A security man walks near a Volkswagen Polo …
Journalists and militant groups hold anti-government …
12 seconds ago 2009-12-12T02:36:22-08:00
HERNDON, Va. - Authorities in Virginia are saying a man's wife has been found in a suitcase at the couple's apartment after he told police he had killed her. Full Story »
Top Stories - AP
-
Police: Virginia man's wife found dead in suitcase
AP – Fri Dec 11, 10:49 pm ET -
Move to cut ACORN funding ruled unconstitutional
AP – Fri Dec 11, 10:45 pm ETNEW YORK - The U.S. government's move this fall to cut off funding to ACORN was unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Friday, handing the embattled group a legal victory. Full Story »
-
Missile defense test aborted when target fails
AP – Fri Dec 11, 10:26 pm ETHONOLULU - The Missile Defense Agency says a planned test of a ground-based missile defense system in Hawaii was aborted because the target missile failed. Full Story »
-
Neb. investigators say faulty valve caused blaze
AP – Fri Dec 11, 9:46 pm ET
AP
NORFOLK, Neb. - Investigators are blaming a faulty valve for a propane-fueled blaze at a closed Nebraska manufacturing plant that forced thousands of evacuations. Full Story »
-
Attorney dispute in Dugard case unresolved
AP – Fri Dec 11, 9:35 pm ET
AFP/Getty Images/File
PLACERVILLE, Calif. - It's still unclear who will represent one of two people charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard. Full Story »
-
Official: Lead prosecutor named in Fort Hood case
AP – Fri Dec 11, 9:23 pm ETFORT HOOD, Texas - A senior military official said Friday that a new lead prosecutor has been appointed in the Fort Hood shooting case, a man who secured the death penalty in a similar case four years ago. Full Story »
-
Snow strands motorists on NY Thruway near Pa. line
AP – Fri Dec 11, 9:09 pm ETBUFFALO, N.Y. - More than 100 people who spent the night in snowbound cars and trucks on a closed stretch of New York State Thruway were guided off the highway Friday, but travel remained treacherous in the southwest corner of the state and into Pennsylvania. Full Story »
-
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 858
AP – Fri Dec 11, 8:51 pm ETAs of Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at least 858 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Full Story »
-
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,369
AP – Fri Dec 11, 8:43 pm ETAs of Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at least 4,369 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Full Story »
-
Competency hearing ends for Smart kidnap suspect
AP – Fri Dec 11, 7:45 pm ET
AP
SALT LAKE CITY - Ten days of testimony in a federal court competency hearing shed new light on the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart but also raised some persistent questions about his mental state. Full Story »
Top Stories Photos
More Top Stories Photos »Elsewhere on the Web
Subscribe
Add headlines to your personalized My Yahoo! page (About My Yahoo! and RSS)
- Top Stories
- From the Yahoo! Newsroom
- Obituaries
- More rain expected on Saturday, as Pacific storm hits the California coast San Jose Mercury News – Fri Dec 11, 11:29 pm ET
- Police Blotter San Jose Mercury News – Fri Dec 11, 8:44 pm ET
- Career schools official Jason Hodge dies at 34 San Francisco Chronicle – 2 hrs 3 mins ago
- Newsom finds new spokesman close at hand San Francisco Chronicle – 2 hrs 4 mins ago
- Sunnyvale supports change in the General Plan to end 'no trail' ban The Sunnyvale Sun – Wed Dec 9, 8:26 pm ET
- Former Sunnyvale teacher gets two years for molesting student The Sunnyvale Sun – Wed Dec 9, 11:56 am ET
