Police: Fla. college student plotted an attack
Written by KYLE HIGHTOWER,Associated Press MIKE SCHNEIDER,Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A University of Central Florida student who pulled a dorm fire alarm in the middle of the night had a more sinister plan than sending students scurrying out into the night, authorities said.
Explosives safely removed from UCF dorm
Written by KYLE HIGHTOWER,Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A college student killed himself in a dorm at the University of Central Florida and investigators found explosives and guns in the room early Monday, authorities said, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of students and cancellation of morning classes.
Trial opens for NYC stop-and-frisk challenge
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the 5 million New Yorkers stopped, questioned and sometimes frisked by police in the past decade were wrongly targeted because of their race, lawyers for four men who said they were illegally stopped said Monday. New York Police Department lawyers countered that officers must go where the crime is — and the crime is overwhelmingly in minority neighborhoods.
Stocks edge lower, rebounding from Cyprus losses
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were little changed on Wall Street after recouping losses from an early sell-off caused by concern that a bailout plan for the Mediterranean island nation Cyprus would re-ignite the European debt crisis.
Cypriot deposits grab shocks savers across Europe
Written by MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS,Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A plan to seize up to 10 percent of people's savings in the small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus sent shockwaves across Europe on Monday as households realized the money they have in the bank may not be safe.
Woman who lost downloading case says she can't pay
Written by STEVE KARNOWSKI,Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman at the center of a long-running court fight over the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music said there's still no way she can pay record companies the $222,000 judgment she owes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal Monday.
Cyprus deposit tax rattles markets
Written by PAN PYLAS,AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — Stocks around the world fell sharply Monday as investors fretted over a weekend plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as part of a bailout of the Mediterranean island nation.
UCF cancels classes after death, explosive found
Written by 2013-03-14 05:00:00
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of students were evacuated early Monday from a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando after explosives devices were found while authorities were investigating a death.