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Senator blocks Obama nominee over drilling halt
Correction: Man in River story
AG vows accountability for WikiLeaks participants
Probe into Texas network's blackmail claim dropped
Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Czech towns deploy cardboard police in miniskirts
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AFL-CIO opposes South Korea free trade agreement
NH: Utility not to blame in power shutoff death
NYC auction features JFK photos
Terrorist's life term before appeals court
AP Source: Obama meeting with Lakers next week
Report: For-profit colleges cashing in on military
Fossilized hyena dung found off Dutch coast
Police: Man claims he's a vampire, burns V on teen
Man pleads not guilty in Ohio pot transport probe
Report: For-profit colleges cashing in on veterans
Mass. court affirms 'John Doe' rape indictments
LA County inters hundreds of unclaimed dead
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Senator blocks Obama nominee over drilling halt

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:31 PM PST

The Obama administration won't be able to fill a key science position until it testifies about a decision to block areas of the eastern Gulf and Atlantic seaboard from new oil and gas drilling, a Republican senator said Thursday.

Correction: Man in River story

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:21 PM PST

In a Dec. 8 story about a Montana man being sought by police, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he was being sought for a 2008 case in which he was found bound with a bag over his head on the banks of the Yellowstone River in what police determined was a hoax. Police are seeking Lionel Scott Ellison for ...

AG vows accountability for WikiLeaks participants

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:11 PM PST

Attorney General Eric Holder says he is hopeful that the people responsible for the WikiLeaks disclosures of classified information are brought to justice.

Probe into Texas network's blackmail claim dropped

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 01:00 PM PST

Dallas-area police have dropped their investigation into a Christian television network's allegations of extortion by three former employees.

Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:51 PM PST

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would have repealed the military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" and allowed gay troops to serve openly.

Czech towns deploy cardboard police in miniskirts

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:51 AM PST

Authorities say that life-sized cardboards of female police officers in miniskirts placed alongside roads have managed to slow down speeding drivers in several central Czech towns.

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Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:51 AM PST

AFL-CIO opposes South Korea free trade agreement

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:51 AM PST

The nation's largest labor federation is opposing the free trade deal between the Obama administration and South Korea.

NH: Utility not to blame in power shutoff death

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:30 AM PST

New Hampshire regulators say an electric utility acted legally when it shut off power to a woman who didn't pay her power bill and died after an oxygen machine she needed stopped working.

NYC auction features JFK photos

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST

A trove of John F. Kennedy pictures by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton was set for auction Thursday, including a rare image of Marilyn Monroe with the president and Robert Kennedy at a Democratic fundraiser.

Terrorist's life term before appeals court

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 10:01 AM PST

A U.S. man who became an al-Qaida terrorist and plotted to assassinate then-President George W. Bush has asked a federal appeals court in Virginia to throw out his life sentence.

AP Source: Obama meeting with Lakers next week

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:21 AM PST

A White House official says President Barack Obama will meet with the NBA champion L.A. Lakers next week. It's not clear, though, that the basketball-loving president will shoot hoops with Kobe Bryant and his teammates.

Report: For-profit colleges cashing in on military

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:21 AM PST

For-profit college companies are taking in enormous amounts of federal student aid money by recruiting and enrolling military service members, veterans and their families, with questionable returns, according to a new report from a vocal Senate critic of the industry.

Fossilized hyena dung found off Dutch coast

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:11 AM PST

Researchers say a curled-up brown fossil dredged up off the Dutch coast is an ancient piece of hyena dung, the first found in the North Sea dating back to the Late Pleistocene era, 12,000-100,000 years ago.

Police: Man claims he's a vampire, burns V on teen

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST

Police in Alabama say a 20-year-old man who believes he is a vampire and goes by the nickname "Vamp" is accused of burning a "V" into a teenager's forehead.

Man pleads not guilty in Ohio pot transport probe

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 08:51 AM PST

A California man has pleaded not guilty in what authorities say was a scheme to fly thousands of pounds of marijuana from California to Ohio.

Report: For-profit colleges cashing in on veterans

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 08:21 AM PST

For-profit college companies take in enormous amounts of federal student aid money by recruiting and enrolling military service members, veterans and their families, with questionable returns, says a new report from a vocal Senate critic of the industry.