AP - A witness too afraid to testify against the man accused of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams has changed his mind after a night in jail.

AP - A former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy caught on video punching a handcuffed suspect in the back of a squad car has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

AP - Police say a bear bit off a woman's fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal.

AP - A Norwegian ship owner says a vessel with 21 crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates near Madagascar.

AP - Virginia's attorney general is advising the state's public colleges to rescind policies that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.

AP - The disappearances of 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King illustrate a sad fact: not all missing children cases are treated the same.

AP - Before Rick Perry can parlay his victory in the Texas governor's primary into something bigger — like a spot on the 2012 Republican presidential ticket, perhaps — he'll have to win a record-setting, third full four-year term.

AP - A pressing legal reality for the 'don't ask, don't tell' standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much of the Western United States.

AP - Enough with the tweets, the blogs, the Internet searches.

AP - The Minnesota State Patrol says a 6-year-old girl wandered into freeway traffic near Minneapolis, where she was struck and killed by an SUV.

AP - Home-school mom Susan Mule wishes she hadn't taken a friend's advice and tried a textbook from a popular Christian publisher for her 10-year-old's biology lessons.

AP - Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov. David Paterson.

AP - Alabama's Legislative Black Caucus is calling on U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to cancel his appearance at Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery.

AP - A bilingual 4th grader hurt in an Arizona bus accident that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others translated from an ambulance stretcher for busy rescue workers as they hurried to set up a triage center, authorities said Saturday.

AP - A historic Pennsylvania metal forge that made ashtrays for the German airship the Hindenburg has been destroyed by a fire.

AP - A pressing legal reality for the 'don't ask, don't tell' standard for gays serving in the military is that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already struck down the way it's practiced in much of the Western United States.