When confetti runs out, Yankee fans toss files

New York City office workers who got carried away during the Yankees victory parade Friday apparently began tossing files and documents out the window when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.

Nov 07, 2009 | 3:05 pm

Preliminary reports: 3 ND college students drowned

Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.

Nov 06, 2009 | 7:55 pm

Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes

ORLANDO, Fla. | A man who was so deep in debt that he did not have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding five, authorities said.

Nov 06, 2009 | 5:45 pm | Loading…

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Perot pledges $6.1M to Army college in Kansas

Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Nov 06, 2009 | 3:15 pm

Fla. yacht broker gets 2 months prison in UBS case

A Florida yacht broker who admitted filing a false U.S. tax return and concealing millions of dollars in a secret account at Swiss bank UBS AG was sentenced Friday to two months in prison.

Nov 06, 2009 | 11:35 am

Jobless rate tops 10 percent for first time since '83

WASHINGTON | The unemployment rate has passed the psychological threshold of 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher.

Nov 06, 2009 | 11:00 am | Loading…

Medical marijuana shops abound in California

A surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug. This wine country town has welcomed a dispensary as a strong source of tax revenue during the recession.

Nov 06, 2009 | 8:35 am

Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted `Allahu Akbar'

FORT HOOD, Texas | Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday.

Nov 06, 2009 | 7:30 am | Loading…

Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect

WASHINGTON | His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

Nov 06, 2009 | 7:25 am | Loading…

Will he shoot? Ex-Trail Blazer eyes Ore. gov race

Chris Dudley's free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair _ and Oregon's Republicans think he can score.

Nov 06, 2009 | 4:05 am

Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt

FORT HOOD, Texas | An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, in a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

Nov 06, 2009 | 12:00 am

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