| All Charges Against Duke Lacrosse Players Dropped |
| A year after they were indicted for a rape that investigators now say never happened, three Duke University lacrosse players are once again proclaiming their innocence. |
| Report: Iona College Student Found Dead in Dorm Room |
| Police are investigating the death of 19-year-old Iona College student found in his dorm room Wednesday morning, the Journal News reports. |
| Parents Charged With Abuse After Allegedly Locking Up Child |
| New Mexico parents were charged with Child abuse after allegedly locking up their child and barely feeding him after the boy wet his pants. |
| NYU Graduate Gets 3+ Year Sentence for Hedge Fund Scam |
| Hakan Yalincak pretended to be a Turkish heir as he persuaded investors to put millions of dollars into a nonexistent hedge fund before being sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. |
| Teen Faces Gun Charges as Adult For Chicago School Shooting |
| A 15-year-old boy was charged as an adult Wednesday after a gun he allegedly got past school security went off in a classroom, injuring him and another boy playing with it. |
| Dead Body Found in Airplane's Bathroom Sparks Lawsuit |
| An airline passenger died in the restroom during a flight from Tokyo and was not found until the cleaning crew boarded the plane after it landed, a federal lawsuit contends. |
| Idaho BASE Jumper Dies When Parachute Fails |
| A BASE jumper died when his parachute failed to open following a leap from an Idaho bridge, authorities said. |
| Police at Atlanta Airport Uncover Rash of Public Sex Acts |
| Police patrols at the Atlanta airport in search of luggage thiefs have instead uncovered a rash of indecent exposure arrests, police say. |
| Cop: Sitter Cut Baby From Victim's Womb, Drowned Kids |
| A baby sitter accused of murder beat a mother to death with a table leg, cut her fetus from her womb and drowned her other children in the bathtub, according to testimony by an Illinois State Police investigator. |
| Man Accused of Videotaping Men in Monmouth U. Locker Room |
| Cops in New Jersey say that the suspect allegedly videotaped men as they showered at the New Jersey university. |
| Natural Gas Leak Suspected in Florida Apartment Explosion |
| Fire officials say that a possible gas leak may have been to blame for the building explosion that claimed the life of a father and his 8-month-old son. |
| Snowstorm Cancels Chicago Flights, Closes Minnesota Schools |
| A spring storm dumped 7 inches on parts of the Midwest with more possible in some areas as more than 200 flights at O'Hare Airport were canceled due to the weather. |
| Vermont Stands by Complaint From Breast-feeding Mom |
| Vermont's Human Rights Commission has refused to dismiss a complaint from a woman who says she was thrown off a flight because she was breast-feeding her baby. |
| Detroit Office Shooter Charged With Murder, Attempted Murder |
| The fired accountant who allegedly opened fire on former co-workers Monday has been charged with murder and attempted murder. |
| Man Awarded $786,760 in Testicle Injury Lawsuit |
| A jury awarded $786,760 to an Ohio man who says he has endured years of pain and must walk bowlegged after his left testicle was struck by a broken weight-machine bar at an athletic club. |
| Student Surrenders After Bomb Threat Evacuates High School |
| About 1,700 students were evacuated Wednesday morning from Jackson County Comprehensive High School in Georgia after a male student walked into the office carrying a device he claimed was a bomb; officials are unsure if the bomb is real. |
| Victims of Alleged Chicago Brawl Caught on Tape Sue Bar |
| Four Chicago men who claim they were victims in an alleged bar brawl caught on tape have filed suit against the bar. |
| Stray Bullet Kills Boy on Trampoline in Texas; Man Arrested |
| A 7-year-old was killed while jumping on a trampoline with his friends; police arrested Jose Barrera Espitia, who lives two houses from where the incident occurred. |
| Virginia Police Charge Man in Minister Beating Death |
| Franklin County, Va., authorities have charged a man arrested in Ohio with first-degree murder in the beating death of the minister; his hearing could be Wednesday. |
