Pa. judge sets $20,000 bond for Erie mother convicted of swinging baby like a bat during fight

September 10th, 2009 Va. judge orders release of white supremacistROANOKE, Va. — A U.S. magistrate judge in Virginia has ordered the release of an avowed white supremacist, but prosecutors have appealed.

September 8th, 2009 Pa. collar-bomb suspect ruled competent for trialERIE, Pa. — A judge says a Pennsylvania woman accused of masterminding a bizarre bank robbery that ended when a bomb strapped around a pizza deliveryman's neck exploded and killed him is competent to stand trial.

August 29th, 2009 Puerto Rico judge sets bail for alleged cop killerSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A judge has set bail at $2.6 million for a Puerto Rican man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding a second before stealing their squad car earlier this month. Judge Milagros Muniz set the bond amount at a Saturday hearing at which suspect Ricardo Lebron Berrios was not required to enter a plea.

August 27th, 2009 RI highway trooper delivers baby in pickup truckLINCOLN, R.I. — A Rhode Island state trooper responding to a call of a medical emergency on a highway has helped deliver a baby in a pickup truck.

August 10th, 2009 1 beached whale dies near Miami, other in distressHOLLYWOOD, Fla. —A beached mother whale has died near Miami and rescuers are continuing to try to save her baby.

August 3rd, 2009 Mass. custody hearing for baby cut from wombWORCESTER, Mass. — Several people seeking custody of a Massachusetts baby cut from her slain mother's womb are headed to court to state their case.

July 21st, 2009 US residents charged with kidnapping Mexican babyMONTERREY, Mexico — Two U.S. residents have been charged with kidnapping a 3-month-old Mexican girl and trying to smuggle her out of the country.

June 22nd, 2009 Police: Volunteer abducts baby from church nurseryGAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A church volunteer accused of taking home an 11-month-old girl while working in the nursery has been arraigned on charges of kidnapping and unlawful life imprisonment in Michigan.

June 17th, 2009 Man 'relaxing' on mattress in Pa. bay rescuedERIE, Pa.

June 15th, 2009 NJ man to be freed after '87 convictions reversedNEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in Newark, N.J., has cleared the way for a man convicted of two murders more than two decades ago to be freed from prison.

June 4th, 2009 Rare baby rhino debuted at Madrid's zooMADRID — Only a month old and already in a bad mood, a baby white rhino conceived through artificial insemination is delighting keepers at a Spanish zoo. The male rhino was born in late April and unveiled this week, and is only the third in the world to be conceived with that technique, zoo veterinarian Enrique Saez said Thursday.

May 4th, 2009 Wis. judge sets $500,000 bail in triple homicideSTEVENS POINT, Wis. — A judge in Wisconsin has set bail at $500,000 for a man accused of killing his girlfriend and two of their children at their home in Nelsonville.

April 29th, 2009 Neglect charge alleges mom breast-feed while drunkBISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota mother has pleaded not guilty to child neglect after prosecutors alleged she was drunk while breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby.

April 22nd, 2009 Erie officer: Videotaped remarks were embellishedERIE, Pa. — An Erie police officer says he embellished comments that ridiculed a murder victim in a barroom conversation that was videotaped and posted online.

April 21st, 2009 Pa. officer who joked about homicide is suspendedERIE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania police officer has been suspended without pay for mocking a homicide victim in a barroom recording posted on YouTube.