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CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge sentenced a Pakistani-born Chicago taxi driver on Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for attempting to send money to a terrorist with alleged links to al-Qaida, telling the 58-year-old he had violated a citizenship oath made to God promising never to do harm to the United States....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- One of the Pennsylvania men convicted of harassing Sarah Palin's Alaska lawyers has been sentenced to time served and five years' probation....

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Criminal charges won't be filed in a Christmas morning house fire that killed three girls and their grandparents, a blaze blamed on a bag of discarded fireplace ashes, a Connecticut prosecutor said Friday....

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Investigators combed through a 4-mile rural area in central Florida on Friday trying to determine what caused a single-engine plane to break apart in midair and crash into a swampy area, killing a Kansas businessman, his wife and their four young children....

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Investigators combed through a 4-mile rural area in central Florida on Friday trying to determine what caused a single-engine plane to break apart in midair and crash into a swampy area, killing a Kansas businessman, his wife and their four young children....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The two men accused of beating a San Francisco Giants fan after last season's opening day game at Dodger Stadium were ordered to stand trial Friday on charges stemming from the brutal attack....

A 73-year-old woman has been found in Louisiana after being charged with stealing and gambling away $97,000 from a trust fund for her grandson's college education, authorities said, but she may never return to Indiana for prosecution....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A huge public employee union is choosing a new leader this month in a contest that is turning into a broader debate on how its 1.3 million members' money is spent on politics....

DALLAS (AP) -- A wealthy Texas woman married to an attorney has been charged with collecting and trading child pornography online in what experts say is a rare case of a woman being caught up in such activity....

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- He muscled the Jerry Sandusky case to trial in a breakneck seven months and navigated through dozens of pretrial motions and complicated grand jury secrecy issues. In two days, he managed to seat a jury in a case that has attracted worldwide publicity....

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Criminal charges won't be filed in a Christmas morning house fire that killed three girls and their grandparents, a Connecticut prosecutor said Friday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Debbie Clemens testified Friday that her husband was not present when she received a shot of human growth hormone from Roger Clemens' strength coach - testimony that contradicts the star pitcher's chief accuser in the perjury trial....

The Defense Department has stopped issuing weapons to thousands of law enforcement agencies until it is satisfied that state officials can account for all the surplus guns, aircraft, Humvees and armored personnel carriers it has given police under a $2.6 billion program, The Associated Press has learned....

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- An attorney for the father of three girls killed in a Christmas morning fire slammed Stamford officials for demolishing the house a day after the fire, saying it hampered an investigation....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The federal and state probes into former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company, which filed for bankruptcy protection this week, extend to all the firm's financial transactions, the head of the Rhode Island state police said Friday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Debbie Clemens testified Friday that her husband was not present when she received a shot of human growth hormone from Roger Clemens' strength coach - testimony that contradicts the star pitcher's chief accuser in the perjury trial....

DENVER (AP) -- A rare quarter-mile-wide tornado cut a swath across mainly open country in southeastern Wyoming, damaging homes, derailing empty train cars and leaving one person with minor injuries, officials said....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a safety demonstration, it was a heart-stopper: A Ford Taurus was seconds away from cruising through an intersection when suddenly a row of red lights pulsed on the lower windshield and a warning blared that another car was approaching fast on the cross street....

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- Nancy Lee Kaufman was prominent in the arts scene in chic Santa Fe, N.M., and later made her woven art along the ocean near San Diego. So how did she end up living in a previously condemned house near the railroad tracks in small-town Missouri? The short answer: By choice....

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- Nancy Lee Kaufman was prominent in the arts scene in chic Santa Fe, N.M., and later made her woven art along the ocean near San Diego. So how did she end up living in a previously condemned house near the railroad tracks in small-town Missouri? The short answer: By choice....