Headlines from the Associated Press

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Police: Man swallows stolen earrings at Fla. mall

9 hours ago

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- An X-ray marked the spot for southwest Florida police who say a teenager swallowed a $16 pair of earrings after taking them from a JCPenney store at a mall....
LA police arrest 2 in breakup of dogfighting ring

16 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police say they have made two arrests and rescued 17 dogs in the breakup of a dogfighting operation....
Obama seeks Justice Dept change, taps Holder as AG

17 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama, soon to be the nation's first black president, tapped Washington lawyer Eric Holder on Monday to become the nation's first black attorney general....
Ex-Mayoral aide pleads guilty in sex scandal

18 hours ago

DETROIT (AP) -- Ex-mayoral aide Christine Beatty pleaded guilty Monday in the text-messaging sex scandal with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that gripped the city for nearly a year. She will spend four months in jail....
Obama cabinet pick gives Ariz a Republican gov

18 hours ago

PHOENIX (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's announcement Monday that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a Republican will move into the governor's office....