Bulger attorney says informant should be exposed

BOSTON (AP) -- An attorney for James "Whitey" Bulger argued Wednesday that the government should expose the identity of a confidential informant he believes could undermine two star witnesses against the reputed gangster. (   05/22/2013 9:18 PM )

• Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

• Worcester Democratic State Rep. Fresolo resigning

• Relaxed Bruins look to finish Rangers in Game 4

• College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds

More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash

NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. (AP) -- A school bus slammed into the back of another one Wednesday afternoon, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured. (   05/22/2013 8:33 PM )

• Bulger attorney says informant should be exposed

• Worcester Democratic State Rep. Fresolo resigning

• FBI: Arrest made in Wash. state ricin letter scare

• Flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 in ND town

Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

LONDON (AP) -- Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime -- shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody. (   05/22/2013 9:17 PM )

• Afghan students protest women's rights decree

• Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber

• Most of Montreal told to boil drinking water

• Toronto mayor fired from coaching job

Conn. bill gives families say over Newtown records

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A bill crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office, Connecticut's top prosecutor and legislative leaders would require the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting may be publicly released. (   05/22/2013 9:09 PM )

• Complaints filed against 4 colleges over rapes

• Afghan students protest women's rights decree

• More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash

• Bill allows Newtown families to release records

Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everything had to come together just perfectly to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air, temperature and timing. And when they did, the awesome energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. (   05/21/2013 8:58 PM )

• Most shipwrecks called a minor US pollution threat

• Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

• Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat

• Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock