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Senate panel hearing from Newtown father, doctor

Senate panel hearing from Newtown father, doctor
By ALAN FRAM and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Neil Heslin says it's all about his slain son, Jesse. Heslin, a 50-year-old construction worker, says he normally pays little attention to politics. But he was yanked painfully into the middle of the nation's gun debate last

Senate panel hearing from Newtown father, doctor

Senate panel hearing from Newtown father, doctor
By ALAN FRAM and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Neil Heslin says it's all about his slain son, Jesse. Heslin, a 50-year-old construction worker, says he normally pays little attention to politics. But he was yanked painfully into the middle of the nation's gun debate last

NEW DETAILS: Nez Perce Tribal Officer Charged In Shooting

NEW DETAILS: Nez Perce Tribal Officer Charged In Shooting
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - A Nez Perce tribal police officer is charged with voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon in the November 2011 shooting death of a man after a highway chase in northern Idaho.    The Lewiston Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/WeWGwM ) Lewis County prosecutors

NYC Jury hears openings in cannibal-plot case

NYC Jury hears openings in cannibal-plot case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say a New York City police officer wanted to kidnap, torture and devour women in a twisted plot of cannibalism. The accusations were made Monday during opening statements at the federal trial of Gilberto Valle (VAL'-ee

Defense: NY cop a cannibal only in online fantasy

Defense: NY cop a cannibal only in online fantasy
By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Gilberto Valle's mind is full of sick thoughts - and he wants a jury to know it. The New York City police officer accused of kidnapping conspiracy admits to thinking about abducting, cooking and devouring young women. His own lawyer has shown

Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets

Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets
By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of myriad clashes over the past two years. Parliamentary elections called over the weekend by the

Authorities: NM teen planned Wal-Mart shootings

Authorities: NM teen planned Wal-Mart shootings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - For at least a week, authorities say, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego had been planning the attack. After shooting his mother and three siblings in their beds, he ambushed his father as the pastor returned home from an overnight shift at a

Authorities: NM teen planned Wal-Mart shootings

Authorities: NM teen planned Wal-Mart shootings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - For at least a week, authorities say, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego had been planning the attack. After shooting his mother and three siblings in their beds, he ambushed his father as the pastor returned home from an overnight shift at a

Authorities: NM teen planned Wal-Mart shootings

Authorities: NM teen planned Wal-Mart shootings
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANAssociated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - For at least a week, authorities say, 15-year-old Nehemiah Griego had been planning the attack. After shooting his mother and three siblings in their beds, he ambushed his father as the pastor returned home from an overnight shift at a