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No bail for Pa. woman accused of killing FBI agent; claims she thought agents were burglars
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November 20, 2008 - 12:23 PM EST
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A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband's arrest on cocaine-dealing charges.Christina Korbe, 40, was arraigned early Thursday on a homicide charge in the shooting death of Special Agent Sam Hicks on Wednesday.Korbe told investigators she thought her home was being burglarized and that she was shooting at an intruder.Hicks and other law enforcement...
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8-year-old accused of killing dad, another man can spend Thanksgiving with mother, judge says
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November 20, 2008 - 10:55 AM EST
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An 8-year-old boy accused of killing his father and another man in eastern Arizona will be allowed to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a move that drew criticism from the family of the second victim.The boy and his mother, Eryn Thomas, sat beside each other in court Wednesday in St. Johns, often leaning over and whispering into one another's ear. The boy, wearing a navy blue shirt and pants, was free from the cuffs he wore...
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Mother of teen who hanged herself after cruel online messages testifies in LA courtroom
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November 20, 2008 - 7:48 AM EST
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Tina Meier often sat with her daughter while she was online to ensure nothing fishy was happening. Lori Drew wanted to find out what kind of nasty rumors were being spread about her daughter.Both women _ once neighbors and friends _ have been described as protective mothers worried about their children.But as her trial opened Wednesday, Drew watched as Meier recounted from the witness stand how her 13-year-old daughter, Megan,...
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Michigan worries about doomsday scenario if domestic automakers fail or shrink significantly
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November 20, 2008 - 6:12 AM EST
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A quarter-century ago, Michigan's monthly unemployment rate hit 17 percent and so many laid-off workers left the state that bumper stickers asked, "Will the last one leaving Michigan please turn out the lights?"Fears of a replay now have residents feeling even gloomier in this hard-hit industrial state where the Detroit Three are headquartered.Executives with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC have so far...
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3 US airports opening new runways amid global economic woes, drop in domestic flights
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November 20, 2008 - 6:04 AM EST
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Alarm in the aviation industry over a projected 10 percent drop in domestic flights this winter hasn't derailed plans to open multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports on Thursday.Despite global economic woes that have fewer people taking to the skies, airport officials in all three cities are heralding the new capacity as crucial to alleviating congestion and delays, especially in the long term.They say that's well...
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Pa. Senate Republicans have lesson to teach with only GOP-run legislative chamber in Northeast
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November 20, 2008 - 5:55 AM EST
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Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands.The party's success could provide a template for fellow Republicans looking to win back majorities not just in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, where they lost the New York Senate and Delaware House on Nov. 4, but across...
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Gay advocates disappointed in shelving of Chicago school, say efforts lag behind other cities
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November 20, 2008 - 5:41 AM EST
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As far as Miguel Garcia is concerned, Chicago already has a gay high school. Jones College Prep, where the 16-year-old is a junior, has the city's largest Gay Straight Alliance, an organization of more than 100 students that he and other members say wields considerable influence at their downtown campus.When he heard about the now-scuttled proposal to open a gay-friendly high school, Garcia said to his classmates, "Don't we...
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Michigan worries about doomsday scenario if domestic automakers fail or shrink significantly
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November 20, 2008 - 5:26 AM EST
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A quarter-century ago, Michigan's monthly unemployment rate hit 17 percent and so many laid-off workers left the state that bumper stickers asked, "Will the last one leaving Michigan please turn out the lights?"Fears of a replay now have residents feeling even gloomier in this hard-hit industrial state where the Detroit Three are headquartered.Executives with General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC have so far...
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Gay advocates disappointed in shelving of Chicago school, say efforts lag behind other cities
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November 20, 2008 - 4:45 AM EST
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As far as Miguel Garcia is concerned, Chicago already has a gay high school.Jones College Prep, where the 16-year-old is a junior, has the city's largest Gay Straight Alliance, an organization of more than 100 students that he and other members say wields considerable influence at their downtown campus.When he heard about the now-scuttled proposal to open a gay-friendly high school, Garcia said to his classmates, "Don't we...
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