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The mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C., region has been executed. A prison spokesman says John Allen Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday at Greensville Correctional Center. Complete Story...
Vin Scully said Tuesday he will continue in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers through the 2010 season, then decide whether he will walk away.
Police said an East Texas man has outsmarted himself in trying to get a quicker response from officers to an alleged assault. Tyler police said 38-year-old Mark Anthony Johnson called 911 on Monday night and reported that he'd just committed a homicide and was armed with a weapon.
A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings. Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has al-Qaida ties.
A man opened fire with a rifle Tuesday at a drug-testing laboratory in suburban Portland, killing a female employee and wounding two other workers before fatally shooting himself, police said. The gunman and the dead woman apparently had a "relationship," Tualatin Police Chief Kent Barker said. He did not elaborate.
Virginia's governor refused to spare the life of John Allen Muhammad and cleared the way for his execution Tuesday night for the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 dead and spread such fear people were afraid to go shopping, cut grass or pump gas.
E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.
Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off officials in the country who were angry about the fatal shootings of 17 civilians by Blackwater employees, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
A Mormon church official says the faith supports a proposed pair of Salt Lake City ordinances that would make it illegal to discriminate against gays in housing and employment matters.
Michael Jackson's private family funeral was fit for a king and had a price tag to match: roughly $1 million.
Dwight Howard had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Vince Carter scored 15 points in his return from a sprained ankle, and the Orlando Magic bounced back from an ugly loss to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 93-81 on Tuesday night.
The first polygamist sect member to face criminal trial following the raid of a West Texas ranch was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had a so-called "spiritual marriage."
Utah's Radiation Control Board is moving forward with efforts to require a company that wants to dispose of depleted uranium in the state to first submit a report confirming that additional safeguards will work.
“Twilight’s” main man, Robert Pattinson, may have finally figured out a way to keep the crowds of teenage girls at bay. Sure, they may be drawn to his good looks, but the actor’s admitted dirty laundry and hygiene habits could send them running the other way.
A judge has temporarily blocked higher education officials from changing the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname.
Atmos Energy Corp. on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter loss of $16 million, citing a plunge in natural gas consumption and prices that cut deeply into revenue this year.
Angelina Jolie has given people much to marvel at — her philanthropy and her family immediately come to mind. But her superpower ability to grow Teflon skin when her actions attract negative publicity is equally impressive, until now. As it turns out, her biggest enemy isn’t the general public, who could have turned against her for any number of controversial proclivities, but Hollywood itself.
All or parts of four prison complexes are among a dozen state properties on a shortened list of facilities being proposed for sale-leaseback refinancing to help balance Arizona's state budget.
A Richmond man will have to live more than a month in one of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain his properties. Oliver Lawrence was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail, followed by 40 days in home incarceration at a small, single-story house owned by his company, Bayou Properties. He also was fined more than $177,000.
Scientists say the cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines has shot an ash plume into the air and are advising nearby residents to be ready to move in case of eruption.
Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee has told a Mexican newspaper that he's taking music classes — 17 years after he started his career.
The University of Mississippi's first-year chancellor followed through on a promise Tuesday and asked the band to stop playing a pep song because some fans are chanting "the South will rise again" at the end of the medley.
A massive power failure swept over Brazil's two largest cities Tuesday night along with other parts of Latin America's largest nation, leaving millions of people in the dark.
Cataclysmic disaster and apocalyptic doom, as foretold by Hollywood, have a way of bringing together broken families, revealing the unseen heroism of deadbeat dads and neatly disposing of their rivals.
Woman bites off molester's tonguePolice in Chifeng, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, slapped the charge of "coercive indecency" on a man whose tongue was bitten off by a woman he forcibly kissed on the street in September.
Parents have to pay son to talk to himParents of a 20-something man in Tianjin municipality have to pay their son 100 yuan ($15) every time they want to speak to him.
Drive-By Shooter Forgets to Roll Down WindowA man allegedly carried out a drive-by shooting that targeted his ex-girlfriend's house, but he forgot to do one thing -- roll down his window.
Confidence in Obama slips more, poll showsElected last November on a wave of optimism, President Barack Obama now finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country in recession.
First Hate Crime After Fort Hood by a Marine ReservistAlexios Marakis, a Greek Orthodox priest visiting the U.S., got lost in Tampa and tried to stop and ask directions from Marine reservist Jasen D. Bruce.
Sesame Street, The Liberal Conspiracy That Will Indoctrinate Your Kids, Is 40 TodayBig Bird gave money to hookers through ACORN. Oscar the Grouch had an abortion. These @!$%#ing puppets hate America, say conservatives. You know who doesn't hate America? Sarah Palin. And she has a conspiracy theory of her own to add.
D.C. sniper set to be executed tonightUnless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.
President Obama's Fort Hood memorial speech: "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts"Neither this country -- nor the values upon which we were founded -- could exist without men and women like these 13 Americans. And that is why we must pay tribute to their stories.
Why It's Not Smart to Call Women Conservatives 'Whores'When Alan Grayson called a female corporate lobbyist a "K-Street whore" -- and was attacked as crude and sexist at the same time that he was lauded as gutsy and honest -- he played a role in a familiar script: hero of the left (MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, Bill Maher) attacks female …
No Gay Rights. No pledge to the flagThere's a 10-year-old lad, a fifth-grader at West Fork Elementary, who decided he wasn't going to say the Pledge of Allegiance at school anymore because there was no liberty or justice for all in America, as the pledge's rote recitation asserts.
AMA Calls For Ending The "Schedule I Lie"The Schedule I federal classification of cannabis — which states that, by law, the marijuana plant and its natural compounds have "no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States" — has long since passed the point of farcical.
Hannity concocts smear that Obama at fault for Ft. Hood shooting"Sean Hannity speculated that "there is a chance our government knew all about" alleged Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan "and did nothing because nobody wanted to be called an Islamophobe," "
Rupert Murdoch: The Internet Does Not ExistRupert continues his war with the Internet.
Fort Hood suspect warned of threats in ranksMaj. Nidal M. Hasan gave hour-long lecture on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Today is Sesame Street's fortieth anniversary. Forty wonderful years of Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, and the rest of the gang. In our homes and in our children's lives.
Pat Robertson: We Should Treat Muslims The Way We Treated The Communist PartyImam Robertson is at it again: On his 700 Club TV show yesterday, Pat Robertson claimed that Islam is “not a religion,” but “a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination” Video:
Healer-in-chief Obama heads to Fort HoodPresidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it. For the first time, President Barack Obama faces such a moment Tuesday at Fort Hood.
Woman drives into aquarium at Tampa airportThe driver and the child in her lap survive when a pickup slams into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky.
New Jihad Code Threatens al QaedaThe code's most direct challenge to al Qaeda is this: "Jihad has ethics and morals because it is for God. That means it is forbidden to kill women, children, elderly people, priests, messengers, traders and the like.
These Guys Served?! Who Knew?You'd never know by looking at these four celebrities, but before they entered the limelight they all served in the U.S. military.
Provision in Health Care Bill Governing Prayer Treatments May Be UnconstitutionalThe debate over the health care bill has reached a new level - a spiritual level - with a provision in the health care legislation requiring the consideration of prayer treatments as medical expenses brought to light.
Glenn Beck publicly shamed by satirist after losing domain battleFox News personality Glenn Beck has lost a battle for a Web domain which jokingly asked whether he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.
Ever been at a buffet-style dinner party and grabbed what would seem to be an innocent and delicious pickle from the veggie tray? You save the bumpy, briny little gem for a moment that is just right.
Everyone knows exactly what I mean. Even though I do not believe in fate, but I do believe in the fact that we are stuck with every dumb-ass, stupid, moron, ugly, person in this oxygen sphere.
An Evil Wind Is Blowing: UN Approves Anti- Israel Resolution Backing Goldstone ReportGo and see who stood by Israel.
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