New details have been released in the case of a New Hampshire tenant accused of striking his landlord in the head with an ax-like object as many as 16 times. Forty-nine-year-old Paul McDonald, of Danville, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 54-year-old Richard Wilcox.
Plans to install geothermal heating and cooling systems in three Nashua, New Hampshire, elementary schools have been delayed by questions about the scope and cost of the project. Construction officials have said they could start work on the multimillion dollar project this summer, but school district officials say work probably won't begin until next summer at the earliest.
The state is defending Dover's sex offender ordinance against a legal challenge from the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, arguing that it is not only legal but a legitimate safety measure. The ordinance prohibits registered sex offenders from living with 2,500 feet of a school or day care center.
Police say a Rochester, New Hampshire man tried several times to pour poison into a co-worker's coffee but couldn't get the cap off the liquid he was using. Police say twenty-three-year-old Philippe D'Ambroise works at the Sears automotive department in Portsmouth, where he tried to pour a product used to make tires appear shiny into a co-worker's coffee mug but couldn't get the cover off the spray bottle.
Thousands of more residents are fleeing a wildfire in California's Santa Barbara County. The center of concern is Goleta in an area that hasn't burned in over 50 years. The raging fire's being fanned by 40-mile-an-hour winds. At the other end of the Los Padres National Forest, another huge fire continues to bear down on Big Sur.
President Bush is heading to Japan today for his final G-8 summit. Soaring oil prices, a sickly economy and global warming are all on the agenda. More than 1,000 people marched in northern Japan today to protest the meeting of the top industrialized countries. Police arrested four protesters.
An Iranian government spokesman says the country's nuclear program remains unchanged, indicating that Tehran has no plans to stop enriching uranium. The comments came a day after Iran sent a response to curb its program in exchange for economic incentives. The contents of the response have not been made public.
Barack Obama takes his campaign to St. Louis today, his second trip to Missouri this week. John McCain has been spending the holiday at his ranch in Arizona and has no public events on his schedule again today.
The Williams sisters are going head-to-head at Wimbledon today in the women's finals. Later they will be on the same side of the net in the doubles final. It's been more than five years since Venus and Serena Williams won a Grand Slam doubles title together.
