Nov 19 - By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press Writer
A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state's largest newspaper Thursday, saying it repeatedly plagiarized stories after cutting its own reporting staff to save money.

Nov 5 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
A Massachusetts man accused of plotting to kill Americans was portrayed by federal prosecutors Thursday as a jihadist who is too dangerous to be released on bail, but the man's lawyer said he was charged only after he refused to become an FBI informant against Muslims.
Oct 29 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
A space scientist accused of attempted espionage was ordered held without bond Thursday after prosecutors said he was a "walking safe deposit box" of government secrets who claimed to have already passed some of them to Israel.
Oct 28 - By Associated Press
A man has been charged with blackmail over a threat to kill 4-year-old colt Conduit before his Group One victory at Ascot.
Oct 27 - By Associated Press
Denver police have crushed a car belonging to a man who pleaded guilty to attempting to sexually assault a child.
Oct 26 - By Associated Press
A New Jersey woman has pleaded guilty to one count of neglect in the death of her 25-year-old daughter who died from malnutrition.

Oct 20 - By Denise Lavoie, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Tarek Mehanna grew up in Boston's upscale suburbs, earned a doctorate in pharmacology, taught religion and math at a Muslim middle school and was considered a typical American kid by those who knew him. Yet Mehanna, who had Egyptian and U.S. citizenship, told a friend he felt out of place in America, according to documents filed in court. And prosecutors say he used his hostility toward this country in a plot to kill U.S. troops in Iraq, assassinate top politicians and shoot down shoppers in U.S. malls.
Oct 20 - By Associated Press
A Wyoming man has been charged with counterfeiting money to pay an exotic dancer for a private performance. Rickey A. Kempter, 50, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Oct 19 - By Associated Press
MGM Mirage said Tuesday it will take a nearly $1 billion charge against third-quarter earnings because it had to slash selling prices at CityCenter, a huge condo development in Las Vegas.
Oct 16 - By Associated Press
A woman is accused of showing a pornographic video out the window of her Grand Forks home near an elementary school. Police said 37-year-old Nicole Altendorf bit an officer's arm and kicked him several times in the groin as he tried arrest her Friday. In the squad car, she allegedly spit in the officer's face.

Oct 14 - By Roger Alford, Associated Press Writer
Steve Nunn said nothing in court. His glum, unshaven face spoke volumes.
Oct 9 - By Associated Press
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Los Alamos National Laboratory worker on two charges after he was accused of trying to take radioactive-tainted gold worth $2,000 from the lab.

Oct 6 - By Associated Press
Boeing said Tuesday it expects to record a charge of $1 billion in the third quarter due to higher costs in its 747-8 program and difficult market conditions.
Oct 5 - By Associated Press
Boeing says it expects to take a charge of $1 billion, or 90 cents per share, in the third quarter due to higher costs in its 747-8 program and because of market conditions.
Oct 1 - By Associated Press
A U.S. Army soldier was arrested and charged with selling four stolen hand grenades and a stolen anti-tank rocket to an undercover officer in Tennessee, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Sep 29 - By Associated Press
A New York businessman accused of trying to funnel money to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of terrorism financing and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Sep 14 - By Roger Alford, Associated Press Writer
A one-time Kentucky political star whose reputation was tarnished by an ex-girlfriend's domestic violence allegations told police of wanting revenge when he was arrested in a cemetery hours after she was shot to death.
Sep 11 - By Associated Press
A reluctant federal judge in Massachusetts has dropped a marijuana possession charge against author and blogger Andrew Sullivan.
Sep 11 - By Meghan Barr, Associated Press Writers
A judge ruled Monday that an autistic teenager is not competent to stand trial in the fatal beating of his doting mother and should remain in the treatment facility where he has been living for several months.
Sep 9 - By Associated Press
Armstrong World Industries Inc. said on Wednesday that it expects to take a $31 million accounting charge as it lives up to change-in-control agreements for employees and directors.
Sep 9 - By Michael Marot, AP Sports Writer
Peyton Manning embraces all those titles he's had over the years.
Aug 31 - By Christopher Elliott, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Billing snafus, called folios in hotel-speak, are usually innocent mistakes. But in this awful economy, hotels are far less reluctant to fix the gaffes unless they can find the guilty party.
Aug 27 - By David Porter, Associated Press Writer
On the quiet street where she spent the last few years of her life, Emily Errico might as well have been a ghost.

Aug 27 - By Jeffrey McMurray, Associated Press Writers
Former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie was arraigned on a drunken driving charge Thursday after refusing sobriety tests during an early morning traffic stop in which officers said they smelled alcohol on his breath.
Aug 19 - By Associated Press
A former member of the Syrian military has pleaded innocent to conspiring to sell military-grade weapons to a U.S.-designated terrorist group in Colombia.