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Department of Health and Human Services. The girl will not be tried in the state's adult court system, said Deputy Attorney General Bill Stokes. He said she is the youngest homicide suspect in his 35 years as a state prosecutor.
• In a letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press, department caseworker Christopher Filteau wrote the sitter that she made mistakes by leaving the baby in her daughter's bedroom. The caseworker said the 10-year-old has behavior disorders and was not suitable for caring for the infant.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Saturday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2012. There are 121 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
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• On this date:
• In 1715, following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days before his 77th birthday.
• In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason. (Burr was then tried on a misdemeanor charge, but was again acquitted.)
• In 1902, the Georges Melies (meh-lee-EHZ') short film "Le Voyage dans la lune" (A Trip to the Moon) opened in France.
• In 1912, British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, known as the "Black Mahler" (and not to be confused with the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge), died at age 37.
• In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140,000 lives.
• In 1932, New York City Mayor James J. "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration.
• In 1942, U.S. District Court Judge Martin I. Welsh, ruling from Sacramento, Calif., on a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Fred Korematsu, upheld the wartime detention of Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals.
• In 1951, the United States, Australia and New Zealand signed a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS treaty.
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