Florida grad student's killer sentenced to death

Kentrell Johnson, 43, is one of three men convicted in the fatal beating and stabbing of a 29-year-old Florida State University student in 2010

• Sep 17, 2014

California wildfires spread

The Sierra Nevada foothills and north hit particularly hard during the 2014 fire season

• Sep 17, 2014
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Mo. teen in coma after being hit by police stun gun

FBI investigating whether police near Kansas City, Mo., used excessive force during traffic stop that left the 17-year-old in critical condition

• Sep 17, 2014

NFL, players agree to revamped drug policy, HGH testing

Under the new rules, three previously suspended players will be eligible to return to their teams this week

• Sep 17, 2014

U.S. anti-terror program to target Minneapolis-St. Paul

Pilot program designed to stop extremists from recruiting Americans to join terror organizations overseas

• Sep 17, 2014

Florida woman turns 90 and takes to the skies

Billy Jones had to sit on a pillow to see out the windshield during her 30-minute flight in celebration of her birthday

• Sep 17, 2014

L.A. school district police armed with grenade launchers, armored vehicle

Officials are relinquishing some of the weaponry as Defense Department urged to end the program, LA Times reports

• Sep 17, 2014

Odile forces tourist evacuations in Mexico, targets Arizona next

Tropical storm on a path toward Southwest, which saw record flooding last week

• Sep 17, 2014

California town takes stock after devastating wildfire

Fast-moving blaze destroys scores of homes and strikes a blow at the economic vitals of struggling timber town of Weed, Calif.

• Sep 17, 2014

On-the-run Pa. trooper killer talked about mass murder

Officials say their big break in IDing man who ambushed police barracks came from an SUV he abandoned in forest swamp

• Sep 17, 2014

This Morning from CBS News: Sept. 17, 2014

Adrian Peterson tossed by Vikings until his legal woes resolved; what Americans think of president's strategy on ISIS; mystery of Richard III's death solved

• Sep 17, 2014

Uber seeks to put veterans behind the wheel

Ride-sharing service's CEO says push to bring on 50,000 vets "isn't a public relations move - it's about offering opportunities"

• Sep 17, 2014

Inspector general "softened" report on VA deaths

Agency denies whistleblower's claim to CBS News that inspector general bowed to pressure from within agency over Phoenix deaths

• Sep 17, 2014

Loud Ferguson protesters disrupt gov't meeting

In latest civil disobedience over fatal shooting of black teen Michael Brown by white cop, demonstrators renew demand that prosecutor step aside

• Sep 17, 2014

Vikings ban Adrian Peterson from all team activities

Team had reinstated star running back after deactivating him for one game in wake of child abuse allegation against him

• Sep 17, 2014

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