The Wire

  • Nixon library hosts reunion for Vietnam POWs

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:28pm

    (AP) — U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War.

  • Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:28pm

    (AP) — Jurors have deadlocked on a verdict of life or death for Jodi Arias in the 2008 killing of her one-time boyfriend.

  • Colonial member Palmer has 1st-round lead with 62

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:27pm

    (AP) — Colonial member Ryan Palmer shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to match the first-round record at Hogan's Alley and take a one-stroke lead over John Rollins.

  • Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial; retrial scheduled for July

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:26pm

    (AP) — Judge declares mistrial in penalty phase of Jodi Arias trial; retrial scheduled for July.

  • Jury deadlocks again on life term or death for Jodi Arias

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:24pm

    (AP) — Jury deadlocks again on life term or death for Jodi Arias.

  • Avalanche hire Patrick Roy as coach

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:19pm

    (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche are rounding up the old crew to restore the downtrodden franchise.

  • Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:19pm

    (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

  • Correction: Oklahoma Tornado story

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:19pm

    (AP) — In some early versions of a story May 22 about damage estimates from the tornado in Moore, Okla., The Associated Press misspelled the name of the city's mayor. He is Glenn Lewis, not Glen.

  • Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:18pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida.

  • IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:18pm

    (AP) — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.

  • Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:13pm

    (AP) — Researchers examining the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut say they have found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.

  • New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:11pm

    (AP) — Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday.

  • Rangers scratch Richards for pivotal Game 4

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:11pm

    (AP) — Struggling Rangers center Brad Richards was a healthy scratch Thursday night when New York faced elimination in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Bruins.

  • Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:09pm

    Updated on May 23, 2013 at 7:11pm

    (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

  • Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:07pm

    (AP) — Procter & Gamble is bringing back former CEO A.G. Lafley to its top post in a surprise move as the world's largest consumer goods maker tries to grow globally.

  • Warrant for rapper Tim Dog, despite death reports

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:04pm

    (AP) — Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February.

  • Investigator: Missing Iowa girl's blood found

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:01pm

    (AP) — Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said Thursday.

  • Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 6:49pm

    Updated on May 23, 2013 at 6:51pm

    (AP) — A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.

  • Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 6:49pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists.

  • Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral

    Posted on May 23, 2013 at 6:49pm

    (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him.