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Trial opens to judge ex-Khmer Rouge on genocide 10/17/2014 01:22pm • SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- The first trial weighing charges of genocide against Cambodia's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime opened Friday with a prosecutor saying it will show that Cambodians were enslaved in inhumane conditions that led to the deaths of 1.7 million Russian man: not guilty to new hacking charges 10/17/2014 02:40am • MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- A Russian man accused of hacking into U.S. businesses pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office.Roman Seleznev's new lawyer, Steven Fogg, also told the federal judge that they "object to the manner in which Mr. Sel Cambodian tribunal opens 1st genocide case 10/17/2014 02:20am • SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- A U.N.-backed Cambodian tribunal began hearing the first genocide case against the country's brutal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime on Friday, another step toward justice for an estimated 1.7 million people who died from starvation, disease and e Study finds anxiety after street stops by police 10/16/2014 05:50pm • COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Young men stopped by police reported they had elevated anxiety levels and other trauma from the encounters, according a new study published Thursday, raising fresh concerns about the New York Police Department's stop and frisk policy.The study published UN: 3 peacekeepers killed in Darfur 10/16/2014 05:20pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Two peacekeepers serving in the joint United Nations-African Union force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region were killed in an attack, and a third later died from his injuries, the U.N. secretary-general said Thursday.Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack and said it has bee Judges dismiss complaint on alleged bias remarks 10/15/2014 07:30pm • PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A council of federal judges has dismissed a misconduct complaint against a conservative appellate judge who was alleged to have made racially discriminatory remarks at a lecture on the death penalty.Judge Edith Jones of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Cir NY man wants feds to prosecute police beating case 10/15/2014 05:18pm • MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- A man beaten by police during a traffic stop caught on video is asking federal prosecutors to take over the case because he believes the local district attorney doesn't consider him the victim of a hate crime.An attorney for Kyle Howell, 21, US man guilty of assisting suicide gets jail time 10/15/2014 04:54pm • AMY FORLITI Associated Press FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) -- A former nurse in Minnesota who admitted to going online years ago and preying upon suicidal people -- encouraging two to take their lives -- must serve nearly six months in jail as part of a sentence handed down Wednesday.William Melchert-Dinkel Holocaust Museum shows images of Syrian killings 10/15/2014 02:42pm • BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Images of mangled and emaciated bodies that a Syrian military photographer who defected says he took during the Middle Eastern nation's bloody civil war went on display Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.A small exhibit, entitled "Genoci New charges brought in 2012 Benghazi attacks 10/15/2014 06:00am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Libyan militant already behind bars was indicted Tuesday on new charges arising from the 2012 Benghazi attacks, including crimes punishable by the death penalty, the Justice Department said.The new 18-count grand jury indictment, which includes multi Group sues over chronic violence at Alabama prison 10/14/2014 06:38pm • JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Multiple inmate deaths, rampant drug abuse, broken door locks and almost continual violence at St. Clair prison in Alabama are the result of corruption and poor management, an inmate lawsuit claims, the latest in a string of complaints over condit Protesters demand Philippine custody of US Marine 10/14/2014 03:40pm • JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Dozens of activists burned a mock U.S. flag as they protested at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, demanding that Washington hand over to the Philippines a U.S. Marine suspected in the killing of a transgender Filipino that the demonstrator DC adds race to nation's debate on legalizing pot 10/14/2014 03:36am • BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A debate over legalizing marijuana in the nation's capital is focusing on the outsized number of arrests of African Americans on minor drug charges.Pot legalization supporters in Colorado and Washington state also spoke about racial justice, but their NASCAR faces tough calls on issuing penalties 10/14/2014 01:38am • JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR Chairman Brian France has always been very clear about the action he wants to see in races.He loved the 2011 season finale when Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards waged a white-knuckle battle for both the race win and the championship, and Lawsuit: Ala teen used as bait in school sex sting 10/12/2014 12:30pm • JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Some facts of the case aren't in dispute: A teacher's aide asked a 14-year-old girl to go into a middle school bathroom as bait so a 16-year-old eight-grader with a history of sexual harassment could be caught trying to have sex with her and disci