Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'-fee) says he'll continue efforts to salvage former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company and protect his state's investment. More »RI gov tries to salvage ex-Red Sox pitcher's firm
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald explained his resignation Thursday on the belief that new blood would be healthy for the office — turning the speculation to who might end up replacing one of the longest-serving and most highly regarded prosecutors in the country. More »Speculation now switches to Fitzgerald successor
For the second time in three days, a former campaign staffer to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has pleaded guilty to a federal offense arising from Gray's 2010 mayoral bid. More »2nd campaign aide to DC mayor pleads guilty
A man accused in the disappearance of a 15-year-old California girl made his first appearance in court Thursday but did not enter a plea. More »Suspect in disappearance of Calif teen arraigned
A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years. More »One-time top Calif. football prospect exonerated
An Arkansas man assumed the boy wrapped in a blanket on the futon in his home was his sleeping cousin. But hours later he realized it was a 14-year-old boy he'd never seen before who, police determined Thursday, had been shot while playing with a gun with a friend. More »Cops: Teen covers shot friend with blanket, leaves
VERY PROFITABLE: January through March was the most profitable first quarter for U.S. banks in nearly five years, and the number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter. More »News Summary: US bank earnings rose in 1st quarter
Police have identified a man at the center of a murder-suicide investigation involving five family members as 27-year-old Nikolai Lazukin. More »Autopsy: Man found dead was shot; family killed
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company, which received a $75 million loan guarantee to move to Rhode Island in 2010, laid off its entire staff on Thursday. More »Ex-Red Sox pitcher's RI gaming firm lays off staff
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan is the only option right now for ending the violence in Syria. More »Ban tells CNN Annan plan is Syria's only choice
A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops, his religious mission to get "justice" for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. More »AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plot
A New Jersey man who confessed to choking a 6-year-old New York City boy to death in 1979 was arrested on a murder charge on Thursday, police said, the first arrest in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement. More »Man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Patz
A U.S.-born man accused of being a drug cartel lieutenant pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal racketeering and drug charges, one day after he was extradited from Mexico. More »Extradited drug cartel suspect pleads not guilty
A tiny Canadian company announced Thursday it had raised enough money to start producing oil from Utah's tar sands for a first-of-its kind project in the U.S. More »Oil sands company raises $11M for Utah project
The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking. More »Private supply ship flies by space station in test
Post Holdings Inc.'s second-quarter net income fell 64 percent as the maker of Honey Bunches of Oats and Grape-Nuts spent more on advertising and struggled with higher ingredient costs, lower cereal sales and expenses from its spinoff from Ralcorp. More »Post's 2Q profit down on weak cereal sales
Winds and erratic flames forced firefighters to sit on the sidelines Thursday as a massive fire that destroyed a dozen homes and several other structures in small New Mexico community grew larger and put more buildings at risk. More »Wildfire destroys 12 homes in southwestern NM
A man accused of commanding a police squad that rounded up Bosnian Muslims for slaughter in 1995 fashioned a new life in Las Vegas as a modest grocery store owner before being arrested and deported to his native country, a lawyer and U.S. officials said Thursday. More »Vegas grocer accused of war crimes sent to Bosnia
The city of New York violated the Constitution by raiding an Occupy Wall Street site last year, destroying the "People's Library" and seizing its 3,600 books, a new lawsuit charged Thursday. More »Lawsuit decries raid on Occupy 'People's Library'
The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog said Thursday that two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against then-Sen. Ted Stevens engaged in reckless professional misconduct by failing to disclose information favorable to the lawmaker, who eight days after his 2008 conviction lost re-election to the seat he held for 40 years. More »Justice Dept.: Misconduct by 2 in Stevens case
Delphi Automotive is expanding its global reach and its ability to make electronic connectors for vehicles by buying FCI Group's motorized vehicles division for 765 million euros ($959.4 million), the companies announced Thursday. More »Delphi buying FCI Group's unit for $959M
A young Marine returning to civilian life in Kansas died this week after falling from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where he had stopped to do some sightseeing on his way home from Camp Pendleton, Calif., his father said. More »Grand Canyon fall kills Marine who was going home
A marine biologist and television science commentator whose wife was brutally beaten in Washington last month says police have been investigating him in the attack and was for weeks denied visitation rights at the hospital. More »TV scientist denies involvement in wife's assault
A federal lawsuit claims the city of New York violated the Constitution by raiding an Occupy Wall Street site last year, destroying the so-called "People's Library" and taking its 3,600 books. More »Lawsuit decries destruction of 'People's Library'
Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants. More »Obama taps Yucca Mtn critic to lead nuclear agency
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