Monday afternoon, prosecutors will ask to dismiss a case against 51-year-old Robert Dewey. He has spent more than 15 years in prison on rape and murder charges.
Vice President Joe Biden is painting likely Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a foe of U.S. manufacturing jobs and in favor of sending jobs overseas.
A man convicted of stalking singer Madonna, and who once threatened to knife her, has escaped from a southern California mental hospital and is being sought by police.
An Iowa woman has been arrested in a blackmail plot for allegedly trying to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TLC show "19 Kids and Counting" or pay her $10,000.
Federal officials have declared the Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species, which could lead to moves to protect its habitat along the East Coast. The prehistoric fish was once bountiful, but populations were depleted by anglers seeking its coveted caviar.
It was supposed to be ladies day at Oaklawn, but no one explained that to the lightly raced Junebugred, who rallied late to win the $100,000 Smarty Jones Stakes by a neck over Reckless Jerry while filly On Fire Baby settled for third as the heavy 3-to-2 favorite.