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Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.-
May 23, 2013 @ 3:27 pm
Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab
The younger sister of the 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings has been released from the hospital to begin rehabilitation at another one. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 3:13 pm
AP, others fight for details in Maine girl's death
Two news organizations on Thursday challenged a judge's decision to keep the public from learning the details of a case against a man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 3:06 pm
Manson disciple's tapes being analyzed by LAPD
Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed Thursday. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 3:02 pm
Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension
A New Jersey man behind the wheel of a van that careened off of an Illinois freeway and overturned, killing five passengers returning from a California ministry gathering, had his driving privileges suspended last year for administrative reasons, motor vehicle records show. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:46 pm
Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive
Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:39 pm
Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case
A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:39 pm
Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonald's
The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:33 pm
Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients
Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:32 pm
5 arrested in Conn. $4M jewelry heist, kidnapping
Five people have been arrested in the robbery of more than $4 million in jewelry, watches and diamonds from a Connecticut store in an elaborate heist that began with the kidnapping of store employees more than 40 miles away, federal authorities said Thursday. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:12 pm
Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek
A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on Thursday. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 2:12 pm
US: Lock up ex-Michigan justice for bank fraud
Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border
Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug dealing. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 1:50 pm
Christian Brothers reach deal in US abuse claims
The Christian Brothers have agreed to pay more than $16 million to people who were molested as children by members of the U.S. religious order. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 1:45 pm
Part of unused parking garage collapses in Md.
Fire and rescue officials say a parking garage that was closed to the public has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in Bethesda, Md., killing one construction worker and severely injuring another man. Continue reading > -
May 23, 2013 @ 1:01 pm
NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch
At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water _ and apparently not even clean water at that. Continue reading >