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Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

By STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press | May 23 at 7:33 p.m.

St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press | May 23 at 6:24 p.m.

Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.

Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press | May 23 at 5:34 p.m.

A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died in a grisly crime: He was one of three men found nearly decapitated in an apartment, their throats slashed ear to ear, marijuana sprinkled over their bodies.

Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab

The Associated Press | May 23 at 5:34 p.m.

The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings has been released from the hospital to begin rehabilitation at another one.

New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US

By M.L. JOHNSON, Associated Press | May 23 at 6:24 p.m.

Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press | May 23 at 6:53 p.m.

Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smoking pot and being forced to move out of his mother's house because of trouble at school, as well as photos of a gun and what looks to be a potted marijuana plant.

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

By DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press | May 23 at 8:04 p.m.

The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month

By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press | May 23 at 9:09 p.m.

A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said.

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press | May 23 at 4:54 p.m.

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups.

AP, others fight for details in Maine girl's death

The Associated Press | May 23 at 5:24 p.m.

Two news organizations on Thursday challenged a judge's decision to keep the public from learning the details of a case against a man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl.

ECB's Draghi: 'Imperative' to set up new bank body

By DAVID McHUGH, AP Business Writer | May 23 at 4:44 p.m.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks in order to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind it once and for all.

Investigator: Missing Iowa girl's blood found

By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press | May 23 at 6:08 p.m.

Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday.

Manson disciple's tapes being analyzed by LAPD

By TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press | May 23 at 5:13 p.m.

Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed Thursday.

NH woman convicted of child porn gets 40 years

By LYNNE TUOHY, Associated Press | May 23 at 6:08 p.m.

A woman convicted of sexually exploiting her 14-year-old daughter to produce child pornography was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison by a federal judge who called her conduct "shocking" and "egregious."

Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press | May 23 at 4:54 p.m.

Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison.

US: Lock up ex-Michigan justice for bank fraud

The Associated Press | May 23 at 4:24 p.m.

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.

Stocks edge lower as investors reassess Fed fears

By STEVE ROTHWELL, AP Markets Writer | May 23 at 5:09 p.m.

Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.

2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border

The Associated Press | May 23 at 4:04 p.m.

Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing.

Christian Brothers reach deal in US abuse claims

The Associated Press | May 23 at 4:04 p.m.

The Christian Brothers have agreed to pay more than $16 million to people who were molested as children by members of the U.S. religious order.

Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek

The Associated Press | May 23 at 3:44 p.m.

A Dallas man who drowned two of his sons in a creek has been sentenced to death.

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