COLUMBUS, Ohio - The sister of one of the seven people killed in a suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan last week says her brother was proud of the work he was doing. [widget:news__all_discussion] Scott Michael Roberson was a security officer for the CIA when the blast hit Dec. 30. The Ohio native leaves behind a wife who is ...

WARM SRPINGS, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia woman is in jail after police say she forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for bad grades. The sheriff of rural Meriwether County told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. — Authorities said a man urinated on the side of the Royal Oak police station, and then walked inside one afternoon last week. Lt. Gordon Young told the Detroit Free Press that "after urinating, the suspect entered the station in an attempt to file a police report on an undisclosed matter." That's when witnesses informed the police at ...

APPOMATTOX, Va. -- Jonathan Quarles was the kind of guy who took in flying squirrels and turtles, then released them back to the wild. The kind of guy who gathered clothes and furniture for strangers when their house burned down. Wife Karen often craved the Corner Grill's "Cheesy Western," a burger topped with a fried egg. And their 15-year-old daughter Emily ...