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Indians' Perez deletes Twitter account
Indians closer Chris Perez deactivated his Twitter account following two rough outings, and after receiving a slew of negative comments. Perez took down (at)chrisperez54 on Monday, not long after the two-time All-Star gave up a ninth-inning home run to Seattle's Endy Chavez. It was the second straight poor performance by ...
Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine torture cases
Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a new wave of prosecutions focusing on corporate ...
Lawyer: Feds investigating Susan Powell case
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Utah says it's not true that there's an ongoing federal investigation into the 2009 disappearance of Susan Powell. The lawyer for Susan Powell's parents, Anne Bremner, said Tuesday in Seattle that federal authorities are looking into what the missing woman's father-in-law might have known. But ...
FBI ID's Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet
The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian ...
Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager
When 16-year-old Nichole Cable left home May 12, she told her family she was heading out to see someone she'd met on Facebook. The high school sophomore never came back. Now, a 20-year-old man faces charges in her death after a body believed to be the missing teen's was found ...
Minn. to help pay Mpls. downtown library debt
The state of Minnesota will give Minneapolis about $33 million over several years to help pay off debt on the downtown library. The money was a last-minute addition to the state tax bill at the Legislature. DFL Rep. Jim Davnie of Minneapolis tells the Star Tribune (http://bit.ly/16MxIOK) the provision will ...
Face-chewing victim recovering, strumming guitar
A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care. Ronald Poppo doesn't like to leave his hospital ...
SC Senate defeats effort to expand Medicaid
South Carolina senators defeated another attempt by Democrats to extend Medicaid coverage under the federal health care law. The Senate's 23-19 vote Tuesday rejected inserting the expansion into its 2013-14 budget proposal. It represented supporters' closest vote yet. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley has remained steadfast in her opposition of the ...
Court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" ...
World War II vet gets shot at graduation
World history conspired to keep George Jones from getting his high school diploma. Bailey Jo Bartlome and other Kuna High seniors conspired to make sure he got it. Jones, now 88, went from a farm at Black Cat and Columbia roads to the Pacific theater and into banking. Bartlome, 18, ...
Ohio school shooting victims' families sue charity
Relatives of three teenagers killed in an Ohio school shooting are suing a charity that maintains a fund set up to benefit the families and support the well-being of students and others in the affected community. The lawsuit filed Tuesday against United Way says more than $950,000 has been donated ...
Ore. student in wheelchair can't get in at prom
Adam Goeken had the date, the boutonniere and the new suit when he arrived for Lake Oswego High School's prom Saturday night at the Bossanova Ballroom in Portland. But he couldn't get in. Goeken, who uses a mechanized wheelchair, found a steep, narrow stairway between him and the second-story dancehall ...
Maine gov. signs suicide prevention education bill
Gov. Paul R. LePage has signed a bill into law that will make sure staff at Maine schools are trained in suicide education and awareness. In a ceremonial signing ceremony on Tuesday, LePage also pledged $44,000 from his contingency fund to the effort. More than a dozen suicide survivors, staff ...
Notes from the Legislature's regular session
The House refused Tuesday to relinquish legislative control over tuition hikes for students at Louisiana's public colleges. A proposal by Rep. Thomas Carmody, R-Shreveport, would have spelled out in the state constitution that tuition increases don't require approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Carmody said the campuses need ...
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Lois Lerner heads the IRS division that singled out conservative groups for additional scrutiny when they applied ...
Search for prisoner closes Rt. 63 near Lebanon
Ohio 63 is shut down between Lebanon and Monroe as authorities are establishing a perimeter in the search for a missing Lebanon Correctional Institution prisoner.The route was closed between Markey Road and Ohio 741 at approximately 6 p.m.The Ohio Highway Patrol and Warren County deputies closed off the area and ...
NC budget deletes education earmarks for lottery
The North Carolina budget sought by Senate Republicans would eliminate the law that lays out how the state lottery's net proceeds should be distributed for education. The spending plan set for a floor vote Wednesday deletes what the General Assembly intended for profits when the North Carolina lottery law passed ...
JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum
Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank needs better oversight by giving only narrow approval to three ...
Burlington mother unhappy son's diploma delayed
A Burlington woman is disappointed her disabled son didn't receive his high school diploma with other graduates last weekend. Delores Wykert told the Burlington Hawk Eye (http://bit.ly/13J1zoe ) her 21-year-old son, Hunter, waited for more than an hour Sunday in Burlington High School's hot gym, but shortly before his line ...
Munoz, Daly follow different paths to Indy 500
Carlos Munoz's initiation to Indianapolis went relatively smoothly. Conor Daly's first week on the 2.5-mile oval was a little rougher. Either way, the two 21-year-olds will find themselves at the same place Sunday, starting their engines for the biggest race in the IndyCar Series. "It doesn't really matter where you ...
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