Rocket sent into northern lights for GPS research
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The rocket arcing up into the northern lights above Alaska was on its way to measure the effects of the celestial phenomenon's effects on global positioning systems.
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Honda recalling 46,000 vans to fix rear doors
DETROIT -- Honda is recalling nearly 46,000 Odyssey minivans because the rear doors can fall on people unexpectedly, and have on at least two occasions.
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T-Mobile asks FCC to block Verizon-cable deal
NEW YORK -- T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon's planned purchase of spectrum from cable companies for $3.9 billion.
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Obama helps break ground on black history museum
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says a new national black history museum will help future generations remember the sometimes difficult, often inspirational role, that African Americans have played in the nation's history.
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Blind man's nearly blind friend helps him find lost phone
ATLANTA (NBC) -- Vincent Martin is blind.
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Indiana lawmaker: Girl Scouts 'radicalized'
INDIANAPOLIS -- It started with a celebration honoring the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts and has now ballooned into allegations that have Democrats and Republicans alike shaking their heads.
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US stocks fall as Europe frets over Greece
NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks were lower in early trading Wednesday as investors worry over the details of a new bailout plan for Greece.
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APNewsBreak: W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking Massey Energy employee to face criminal prosecution so far over the deadly blast.
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Ark. man charged with murder of teen he met online
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A western Arkansas man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online and hiding her body in a blue, plastic barrel has been charged with first-degree murder.
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Prop. 8 backers seek review of gay marriage case
SAN FRANCISCO -- Same-sex couples in California will have to wait a while to find out if they have regained the right to get married, after the backers of the state's gay marriage ban petitioned a federal appeals court to review a split decision by three of its judges that struck down Proposition 8.
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5 killed in Korean spa murder-suicide in Ga.
NORCROSS, Ga. -- A gunman shot four people to death inside a Korean health spa in Atlanta's suburbs and then killed himself in what police said may have been a case of domestic violence.
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Colorado woman must turn over computer hard drive
DENVER -- Readily available, easy-to-use software can encrypt a computer hard drive so thoroughly it would take years for a hacker to break in. But that seems to be no impediment for government prosecutors, who have obtained an order compelling the disclosure of a computer's contents in one Colorado case.
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Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream
SAN FRANCISCO -- California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her headaches, numbness, depression and forgetfulness.
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Jurors getting murder case of former U.Va. player
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Jurors in the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player will decide whether he fatally battered his ex-girlfriend in a drunken, jealous rage or if his intent to simply talk spiraled out of control, leaving her bleeding and dying in her bedroom.
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Officer's camera captures standoff
BURNSVILLE, MN (WHDH) -- An officer was wearing a video camera when a man walked into a police station covered in blood. Seconds later, the camera captures a standoff between the suspect and the officer.
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Mother visits ex-Marine sentenced to death in Iran
FLINT, Mich. -- The mother of a former U.S. Marine sentenced to death in Iran on a spying conviction has visited her son in an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the Michigan family said Tuesday.
