Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.... 5/18/2013 3:50 AM

OJ's ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia.... 5/18/2013 3:26 AM

Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.... 5/18/2013 12:39 AM

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.... 5/18/2013 4:50 AM

NM mom: I followed instincts in chasing abductor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Melissa Torrez didn't even think when teenagers in her apartment complex said a man had just grabbed her 4-year-old girl and drove away.... 5/17/2013 6:41 PM

Cops investigating after NY college student killed
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog.... 5/18/2013 3:12 AM

2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles.... 5/18/2013 3:42 AM

Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) -- Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday.... 5/17/2013 9:40 PM

Failing Ga. student accused of faking kidnapping
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) -- A college student in suburban Atlanta is accused of faking his own kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a class.... 5/17/2013 6:23 PM

Feds: More time needed to indict Tsarnaev
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be indicted within the 30-day period prescribed under the Federal Speedy Trial Act but prosecutors said Friday they would ask for more time.... 5/17/2013 7:08 PM