An Arkansas man is found guilty of capital murder in the death of a television anchorwoman. Anne Pressly was attacked in her home on Oct. 20, 2008. She was beaten so badly that her face was shattered. A jury must now decide whether 29-year-old Curtis Lavelle Vance should be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison.

Even though the country has become more pessimistic, President Barack Obama still enjoys the confidence of a majority of Americans. An Associated Press-GfK poll shows that he has an approval rating of 54 percent. But it also says the number of people who think the country is heading in the wrong direction has increased.

Five men, all members of the same Missouri family, have been arrested on charges of committing horrific sex crimes against children. Police are searching property belonging to the family because they believe a body or bodies may be buried there. Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., one of the suspects, is shown at right.

Back in 1959, the graduating teens of Macon, Ga., came from three different high schools. There was one for white boys, one for white girls and one for black students. For their 50th reunion, members of all three classes came together for the first time.

Steve Nunn, a former state representative and the son of a former Kentucky governor, is indicted in the September shooting death of his ex-fiance, Amanda Ross. The grand jury's action means the prosecutor could seek capital punishment if Nunn is convicted.

The suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood is unlikely to be executed in a military justice system that has not killed anyone since 1961. Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist alleged to have gunned down 13 people, might also gain from unique protections the military provides defendants. "Our military justice system is not bloodthirsty," said Eugene R. Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale.

It's unlikely anyone needs to remind Clayton Kuhles that it's Veterans Day today. That's because he has spent the last eight years locating WWII wrecks in the rugged lands of India, China and Myanmar. His work has brought a huge sense of relief to families who never knew what happened to loved ones lost in the conflict.
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A pancake-craving post on Facebook saved a New York teen from a robbery charge. Rodney Bradford, 19, had been arrested for the crime. But his attorney noted that Bradford had posted a comment about breakfast on the social media site at the time the robbery occurred, and the teen was later released.