Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings

WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be told Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations.

By: Lolita C. Baldor and Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun