A judge has dropped charges against a Blytheville teenager accused in the fatal shooting of a 65-year-old man.

Mississippi County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Curtis Walker says the charges against the teen were dismissed Monday because of lack of evidence. The youth, now 18, was 17 at the time of the fatal shooting

Prosecutors say an Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in an alleged murder-for-hire conspiracy that left his son-in-law dead.
 
Prosecutor Scott Ellington says Carl Kelley pleaded guilty to the murder charge Tuesday in Craighead County Circuit Court.
 
Kelley will be sentenced on Jan. 4, when

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP
AP Business Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- FedEx will be offering some employees up to two years pay to leave the company next year.
 
The voluntary program is part of an effort by the second-biggest package delivery company to cut annual costs by $1.7 billion within three years.
 
Employees who volunteer for the program will receive four