Posted: Nov 28, 2012 4:31 AM
Updated: Nov 28, 2012 4:31 AM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A man who told police he killed a 27-year-old woman to prevent her from telling someone she'd been sexually assaulted by men in her prayer group is set to be arraigned today on a first-degree murder charge. Investigators say 23-year-old Micah Moore told them that he killed 27-year-old Bethany Deaton at the request of her husband, the prayer group's leader. The Deatons moved to Kansas City in 2009 from Texas.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Two BP rig supervisors and a former executive set to be arraigned today on criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and the company's response to the massive 2010 oil spill. Their attorneys are vowing to fight the charges.
HOUSTON (AP) The family of former Houston Oilers coach Jack Pardee says the NFL defensive great has six to nine months to live and is preparing for hospice care. The 76-year-old has gall bladder cancer that's spread to other organs.
LONDON (AP) British medical technology company is buying Fort Worth-based Healthpoint Biotherapeutics for $782 million. The CEO of Smith & Nephew PLC says the deal will strengthen the British company's wound care product line.