Ann Romney's plane makes emergency landing, all safe
WASHINGTON - Ann Romney's airplane made an emergency landing in Colorado on Friday after its cabin filled with smoke, the campaign of her husband, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney, said.
First lawsuits filed against theater in Colorado shooting
DENVER - Three Colorado moviegoers who were wounded when a gunman opened fire at a July screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" on Friday sued the owner of the theater, Cinemark USA, accusing it of failing to provide adequate security, their lawyers said.
Secret Service did not compromise security during Colombia prostitute scandal: probe
WASHINGTON - Thirteen employees of the U.S. Secret Service were entangled in a prostitution scandal in Colombia earlier this year but their actions did not compromise the safety of the president, a Department of Homeland Security investigation found.
Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown
WASHINGTON - A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an October 1 government shutdown.
Amanda Bynes charged with driving on suspended license
LOS ANGELES - Former child star Amanda Bynes was charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving on a suspended license on Friday, after the actress was stopped and cited by police last week in Burbank city, police officials said.
Freed American recalls Nicaragua prison ordeal
SEATTLE, Washington - An American recently freed from a Nicaragua jail after being wrongfully convicted of drug trafficking said on Friday he plans to put his ordeal in prison behind him and go to graduate school.
Chicago teachers to vote October 2 on new contract
CHICAGO - Chicago teachers will vote October 2 on whether to approve a contract with the nation's third-largest public school district following their first strike in 25 years, school and union officials said on Friday.
"Fatal Vision" author doubts defense theory in 1970 killing
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - The author of a best-selling book about an Army doctor convicted of killing his family testified on Friday that he never heard a key defense witness admit to being present at the 1970 murders that are once more back in the national spotlight.
New York's Suffolk County looks to expand sewer system
- New York's Suffolk County will look at ways to expand its sewer system to boost development, including a possible sale or some kind of deal with the county's water authority.
Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York's Bronx Zoo
NEW YORK - A Siberian tiger critically injured a man who jumped into the big cat's den at New York's Bronx Zoo on Friday, retreating only after emergency workers scared it off with a fire extinguisher.
Pelosi confident Democrats will win back House, says Obama will “win big”
Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that despite predictions by so-called experts to the contrary, she's confident her party will win back the chamber in the Nov. 6 election.
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