Michelle Obama, Jill Biden booed at NASCAR championship

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden at the car-racing league’s season-ending event in Florida. The First and Second Ladies were at the Homestead Miami-Speedway on Sunday to honor military families and draw support for their Joint Forces program, an initiative to get jobs for veterans. Serving as grand marshals with a retired Army sergeant and his family, the two women shrugged off the jeers, beaming broadly as they announced, "Gentleman, start your engines!" The pair had received a warmer welcome at a pre-race meeting, where drivers gave them a standing ovation, The Associated Press reported. The First Lady hailed NASCAR for being “amazing in terms...

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Car fatal NY hit-and-run crash sought

State police say they're looking for the driver of a car that caused a fatal crash on the Adirondack Northway and then left the scene of the accident. A man told troopers he was driving in the northbound lanes of Interstate 87 around 7:20 a.m. Sunday when another car rear-ended his vehicle in the Essex County town of Schroon (skroon), 80 miles north of Albany. The man's car slammed into a guard rail, crossed the median, went into a ditch and struck an earth embankment. Troopers say the man's sister, 65-year-old Mary Morrissey of Mechanicville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they're seeking a light-colored car, possibly a Toyota,...

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Mississippi: police officer arrested in baby death

A Jackson, Miss., police detective has been charged with felony child abuse following the death of a 1-year-old girl. Police spokeswoman Colendula Green tells The Clarion-Ledger (on.thec-l.com/rFaFps ) officers were called on Sunday to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where they found Aubrey Brown had injuries to her abdominal area. The baby died about two hours later. A Jackson Police Department detective is charged with felony child abuse following the death Sunday of a 1-year-old baby. Police spokeswoman Colendula Green said officers were called to the University of Mississippi Medical Center at about 2:41 p.m. "in reference...

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