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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....

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....