SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Charges were dropped Friday against the son of a murder victim after detectives linked the case to a suspected California serial killer. Eder Herrera, 24, was arrested shortly after his mother and brother were found stabbed to death in October. A judge dismissed the charges Friday after detectives linked Itzcoatl Ocampo to the fatal stabbings and found that Ocampo was associated with Herrera. Authorities also have linked Ocampo to a killing spree in December and...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama. "It isn't good enough for the Republican Party to nominate Obama lite," Gingrich told a at...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much. But to stats geeks, this is the gospel from the spreadsheets. The number-savvy economists, statisticians and refugees from Wall Street who revolutionized much of baseball in a way celebrated in the book and movie "Moneyball" are aiming their calculators at football. But so far they aren't making much headway. The complex team-oriented is...