Report: LAPD seeks Manson family member recordings
| |Friday, May. 25, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Police want to review audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney as detectives search for information about unsolved killings.Read more
Defendant back in AK court after escape attempt
|Friday, May. 25, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 34-year-old man charged in the fatal kidnapping of a barista returned to court two days after he broke his leg irons and tried to escape.Read more
7 arrested in alleged driveway work scam
|Friday, May. 25, 2012
LIVINGSTON, La. — The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office says seven people have been arrested during the past month in an asphalt scam that cost victims thousands of dollars.Read more
Ex-soldier sentenced to prison
|Friday, May. 25, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas — A former Army soldier has been sentenced to a year in prison after failing to register as a sex offender as required after his conviction in Colorado in 2009.Read more
Britney Spears debuts on 'X Factor' show
| |Friday, May. 25, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — Britney Spears has been on the job just two days and she's already proving to be a popular judge on "The X Factor."Read more
Govt witness links medical waste to Clemens DNA
| |Friday, May. 25, 2012
WASHINGTON — A prosecution witness told jurors that Roger Clemens DNA' showed up on two cotton balls and one needle allegedly used for a steroids injection of the famed pitcher. He then spent almost the entire day fielding questions from lawyers for both sides and from jurors.Read more
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries
|Friday, May. 25, 2012
HOUSTON — Several lawmakers upset by an all-white jury's acquittal of a former Houston police officer in the alleged beating of a teenage burglary suspect say they plan to present a bill at next year's state legislative session to promote diverse juries.Read more
Regulators to test anti-spill equipment in Gulf
|Friday, May. 25, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — An oil spill consortium set up after the BP spill to develop methods for containing deep sea spills will do a drill with its state-of-the-art equipment this summer.Read more
'Amnesty' ad jolts Texas' US Senate race
| |Friday, May. 25, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — The already vicious Republican primary battle for a U.S. Senate seat turned nastier Friday when Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst implied that tea party favorite Ted Cruz supports amnesty for illegal immigrants and Cruz retaliating by saying Dewhurst is "race-baiting" and making generalities about Hispanics.Read more
P&G to add latches to make detergent packs safer
| |Friday, May. 25, 2012
DALLAS — The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent packets, a company spokesman said Friday.Read more
