Wyoming woman, 75, convicted of 2nd-degree murder

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Jurors have found a 75-year-old Missouri woman guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband in Wyoming almost 40 years ago.

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Prison officials: Inmate doesn't need sex change

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder.

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Witnesses oppose NLRB ruling on college athletes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Baylor University President Ken Starr voiced strong opposition Thursday to a regional National Labor Relations Board ruling that scholarship football players at Northwestern University are technically school employees and thus entitled to collective bargaining rights.

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FCC Divided on Net Neutrality Proposal

Internet company opposition to proposed rules erodes support from Democratic commissioners.

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Drivers, teams contend with new oddities at Indy

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michael Andretti thought he had experienced everything at Indianapolis Motor Speedway — until he strolled down pit row Thursday.

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California smartphone 'kill switch' bill advances

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — On a second attempt, California lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that would require electronics manufacturers to install a shut-off function in all smartphones as a way to deter what one senator called a crime wave of thefts.

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Ted Cruz's Endorsement Test in Nebraska

The Texas freshman has delved into two races in the Cornhusker State.

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Despite losses, Chicago relishes its hot dogs

CHICAGO (AP) — In a city known for its love of both eating and bragging about its hot dogs, this was news nobody relished: Gourmet stand Hot Doug's, known for serving up options made of rattlesnake and yak, is closing. And the owner of another local hot dog institution, Portillo's, is thinking of selling.

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Kaymer ties course record with a 63 at Sawgrass

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former PGA champion Martin Kaymer has tied the course record with a 9-under 63 to take a two-shot lead Thursday in the opening round of The Players Championship.

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Obama popular in tech world, policies less so

LOS ANGELES (AP) — They come from different worlds — the buttoned-down political culture of Washington and the entrepreneurial, socks-optional, let's-do-this-faster ethos of Silicon Valley.

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Vermont law requires labeling of GMO foods

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A national food industry group says it will file suit in federal court within weeks challenging Vermont's new law that requires labels on genetically modified foods.

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Attorney: Shelly Sterling wants to keep Clippers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team, her lawyer said Thursday, adding an unwanted twist to the NBA's plan to force new ownership on the franchise.

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GOP split breaking down, tea party power wanes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — It's too early to say the tea party's over.

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House to subpoena records in VA hospital deaths

WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is brushing aside calls for his resignation in the wake of reports of 40 deaths because of delayed treatment at a Phoenix VA hospital.

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Ferragamo launches signature Fiamma bag

MILAN (AP) — Perhaps the "It" bag's star just burned too bright. Those must-have handbag wonders, which flew out of stores and into sudden oblivion, have given way to something more enduring: signature bags.

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Ex-players say they trusted Donnan and lost money

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man accused along with former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan of operating a fraudulent investment scheme testified that Donnan was aware that money from some investors was being used to pay others.

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House votes to start new Benghazi investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are set to begin a special investigation of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, raising the stakes in a political battle with the Obama administration as the midterm election season heats up.

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Detectives: 4 found dead in Florida home were shot

A spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says detectives are not looking for any suspects in the deaths of four people found in a burning home in Tampa, but she stopped short of calling the case a murder-suicide.

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