The 31-year-old would be the fourth prisoner executed this year in the nation's busiest capital punishment state. more >>

The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman aiding in foreign terrorism and shows the evolution of the global threat. more >>

A 33-year-old Burbank middle school teacher accused of having sex with a teenage male student over a six-month period last year was charged on Tuesday with unlawful sex with a minor, MyFoxLA.com reported. more >>

Authorities say Freddiericka Terrell was in or near the school's auditorium when she reportedly showed the gun to a group of students during a JROTC class on Wednesday. more >>

Dr. Frank Minyard said Wednesday that the autopsy of 54-year-old Douglas Schantz found a lesion on his forehead as well as evidence of drowning. more >>

An indictment released Wednesday claims 46-year-old Douglas James Duchak of Colorado Springs tried to damage the computer after he was told his job was being eliminated. more >>

An elderly woman has been arrested after animal control officers found 60 dogs in crates inside her small Lakeside home east of San Diego. more >>

A Russian-speaking immigrant who police say may have been practicing dentistry without a license for years in Oregon has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man believed to be a patient. more >>

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Greg Palmore says they were arrested Tuesday at Fremont Beef for immigration violations. more >>

A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area with many children. more >>

A Georgia judge has barred authorities from releasing crime scene and autopsy photos of a 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate killed while hiking. more >>

After gathering items from around the building, he is believed to have gone to the basement to spend the night. more >>

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather apologized for his choice of words on Sunday's Chris Matthews Show when we used an analogy of selling watermelons on the side of the road to describe President Obama and healthcare. more >>

An ex-Marine acquitted on charges of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees has sued a Southern California city over not being rehired as a police officer. more >>

Authorities say five of the six people killed in an Arizona bus crash were California residents, and all were Mexican citizens. more >>

A judge has dismissed most of the remaining legal claims in a dispute between the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., months after the siblings reached a settlement. more >>

Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home. more >>

Eleven adopted and foster children who were forced by an Ohio couple to sleep in cages have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the county where they once lived. more >>

Workers are breaking up a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado, days after a rock slide that closed the highway indefinitely. more >>

This year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities will outnumber that of babies born to whites, demographers said. more >>

A flight bound for the Dominican Republic has returned to an airport gate in Miami because of an unruly passenger. more >>

A 7-year-old boy who called 911 while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and delivered a high five to the dispatcher who took his call. more >>

Cindy Hickey had rehearsed what she would say to her son when she finally got to talk to him months after he was detained in Iran. more >>

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist. more >>

Iranian President used a brief visit to Afghanistan to lob insults at the U.S. and argue that international forces won't stop terrorism and will only lead to more civilian deaths. more >>

The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as quickly as possible. more >>

The Arab League has recommended withdrawing support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building. more >>

Road signs warning drivers that intoxicated people may be in the road have been put up as Romania tries to reduce the number of accidents. more >>

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife has bitterly criticized the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon as having 'let us down,' prompting outrage in South Africa. more >>

A British father who repeatedly raped his two daughters and fathered nine babies with them during a 35-year orgy of physical and sexual abuse was never detected due to a litany of failures by health care professionals, a report reveals. more >>

Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway — and remain inside — to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors said Wednesday. more >>

France's flamboyant, diminutive president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his younger pop star wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are allegedly both having affairs, according to some of France's most reputable Webzines. more >>

Responsible pet lovers said they would be unfairly penalized by British government plans to crack down on 'devil' dogs, The Sun reported Wednesday. more >>

Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of a Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan, killing six employees and wounding several others, police and the organization said. more >>

At least three Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog after an alleged plot to murder the artist who created it was uncovered in Ireland. more >>

The two "bad options" for Iran — letting the country develop nuclear weapons or using force to destroy its nuclear capabilities — are closer than they were a year ago, Israel's U.N. ambassador warned Tuesday. more >>

Seven people have been arrested in the Republic of Ireland over a suspected plot to kill a Swedish artist who portrayed the Prophet Muhammad as a dog and had a $100,000 Al Qaeda bounty on his head. more >>

A homicide attack Tuesday on NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan killed two international service members, the military alliance said. more >>

Paul Bristol has been jailed in England for at least 22 years for murdering his ex-girlfriend after he saw a picture of her on the Internet with another man. more >>

A 70-year-old grandmother in China was reportedly beaten and buried alive by property developers trying to take possession of her land. more >>

Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus' former president was found Tuesday reburied in another grave. The country's justice minister said it had been held for ransom. more >>

Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and killed 51 people this week. more >>

Israel approves construction of 1,600 new homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem — a move that immediately clouded Biden visit aimed at repairing strained ties and kickstarting Mideast peace talks. more >>