AP - Former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for what was expected to be an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea.

AP - Seven terrorist suspects smiled and waved to supporters who packed a North Carolina courtroom, greeting them with a simple and significant phrase: 'May peace be upon you,' said in Arabic.

AP - Fire crews planned to return Wednesday to a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze sparked multiple oil barrel explosions and prompted area evacuations.

AP - Michael Jackson products could start appearing on store shelves, cell phones, even in X-Box add-ons if a judge signs off on a merchandising deal.

AP - Somewhere after Amelia Earhart in the annals of aviators who have flown into oblivion is the Webb Family: Ruby and Carroll and their son William, a budding pilot with just 70 hours in the cockpit.

AP - Boat captain Tad Burke looks out over Florida Bay and sees an ecosystem that's dying as politicians, land owners and environmentalists bicker.

AP - Authorities say crews have contained a fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations.

AP - The man accused of causing a bomb scare that shut down LaGuardia Airport is described as a 'brilliant' classical pianist.

AP - A fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility that caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations may have started near an electric meter, authorities said Wednesday.

AP - If suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay end up being held in Kansas, it wouldn't be the first time foreign detainees were imprisoned in the Midwest.

AP - Police say a Georgia man has been charged with attempting to stalk Miley Cyrus after he returned to the set where the teen star is filming a movie near Savannah weeks after police warned him to stay away.

AP - Newly released documents say a 21-year-old Tampa man accused of throwing an infant out of his car window in May had been threatening to hurt the child.

AP - Authorities say a gunman crashed through the gate at a Pillsbury plant in southern Indiana and fatally shot a man in the parking lot.

AP - Attorneys for six of seven terrorist suspects argued in a North Carolina federal courtroom Wednesday that their clients should be released because they're not a flight risk or a danger.

AP - Six men who federal prosecutors accuse of plotting holy war overseas from their North Carolina homes will remain jailed until trial because they are dangerous and may flee, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

AP - A 53-year-old man who told police he is secretly engaged to marry Miley Cyrus has been charged with attempting to stalk the teenage 'Hannah Montana' star, who is filming a movie in the Savannah area.

AP - A former nursing supervisor fired from successive jobs for alleged sexual harassment is on trial for the Valentine's Day rampage in upstate New York that left four people dead.

AP - Young, adventurous and versed in the tools of an Internet age, a brave new generation of journalists is spreading out across the globe to tell the stories they care about from an often personal perspective.

AP - The brother of the New York mom who caused a wrong-way crash that killed eight people, including her daughter and three nieces, says his family is shocked by a report that found she was drunk and high at the time.

AP - Federal authorities in charge of the nation's biggest bust of artifact looting and grave-robbing are targeting more suspects ranging from those who do the digging to wealthy buyers in the lucrative black market of ancient Southwest relics.

AP - Two groups, who were thrown out of a stadium bar after arguing over a spilled beer, coincidentally parked in the same area and ended up tangling again — with fatal consequences — a prosecutor said Wednesday.

AP - A one-night stay? Ninety dollars. Need to see a doctor? Ten bucks. Want toilet paper? Pay for it yourself.

AP - A Long Island Rail Road engineer and the passenger he allegedly let drive a train carrying almost 400 riders during rush hour at speeds of up to 80 mph are facing reckless endangerment charges. The engineer has also been charged with official misconduct.

AP - Two window washers clinging to a dangling platform 37 stories up on a downtown Boston building were rescued by firefighters Wednesday.

AP - A Fort Hood soldier was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law.

AP - Thousands of them visit the massive, empty building every day, making a connection with their nation's triumph.

AP - Officials in Florida say a corrections officer shot and killed an inmate who tried to escape from jail by climbing a razor wire fence.

AP - In hindsight, it seems so obvious. We look back at the creepy online ramblings of a tortured soul like George Sodini and realize we should have known all along of the horrors to come.

AP - A Fort Hood soldier who refused to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail.

AP - A federal jury convicted a former Louisiana congressman Wednesday of taking bribes on 11 of 16 counts in a case in which agents found $90,000 in his freezer.

AP - A Long Island Rail Road engineer and the passenger he allegedly let drive a train carrying almost 400 riders during rush hour at speeds of up to 80 mph are facing reckless endangerment charges. The engineer has also been charged with official misconduct.

AP - A federal judge ordered six North Carolina men accused of plotting holy war to remain in custody Wednesday but raised scathing questions about the strength of the case federal prosecutors are pushing.

AP - Hurricane Felicia is continuing to gain strength far out in the Pacific.

AP - A man prosecutors say was tied up, humiliated and assaulted by his wife, two of his lovers and another woman as payback for his cheating ways has been jailed on accusations of child abuse and other misdeeds.

AP - These are not happy times at the Happy Days Cafe.

AP - The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released from a Texas federal prison later this month after serving more than 30 years behind bars.

AP - If Diane Schuler had a drinking problem, she apparently was good at hiding it from those who were closest to her.

AP - An Oregon man is $10,000 richer after winning the 2009 National Scrabble Championship in Ohio.

AP - A shooting outside a home in a blighted neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets.

AP - A few weeks ago, Syed Haris Ahmed sought to convince a federal judge his talk of terror attacks was just boastful online chatter. He apparently failed and was convicted of plotting to support terrorist groups.

AP - A key prosecution witness told jurors Wednesday he was positive that Cory Miller shot a 16-year-old during a nightclub melee, but admitted on cross examination that he never saw the New Orleans rapper with a gun.

AP - A woman jogging in a Philadelphia park has been killed by a falling tree branch just days after a similar incident in New York's Central Park left a man comatose.