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No appeal of dismissed conviction in MySpace case
Prosecutors say they will not appeal the dismissal of a woman's convictions in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. (Updated: 11/20/09 11:41 PM )
Prosecutor: Alleged Maui spy is difficult but sane
A Maui man accused of spying for China is difficult to work with and makes wild exaggerations but is legally able to stand trial, a federal prosecutor asserted Friday. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:51 PM )
Dozens occupying UC Berkeley building arrested
Officials say dozens of people occupying a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley, in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts have been arrested. (Updated: 11/20/09 11:41 PM )
Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death
The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:06 PM )
Arizona police arrest parents of rape victim
The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:01 PM )
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl's body was found dumped off a rural road. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:51 PM )
Driver loses control, hits 11 people in Alabama
Police are investigating after a woman lost control of her car and struck 10 children and an adult outside a middle school in Alabama. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:31 PM )
Levi Johnston's mother gets 3 years in drug case
The mother of the man former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol had planned to marry has been sentenced to three years in prison. (Updated: 11/20/09 9:46 PM )
GOP report: Deal with Sacramento mayor was rushed
Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson that had been accused of misspending government grants. (Updated: 11/20/09 9:41 PM )
Authorities: Man tied lizards to chest at airport
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. (Updated: 11/20/09 10:06 PM )
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 842
As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. (Updated: 11/20/09 9:11 PM )
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364
As of Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at least 4,364 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. (Updated: 11/20/09 9:06 PM )
35 students rescued from burning bus on NYC bridge
A bus carrying 35 elementary school children on an outing has caught fire on a New York City bridge, but the children and their escorts have been rescued. (Updated: 11/20/09 9:01 PM )
Prosecutors plan commission case in Cole bombing
Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:46 PM )
Plea deal reached in store scuffle case
A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:21 PM )