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Firefighters search charred Texas towns
Jan 2 2006 10:58PM (CT)
RINGGOLD, Texas (AP) - Authorities went house to house in a search for victims in burned-out towns Monday as firefighters in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma battled grass fires across the drought-stricken region.
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Storm moves into Southern California
Jan 2 2006 10:48PM (CT)
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Homeowners shoveled away mud and other debris and authorities worked to repair damaged levees Monday after a pair of storms flooded Northern California's wine country.
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Tropical Storm Zeta drifts in Atlantic
Jan 2 2006 10:46PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Zeta unexpectedly strengthened as it moved westward over the central Atlantic on Monday, but it posed no threat to land, forecasters said.
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Crews rush to reach trapped W.Va. miners
Jan 2 2006 10:39PM (CT)
TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A coal mine explosion that may have been sparked by lightning trapped 13 miners 260 feet below ground Monday, and rescuers went in to find them after waiting almost 12 agonizing hours for dangerous gases to clear.
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Fla. teen vows to share Iraq trip details
Jan 2 2006 10:27PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Faced with his first school day since his solo trip to Iraq, American teen Farris Hassan kept a low profile Monday but promised to share more details about his odyssey after getting some rest.
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Coal mine reports spate of citations
Jan 2 2006 10:19PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A coal mine where 13 miners were trapped after an explosion Monday was cited 208 times for alleged safety violations in 2005, up from just 68 citations the year before.
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Group urges Ala. women to pursue politics
Jan 2 2006 10:08PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The number of Alabama women participating in politics is growing, and one Birmingham-based group is working to make sure that keeps happening.
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Small plane down in Hudson River; 2 saved
Jan 2 2006 9:48PM (CT)
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A student pilot and his instructor were rescued from the Hudson River on Monday after their single-engine plane crashed off the Yonkers city pier, police said.
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Va. weighs DNA testing after execution
Jan 2 2006 9:46PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - With less than two weeks left in Gov. Mark R. Warner's term, time is running out for him to arrange DNA testing that could determine whether Virginia sent an innocent man to the electric chair in 1992.
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Bissonnette replaces indicted Mass. mayor
Jan 2 2006 9:12PM (CT)
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) - Michael Bissonnette was sworn in to City Hall's top job Monday, replacing a mayor charged with extorting $10,000 in campaign contributions from city businessmen.
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Crowds endure rain to watch Rose Parade
Jan 2 2006 8:45PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Heavy rain pounded the Rose Parade on Monday for the first time in a half-century, with die-hard fans fighting to steady their umbrellas and parade participants proudly marching as if it were sunny and warm.
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FEMA: Evacuees in hotels get new deadline
Jan 2 2006 8:38PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Katrina evacuees around the nation who faced a Jan. 7 deadline for checking out of their government-funded hotel rooms have received a reprieve: Federal officials will keep paying for the rooms beyond that date as they iron out issues arising from a class-action lawsuit.
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Sen. Schumer warns against rebate scams
Jan 2 2006 6:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Senator Charles Schumer says stores offer attractive prices with rebates that they know people will never be able to get.
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Fla. mom charged with son's fatal scalding
Jan 2 2006 3:44PM (CT)
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A 3-year-old boy died after his mother held him in a tub of scalding water as punishment on Christmas Day and his grandmother, who had custody, failed to get him medical care for a week, authorities said Monday. The mother had lost custody of the boy for previous abuse.
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Doctor says Iraqi baby is doing well
Jan 2 2006 1:46PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - An Iraqi infant with severe birth defects is "engaging and interactive" as she awaits a lifesaving operation, her doctor said Monday.
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Northern Calif. residents begin cleanup
Jan 2 2006 10:52AM (CT)
GUERNEVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Drier skies in Northern California on Monday allowed officials and residents to focus on cleaning up the mess left by two powerful winter storms as heavy rain moved into Southern California, prompting flash flood watches for areas left blackened by recent wildfires.
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Cat calls 911 to help owner, police say
Jan 2 2006 6:39AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.
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Schuller's son to run Crystal Cathedral
Jan 2 2006 5:18AM (CT)
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - The Crystal Cathedral didn't have to look far to find its next senior pastor. Robert H. Schuller, head of the famed all-glass church southeast of Los Angeles, told his congregation Sunday that his son, Robert A. Schuller, will succeed him.
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Big Easy residents hope for better 2006
Jan 2 2006 4:08AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Criminal Court Judge Ray Bigelow and his family are living on the second floor of their house without electricity.
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Some travelers still love riding the rails
Jan 2 2006 3:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With a 3-year-old in tow, riding the rails cross-country was not an option. Given that, Melinda Pierson, her husband and daughter flew from their home in Los Angeles to visit her parents in New York.
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Victims' families to confront killer nurse
Jan 2 2006 1:32AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - This could be the week that Marie Romero finally gets to look Charles Cullen straight in the eye and tell the former nurse and admitted serial killer how much pain he caused by killing her sister.
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