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Flowers, dolls adorn site of NYC boy's '79 death
NEW YORK (AP) — Well-wishers are leaving flowers, candles and dolls outside the New York City building where police say 6-year-old Etan Patz (AY'-tahn payts) was strangled in 1979.
Break in Patz brings hope, tears to other families
After 33 years, someone has confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz. And people immediately start speaking of "closure."
Rainy Memorial Day forecast for southeast coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A cluster of thunderstorms stalled off the U.S. coast on Saturday is expected to make for a sloppy, rainy Memorial Day on beaches and in tourist towns from Florida to South Carolina.
Cheaper gas spurs more travelers this Memorial Day
NEW YORK (AP) — More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they'll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices.
- A year after rare twister, Mass. residents rebound
MONSON, Mass. (AP) — Pia Rogers still goes home every day, even though all that remains of her two-story farmhouse are two granite front steps.
Letters asked judge for leniency in NJ webcam case
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The letters came from a man who was once beaten with a baseball bat in a racially motivated attack, the widow of a Minnesota judge, a group representing lesbian, gay and transgendered people from South Asia, a gay member of the Navy, and the father of a woman who committed suicide, among others.
- Letters to judge about NJ webcam spying case
Following are excerpts from some of the letters Judge Glenn Berman received as he considered the sentence for Dharun Ravi, who was convicted in March of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and other charges for using his webcam to see roommate Tyler Clementi kissing another man. Clementi committed suicide days after the September 2010 invasion. Berman sentenced Ravi to 30 days in jail.
Coroner: Gunman in Indiana standoff from Texas
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A Texas man who took hostages in a northwestern Indiana realty office and held police at bay for several hours suffered three gunshot wounds before dying, likely from two different weapons, a coroner said Saturday.
Martial arts master's neo-Nazi past surfaces
GOLD HILL, Ore. (AP) — Andrew Lee Patterson still shaves his head, like he did back in his white supremacist skinhead days. Back then, he did six years in prison for beating up two homeless people and a motel owner.
Obama honors veterans during Memorial Day weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to veterans during Memorial Day weekend, honoring those willing to sacrifice their lives for their country.
- History behind sobs in South African courtroom
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A lifetime ago, a young black South African student was on trial with 21 other suspects accused by the white racist government of treason, terrorism and working for the African National Congress.
