The detectives were found not guilty on all felony and misdemeanor charges in the November 2006 death of Sean Bell, who died in a hail of 50 police bullets outside a club in Queens.
AP - President Bush said tax rebates will start going out Monday, earlier than previously announced, and should help Americans cope with rising gasoline and food prices, as well as aid a slumping economy.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama on Friday blamed high gasoline prices on Washington and a political establishment that he says hasn't stood up to oil companies, his two rivals for the presidency included.
AP - A civilian ship working for the U.S. military fired warning shots at two small boats that approached it in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Friday.
Nicole Paultre Bell bolted from the courtroom as a judge acquitted three New York City detectives of all charges today in the shooting death of her fiance. "I've got to get out of here," she said. Outside the courthouse, there was shock. "Fifty shots is murder. I don't care what you say," said one woman.
The Treasury Department will start distributing its tax rebate checks on Monday, thanks to a new computer program that updates records daily instead of weekly. Last month, the department said it would begin giving rebates on May 2.
At least 11 people were killed and 36 others were wounded in overnight battles in northern Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.