in the 11th inning, and the Angels relievers helped hold off the Oakland Athletics 3-1 ...
Former nanny sues Sharon Stone, claims harassment
Sharon Stone is being sued by a former nanny who claims the Oscar-nominated actress insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime. Erlinda T. Elemen sued seeking unspecified damages on Wednesday, 15 months after she was fired. The lawsuit states that Elemen worked for ...
GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot
A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo is heard telling his mother during a recorded jail visit ...
Marshals say kidnapping suspect attempted escape
The man charged with kidnapping and murdering an Anchorage barista attempted to flee Wednesday at a hearing in federal court. U.S. marshals say 34-year-old Israel Keyes was quickly subdued. Supervisory deputy Dave Long says handcuffs had been removed and Keyes broke leg restraints. Long says Keyes tried to dash but ...
San Jose voters to weigh in on minimum wage measure on Nov. ballot
The San Jose City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to place a measure on the November ballot that, if passed, would increase the city's hourly minimum wage by 25 percent. In March, proponents of the initiative to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, up from the current $8 ...
Russian boy killed in Nebraska fire laid to rest
A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and the Russian government are seeking more information about his death. Nearly 200 people gathered at a Lincoln church Wednesday to mourn the death of Anton Fomin, who was ...
Suspect arrested in 2007 murder in Sandoval County
Federal authorities in New Mexico say a man has been arrested in Espanola in connection with a 2007 murder case. The U.S. Marshal's Service says 48-year-old Joel Rollins was taken into custody Wednesday by its deputies along with Santa Fe police task force officers. Authorities say Rollins was wanted by ...
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