NEW YORK – New York City’s Board of Health has introduced new rules limiting the amount of juice children can drink at licensed city day cares. The rules, aimed at cutting childhood obesity, were announced Monday. According to the Daily News (http://nydn.us/1bpXpJE ), children must be at least 2 years …

GLENVILLE, N.Y. – Authorities say firefighters in New York were unsuccessful in their attempts to rescue a dog that got stranded on the ice of the Mohawk River near Schenectady. Fire officials in the town of Glenville tell The Daily Gazette of Schenectady that the 7-year-old husky was about 200 …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A CIA manager testified under cross-examination in a trial near Washington that more than 90 people knew about a covert Iranian mission that was leaked to the media. Prosecutors have charged ex-CIA case officer Jeffrey Sterling with being the source of leak. They say he told journalist …

PORTLAND, Ore. – A Hillsboro, Oregon, man arrested after playing a violin while naked outside the federal courthouse in Portland last year is suing police. The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/hrQF5J0 that 25-year-old Matthew T. Mglej claims authorities used excessive force and violated his First Amendment rights. He named the Multnomah County …

BOSTON – Jury selection in the federal trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv) has been canceled for Tuesday because of a snowstorm that dumped a foot of snow across much of Massachusetts. The 21-year-old Tsarnaev is accused in the 2013 attack, which killed three people and …

The Associated Press-WE tv poll on dating was conducted ahead of the premiere of WE tv’s new show “Match Made In Heaven.” The poll was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Dec. 19-21. It is based on online interviews of 1,315 adults, including an additional 300 who have …

EUREKA, Calif. – Northern California authorities on Saturday found a suicidal man who they say forced his way into a closed Kmart store and briefly took a janitor hostage before fleeing. Police said the incident began shortly after 6: 30 a.m. Saturday when a man wearing black boxer underwear and …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some cases. Former Assistant District Attorney Brian Holmgren confirmed Wednesday that he was fired from the Davidson County District Attorney’s office. He declined to comment specifically on …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says an iconic Alaska tree may warrant protection as threatened or endangered because of climate change. The agency announce Thursday it will consider protections for yellow cedar, a tree revered by Tlingit (TLING’-kit), Haida (HEYE’-dah) and Tsimshian (SIM’-she-an) cultures and used …

AKRON, Ohio – Police finally caught up with a minivan carrying four caged puppies on its roof after dozens of calls poured in to 911 centers in northeast Ohio. Akron police say the driver didn’t realize he did anything wrong by leaving the mixed-breed puppies on the roof. He said …