Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:33 PM EDT
Nearly four months after federal agents and campus police stormed San Diego State University's Fraternity Row in one of the nation's largest campus drug busts, fewer than half of those arrested face charges as the school tries to repair its image ahead of the upcoming academic year.
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Wed Aug 6, 2008 3:32 PM EDT
Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history.
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Mon Aug 4, 2008 2:06 PM EDT
The last thing defense attorney Jim McMahon expected to hear on a recording of phone calls from the county jail was his own voice discussing trial strategy with a client who had been jailed on a probation violation.
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Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:04 PM EDT
To police, Steven Hirschfield was violent and out of control when he clambered aboard a patrol boat sent to rescue him in the San Diego Bay during a gay pride party.
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Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:08 PM EDT
The officer considering whether a Marine sergeant accused of shooting an unarmed Iraqi captive should face court-martial said Friday it will be a struggle to determine whether the killing amounted to murder amid the "kinetic environment" of war.
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Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:42 PM EDT
A Marine sniper charged in the shooting deaths of two Syrians told a military court Wednesday he believed he was protecting his troops from a roadside bomb.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
Four of five men originally charged with murdering professional surfer Emery Kauanui pleaded guilty to lesser charges Friday.
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Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:15 AM EDT
Three women pleaded not guilty Wednesday to child abuse and other charges involving a 5-year-old boy who was burned, starved and beaten.
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:11 PM EDT
Southern California roasted Thursday in a record-breaking, end-of-spring heat wave that sent temperatures soaring past 100 degrees in many areas, posing hazards for anyone who ventured outside.
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:44 PM EDT
On a Monday morning last month, highway patrol officers visited 20 classrooms at El Camino High School to announce some horrible news: Several students had been killed in car wrecks over the weekend.
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Fri Jun 6, 2008 7:17 PM EDT
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and singer Justin Timberlake may not be qualified to play in the U.S. Open, but both proved they could break 100 Friday on Torrey Pines' South Course.
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Fri May 30, 2008 7:06 PM EDT
A 26-year-old T-shirt designer could turn San Diego's mayoral election on its head.
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Wed May 28, 2008 5:32 AM EDT
Security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has gone to court to try to force San Diego to issue permits the company needs to open a new indoor military training facility in the city.
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Mon May 19, 2008 6:15 PM EDT
Construction was suspended on a downtown hotel after a gas explosion injured 14 workers, but the Hilton tower still may open on schedule, the builder said Tuesday.
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Sat May 10, 2008 3:59 AM EDT
When members of an anti-illegal immigration group offered to sponsor litter cleanup on local roads, they never imagined California officials would offer them an Adopt-a-Highway stretch near a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 5, the main artery carrying illegal migrants north from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Wed May 7, 2008 6:51 PM EDT
The suspected leader of a drug trafficking ring was among seven students who pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from an undercover operation at San Diego State University that netted more than 100 arrests.
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Wed May 7, 2008 9:56 AM EDT
San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
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Wed May 7, 2008 5:44 AM EDT
San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
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Tue May 6, 2008 2:35 PM EDT
San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
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Tue May 6, 2008 12:39 PM EDT
Authorities say nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges.
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Tue May 6, 2008 12:38 PM EDT
Authorities say nearly 100 students have been arrested at San Diego State University on drug-related charges.
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Fri May 2, 2008 3:53 AM EDT
Cynthia Sommer has a death certificate for her Marine husband that lists homicide as his cause of death. Forensic experts said Todd Sommer was poisoned with arsenic.
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:23 PM EDT
Precious Jackson has two years of teaching under her belt and two school teacher-of-the-year awards to show for it. She also has a pink slip.
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Tue Apr 1, 2008 7:44 AM EDT
It will take more than two destroyed homes to get Skip and Linda Miller off the mountaintop property where they've lived for 30 years.
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Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:28 PM EDT
A Marine charged with murdering an Iraqi detainee captured during fierce house-to-house fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, said his squad leader asked for help killing captives after weapons were found in their house, a naval investigator testified Friday.
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