L.A. school to replace staff Students at Miramonte Elementary School will return to class later this week to a new staff because administrators do not want any more "surprises" at the Los Angeles school that is at the center of two child abuse cases. The school will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to "take a break," the Los Angeles Unified School system said.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:13:49 EST Komen Foundation VP resigns after funding controversy Karen Handel, a vice president with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, resigned her position Tuesday following a controversy over funding for some Planned Parenthood projects, the foundation said.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:57:14 EST A bullet, broken heart & murder The prosecutor sounded like the narrator of a hard-boiled police drama as he carefully laid out pieces of the puzzle that led detectives to arrest one of their own in a 23-year-old cold case.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:21:31 EST Military rape victims need justice Jackie Speier: Rape in the military is epidemic, yet only a few cases go to trial -- largely because commanders call all the shots. Victims deserve impartial investigations and a chance for cases to be tried in a military court.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:19:50 EST Authorities: Powell kids struck with hatchet before blaze The tragic tale of two boys killed along with their father in an apparent murder-suicide took another gruesome turn after authorities said the children suffered hatchet wounds before dying of carbon monoxide poisoning.