CSX sues truck driver in Baltimore-area derailment

CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near Baltimore. 1371660025

Nobel recipient among winners of Jefferson Awards

Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public service. 1371659390
Maine man charged in teen death pleads not guilty

A man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl to her death pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and kidnapping charges. 1371659147
Woman convicted in LA train platform death

A homeless woman has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 84-year-old woman who was pushed off a Los Angeles train platform. 1371657365
Events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

A chronology of events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters union: 1371659104
Va. newspaper removes 'Democrat' from name

A newspaper in Virginia is removing the word "Democrat" from its name because of the nation's increasingly divisive politics. 1371656432
Grand Forks Herald publisher to retire next year

The publisher of North Dakota's Grand Forks Herald plans to retire next year. 1371656431
A guide to the life and mystery of Jimmy Hoffa

The FBI has spent this week digging up a field in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. He was last seen outside a restaurant about 20 miles from the digging site where he was to meet with a New Jersey Teamsters boss and a Detroit Mafia captain. 1371659713
Wash. parents' ruse snares man wooing daughter

A father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed on Facebook by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands. 1371656714
Father, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking

A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well. 1371658644