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1. Freed hostage Jill Carroll is one step closer to returning home. The freelance journalist is expected to land at Logan International Airport in Boston late tomorrow morning. Carroll was snatch ed o
1. Neil Entwistle, the British man accused of murdering his wife and infant daughter, was arraign ed in court Thursday. Entwistle pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail . 2. The investig
1. Harry Whittington says accidents do and will happen. The 78-year-old lawyer was released from a hospital Friday, 6 days after Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot him during a quail hunting
1. The winners of the record-breaking Powerball jackpot step forward Wednesday to claim their prize. The eight co-workers from Nebraska will each receive about 22 million dollars before taxes. 2. Conc
1. This White House report finds poor planning and lack of leadership led to widespread failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina. The Department of Homeland Security says it's taking steps to prepar
1. After insisting that he wasn't supposed to play a role in 9/11, Zacarias Moussaoui is now contradicting himself with some surprising testimony. The al-Qaida conspirator testifying at his death pena
1. Baghdad police found 17 bodies under a bridge Wednesday. The men had been handcuff ed and then shot. Hundreds of Iraqis have been killed in sectarian violence and by death squad s operating inside
1. Tennessee officials say Marry Winkler confess ed to killing her minister husband Wednesday and then leaving town with the couple's three young daughters. Winkler was arrested late last night after
1. The deadline has passed, and still no word about the fate of kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll. Her captors are demanding a release of all female prisoners in Iraq. Carroll was kidnapped J
1. New video obtained exclusively by the Associated Press shows a FEMA briefing 19 hours before Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. Then chief Michael Brown shows a clear sense of urgency a
1. The Arab based company that was set to take over port operations in the United States is back ing out of the deal. The company owned by the government of Dubai says it plans to transfer the operati
1. The UN tribunal says it will conduct a full investigation into Slobodan Milosevic’s death. The former Serb leader apparently died of natural causes in his prison cell in the Netherlands where he
1. It seems Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack. That’s according to the preliminary autopsy results. The former Yugoslav leader was found dead in his jail cell in the Netherlands Saturday, on
1. The government scored a partial victory Friday in the death penalty trial of Al-Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. The judge accepted a compromise which allows prosecutors to present new witness
1. Sunday marked the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. With dwindling public support, President Bush took to the road Monday giving a speech in Cleveland. He talked about the progress bein
1. The prime suspect in grad student Imette St. Guillen's brutal death has been charged. Darryl Littlejohn denies raping, strangling and dumping the 24-year-old student's body last month in Brooklyn.
1. Seven people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a group of partygoers at a Seattle home, then took his own life. Three others were hurt during the shooting rampage this morning. The victims are
1. In Afghanistan, the Pentagon is extending the tour of more than 2,000 Marines after insisting the unit would come home on time. Military leaders say they need more troops. So now the unit is due home in early November. 2. Hostages released in Col
1. Police in Illinois say they have evidence linking this man to eight murders over the past week. They are warning the public that Nicholas Sheley is armed and dangerous. And they are offering a 25-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to
1.Three Americans held hostage by rebels in Colombia for more than five years are heading home to Florida. The men had been recovering at a San Antonio, Texas hospital since being rescued in an undercover operation last week. 2.President Bush s form