WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Jurado en las Bahamas determina que hijo de Anna Nicole Smith murió por sobredosis accidental de drogas y recomienda no formular cargos criminales.

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WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Police say a man who wrested a gun from a police officer and took a dozen hostages in a bank in suburban Chicago has died after shooting himself in the head.

Police say the standoff began after a Wheaton police officer responded to a call of a hit-and-run accident near the bank. Deputy Chief Thomas ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal appeals court Friday refused to dismiss fraud and theft charges against celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht and said he can be tried again _ but ordered the judge replaced to help ease the "rancor in the courtroom."

The judge at Wecht's first trial did not follow proper procedure in declarin...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.

Not far behind was a much bigger worry: a ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike, on ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A prosecutor described a schoolteacher's husband as a jealous, calculating killer as trial opened Friday on charges he murdered his wife's teenage lover. But a defense lawyer told the jury that the defendant was a victim himself of a spouse who flaunted her infidelity.

Eric McLean, 33, is charged wi...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Ike is still far out in the Atlantic, but it's getting a close look from those who weathered 1992's Andrew, the devastating Category 5 storm against which all other Florida hurricanes are measured.

"There's an obvious comparison. The thing's taking aim at deep South Florida," said Tad DeMilly, who a...

NEW YORK (AP) - The glamorous set had a message for economic worrywarts as New York Fashion Week kicked off Friday: Chill out.

A loose, beachy vibe infused the first collections for spring 2009, drawing inspiration from fantasies of far-off places. Tropical prints combined with an easy slouch to evoke less stressfu...

MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A Michigan man accused in a shooting rampage that killed three teenage swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin-Michigan border pleaded insanity to 10 felonies Friday, including new counts that he tried to kill six other teens.

Scott J. Johnson, 38, of Kingsford, Mich., had been charged with three count...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Nearly every nation pledged to do more to combat terrorism with the approval Friday of a U.N. General Assembly resolution that does not include a definition of such activities or say anything about states that engage in terrorist acts.

The resolution, adopted by consensus, is intended to encourage i...

(AP) - The following recall has been announced:

_Trader Joe's Company is recalling 1,000 cases of Trader Joe's Pinjur because some customers reported finding small pieces of glass in the condiment, according to the company. The Monrovia, Calif., company did not immediately disclose if anyone was injured. T...