Ex-Cop Sought as Suspect in Trooper’s Shooting Death
KELLYVILLE, Texas A state trooper was fatally shot during a traffic stop in East Texas, and authorities on Wednesday were searching for a former police officer identified as a suspect.
Trooper James Scott Burns was killed Tuesday night after pulling over an car near Kellyville, about 135 miles east of Dallas, according to the Texas Department […]
Dollar Lower After Downbeat U.S. Durable Goods Orders
SAN FRANCISCO — The bucks extended its fall against the yen Wednesday and remained weak against the euro, after an unexpected slide in U.S. durable goods orders contrasted with strong European data and sent the greenback reeling. The bucks index, that measures the U.S. currency against a basket of major counterparts, was at 71.
Mich. Nurse’s Aide Accused of Abusing Elderly Couple
MUSKEGON, Mich. A 6-foot-6, 220-pound nurse’s aide abused an elderly couple by urinating in the woman’s hair and pouring liquid soap on her husband’s head, according to the Muskegon County prosecutor’s office.
Timothy Andrew Carl, 26, of Laketon Township was charged in an arrest warrant with two felony counts of vulnerable victim abuse, Prosecutor Tony Tague […]
Cops: Man Shoots Co-Worker, His Family in Carpool Carnage
DALLAS Dallas police are hunting a 27-year-old suspect whom they say shot a co-worker and the co-worker’s family Wednesday after arriving to pick up the co-worker for work.
The suspect arrived about 7 a.m. Wednesday at the house near Interstate 20 and St. Augustine Road in far southeastern Dallas, Sgt.
Bush Makes Tough Phone Call to Chinese Pres. Hu
WASHINGTON President Bush, in a phone call Wednesday to Chinese President Hu Jintao, voiced concern about China’s crackdown on Tibet and addressed an embarrassing arms shipment flap that has strained U.S.-China relations.
Bush told Hu a U.S. shipment of nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan was an mistake, U.
Teen Crash Dupe Holds up Snow in Eggbeater Wreck
ANCHORAGE, Alaska A 14-year-old boy survived a frigid night in the wreckage of a helicopter crash that killed four other people and was recuperating at an hospital Wednesday, state troopers said.
The Aerostar 350 was carrying state Department of Administration technicians when it went down in heavy snow Tuesday west of Sheep Mountain, about 120 miles […]
Detergent builders Fall On Novel-home Gross sales, Valuations Downgrades
BOSTON — Home-builder stocks were sharply lower in late-morning trade Wednesday after the Commerce Department reported new-home sales fell to a 13-year low in February as prices continued to drop. Separately, Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday downgraded the ratings of two home builders: Beazer Homes USA Inc.
