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• Man framed for 1965 Boston-area slaying arrested

  A man who spent three decades in prison after being framed by the FBI for a gangland murder was arrested Thursday on illegal gaming charges.

• Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions

  Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get patients arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months.

• Woman swept to sea during proposal on Oregon coast

  A romantic marriage proposal on the Oregon coast turned deadly for the bride-to-be when a wave swept her out to sea.

• NY soldier acquitted of murder in officers' deaths

  A soldier was acquitted of murder Thursday in the 2005 bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq, triggering loud outbursts and gasps from the slain officers' families.

• Report: Prejudice against Muslims on rise

  Discrimination and hate crimes against Arab-Americans have dropped in recent years after a spike following the 9/11 attacks, but such prejudice is still more common than in the 1980s and 1990s, according to a report by an advocacy group.

• 3 US residents killed in Ciudad Juarez in 3 weeks

  At least three U.S. residents have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in as many weeks as the death toll in the violent border city surpasses 1,400.

• Convict's mom goes undercover, gets dirt on juror

  Doreen Giuliano was obsessed with saving her son from a life behind bars after he was convicted of murder.

• Son of former Assembly speaker pleads not guilty

  The teenage son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez acted in self-defense in a confrontation that left a college student dead from a stab wound, his lawyer said Thursday after his client and three other men pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.

• Texas sentenced 9 to die in '08, fewest in decades

  Texas juries this year sentenced the fewest number of inmates to death row since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976, according to a report Thursday from an anti-death penalty group.

• St. Louis schools to seek lead abatement funds

  A district executive says St. Louis public schools will seek at least $4.5 million in outside funds to correct potential lead paint hazards at 27 elementary schools.

• RI man convicted of murder for beating 3-year-old

  A man who struck his girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew and caused the child to fall down a staircase was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder.

• Chicago approves $1.1 billion parking-meter lease

  The Chicago City Council has approved a more than $1.1 billion deal to lease city parking meters to a private operator.

• Calif. trio charged with torturing, abusing teen

  A couple accused of beating and torturing a teenager, who authorities say was sometimes kept shackled inside their home, appeared in shackles themselves to face more than a dozen kidnapping and child abuse charges.

• Who runs Kansas City _ the mayor or his wife?

  The people of Kansas City thought they were getting a straight-shooter with financial smarts as their new mayor. What they got, critics say, is a henpecked husband who needs his wife to tell him what to do.

• A mixed bag for women this election year

  Depending on your political tastes, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sarah Palin or even Tina Fey could be considered Woman of the Year. But here's the harder question: Was this the Year of the Woman?

• Too early to know if Mo. school had HIV outbreak

  Six weeks after someone with HIV said dozens of students at a St. Louis high school might have been exposed to the virus, it remains unclear whether an outbreak has occurred.

• Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape

  Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled.

• NYC court: Big city guns can equal stiff sentence

  Federal judges can give harsher penalties to people who help bring illegal guns to big cities, a federal appeals court decided Thursday.

• OJ judge known for stern lectures, stiff sentences

  If O.J. Simpson is looking for a break from the Nevada judge who will sentence him for kidnapping and armed robbery, he may be in the wrong courtroom.

• East River tolls, payroll tax in NY transit plan

  Drivers in New York City would pay to cross the East River and companies would be taxed on their payrolls under a proposal to stanch financial bleeding at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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