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Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive

The attorney for a New York man imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s says his client doesn't have the virus that causes AIDS.

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.

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.

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.

Marijuana is drug most often linked to crime, study finds

Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a “bumper-sticker approach” that should be avoided.

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.

Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek

A Dallas man who drowned two of his sons in a creek has been sentenced to death.

Pa. woman convicted in fiance's wedding day death

A Pennsylvania woman accused of stabbing her fiance to death on their wedding day has been convicted of murder.

Asif Ali Zardari likely will lose Pakistan’s presidency – and immunity from prosecution

Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, will certainly lose his job in September – and like his predecessor, retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, he’s likely to face criminal charges under the government of newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different signals

The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots involved in a midair collision in Alaska that killed a family of four apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the crash.

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.

Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.

Obama administration targets reporters in crackdown on leaks

First, there was the news that the Justice Department had secretly seized telephone records of reporters at the Associated Press. A week later, reports that the department had investigated a Fox News reporter as a potential criminal for doing his job.

Code Pink co-founder interrupts Obama's counterterrorism speech

Rising judicial star Sri Srinivasan is playmaker with all the right legal moves

Sri Srinivasan scores big on every court. As a standout basketball guard for Lawrence High School in Kansas, class of 1985, Srinivasan could both dish and shoot. As an attorney, he’s argued more than 20 cases before the Supreme Court. And as a newly unanimously confirmed appellate judge, he’s joining what’s often called the nation’s second-highest court.

Dissidents find 'Cuba outside Cuba' in Miami

When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition.

Prosecutor: IPad theft defendants ambushed victim

Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute

Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen.

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.

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.