7 ACORN workers charged with voter registration irregularities in Pa.

PITTSBURGH — Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers were charged with falsifying voter registration forms, with six accused of doing so to meet the group’s alleged quota system before last year’s general election.

Ohio police nab accused shoplifter who wrote his real address on job application

DAYTON, Ohio — Police found a man accused of shoplifting because he put his address on a job application before leaving the store. Police said a 49-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor theft charge after employees said he stole T-shirts and pants from a clothing store.

Jose Canseco not surprised by Ramirez suspension; former Bash Brother very familiar with HCG

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jose Canseco says baseball players have endured enough embarrassment over the steroid scandal and now it’s time to investigate what role Major League Baseball and the players’ association played in it.

Breaking the budget could mean prison for RI public servants under lawmaker’s plan

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hand-wringing, not handcuffs, normally awaits public servants who blow their budgets and need more cash.

Conn. lawmaker loses post as charge weighed in case of woman who fled his car, froze to death

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut state lawmaker was suspended from his leadership post Friday amid reports he could face a criminal charge in the death of a barefoot woman who died of hypothermia after fleeing from his car this past winter.

Calif. says Nev. agencies never shared accident record of driver in bus crash that killed 5

SAN FRANCISCO — California agencies had no record that the driver of a tour bus that crashed, killing himself and four French tourists, had struck a woman in Nevada in 2005 despite requirements to report infractions by commercial drivers, a state official said Thursday.

Seahawks, linebacker Leroy Hill reach long-term agreement

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks and starting outside linebacker Leroy Hill have reached agreement on six-year contract worth a guaranteed $15.5 million.

Driver killed in California tour bus crash had 2005 accident that left woman injured

SOLEDAD, Calif. — The driver of a tour bus that crashed in central California, killing himself and four French tourists, struck and seriously injured a woman in a Nevada crosswalk a little more than three years ago, police records show.

Fla. man, 70, arrested after throwing himself on sand to protest brown sand on white beach

SIESTA KEY, Fla. — The beaches of Siesta Key in Sarasota are known for its white sand, and residents want to keep it that way. Jim Overbeck was arrested Tuesday on a misdemeanor trespassing charge while protesting a battle to spread a brownish sand on the beach. The 70-year-old threw himself on the sand.

Calif. authorities charge 3 with involuntary manslaughter in pregnant farmworker’s death

FRESNO, Calif. — Three officials at a now-defunct farm labor contractor were charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a pregnant teenager who collapsed from heat stroke after working in a sweltering vineyard last year.

Mich. authorities deciding whether death of quadriplegic 9-year-old found in storage was crime

FLINT, Mich. — Prosecutors on Thursday were deciding whether to charge the adoptive mother of a 9-year-old quadriplegic girl whose body was found in a storage unit — a child the woman had allegedly insisted was out of state when authorities first questioned her.

NH police arrest college students on hazing charges, say frat pledges branded with hot bayonet

HENNIKER, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire say two college students have been arrested over a pledging ceremony where fraternity initiates were burned with a hot World War II-era bayonet.

Former Utah officer hailed as hero in 2007 mall shooting gets jail time on sex charge

OGDEN, Utah — A former Utah police officer lauded for helping end a mall shooting rampage has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for engaging in a sex act with a teenager.

John Daly says he has been suspended from PGA Tour

LONDON - American golfer John Daly revealed that he has been suspended from the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tour for six months for misdemeanor.