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  • Vt. State Police probe maple syrup theft

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police are investigating the theft of 400 gallons of maple syrup in Starksboro. (   05/24/2013 4:27 PM )

  • Leahy disappointed on gay, bi-national couples

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Sen. Patrick Leahy said Friday he was disappointed he was unsuccessful in his bid to amend immigration reform legislation to protect same-sex couples in which one of the partners is foreign-born. (   05/24/2013 4:22 PM )

  • Obama's drone rules leave unanswered questions

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. (   05/24/2013 4:16 PM )

  • Conn. makes $5M available for school safety

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut is making $5 million available immediately to cities and towns to help reimburse them for school safety and security upgrades following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. (   05/24/2013 4:13 PM )

  • Newtown denied bid to postpone hearing on records

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission on Friday denied a bid by Newtown officials to postpone a hearing on a request by The Associated Press for records related to the gunman in December's school shooting. (   05/24/2013 4:11 PM )

  • Illinois judge charged with heroin, gun possession

    ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. (   05/24/2013 4:11 PM )

  • No toxic waste found closed RI recycling facility

    EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island environmental officials say there's no indication of toxic or hazardous waste at a former recycling facility in East Providence that closed after years of complaints from neighbors. (   05/24/2013 4:11 PM )

  • Students safe after armed man reported at school

    THORNTON, Colo. (AP) -- All students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen near campus, police said Friday. (   05/24/2013 4:11 PM )

  • LePage keeps TV in place but opts for somber tone

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Gov. Paul LePage, who got in a tussle with legislative leaders for having a television running outside his office, was still staying away from his State House office in protest Friday. (   05/24/2013 4:06 PM )

  • DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunned down his victims after they complied with his demands for painkillers, a prosecutor said Friday. (   05/24/2013 4:05 PM )

  • Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

    ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." (   05/24/2013 3:55 PM )

  • Refocused Rask ready for Rangers, Game 5

    BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask says he won't dwell too much on his comical mistake in Game 4 against the Rangers that helped New York get back into the Eastern Conference semifinals. (   05/24/2013 3:51 PM )

  • Budget cuts mean unpaid day off for many in gov't

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS. Forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at any of the Housing and Urban Development offices nationwide. (   05/24/2013 3:50 PM )

  • Can Tornado Alley become safer? Yes, within limits

    In the wind-swept prairie called Tornado Alley, the scene is eerily familiar: Homes smashed to splinters. Trees and telephone poles snapped like twigs. Piles of bricks, overturned cars and dazed survivors sifting through rubble in search of a precious photo or heirloom. A town in ruins. (   05/24/2013 3:49 PM )

  • DA: Victims shot after drugs handed over

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a Tennessee pharmacy owner killed during a robbery had handed over several bottles of oxycodone before he was shot to death. (   05/24/2013 3:43 PM )

  • Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guilty

    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping send hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States, marking one of the final milestones in an investigation that began nearly two decades ago. (   05/24/2013 3:39 PM )

  • 'Unusual condition' seen before Conn. train wreck

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash. (   05/24/2013 3:36 PM )

  • Man accused of killing 5 in Illinois takes stand

    PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- A man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron has wiped away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene to jurors. (   05/24/2013 3:25 PM )

  • Brown trustees want 'robust response' on climate

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Members of Brown University's governing body have asked the school to develop a "robust response" to climate change but taken no action on a recommendation that it divest from coal companies. (   05/24/2013 3:10 PM )

  • Portsmouth, state meet with judge on bridge tolls

    PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) -- Lawyers for the town of Portsmouth and the state met with a federal judge Friday about the town's attempt to stop construction of a toll system on the new Sakonnet River Bridge, Portsmouth Town Solicitor Kevin Gavin said. (   05/24/2013 3:06 PM )

  • Ill. House approves guns plan opposed by governor

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Gun owners in the only state still banning concealed weapons would win that right under a plan approved by the Illinois House on Friday, but the governor and other powerful Democrats oppose the plan because it would wipe out local gun ordinances -- including Chicago's ban on assault weapons. (   05/24/2013 3:02 PM )

  • Vt. to do national search for education secretary

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A committee of Vermont State Board of Education has been set up to do a national search for a new education secretary. (   05/24/2013 3:02 PM )

  • Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement are receiving the highest honor Congress gives to civilians. (   05/24/2013 3:01 PM )

  • No progress seen settling hospital-MaineCare issue

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- After a day of bitter confrontation and dueling press releases bearing charges of non-cooperation, no progress is seen in Augusta as Republicans backing Gov. Paul LePage and majority Democrats hope for ways to repay a looming debt to hospitals and expand Medicaid services. (   05/24/2013 2:59 PM )

  • Suspect in killing of officer found dead in cell

    OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- A Utah Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid was found hanging dead in his cell early Friday. (   05/24/2013 2:57 PM )