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UPDATE: Man charged in standoff with police in Lancaster
UPDATE: Police in Lancaster have arrested and charged 33-year-old Steven Verling with Aggravated Assault, Recklessly Endangering another person and Endangering the Welfare of Children for his role in a police standoff over night in Lancaster. Detectives from the Lancaster Bureau of Police were also called in to investigate this incident. Witnesses were interviewed and evidence was collected. A search warrant
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Record Powerball jackpot has people in a frenzy
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State
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Hofstra College student being held hostage, shot and killed by police
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer's bullet killed a New York college student during the response to a home invasion at an off-campus home. Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said Saturday night that Andrea Rebello was killed by a police officer as she was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder.
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Criticism flares around new Pa. graduation tests
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A move to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for public school students is facing a groundswell of criticism. After hours of hearings this week on the tests, top Republican lawmakers are trying to figure out what to do about the criticism. Gov. Tom Corbett proposed the concept last year and it
National
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Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: THE CASE Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't
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Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a suspected US drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants in the country's south. The officials say the attack took place around dawn Saturday in an area called Deyfa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media. Yemeni forces battled al-Qaida in Abyan province last year,
World
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South Korea says North Korea fired short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles. Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok says the North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon. He says the North's intent was unclear. In March, North Korea tested two short-range missiles off its
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Several flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport officials say senior officials from the country's national carrier are meeting the baggage handlers to hear their demands, which include guarantees of safer
Entertainment
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Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: THE CASE Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't
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Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect
VISTA, Calif. (AP) — The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use. U-T San Diego reports that the detail came to light during a Friday hearing for 32-year-old Timothy Lambesis, who has pleaded not guilty to solicitation for murder.
Business News
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One millionth Jeep Wrangler built at Ohio plant
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Auto workers in Toledo celebrated a milestone this past week. The 1 millionth Jeep Wrangler rolled off the assembly line at Chrysler's assembly plant that opened in 2006. Chrysler marked the occasion Friday with a ceremony at the production line. Plant Manager Zach Leroux tells the Blade newspaper in Toledo that sales of the Wrangler continue
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Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists who are forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong. Bernanke told a college graduating class Saturday that the long-range practical consequences of innovations such as faster computers and the Internet are hard to predict. But he said inventors