n An Albany teenager becomes the city’s seventh murder victim of 2008. J.D. SUMNER j.d.sumner@ .at. albanyherald.com ALBANY — An Albany teen was shot to death Wednesday night, and police say they are questioning a person of interest in the case.

The final requests of death- row prisoners facing execution have often included large orders of pork chops, fried chicken and bucket loads of ice cream.

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Scores of California's most notorious convicts have pen-pal postings and Web pages. It's seen as free speech -- and a needles affront. From the forbidding, steely confines of San Quentin Prison's death row , scores of California's most notorious co

Steve Peterson, NASCAR's technical director who spent 13 years helping make the circuit safer for drivers, was found dead in his home in Concord, N.C., on Tuesday. He was 58. The cause of death was not disclosed, but NASCAR said in a statement it appeare