News of the Day From Across the Nation 1 Escapee slain: A prisoner who escaped in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses was fatally shot early Saturday after refusing to cooperate with officers and lunging at them, police said. Miami-Dade, Fla., Detective Jaime Pardinas was treated for deep stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and back and a collapsed lung. An Alabama appeals court has vacated the 2009 conviction and death sentence of a man tried for killing four children by tossing them off a coastal bridge, ruling that publicity surrounding the case made it impossible for ... Read More