AP - A jury has spared a former Canton, Ohio, police officer from a possible death sentence for killing his pregnant girlfriend and their baby and instead recommended a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole for 30 years.

AP - William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82.

AP - Roger Clemens' denial of steroid use warrants further investigation, Congress said Wednesday in asking the Justice Department to determine whether the star pitcher lied under oath in testimony to a House committee.