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Source: Couple’s slaying a contract hit
The state attorney's office believes there were two motives in the home invasion murder of Florida couple Byrd and Melanie Billings -- robbery and a contracted hit -- a source told CNN. Most of the suspects thought they were there for a robbery, but Leonard Gonzalez Jr. and others plotted a hit, the sourdce says.
American traveled into heart of al Qaeda
Almost exactly six years after al Qaeda attacked the United States, Bryant Neal Vinas, a 24-year-old American citizen born in Queens, boarded a flight in New York. He was determined to fight jihad in Afghanistan.
N.J. mayor set to resign over corruption probe
A mayor in New Jersey is expected to announce his resignation Friday in connection with a state corruption scandal.
N.J. mayor set to resign over corruption probe
A mayor in New Jersey is expected to announce his resignation Friday in connection with a state corruption scandal.
American’s odyssey into the heart of al Qaeda
Almost exactly six years after al Qaeda attacked the United States, Bryant Neal Vinas, a 24-year-old American citizen born in Queens, boarded a flight in New York. He was determined to fight jihad in Afghanistan.
$2M bond in pregnant woman’s slaying
Police have found a baby they believe was taken from the womb of her slain mother. Darlene Haynes, 23, was found dead in a closet. Police received tips from women who became suspicious of a friend of hers, Julie A. Corey, who suddenly had a newborn. Corey is being held on $2 million bond.
Jury gets ex-lawmaker’s corruption case
The jury in the corruption trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana was expected to begin deliberating by midday Thursday, said a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Virginia.
Commentary: Why not prohibit smoking?
Cigarettes kill; 400,000 people die prematurely every year from smoking. When we analyze the harm from drugs, there is no doubt that cigarettes are the worst.
Former Enron chief Skilling to be resentenced
Former Enron Corp. chief Jeffrey Skilling, convicted three years ago of fraud, is scheduled to be resentenced Thursday after a federal appeals court vacated his 24-year sentence earlier this year.
Cop sorry for ‘jungle monkey’ e-mail
A Boston, Massachusetts, police officer who sent a mass e-mail in which he referred to Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as "banana-eating" and a "bumbling jungle monkey" has been placed on administrative leave and faces losing his job.