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Arts panel criticizes MLK statue design for DC memorial
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.
6.7 quake jolts Guam; no damage is immediately reported
The Associated Press
Updated: 05/09/08 7:28 PM

The U.S. Geological Survey says an undersea earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 has shaken Guam.
Mom of teens killed in Ill. crash sues trooper involved
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.
Federal marriage-for-citizenship sting nets 83 Fla. arrests
By TRAVIS REED - Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 6:53 PM

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.
Passaic mayor pleads guilty in corruption case, resigns
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.
Mass. prison head opposes sex-change surgery for inmate
By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 6:14 PM

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.
Body of woman, 90, found on toilet in inhabited Wis. home
The Associated Press
Updated: 05/09/08 7:48 PM

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.
Lawyer: DC sniper now wants to fight his death sentence
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.
Conn. man says police broke into home, ripped out catheter
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.
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties
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.
Man questioned on potential links to Boca Raton mall murders
The Associated Press
Updated: 05/09/08 3:49 PM

Police questioned a man arrested Friday at a Miami-area mall for possible links to the murders of a mother and daughter at a Boca Raton mall.
Convicted NYC lawyer sentenced to 25-to-life for murder
The Associated Press
Updated: 05/09/08 3:45 PM

A lawyer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for arranging the murder of a client's husband.
Mo. woman pleads, will be sentenced in stolen baby attack
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.
Yale Club settles ex-nominee Bork's suit over 2006 stumble
The Associated Press
Updated: 05/09/08 2:59 PM

One-time U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork has settled a lawsuit against the Yale Club after he fell stepping onto a platform to speak.
Nevada judge accused of demanding royal treatment
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press Writer
Updated: 05/09/08 6:35 PM

Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.


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