FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Truth proved to be stranger than fiction for a high school criminology class investigating a fake crime scene after students discovered a real body on a field trip. Teacher Sue Messenger has been planting fake skeletons with bullet holes and other evidence at mock crime scenes …

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Police say new DNA testing has linked a Georgia man to the killings of four women in Bridgeport in the early 1990s, and investigators believe he may have been involved in up to six other homicides in the city. Detectives recently went to the D. Ray James …

LOS ANGELES – The fur really could fly on TV’s latest reality entry: It stars cats. Ten felines, picked from animal shelters nationwide, will live in a New York house to vie — a la “Big Brother” or “Survivor” — for a grand prize, in this instance an executive-level job …

LAKE MARY, Fla. – A disabled Army veteran has been charged with fatally stabbing his wife and son on the boy’s 11th birthday, authorities said Saturday. Seminole County Sheriff’s Lt. Dennis Lemma said Franklyn Duzant chased his son, Nico, to a neighbor’s front yard Friday and repeatedly stabbed the boy. …

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Thursday promised to disclose the results of an investigation into reports that Marines killed unarmed civilians in Iraq. “The world will see the full and complete investigation,” Bush said. The U.S. military is conducting at least two investigations into the Nov. 19 killings of 24 …

SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon says his solid victory in Utah’s Republican primary is good news for President Bush and those seeking a consensus on immigration policy this year. The five-term incumbent turned back challenger John Jacob 56 percent to 44 percent, or 32,306 votes to 25,589 …

WASHINGTON – If the chips fall right for Democrats and their party seizes control of the House, President Bush’s agenda on Capitol Hill would fall into the hands of some of his most dogged opponents. It’s not just would-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, but a boatload of Democrats newly …

NEW YORK – Criminals convicted of gun crimes in New York City would have to register and update their addresses — similar to sex offenders — under a law proposed by city officials on Monday. The gun registry act is one of several modest measures that Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants …

TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday shrugged off increased international pressure over Iran’s disputed nuclear program, saying it would not cause his country any harm. The United States and Europe are pressing Iran to quickly respond to a package of incentives to give up uranium enrichment and resume …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An abortion clinic surrendered its license Wednesday amid allegations that a woman delivered a nearly full-term stillborn baby after a staff member gave her an abortion-inducing drug without a doctor present. Summit Medical Center in Birmingham has been closed since the Alabama Department of Health suspended its …