The man accused of killing a Dixie County sheriff's captain in January made his first court appearance in Dixie County on Thursday morning. ...more

March 11, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) — A TV producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs. Robert "Joe" Halderman entered his guilty plea to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan court ...more

March 9, 2010

Manny Nieves was behind the wheel of his friend Alyssa Marie Aracich's red Pontiac Sunfire on Friday evening as they and another friend prepared to go to McDonald's. ...more

February 14, 2010

Esteban Merchan, 19, was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder in the death of Vincent Thomas, 22; Tony Black, 22; and Rafael G. Guadalupe, 21. ...more

January 26, 2010

An Oregon man who FBI agents say was angling for frequent flier miles has made his first court appearance on a charge of interfering with a commercial jetliner crew by filling out a comment card that talked about crashing into the ocean. ...more

January 11, 2010

An 11-year-old girl, held for psychiatric evaluation last week after she and a co-defendant were accused setting her mother on fire, was transferred out of the hospital and into juvenile detention over the weekend, officials said. ...more

January 4, 2010

Even before an 11-year-old girl was accused of setting her house afire in a plot to burn her mother, the household was far from harmonious, according to court documents. ...more

December 31, 2009

China today executed a British man convicted of drug smuggling in its first execution of a European citizen in half a century, drawing a strong condemnation from Britain's prime minister. ...more

December 28, 2009

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Charlie Sheen's wife has told Aspen police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her after she said she wanted a divorce. ...more

December 28, 2009

Police concerns that media-hungry terrorists would attack Michael Jackson's trial as a "soft target" led to a request for federal help, according to FBI files kept on the late pop star. The documents also show that the FBI helped facilitate interviews in the Philippines by California authorities investigating Jackson over allegations that he had sexually abused boys. ...more

December 23, 2009