January 9, 2012
Iran has sentenced an American ex-Marine to death for espionage. A court convicted Amir Mirzaei Hekmati of "working for an enemy country," as well as membership in the CIA and "efforts to accuse Iran of involvement in terrorism," the semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday. The sentence...
January 2, 2012
Los Angeles -- A man detained early Monday in connection with a rash of car and building fires across the Los Angeles area will be charged with arson, authorities said Monday afternoon. Arson investigators counted 53 fires, most starting in parked cars, since early last Thursday, but none since...
December 29, 2011
Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured Thursday in a 40-vehicle pileup that shut down Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans, authorities said. Both eastbound and westbound lanes were closed following the crashes, which began about 4 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), said Garry Flot, New...
December 28, 2011
Economists are a bit more optimistic about the U.S. economy as 2011 comes to a close. But only a bit. A CNNMoney survey of 20 top economists finds their fear of the economy falling into a new recession has retreated in the last three months, as they put the chances of a new downturn at only about...
December 27, 2011
Detroit police are investigating the death of two women whose bodies, burned beyond recognition, were found in the trunk of a car on fire early Christmas Day. Less than a week earlier, the bodies of another two women were found in the trunk of a car parked at a vacant dwelling, Detroit police sai...
December 27, 2011
A man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party in his honor surrendered to authorities in California on Monday. Christopher Sullivan, 22, had just returned home to California from Kentucky where he was stationed while recovering from injuries sustained during a...
