Police seek possible young victims of alleged pimp (AP)
AP - The case of an alleged pimp suspected of abducting two teenage girls and keeping them captive while forcing them into prostitution could include dozens of other victims, authorities said Monday.
Casino owners, senators charged in Ala bingo probe (AP)
AP - After the governor began raiding the state's electronic bingo halls, casino owners sent lobbyists to the Capitol with orders to make their Vegas-style parlors legal. Part of the plan, federal authorities said Monday, was to offer lawmakers millions of dollars in bribes.
Oil industry has yet to adopt lessons of BP spill (AP)
AP - Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-water blowout in the coming months because they have yet to incorporate many of the lessons learned during the BP disaster, experts inside and outside the business tell The Associated Press.
Emanuel hits Chicago streets, makes case for mayor (AP)
AP - Last week, Afghanistan. This week, parents protesting the proposed demolition of a park field house.
Remains found near where Vt. woman disappeared (AP)
AP - Hunters discovered a body in the woods about 10 miles from where a 78-year-old woman was kidnapped from her home in a tiny Vermont town three weeks ago, and authorities feared the worst.
No verdict yet in Connecticut home invasion trial (AP)
AP - A jury on Monday completed its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of a man charged with killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion.
Closing arguments held at NYC temple plot trial (AP)
AP - Four men accused of plotting to blow up synagogues and shoot down military planes believed that the scheme concocted in a government sting would kill innocent New Yorkers, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments at the men's trial.
Vt. man accused of locking up stepson gets prison (AP)
AP - A man accused of confining his adolescent stepson to an alarm-rigged bedroom and molesting him for years was sentenced Monday to 18 years to life in prison after the judge heard the words of the victim read aloud in court.
5 dead, including baby, in rural Ohio house fire (AP)
AP - Fire swept through a 12-bedroom house in rural, southern Ohio early Monday, killing five people and injuring seven. One survivor said he jumped out a window to escape the flames, which left only a few studs and a small section of the home's side still in place.
Ga. federal judge arrested on drug, gun charges (AP)
AP - A veteran federal judge faces drug and firearms charges after an exotic dancer at an Atlanta strip club told authorities he used cocaine, marijuana and other illegal drugs with her.
Wis. prosecutor quits after 'sexting' abuse victim (AP)
AP - An embattled Wisconsin prosecutor who tried to spark an affair with a domestic violence victim by sending racy text messages resigned in disgrace Monday.
Chefs name gardens top restaurant trend of 2010 (AP)
AP - Gardens have been named the hottest trend in restaurants this year as more chefs involved with the eat local food movement decide to grow their own tomatoes, herbs and other produce.
New sex survey: Male-female orgasm gap, sex lives of 14-year-olds (AP)
AP - The male-female orgasm gap. The sex lives of 14-year-olds. An intriguing breakdown of condom usage rates, by age and ethnicity, with teens emerging as more safe-sex-conscious than boomers.
City scandal makes officials outcasts in hometown (AP)
AP - There was a time in this modest blue-collar community when Mayor Oscar Hernandez was all but hailed as a superhero, the big friendly guy who said hello to everybody when he wasn't busy greeting them at his venerable corner grocery store.
NJ school holds vigil for student who killed self (AP)
AP - Rutgers University held a silent vigil Sunday night to remember a student who committed suicide after his sexual encounter with a man in his dormitory room was secretly streamed online.