By STEPHEN MANNING
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 7:48 PM
The centerpiece for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall has drawn criticism from a federal arts panel, which says the proposed statue looks "confrontational" and resembles the head of a socialist state more than a civil rights leader.
By JIM SUHR
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 6:53 PM
An Illinois state trooper charged with reckless homicide in a high-speed crash that killed two teenage sisters has been sued by the mother of the victims.
A federal sting of four companies accused of arranging fraudulent marriages for U.S. citizenships, complete with wedding photos of brides in gowns and elaborate fake cakes, has netted more than 80 arrests, authorities said Friday.
By TOM HESTER Jr.
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 6:19 PM
The mayor of Passaic City resigned Friday after he pleaded guilty to attempted extortion and admitted he accepted $5,000 in cash to influence government contracts.
Allowing a convicted killer to get a sex-change operation would pose insurmountable safety and security problems for the state prison system, the Massachusetts corrections chief said.
A sheriff's deputy discovered the remains of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in a house she shared with a woman and two children, authorities said Friday.
By MATTHEW BARAKAT
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 6:00 PM
Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad has changed his mind again and now wants to go forward with a federal appeal of his conviction and death sentence, according to his lawyers.
By DAVE COLLINS
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 5:29 PM
A man alleges that police entered his home illegally and ripped a catheter from his body during a child pornography investigation that led to the arrest of two neighbors.
By DAVID B. CARUSO
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 7:43 PM
Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.
By JIM SALTER
- Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 5:55 PM
A woman who slashed a young mother and kidnapped her newborn entered into a plea deal Friday, and the prosecutor revealed additional details of the 2006 attack - including that the victim was stabbed repeatedly and her toddler son was tied up.
