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Officials: Atlantic City fire began in pizza shop

The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 1:24 p.m.

Investigators say a fire that destroyed businesses on the famous Atlantic City boardwalk apparently started in a pizza shop.

Victim ID'd in fatal NYC subway seat stabbing

The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 5:05 p.m.

A subway passenger stabbed to death in front of horrified straphangers has been identified as 36-year-old Dwight Johnson of Brooklyn.

Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers

By LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 21 at 12:37 p.m.

Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.

More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving

By NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 6:57 a.m.

The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.

Suspicious note and package found at Fort Benning

The Associated Press | Nov. 21 at 2:47 p.m.

A Fort Benning spokesman says Army officials are investigating whether a suspicious note and package found at the west Georgia post is a viable threat.

Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial

By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 22 at 3:12 a.m.

The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.

4 injured in San Francisco cable car accident

The Associated Press | Nov. 21 at 8:22 p.m.

Authorities say four people were hurt when one of San Francisco's historic cable cars jarred to a sudden stop while traveling through downtown.

Demonstration at UC Santa Cruz ends peacefully

The Associated Press | Nov. 22 at 6:35 p.m.

Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz say dozens of protesters who were occupying the university's main administrative building have ended their protest.

Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect

By PAMELA HESS and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writers | Nov. 21 at 6:57 a.m.

WASHINGTON - The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

Army relents, will allow media at Palin book event

The Associated Press | Nov. 21 at 12:32 a.m.

The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

2 Pa. judges given partial immunity in civil suit

By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 7:42 p.m.

Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday.

Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care

By KEVIN MAURER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 5:07 p.m.

Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former psychiatrist.

Plea deal reached in store scuffle case

By JIM SALTER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 7:22 p.m.

A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

By LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 4:22 p.m.

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama's old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it.

The nation's weather

By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press | Nov. 21 at 2:56 a.m.

Heavy rains was forecast to continue over the Gulf States on Saturday while the Pacific Northwest was expected to see scattered precipitation.

Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term

By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer | Nov. 20 at 4:12 p.m.

The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.

Ask AP: Shuttle complexity, credit union agency

The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 1:52 p.m.

A space shuttle is no tinker toy. But is it the most complex machine ever built?

Wyoming challenges Yellowstone snowmobile rules

By BEN NEARY, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 7:37 p.m.

The state of Wyoming filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the National Park Service from further restricting snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park.

Woman who had nearly 370 animals gets probation

The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 7:46 a.m.

A woman who had been charged with child endangerment after almost 370 animals were seized from her Missouri farm has been placed on two years of unsupervised probation.

Colo. billboard links Obama with jihadists

By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 5:27 p.m.

A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.

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