LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- The man accused of killing his wife and then shooting two church pastors had been sentenced to probation for killing a previous wife years earlier, according to court records.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Netflix Inc. is moving to formally separate the DVD-by-mail plan it built its business on from the online streaming service it's betting will be future of entertainment consumption.

DENVER (AP) -- A melon farm in Colorado has issued a recall of cantaloupe following a Listeria outbreak that has killed at least two people, sickened 22 and spread to several states.

McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- It slowly began to dawn on Esther and Bruce Huffman that perhaps they were being filmed.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department says the number of violent crimes fell by 12 percent last year, several times larger than the average annual decrease from 2001 through 2009.

A bid to secure a posthumous presidential pardon for Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's first national hero, has been rejected out of hand by the Barack Obama White House in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration was worried about the financial health of a troubled solar energy company - and the political fallout it could bring - even as officials publicly declared the company in good shape, newly released emails show.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A brilliant light seen darting across the Southwest night sky was most likely a piece of asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere, a NASA scientist said Thursday.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -- The people of Wyoming were still coming to grips with the unthinkable events of Sept. 11, 2001, when another tragedy hit and rattled the state to the core.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Nadine Mass' godfather died just steps from the exit of the World Trade Center. The Port Authority police officer and his captain had been trying to carry a woman in a wheelchair to safety.