Naval Academy files sex assault charges against three football players

Three male Naval Academy midshipmen have been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a female midshipman last year and with making a false official statement.The woman told investigators that she was assaulted by the men — all Academy football players at the time — at an off-campus party in April 2012. On Wednesday, the academy announced the accused men were charged with making a false officia...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 5:14 pm

LA schools to give every student an iPad

Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks. The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads as the first part of a multi-year commitment. It found that the iPad was the least expensive ...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 4:40 pm

'Modern-day slavery': State Dept. says millions of human trafficking victims go unidentified

Nine 7-Eleven store owners and managers who authorities say ran a “modern-day plantation system,” employing dozens of immigrant workers at New York and Virginia convenience stores, were just one thread in a vast human trafficking and forced labor web that stretches around the world and into American homes.Investigators filed indictments earlier this week against the eight men and one woman who wer...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 4:40 pm

George Zimmerman's parents attend jury selection

George Zimmerman's parents were in a Florida courtroom Wednesday to "visibly advocate" for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin, the family said in a statement.Robert and Gladys Zimmerman did not previously attend jury selection because they have received death threats and have been taking care of an elderly relative with Alzheimer's, their older son, Rober...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 4:18 pm

Feds: 2 plotted to build 'Hiroshima light switch' weapon

Two upstate New York men, one of them said to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan, plotted to build a truck-mounted, industrial-strength X-ray weapon to kill “enemies of Israel” by poisoning them with radiation, federal authorities said Wednesday.One of them boasted that he could build a “Hiroshima light switch” and that “everything with respiration would be dead by morning,” authorities said.Investig...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 2:00 pm

Google: 'We're not in cahoots with the NSA'

Google’s chief legal officer said Wednesday “we’re not in cahoots with the NSA” as the company stepped up its efforts to reassure customers that their gmail and Internet browsing history are safe from government prying."There is no free-for-all, no direct access, no indirect access, no back door, no drop box," said David Drummond, Google's top lawyer, in a live webchat with The Guardian newspaper....    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 2:00 pm

Son allegedly stabs father, cuts off his own hands

An argument ended grimly in California this week, with a father found in the driveway bleeding from stab wounds and his son nearby, his severed hands lying on the ground.Shasta County Sherriff’s deputies responded to a reported stabbing in Redding, Calif., on Monday afternoon to find the gruesome scene with “visible injuries” in the driveway, according to a news release.Both Gregory Dunn, 58, and ...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 1:16 pm

Missing elderly Kansas couple found safe, 400 miles from destination

A missing elderly Kansas couple who set out on an eight-hour trip from Kansas to Illinois to visit family on Monday afternoon was found Wednesday afternoon in Mio, Mich., – about 400 miles from their original destination.“They took a wrong turn,” Garnett Police Chief Kevin Pekarek said.Vernon Hunt, 92, and his wife Goldie, 81, of Garnett, Kan. were reported missing by their son Jay Selanders Monda...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 12:21 pm

IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses, senator says

The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees' union on Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 12:04 pm

FBI director tells Congress agency uses drones for surveillance on U.S. soil

FBI director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that the nation's top law enforcement bureau uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil, though only on a "very, very minimal basis."Mueller, the FBI director since 2001 who is set to retire this year, acknowledged that his agency uses drones in its investigative and law enforcement practices, and is further working to establish better guidelines fo...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 12:04 pm

FBI director: Drones 'seldom' used for domestic surveillance

FBI director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that the nation's top law enforcement bureau uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil, though only on a "very, very minimal basis."Mueller, the FBI director since 2001 who is set to retire this year, acknowledged that his agency uses drones in its investigative and law enforcement practices, and is further working to establish better guidelines fo...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 11:53 am

Police return to home of star Patriots tight end Hernandez

Police returned Wednesday to the home of star New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, about a mile away from an industrial park where a body two nights earlier.There was no answer at the door, and police declined to say what was in papers they were carrying, NBC affiliate WHDH in Boston reported.Police also visited the house Tuesday night. Sports Illustrated, citing an unnamed source, repo...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 11:48 am

Paul McCartney: Being Stella’s dad, ‘pretty cool’

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 11:26 am

Big brothers save little sister from bear

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 11:20 am

Prosecutors: Disabled mom, child held captive, tortured

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 11:09 am

Police dog left to die in hot patrol car?

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 11:09 am

Teens claim ex-con hurled ax at their car

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 10:52 am

Cops accused of brutality: Suspect choked on drugs

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 10:52 am

Accused Cleveland kidnapper utters few words in court

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 10:46 am

Obama delivers address at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 10:46 am

Latest search for Jimmy Hoffa called off with no remains found

The FBI has called off the dig for Jimmy Hoffa in a suburban Detroit field where a tipster insisted he was buried alive.No human remains were found during three days of excavation on the one-acre parcel, officials said."We're disappointed," said Robert Foley, head of the FBI's Detroit office.The feds were led to the site by Tony Zerilli, who claims he was told the Teamsters Boss was whacked with a...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 10:41 am

Police, son still looking for missing Kan. elderly couple

An elderly Kansas couple that set out on an eight-hour trip from Kansas to Illinois to visit family on Monday afternoon has not been heard from since.Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Vernon Hunt, 92, and his wife Goldie, 81, of Garnett, Kan. The couple left their house early Monday morning to visit Goldie’s twin sister in Dwight, Ill. When they never arrived, the couple’s son Ja...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 10:13 am

'I know he's there,' tipster says of Hoffa dig site

Two days of digging in a suburban Detroit field has not turned up any sign of Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa's remains, but the tipster who sent the FBI there insists it is the burial site."I know he's there," Tony Zerilli told NBC News. "I'm not wrong."Since Hoffa vanished in 1975, authorities have searched dozens of spots for his body. Informants have claimed he was entombed at Giants Stadium, fed to...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 9:56 am

'Extreme' Arizona wildfire burns 5,000 acres in just 7 hours

Hundreds of people were evacuated in Arizona on Tuesday after a wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just seven hours.More than 300 firefighters, along with multiple helicopters and aircraft, moved in to tackle the “extreme” blaze which started in “remote, rugged terrain” on the east side of Granite Mountain near Prescott, Arizona, officials said.Authorities told The Associated Press...    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 9:50 am

Obama: Stand up for our 'gay and lesbian brothers and sisters'

    

Posted by on 19 June 2013 | 9:50 am

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