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NEW YORK (AP) -- A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday....

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Band members' statements to investigators that a Florida A&M University drum major willingly got on a bus where he endured a beating with drumsticks, mallets and fists help explain why prosecutors didn't file more severe charges such as manslaughter and second-degree murder, legal experts say....

MIAMI (AP) -- Federal forecasters predict there will be about nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York City police commissioner says a person who's in custody has implicated himself in the disappearance and death of Etan Patz (AY'-tahn payts) 33 years ago....

WACO, Texas (AP) -- Testimony is expected to wrap up in the federal trial of a soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned....

KITTERY, Maine (AP) -- A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured seven people, including five firefighters, but did not affect the reactor, which was not active....

KITTERY, Maine (AP) -- A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured seven people, including five firefighters, but did not affect the reactor, which was not active....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash - sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist - and then asking the government for replacement cards....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash - sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist - and then asking the government for replacement cards....

MIAMI (AP) -- Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach black and Hispanic children to swim....

MIAMI (AP) -- Safety advocates urging parents to be aware of swimming pool safety before the summer heats up also say more efforts are needed to teach black and Hispanic children to swim....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Roman Catholic church official conceded that some "pretty sick individuals" were on a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children in the Philadelphia archdiocese....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Roman Catholic church official conceded that some "pretty sick individuals" were on a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children in the Philadelphia archdiocese....

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- As jurors in the John Edwards campaign corruption trial get set for a fifth day of deliberations, legal experts caution it's still too early to read too much into their discussions....

LAFITTE, La. (AP) -- Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear....

LAFITTE, La. (AP) -- Gloom infects the hard-working shrimp and crab docks of this gritty fishing town as the second full year of fishing since BP's catastrophic oil spill kicks into high gear....