Suspect in Fla. office shooting denied bond

7 Nov. 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man charged with killing a worker and wounding five others in the Orlando engineering firm where he once worked has been denied bond.

Suspect asked for advice on going to fight Muslims

7 Nov. 2009

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A Muslim leader says the Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood asked him for advice on what he should tell soldiers who had concerns about going to fight Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence

7 Nov. 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood.

Ida spurs tropical storm warnings in Caribbean

7 Nov. 2009

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Mexico and Cuba as Ida rapidly gains strength over Caribbean waters.

UK foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point

7 Nov. 2009

LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes singlehandedly.

NJ jurors convict Fla. man in 'fat defense' trial

7 Nov. 2009

HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway.

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers

7 Nov. 2009

KABUL (AP) — Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.

Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

7 Nov. 2009

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.

States where juveniles serve life terms

7 Nov. 2009

Distribution, by state, of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison without parole, and the number of juvenile offenders serving such sentences for crimes in which no one was killed:

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

7 Nov. 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence

7 Nov. 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood.

Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

7 Nov. 2009

DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming — as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.

Gift card scandal could sink Baltimore mayor

7 Nov. 2009

BALTIMORE (AP) — The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power.

Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old

7 Nov. 2009

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.