PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Lt. John Mitchell Tomlinson, the 46-year-old Santa Rosa County deputy who heads Santa Rosa courthouse security, has been charged with 120 counts of sexual battery on a child between the ages 12 and 18.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the 70s. Lows in the low 50s to low 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent Thursday, 20 percent Thursday night.

Mexican Carlos Slim Huan overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes 'rich list'.

Rose Prescott, whose 6-day-old daughter suffocated on her living room couch, pleaded guilty Wednesday to child neglect resulting in death.

Kansas City police are seeking the public’s help to locate Donald L. Dudley. He was last seen Monday walking south in the 6900 block of Jackson Street. His family has not seen or heard from him since, and relatives are concerned for his safety.

Former sprinter Marion Jones has signed on to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock, hoping to launch a new career after losing five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs.

NEW ORLEANS -- Houston energy company president Douglas Schantz apparently hit his forehead as he fell into the Mississippi River from a steamboat's dock early Friday, according to the New Orleans coroner.

Pittsburgh Penguins winger Matt Cooke has escaped suspension for a hit that knocked out center Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins.

A federal judge in Kansas today sentenced a former church music director to more than 12 years for setting fire to a Leavenworth church. Carva Lee White, 46, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and arson in an attempt to commit mail fraud.

Police identified the man found dead with apparent gunshot wounds inside a Riverside apartment as Hassan Abbas, 32. Abbas, who was from the Sudan, was a student at Metropolitan Community College–Maple Woods, according to police.

The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.

Wyandotte County prosecutors today charged two people related to a high-speed police chase of a stolen Jeep on Monday. Jeffrey M. Haywood, 39, of Independence, is charged with felony eluding police, felony theft, misdemeanor theft and possessing marijuana.

Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Where were the headlines? Where was the parade? Tell me, please, which Wal-Mart I can find the trophy at? Let's face it, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has won a national championship and no one seems to care.

One day after the Browns released Derek Anderson, there is mounting evidence around the league that Brady Quinn could be next.

Data released Wednesday by Auburn Montogmery's Center for Demographic Research shows Alabama's infant death rate was 9.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2008. That's a half percentage point higher than the rate reported in 2006.

Lyon draw 1-1 in the Bernebau to earn a 2-1 aggregate win over Real Madrid.

Oil prices rose Wednesday as the government's weekly inventory report showed a smaller than expected increase in oil supplies and a dip in gasoline inventory.

Kansas City police now have received 733 tips and dedicated 21 detectives plus six sergeants to catching the so-called Waldo rapist. The investigation has grown so large that it’s been moved out of the sex crimes unit at police headquarters and into the city’s Emergency Operations Center, police Chief Jim Corwin announced today.

The measures that passed the House and Senate on Wednesday were put forward by Gov. Sonny Perdue and are seen as a demonstration that Georgia is working to control its thirst for water, which has skyrocketed in recent years as Atlanta's population has also boomed.

Kansas City Community Gardens was not recommended for this year’s community development block grant funding, but it may still be funded in the general Kansas City budget. The City Council’s Housing Committee today endorsed a plan to allocate about $8.8 million in block grant funds to a host of housing and social service agencies. But the community garden program was not on the list, which goes to the full council Thursday for a vote.

Stocks posted modest gains Wednesday, with the Nasdaq ending at its highest level in more than 18 months, as investors weighed falling oil prices against strength in the financial services sector and an upbeat report on wholesale inventories.

WASHINGTON — Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help...

The United States dropped a record $220.9 billion further into the red in February, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.

A Kansas City woman has been accused of burning her mentally disabled son with an iron. Helen E. Settles, 41, has been charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with one count of first-degree domestic assault that caused serious physical injury and one count of armed criminal action, both felonies.

EU nations decide to support a ban on international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna until stocks recover.

The dollar was mixed against major currencies Wednesday, rising against the yen and pound but giving up gains versus the euro.

Police charge a fifth person with the murder of a Huddersfield shopkeeper who was attacked during a robbery at his store.

General Motors has offered to reinstate the franchise of Daniels Chevrolet if the Motor City area dealership meets certain standards that have not yet been made public but shouldn't be a problem reaching, dealership owner Elizabeth Daniels said...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Workers began breaking up a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado on Wednesday, days after a rock slide that closed the highway indefinitely.

State officials said they hoped to...

Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch

Apopka police officer Tanya Culver just ended a department probation for violating police policies in 2007

An Apopka police officer accused of shooting at her husband Sunday had recently ended a two-year probationary period as punishment for policy violations in 2007, records obtained today show.

Kenny Gongloff, 5, struggled to lift the bagged fruit.

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl today declared a state of emergency as the city prepares for flooding expected to occur on the weekend

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's president.

Investigators from the CDC successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.

A lucky California Lottery player who bought their ticket in Fresno woke up today nearly a half million dollars richer. Their ticket matched five of six numbers in last night’s MEGA Millions draw, making that ticket worth $464,048.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - David Beckham has been dropped from AC Milan's starting lineup against Manchester United in his return to Old Trafford.

NEW YORK - Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." Daniel Angerer co-owns Klee Brasserie with his wife Lori Mason. A photo on his blog features the cheese...

Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Red Sox for one day and then retired, ending a 14-year career in which he won two batting titles with Boston and became a beloved player in the city.