Scott Roeder argued that killing Dr. George Tiller was necessary to prevent future abortions. A manslaughter verdict would have brought a much lesser sentence, but the jury quickly convicted him of murder – which brings a life sentence.
The Obama administration bowed to almost unanimous pressure from officials and business leaders to move the trial of the Sept. 11 plotters from Lower Manhattan.
The United States has suspended its evacuations of critically injured Haitian earthquake victims until a dispute over who will pay for their care is settled.
President Obama attended a House Republican retreat for a robust debate on policies and politics with the opposition, a rarity in the scripted world of American politics.
AP - Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration appears likely to move the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it had been scheduled to take place just blocks from the site of the twin towers attack. The city's top police official says he thinks the trial won't take place anywhere in the city.
AP - Toyota said it began shipping gas pedal parts to its dealers Friday for use in fixing the millions of cars and trucks recalled because of accelerators that could become stuck.
AP - In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Barack Obama chastised Republican lawmakers Friday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in turn of brushing off their ideas and driving up the national debt.
Toyota's president Akio Toyoda apologized for the gas pedal problems that have forced the recall of millions of vehicles in the United States and Europe, Japanese media reported.