Steroids fallout: No BB Hall for Bonds, Clemens, Sosa

NEW YORK | No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else.

Sammy Sosa

Former Cub Sammy Sosa received 12.5 percent of the vote in Hall of Fame balloting, far short of the 75 percent needed for induction.

Witness 'can't remember' kidnapping

HAMMOND | Kicking off a kidnapping trial Monday, a 21-year-old Missouri woman claimed to not remember sprinting naked into a Portage liquor store to escape her father.

Man fights order preventing contact with relatives

HAMMOND | A Kansas man accused of kidnapping his female relative and trying to persuade her to retract statements is fighting an order preventing contact with her and other family members.

Kidnapping suspect pleads not guilty 'under duress'

HAMMOND | A Kansas man charged with kidnapping a female relative and tying her up in a Portage hotel room refused counsel during a Wednesday hearing and entered a not guilty plea "under duress."

Kansas man indicted on kidnapping charges

HAMMOND| A grand jury indicted a Kansas man Tuesday on kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges after he was accused of kidnapping a relative and tying her up in a Portage hotel.

Police: Man tried to silence accuser

VALPARAISO | A man behind bars and facing a child molestation charge now faces a series of additional criminal charges after police said he tried to silence the alleged victim and possible witnesses.

Trying Conrad Black again won't be easy, say experts

CHICAGO | Once Conrad Black leaves a federal prison in Florida, free on bail pending an appeal of his conviction for defrauding investors, prosecutors could have a hard time if they have to prove their case against the former newspaper magnate a second time, legal experts say.

Burge's fate now jury's decision to make

CHICAGO | Former Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge was cast as both a calculating torturer who took the law into his own hands and an honorable investigator who dedicated his life to making the streets safer as federal prosecutors and defense attorneys closed their cases on Thursday.

Burge defense attorneys close case

CHICAGO | Former Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge's lawyers have closed their case with testimony from a former court reporter and a one-time prosecutor, who both say suspects never told them they'd been abused by police.