SANTA FE, N.M. – An appeals court has upheld a man’s conviction on a breaking-and-entering charge that stemmed from a thwarted burglary attempt in Las Cruces. Anthony Holt was breaking through a screen on a home’s window when he realized a woman was in the home. He said “Oh I’m …

RALEIGH, N.C. – A police officer suing Starbucks after being burned by a free cup of coffee has testified that he drove home to have the injury photographed before he sought medical care. The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina, reports (http://bit.ly/1Rgsr7l) Wednesday that officer Matthew Kohr told jurors …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Federal agents have charged four people in Iowa with conspiring to illegally ship a large amount of guns and ammunition to Lebanon. A criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday shows agents intercepted cargo containers bound for Lebanon last week containing 152 firearms and more than 15,000 rounds of …

OAKRIDGE, Ore. – When a tractor-trailer rig loaded with 80,000 pounds of dairy products overturned on an Oregon highway southeast of Eugene, the main problem did not seem to be spilled milk but sour cream — lots and lots of sour cream. The Register-Guard of Eugene reports (http://is.gd/y0gRPT) that Oregon …

How strange is theRosie O’Donnell trial with magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr? I’ll say this for it. Not since the folks at BMG Music, a subsidiary — like G+J — of Bertelsmann Inc. tried to force Clive Davis out of Arista Records have I seen anything like this. At Bertlesmann …

“Mercury threat to children rising,” blared a front-page Wall Street Journal article this week. “A report warning that emissions of mercury by coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources pose an increasing danger to young children has been delayed nine months, while the Bush administration struggles with how to handle …

CINCINNATI – Lauren Hill’s gray, metal casket was wheeled into the 10,000-seat basketball arena and placed at the spot where she made her first basket only five months ago. No more perfect place to remember her. The 19-year-old college basketball player was remembered Monday with her own music and words …

TOKYO – The governor of Japan’s southern Okinawa region says he is heading to Washington to convey local objections to a plan to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the island to another. A plan set in 1996 would move U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma to a …

KAMPALA, Uganda – Kenyan authorities say they have foiled an attempted attack by suspected Somali militants on a village in the same northeastern county where militants killed 148 college students last month. The interior ministry said in a statement Friday that Yumbis village in Ijara country was attacked Thursday evening …

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. – An 82-year-old fan of a historic Pennsylvania roller coaster celebrated his 5,000th ride on it over the holiday weekend — sitting for more than eight hours straight and logging 95 spins around the wooden ride in a single day. Vic Kleman, 82, marked the milestone Sunday …