Former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick left a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, early Wednesday, according to his publicist and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He will serve the last two months of his 23-month sentence in home confinement in Virginia, his publicist Judy Smith said. He is a native of Newport News, Virginia
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Aunt testifies for ex-soldier facing death penalty
The aunt of former U.S. soldier Steven Green told jurors tearfully Monday that "We did not send a rapist and murderer to Iraq" as defense lawyers worked to save her nephew from a death sentence
Rapper Dolla shot, killed at L.A. mall
A 21-year-old up-and-coming rapper was fatally shot Monday afternoon at a popular mall in Los Angeles. Dolla, whose real name is Roderick Anthony Burton II, was shot in the head about 3:10 p.m
A day in the trial of ex-soldier convicted of murder in Iraq
He arrives in the early morning hours, when the downtown streets here are empty and quiet. An electric gate jerks to life as the black sedan with tinted windows pulls into a parking lot protected by an iron fence.
Abducted California boy, 3, found in Mexico
A 3-year-old boy who was taken at gunpoint from his California home nearly two weeks ago has been found, authorities said Saturday. Briant Rodriguez was found Saturday in Mexicali, Mexico, according to the FBI and San Bernardino (California) Sheriff’s office. He has since been reunited with his mother, the agencies said
Police say they’re close to solving triple homicide
Police say they believe they know who killed a 31-year-old Southern Illinois woman and her two young sons, but are waiting for prosecutors to build a strong forensic case against the suspect before disclosing his identity. “We don’t have a warrant for his arrest at this time, so we don’t feel it would be prudent to give his name out until the state’s attorney determines whether or not there’s enough to charge him,” said Maj. Jeff Connor of the Major Case Squad
Exonerated death row inmate: ‘Took ’em long enough’
Former death row inmate Paul House woke to laughter and cries of joy from his mother on Tuesday, the day he learned he was a free man. “You’ve been exonerated,” his mother, Joyce House, told him, shaking him awake
Soldier’s dad: ‘He took matters in his own hands’
The father of a U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow troops at a stress clinic in Iraq says it wasn’t combat stress that made his son kill
Boy on milk carton still missing after 30 years
His was the first photo of a missing child to appear on a milk carton. Almost 30 years later, Etan Patz is still missing. Etan was 6 when he disappeared on May 25, 1979, the Friday before Memorial Day.
Defense: Military missed soldier’s symptoms before rape, killings
Defense lawyers trying to save their client from the death penalty argued Tuesday that former U.S. soldier Steven Green exhibited clear symptoms of acute stress disorder in Iraq and that a military psychiatric nurse-practitioner failed to diagnose the troubled infantryman and pull him out of combat