AP - With no suspects identified and a crime scene washed by rains, police were hoping the anonymous caller who sent them to a homeless encampment where five people were shot to death would come forward and say more.

AP - Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes.

AP - A church on the city's South Side was readied Monday for a private funeral service for the slain mother, brother and nephew of singer-actress Jennifer Hudson, a day after a public memorial that drew hundreds of friends, family and fans.

AP - Mourners are arriving at a church on Chicago's South Side to attend the private funeral service for singer-actress Jennifer Hudson's slain mother, brother and nephew.

AP - The parents of slain TV anchorwoman Anne Pressly say their daughter couldn't identify her attacker because she never fully regained consciousness after the beating that led to her death.

AP - A judge says a former Chicago politician who led white aldermen in a spectacular feud with the city's first black mayor 25 years ago will plead guilty to a kickback scheme.

AP - A refrigerator-sized piece of space junk fell harmlessly into the South Pacific Sunday night, according to NASA.

AP - A former Chicago politician who led white aldermen in a spectacular feud with the city's first black mayor 25 years ago pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a real estate kickback scheme just as his trial was about to begin.

AP - Two more teenagers were abandoned at Nebraska hospitals over the weekend, police said.

AP - A masked man waving an American flag and holding a handgun on a highway overpass caused the highway below to be shut down for hours during the Monday morning commute. No shots were fired.

AP - Family members and friends seeking answers and solace descended Monday on a homeless encampment where five people were shot to death over the weekend, and police hoped an anonymous caller would come forward and say more.

AP - Two more teenagers have been abandoned at Nebraska hospitals under the state's much-criticized safe haven law, bringing the number of mostly older children dropped off to 26 since July, authorities said. The teens, both 16, were left at separate hospitals, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

AP - A masked gunman waving an American flag and a handgun on a freeway overpass surrendered to police Monday after forcing a traffic shutdown for hours.

AP - A Southern California county will allow jailed Muslim women to wear headscarves after settling a lawsuit with a woman who claims that deputies violated her religious freedom by making her remove her head covering.

AP - A businessman accused of killing his wife was jeered in court Monday by the woman's friends and relatives.

AP - Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86.

AP - Text of the joint statement from Barack Obama and his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng on the death of their grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham:

AP - The parents of a 12-year-old shot to death while trick-or-treating said Monday they hope the man accused of killing him suffers for the rest of his life.

AP - The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who was abducted for four days was due in federal court Monday to face a racketeering charge, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

AP - The drumbeat to vote early is paying dividends for Barack Obama, especially in key battleground states in the South and West where Democrats have cast many more ballots than Republicans — and even in states where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats.

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg got a scolding at a bill-signing ceremony Monday from New Yorkers furious over how he changed the city's term-limits law, but he signed the measure anyway and is now clear to seek a third term.

AP - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, cleared by the Justice Department in a corruption investigation that clouded half of his first term, said Monday his 'thoughts remain open' to suing the person whose accusations led to the probe.

AP - Two more teenagers have been abandoned at Nebraska hospitals under the state's much-criticized safe haven law, bringing the number of mostly older children dropped off to 26 since July, authorities said. The teens, both 16, were left at separate hospitals, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

AP - The crime scene, alongside a busy freeway off-ramp, was shielded from view by dense brush and tangled tree limbs.

AP - A modern-day range war ended Monday when a Texas businessman who owns a ranch in central Colorado pleaded guilty to criminal mischief and animal cruelty in the slaughter of 32 bison that belonged to a neighbor.

AP - A cap on snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks would be lowered by 40 percent under a federal proposal released Monday in response to a judge's rejection of earlier plans.

AP - A security guard for Joan Rivers testified Monday that music producer Phil Spector was ejected from two of the star's Christmas parties for brandishing a gun and declaring that all women should be shot.

AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg got a scolding at a bill-signing ceremony Monday from New Yorkers furious over how he changed the city's term-limits law, but he signed the measure anyway and is now clear to seek a third term.

AP - The Northwest chapter of the American Lung Association said Monday it would fight the national charity's attempt to dissolve it over a building sale and other disagreements.

AP - A soldier who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a fellow Iraq veteran apologized to the victim's family in court Monday before being sentenced to 10 years in prison.

AP - Confessed child-killer Joseph Edward Duncan III received his final sentences Monday for the torture and slayings of an Idaho family with a judge telling him that his cruel rampage 'exceeds the bounds of human understanding.'

AP - Prolific Democratic fundraiser Frederick Baron was mourned Monday by hundreds of former benefactors and friends, including John Edwards and cyclist Lance Armstrong, in a service that at times sounded like a hushed political pep rally.

AP - Confessed child-killer Joseph Edward Duncan III received his final sentences Monday for the torture and slayings of an Idaho family with a judge telling him that his cruel rampage 'exceeds the bounds of human understanding.'