Rochester teen charged in four killings - Democrat and Chronicle

Two days before Christmas, a father of two was shot to death in the yard of a northeast city home. Two days after Christmas, three people were gruesomely murdered inside a northwest city home. Rochester police say high school dropout Jaquan S. Clark ...

New Jersey Nets (18-18) at Milwaukee Bucks (17-20), 8:30 p.m. - Raleigh News & Observer

The New Jersey Nets take aim at their third consecutive win Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center. New Jersey has won two in a row and three of its last four games, and handed the Memphis Grizzlies a 100-89 loss on Wednesday ...

Israel, Hamas battle on in Gaza Strip, defying UN call for cease-fire ... - In-Forum

Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire after two weeks of combat ...

Screenwriter floors it with 'Gran Torino' - Baton Rouge Advocate

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Working at a liquor store or a construction site, Nick Schenk developed an ear for realistic dialogue. Eventually he wrote a script on scrap paper while sitting at a blue-collar bar in northeast Minneapolis. That script was ...

Final AP poll: 1. Florida 2. Utah 3. USC 4. Texas 5. Oklahoma - Tacoma News Tribune

MIAMI— Florida is No. 1 in the AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2, though not perfectly happy. Texas and Southern California also claimed to be the best — but media voters didn’t think so. The Gators received 48 first-place votes and 1,606 ...