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A 14-year-old Alabama girl might have helped arrange the gang rape of her ninth-grade classmate and could face charges as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, a district attorney said.

By Tom Loftus tloftus@courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky State Police have called a news conference for 2 p.m. Tuesday to release the official results of the investigation into the September death of census worker Bill Sparkman in Clay County.

Photo By Hilly SchifferChuck Cotton, president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, looks through items in the storea s current location in the basement of Good Shepherd School.

Photo By Hilly SchifferPat Wilson, 59, of Frankfort, a Salvation Army employee and volunteer, rings a bell to encourage donations in front of Bryanta s Pic-Pac Friday.

FRANKFORT, KY.: On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word ''fed'' scrawled across his chest.

Ky. police: Census worker found hanging killed himself, staged death to look like homicide.

Emma Campbell and Victoria Dungan, both students in Kay Combsa class, do the hand motions for the a oeTurkey Pokya by putting their gobble in the circle during their Thanksgiving Play at Bridgeport Elementary School Monday.

They have a bit of a reputation for a vicious streak, but this dog certainly got more than it bargained for after pouncing on a baby squirrel it found on the ground.

Editor's note: The contents of this story are graphic in nature. An illegal alien has been sentenced to life in prison for breaking into an 83-year-old woman's home, grabbing her by the throat, smashing her head into furniture, saturating her with gasoline and setting her body on fire while she was still alive all to cover up his check-fraud scam ...

President Barack Obama is expected to spell out his strategy for Afghanistan during a national address next week.

When he outlines his plans for Afghanistan -- probably next week -- President Barack Obama says the goal will be to "finish the job" there while he's president.

First on TVNewser : American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert won't be appearing on "Good Morning America" tomorrow.

Modeled after the assembly of colonial leaders that formed the original governing body of the U.S., a grass-roots organization has concluded a "new Continental Congress" it hopes will be a catalyst for citizen action that will help return the nation to its roots.

Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.

Photo By Kelly MackeyBrenda Phillips, center, founder of Busy Bee Consulting, cuts the ribbon with members of the Frankfort Area Chamber of Commerce and other guests.

Get the Flash Player to see this player. Photo By Kelly MackeyLinda Brown, executive director of the ACCESS Soup Kitchen and Mena s Shelter, talks with Terry Foymire before lunch.

FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' Preliminary statistics indicate that 12 people died in 11 separate crashes on Kentucky roadways from Nov.

Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery - essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.

Cover will be provided by the Church of the Green: In Massachusetts, plans are for a "green" clinic, made of recycled and other environmentally friendly materials.

President Obama has dispatched a delegation this week to The Hague to explore issues involving the United States' possible participation in the International Criminal Court, an organization critics charge could be used to prosecute Americans under international legal standards for actions that are not crimes in the U.S. Andy Laney of the U.S. State ...