Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
Written by JULIE PACE,AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, a senior administration official said Tuesday.
Life imitates film in story of vengeful LA ex-cop
Written by JOHN ROGERS,Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It sounds like the plot line to a movie: He's a former LA cop on a violent, rage-filled rampage who will stop at nothing for revenge.
Dallas chocolatier pumps out chocolate high heels
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS (AP) — Florists and chocolate-makers are working around the clock in the run-up to Valentine's Day.
Procession escorts ex-Navy SEAL Kyle to burial
Written by JAMIE STENGLE,Associated Press PAUL J. WEBER,Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The funeral procession for slain former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle has ended its 200-mile journey at the cemetery in Austin where the best-selling author will be buried.
Boy's postcard mailed in 1967 turns up in Oklahoma
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — It may have taken 46 years, but one boy's postcard has made it home to Mom.
Obama to stress jobs; audience's message is guns
Written by JIM KUHNHENN,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American public will get a competing mix of rhetoric and imagery in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday, a speech that offers a heavy dose on the economy even as it plays out against a visual backdrop dominated by the current national debate over guns.
Official: Courthouse shooter was ex-father-in-law
Written by RANDALL CHASE,Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A law enforcement official says the gunman in a Delaware courthouse shooting that left three dead was the ex-father-in-law of one of the victims.
Police: Child, 10, killed in random Minn. Shooting
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKDALE, Minn. (AP) — A gunman apparently firing randomly at vehicles killed a 10-year-old and wounded the child's mother and another woman Monday night, Oakdale's police chief said. The suspect was in custody.