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Belgium grants jailed rapist, murderer euthanasia 09/17/2014 12:42pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- A Belgian man convicted of murder and rape is being put to death. Yet the country doesn't have the death penalty. Confused? Authorities have granted a request for assisted suicide by the man, who says he's a menace to society and can't live knowing tha Bangladesh court reduces sentence of Islamist 09/17/2014 09:02am • JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladesh's Supreme Court commuted on Wednesday the death sentence of an Islamist political leader whose conviction last year for war crimes during the nation's 1971 war for independence sparked deadly protests.Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of th AP Interview: Feds launch policing bias study 09/17/2014 03:20am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Broadening its push to improve police relations with minorities, the Justice Department has enlisted a team of criminal justice researchers to study racial bias in law enforcement in five American cities and recommend strategies to address the problem Threat conviction tossed in violent poem case 09/16/2014 04:40pm • LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed the conviction of a Utah man who was found guilty of threatening a professor by sending a violent anti-immigrant email.The judges ruled the verdict violated Aaron Michael Heineman's freedom of speech becaus Kurds in Europe take up arms against IS group 09/16/2014 03:22pm • JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press KOEGE, Denmark (AP) -- Shaho Pirani says he's just a phone call away from leaving his quiet life in Denmark and joining Kurdish forces battling against Islamic State militants in Iraq.The 30-year-old Kurd, who fled from Iran with his older brother in 1991, says he feels Police: Rifle used to ambush Pennsylvania troopers 09/16/2014 12:44am • MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The gunman who ambushed two Pennsylvania State Police troopers outside their barracks, killing one, used a rifle and might have had formal firearms training through the military or law enforcement, authorities said Monday.Releasing a profile of the killer, Lt. Col. Oklahoma City bombing memorial adds new exhibits 09/15/2014 04:30pm • KRISTI EATON Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A key piece of evidence, hundreds of oral testimonies and new artifacts were unveiled Monday at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum dedicated to the deadly 1995 bombing.The additions are part of a nearly $8 million project that aims to att 93-year-old former Auschwitz guard charged 09/15/2014 11:46am • DAVID RISING Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- A 93-year-old man has been charged with 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as an SS guard at the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp, prosecutors said Monday.Oskar Groening is accused of helping operate the death camp in occupied Poland between May Oklahoma NAACP wants alleged assaults investigated 09/13/2014 04:50pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The president of the Oklahoma NAACP wants the U.S. attorney general to open a hate crimes and civil rights investigation into alleged sexual assaults on black women by an Oklahoma City police officer.Anthony Douglas requested the investigation in an Aug. 28 letter to Attorney G Prosecutors target credit card thieves overseas 09/13/2014 02:02pm • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Criminals from around the world buy and sell stolen credit card information with ease in today's digital age. But if they commit their crime entirely outside the United States, they may be beyond the reach of federal prosecutors.Justice Department offi Business Highlights 09/12/2014 06:50pm • The Associated Press ___Sponsors keep close watch on NFL investigationMajor brand sponsors are watching closely to make sure the National Football League doesn't fumble the investigation into how its executives handled evidence in the Ray Rice domestic violence case.For big companies like Anheuser- Stocks down...Bayer accused of unsubstantiated drug claims...Justice seeks new tool against data fraud 09/12/2014 03:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street appears headed for its first weekly loss since the start of August. Utility company stocks are leading the market lower as investors dump dividend-rich stocks following a rise in Treasury yields, which rise when prices fall. Treasurys fell after news that retail sales in FEMA wants at least $5.8M in Sandy aid repaid 09/12/2014 12:08pm • MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- After Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast nearly two years ago, the federal government quickly sent out $1.4 billion in emergency disaster aid to the hurricane's victims.Now, thousands of people might have to pay back their share.The Federal Emerge Prosecutor: Plant owner OK'd tainted peanut sales 09/12/2014 04:48am • RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ALBANY, Ga. (AP) -- The owner of a Georgia peanut plant where a deadly salmonella outbreak originated five years ago approved sales of tainted food "whatever the risk," including shipments known to have tested positive for the bacteria and others sent with fake lab result Veterans Watchdog: VA managers lied about delays 09/11/2014 09:46am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Managers at more than a dozen Veterans Affairs medical facilities lied to federal investigators about scheduling practices and other issues, the department's inspector general said Tuesday.Richard Griffin, the VA's acting inspector general, said his o