LONDON – A woman who claimed to have accidentally shot her husband to death while dancing with a shotgun was convicted of his murder Thursday. Linda West, 49, had claimed the gun went off accidentally as she was performing a dance routine for her husband, Gregory, to Shania Twain‘s country-pop …

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to begin a review of its rules on media ownership over the objections of some members who said the process didn’t envision sufficient public comment. The commission had earlier pressed the controversial issue of limits on the number of radio and television …

DETROIT – Chrysler Group, a unit of DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX), will roll out a new program of discounted vehicle pricing in July in a move intended to clear an overhang of unsold 2006 models, the company said on Wednesday. Automotive News, an industry trade journal, quoted dealers and other unnamed …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A death row inmate convicted of murdering seven people was spared a lethal injection when federal courts declined to overrule a stay, frustrating the state’s plan for back-to-back executions. Despite repeated efforts by the state attorney general’s office to be allowed to execute Paul Dennis Reid before …

SALEM, Mass. – A jury deliberated just two hours Thursday before finding an Iraq war veteran acted in self-defense when he fired a shotgun into a raucous crowd of club-goers outside his Lawrence home, injuring two people. The Salem Superior Court jury acquitted Marine Sgt. Daniel Cotnoir, a 34-year-old reservist …

DETROIT – A federal judge will go ahead with hearings in a legal challenge to a terrorism surveillance program run by the National Security Agency. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor also criticized the Justice Department for failing to respond to the legal challenge, The Detroit News reported Friday. The …

WASHINGTON – A former scientist at a nuclear weapons laboratory who was once suspected of being a spy has settled his privacy lawsuit and will receive $1.6 million from the government and five news organizations. Under the settlement announced Friday, Wen Ho Lee, a Taiwanese-American, will receive $895,000 from the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Sweden’s domestic intelligence agency said it would probe why the government’s Web site crashed on Sunday amid reports hackers had sought revenge for a crackdown on alleged online piracy. The government Web site went off line in the early hours of Sunday. The Internet home page of …

You were wondering about it, so we got the information for you: Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney is reportedly talking to federal prosecutors about some type of plea deal to avoid an indictment and trial. Prosecutors subpoenaed six witnesses over the past two month to appear before the grand jury and …

TINTON FALLS, N.J. – Sally J. Priesand, the first U.S. woman rabbi, arrived at a seminary nearly 40 years ago determined to fulfill her dream to become a teacher of her faith. Many people thought she came for a different reason. “I think at first they thought I came to …