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Police and child protective services in Texas were investigating the case of a 4-year-old boy who apparently was fatally mauled by a dog. Kyler Johnson disappeared from his Victoria home Sunday evening while his dad, Cole Johnson, 28, was outside cleaning a car. The boy was found dead about 11...

At least three people died in Arkansas when tornadoes hit the region late on Tuesday and early Wednesday, officials said. There were two confirmed deaths in Franklin County and one in Johnson County, said Renee Preslar, deputy public information officer at the Arkansas Department of Emergency...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and other political and business leaders emerged from meetings with NBA officials Thursday optimistic about their efforts to keep the Kings in town. A week after Johnson made a desperate pitch to the NBA Board of Governors in New York that...

New Jersey Nets guard Deron Williams will miss at least three games because of an injured right wrist. Nets coach Avery Johnson said the wrist will be re-evaluated after Williams sits out those games. "It's something that we know: rest — not surgery — is required," Johnson said. "We'll treat...

-- United Airlines has grounded 96 Boeing 757 airliners for "unscheduled maintenance," an airline spokesman said Tuesday. The grounding meant that some of the airline's flights would be canceled or delayed Tuesday night and Wednesday, spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said. "Specifically ... United is...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/02/07/dnt.youngstown.shooting.wjw -- Two men were arrested Sunday in connection with a shooting that left an Ohio university student dead and 11 other people wounded, police said. The men, 19 and 22, were arrested without incident and with help from the...

Penguins, Johnson bash Islanders 3-0 AP – Thu Feb 3, 1:00 am ET AP PITTSBURGH - Brent Johnson made 20 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins blanked the New York Islanders for the second time in nine days, winning 3-0 on Wednesday night. Full Story » :dirol:

Johnson & Johnson recalls Tylenol, Benadryl lots Johnson & Johnson on Friday announced another voluntary recall, this time involving certain lots of Tylenol, Benadryl and other products. The company has recently issued a number of recalls. The latest, announced by its McNeil Consumer...

– Defenseman Jack Johnson, one-half of the Los Angeles Kings' top defensive pairing with Drew Doughty, has signed a $30.5 million contract extension through the 2017-18 season. The deal was announced by general manager Dean Lombardi following Los Angeles' 6-4 victory over the Columbus Blue...

-- Federal authorities are investigating the events surrounding the death of a teenager during an altercation between Border Patrol agents trying to arrest alleged drug smugglers and rock-throwing bystanders, an FBI spokesman said Wednesday. Agent Manuel Johnson said the incident took place...

- A United Airlines flight was diverted to Toronto late Monday after the plane's communication system began to malfunction, an airline official said. Flight 940 never lost contact with air traffic control, according to United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson. The extent of the problem with the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP)—The kindergartners and first-graders from a Charlotte magnet school didn’t know they were heading to a surprise assembly to see the only NASCAR Sprint Cup champion of their lifetimes. Jimmie Johnson then supplied money for a playground and basketball court at their school...

Kevin Liles/US Presswire For the fifth time in as many years, Jimmie Johnson is NASCAR's No. 1 driver. HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Smooth and steady, five years running, Jimmie Johnson kept his NASCAR reign rolling. Johnson stretched his record run of championships to a five straight titles by making...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/11/12/sot.md.johnsons.arrested.wjla Washington -- A suburban Washington county official at the center of an FBI investigation into years of kickbacks says he is innocent and that the facts will prove it. Jack Johnson, who served as the executive of...

FORT WORTH, Texas – Jeff Gordon was fighting mad and now teammate Jimmie Johnson is in quite a fight of his own in his drive for an unprecedented fifth championship in a row. Johnson lost his points lead to Denny Hamlin with two races left in a close three-way Chase for the Sprint Cup after...

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Kevin Harvick sat patiently in his parked car waiting for NASCAR to declare a winner at Talladega Superspeedway. There was no disappointment when the victory went to teammate Clint Bowyer. It's the big picture that counts now, and Sunday's race did little to clear up a...

Authorities arrested a man at Denver International Airport after he said there was a bomb in his luggage, a United Airlines spokesman said. The man was angry because he missed a connecting flight from Denver, Colorado, to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, but his luggage was still on the...

Magic Johnson sells Lakers stake LOS ANGELES, -- Former Los Angeles Lakers great Earvin "Magic" Johnson has sold his ownership share of the team to a biotech billionaire, officials said Monday. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but industry analysts estimated Johnson owned 5...

Most disadvantaged, African-American men CHICAGO, -- The most needy and least helped of the U.S. disadvantaged are most likely to be African-American men, researchers suggest. Waldo E. Johnson Jr., an associate professor at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service...

Laird charges to 3-stroke Barclays lead PARAMUS, N.J., -- Martin Laird fired a 6-under-par 65 Saturday to establish a three-stroke lead after three rounds of The Barclays. Laird ended the day at 12-under 201, three clear of second-round leader Jason Day and Dustin Johnson, playing for the...