Lawmaker says low rate of pregnancy from rape

WASHINGTON — Republican Arizona congressman Trent Franks drew a sharp response during debate on an abortion bill when he said that the number of pregnancies resulting from rape is very low.

Supreme Court rejects routine no-warrant DUI blood tests

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police usually must try to obtain a search warrant from a judge before ordering blood tests for drunken-driving suspects.

Giffords at Tucson shooting site: Expand gun-buyer background checks

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned Wednesday to the northwest side grocery store where she was nearly slain Jan. 8, 2011 to advocate for expanded background checks for gun buyers.

Tucson shooting rampage records OK for release

A judge has lifted his order that prevented the release of investigation records in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords two years ago.

Loughner returned to Missouri prison

The man who carried out the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been returned to the federal prison in Missouri where he has been treated for mental illness for about 18 months.

Tigers fired up, serious for initial game in SEC

COLUMBIA, Mo. - A new era has dawned at Missouri, which makes its Southeastern Conference debut on Saturday night against No. 7 Georgia, and there's no denying the excitement. Even coach Gary Pinkel failed to stick to his usual "it's the next game" script for more than a sentence or two on m…

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Mo. teen gets life for killing neighbor, 9

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Mo. teen pleads guilty to killing 9-year-old girl

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri teenager who told authorities that she strangled, cut and stabbed a 9-year-old neighbor because she wanted to know how it felt pleaded guilty Tuesday in the girl’s death.

Request for Loughner videos denied by judge

A federal judge in Arizona has denied a request from lawyers for Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner that all of his competency interviews be videotaped.

Reject Loughner’s appeal, feds tell appeals court

PHOENIX — Prosecutors asked an appeals court to reject requests by the lawyers for Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner to halt his forced medication with psychotropic drugs and rescind his stay at a prison facility in Missouri.

Court: Send Tucson shooter back to Missouri

PHOENIX - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Tucson shooter Jared Lee Lougner can be returned from Tucson to a Missouri prison facility where he will undergo more mental health treatment to try to make him mentally fit to stand trial.

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Floods, winds menace South after West's major snowfall

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Residents of some Western and Plains states were digging out Friday after an early blast of snow. Meanwhile, heavy rain and winds that toppled trees, power lines and church steeples lashed parts of the South, leaving three people dead.

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Historias que dan esperanza

SAN DIEGO.-Por provenir de una familia que es un poco como un guiso racial y étnico —su madre es afro-cubana, su padre es australiano de origen irlandés— Soledad O'Brien, de CNN, puede optar por identificarse de muchas maneras.

Missouri trucker firing AK-47 says he helped 25 to safety in siege

KABUL — Armed with an AK-47, an American contract worker said Wednesday that he held off militants attacking the Bakhtar residential hotel in Kabul, allowing about two dozen U.N. election workers to escape.