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Man known as Secret Santa dies in Mo.
Jan 12 2007 11:56PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Larry Stewart, a millionaire who became known as Secret Santa for his habit of roaming the streets each December and anonymously handing money to people, died Friday. He was 58.
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Sect leader jailed for health code spat
Jan 12 2007 11:51PM (CT)
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - An 85-year-old grandmother and leader of a small religious sect was sentenced Friday to six days in jail for refusing to let health inspectors into a tearoom the group runs.
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Feds probe Jobs' options grant
Jan 12 2007 11:31PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal prosecutors confirmed late Friday that they have opened an investigation into stock options irregularities at Apple Inc.
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Man charged with kidnapping Mo. boy
Jan 12 2007 11:03PM (CT)
BEAUFORT, Mo. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy who vanished from the gravel road near his home five days ago was found alive Friday about 60 miles away in a suburban St. Louis home, along with a 15-year-old boy missing since 2002, authorities said.
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Icy weather hits nation's midsection
Jan 12 2007 11:01PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Freezing rain fell in the nation's midsection Friday, and temperatures plunged from Minnesota to Las Vegas as a storm rolled in that could leave several states coated in ice.
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Icy weather hits nation's midsection
Jan 12 2007 11:01PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Freezing rain fell in the nation's midsection Friday, and temperatures plunged from Minnesota to Las Vegas as a storm rolled in that could leave several states coated in ice.
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Icy weather hits nation's midsection
Jan 12 2007 11:01PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Freezing rain fell in the nation's midsection Friday, and temperatures plunged from Minnesota to Las Vegas as a storm rolled in that could leave several states coated in ice.
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Another NYC subway hero saves woman
Jan 12 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City has another subway hero to brag about. An off-duty emergency medical technician saved a woman who apparently intended to throw herself in front of a subway train in Brooklyn, almost ending up on the tracks as the woman tried to fight him off, the fire department said.
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Delta continues with reorganization plan
Jan 12 2007 10:47PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, pushed ahead Friday with its effort to emerge from bankruptcy as a standalone company by formally asking the court to approve the disclosure statement to its reorganization plan.
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4 bodies found in Ind. manholes
Jan 12 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Four bodies have been found in manholes in an area frequented by homeless people hunting for scrap metal, and two deaths so far have been ruled homicides.
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Plane part falls through Chicago roof
Jan 12 2007 9:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A small piece of an airplane's engine crashed through the roof of a home located near Midway Airport on Friday, and no one was injured, federal authorities said.
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Hearing halted in Marine assault case
Jan 12 2007 9:29PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A court hearing for a Marine officer charged with assaulting three Iraqi men was halted Friday, after his lawyer accused government investigators of fabricating evidence in the case.
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Judge dismisses NY Times libel case
Jan 12 2007 9:28PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against The New York Times by a former Army scientist once identified as "a person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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2 dead in small jet crash in Los Angeles
Jan 12 2007 9:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A small business jet crashed while taking off from Van Nuys Airport on Friday, killing two people, officials said. A witness said the door of a nose compartment on the plane was open as it took off.
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Woman 'sorry' for running over her hubby
Jan 12 2007 9:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A woman convicted of driving over her husband and killing him in 2002 apologized in civil court Friday as she listened to his mother burst into tears while describing her last moments with her son.
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Report: Mistakes led to deadly dive
Jan 12 2007 9:14PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A chain of mistakes from untrained monitors to an impromptu ice party led to the fatal dive in the Arctic Ocean that killed two Coast Guard crew members, an official investigation has found.
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SMU faculty members oppose Bush library
Jan 12 2007 9:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Negotiations to build George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University have divided the campus, pitting the administration and some alumni against liberal-leaning faculty members who say the project would be an embarrassment to the school.
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SMU faculty members oppose Bush library
Jan 12 2007 9:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Negotiations to build George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University have divided the campus, pitting the administration and some alumni against liberal-leaning faculty members who say the project would be an embarrassment to the school.
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SMU faculty members oppose Bush library
Jan 12 2007 9:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Negotiations to build George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University have divided the campus, pitting the administration and some alumni against liberal-leaning faculty members who say the project would be an embarrassment to the school.
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Duke lacrosse prosecutor asks off case
Jan 12 2007 8:12PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Facing ethics charges that could lead to his disbarment, the embattled district attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case has asked the state attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case.
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School bus hits students in Pa.; 17 hurt
Jan 12 2007 7:45PM (CT)
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) - A school bus driver lost control and struck several students as they left a high school Friday, then crashed into a retaining wall, sending 17 children to hospitals, officials said.
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School bus hits students in Pa.; 17 hurt
Jan 12 2007 7:45PM (CT)
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) - A school bus driver lost control and struck several students as they left a high school Friday, then crashed into a retaining wall, sending 17 children to hospitals, officials said.
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School bus hits students in Pa.; 17 hurt
Jan 12 2007 7:45PM (CT)
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) - A school bus driver lost control and struck several students as they left a high school Friday, then crashed into a retaining wall, sending 17 children to hospitals, officials said.
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FDA investigates Texas embryo business
Jan 12 2007 7:21PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Federal officials are investigating a business that produces batches of ready-made embryos and lets prospective parents select one based on the donors' looks, ethnicity, education and other factors.
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FDA investigates Texas embryo business
Jan 12 2007 7:21PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Federal officials are investigating a business that produces batches of ready-made embryos and lets prospective parents select one based on the donors' looks, ethnicity, education and other factors.
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Runaway bride, ex-fiance drop lawsuits
Jan 12 2007 7:00PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The runaway bride and her former fiance have dropped lawsuits they filed against each other last year.
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Ford called Carter a 'disaster'
Jan 12 2007 6:57PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - In 25 years of interviews with his hometown paper that could only be released upon his death, former President Ford once called Jimmy Carter a "disaster" who ranked alongside Warren Harding, and said Ronald Reagan received far too much credit for ending the Cold War.
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Teachers challenge Fla. bonus pay plan
Jan 12 2007 6:50PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A teachers union went to court Friday to challenge the state's pioneering bonus-pay program, saying school districts would receive unequal levels of funding.
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Man files lawsuit to take wife's name
Jan 12 2007 5:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mike Buday isn't married to his last name. In fact, he and his fiancee decided before they wed that he would take hers. But Buday was stunned to learn that he couldn't simply become Mike Bijon when they married in 2005.
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USDA to probe dog death at training
Jan 12 2007 5:46PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send an inspector to a hospital where a neurosurgeon demonstrating a medical device to salespeople deliberately induced a brain aneurysm in a dog, which was later destroyed.
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Judge seeks whereabouts of raid suspects
Jan 12 2007 5:30PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A federal judge demanded Friday that U.S. immigration officials disclose the whereabouts of 265 people arrested in a meatpacking raid last month in Colorado.
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Mom: Worker in shooting teased over size
Jan 12 2007 4:48PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An obese man accused of shooting and wounding four co-workers at a factory that employs disabled people had complained of being teased about his weight, his mother said.
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Dead body found on Africa-Atlanta flight
Jan 12 2007 4:38PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The body of a man believed to be a stowaway was found Friday in an airplane wheel well after a Delta Air Lines flight from Africa landed in Atlanta, the airline said.
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Man sentenced in DC journalist slaying
Jan 12 2007 4:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man was sentenced Friday to 65 years in prison for the murder of veteran New York Times journalist David E. Rosenbaum, who was beaten to death in a mugging near his home.
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Government: Boy Scouts set Utah wildfire
Jan 12 2007 4:01PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The federal government argued that Boy Scouts playing with fire caused a 14,200-acre wildfire and wants a judge to hold them responsible, allowing officials to seek damages.
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Schwarzenegger's health plan has critics
Jan 12 2007 2:53PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking on just about every major interest group in California in his audacious effort to bring universal health care to the nation's biggest state: unions, small business, doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, conservatives.
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Bomb threat to Ohio plane declared hoax
Jan 12 2007 2:40PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A bomb threat that halted a commuter plane as it was about to take off with 33 people on board Friday morning was a hoax, authorities said.
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Police: Women pimped girls on Craigslist
Jan 12 2007 2:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two women used the online classified site Craigslist to offer sex with girls in exchange for "donations" or "roses" _ code words for money, police said.
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Songwriter's heirs sue evangelist aunt
Jan 12 2007 2:20PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) - Country songwriter Darrell "Wayne" Perry made his fortune with hits such as Lorrie Morgan's "What Part of No" and Tim McGraw's "Not a Moment Too Soon." Now, nearly two years after his death, a dispute over his estate is unfolding like a heartbreaking country ballad.
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Baby panda makes media debut
Jan 12 2007 2:07PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The giant panda cub Mei Lan made her media debut Friday, romping about a Zoo Atlanta exhibit area for a crowd of reporters and cameras while her mother chomped bamboo.
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Baby panda makes media debut
Jan 12 2007 2:07PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The giant panda cub Mei Lan made her media debut Friday, romping about a Zoo Atlanta exhibit area for a crowd of reporters and cameras while her mother chomped bamboo.
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King remembered during Atlanta ceremony
Jan 12 2007 1:38PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top politicians linked hands Friday with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s relatives and belted "We Shall Overcome" during a joyous celebration of the civil rights leader's life.
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Texas lawmaker needs new liver
Jan 12 2007 1:29PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - One of the state's senior lawmakers, just elected Senate president pro tempore, said Friday he needs a liver transplant and may miss most of the session.
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4th arrest in Tennessee couple's slaying
Jan 12 2007 1:25PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A fourth person was arrested Friday in connection with the killing of a young man, whose burned corpse was found dumped along railroad tracks, and the death of his date, who was kept alive for days and raped, authorities said.
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Judge delays Padilla's Fla. terror trial
Jan 12 2007 1:06PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge Friday ordered a three-month delay for the trial of alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla and two others, in part to allow time for a full evaluation of Padilla's mental competency.
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Rumsfeld out as trial witness in Ohio
Jan 12 2007 12:10PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will not have to testify in the trial of five people who occupied a congressman's office to protest the war in Iraq, a judge ruled Friday.
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3 boys dead in Va. fire; 7 hospitalized
Jan 12 2007 11:57AM (CT)
PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - Fire swept through a two-story home early Friday, killing three boys and leaving seven relatives hospitalized, most of them in critical condition, officials said.
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Mass. highway hero wishes he'd done more
Jan 12 2007 11:49AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - He saved a state trooper's life by moving his own vehicle into the path of an oncoming truck, but highway worker Kevin Sullivan thinks he should have done more.
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Powerball winner: Thieves cleaned me out
Jan 12 2007 11:35AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A man beset by problems since winning a record lottery jackpot says he can't pay a settlement to a casino worker because thieves cleaned out his bank accounts.
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N.J. clergy not required to do unions
Jan 12 2007 11:21AM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - Clergy in New Jersey cannot be required to unite gay couples in civil unions, the state attorney general said in a decision that quieted the fears of some religious groups opposed to same-sex ceremonies.
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Video keepsakes of dying mother stolen
Jan 12 2007 10:46AM (CT)
BLENDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Melanie Worthington was dying of cancer when she began making videotapes of her family's time together so her 5-year-old son would remember her.
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Feds focus on dispatcher in train crash
Jan 12 2007 10:33AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Federal investigators looking into a deadly commuter train crash are focusing on a dispatcher and her management of rail traffic while two maintenance crews were working in the area, an official said.
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7 hurt when school bus overturns in NYC
Jan 12 2007 10:21AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small school bus overturned Friday morning in Brooklyn, injuring five children and two adults, police and fire department officials said.
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Charges filed over tons of rotting fish
Jan 12 2007 10:02AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A defunct fish processor accused of letting 400 tons of Alaska salmon rot and stiffing the fishermen who sold it has been charged with five misdemeanors for what prosecutors called "an environmental and economic catastrophe."
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Brooklyn's Bubbe Maryasha dies at 106
Jan 12 2007 9:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of Lubavitch Jews, has died. She was 106.
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Brooklyn's Bubbe Maryasha dies at 106
Jan 12 2007 9:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of Lubavitch Jews, has died. She was 106.
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Brooklyn's Bubbe Maryasha dies at 106
Jan 12 2007 9:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of Lubavitch Jews, has died. She was 106.
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Brooklyn's Bubbe Maryasha dies at 106
Jan 12 2007 9:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of Lubavitch Jews, has died. She was 106.
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Brooklyn's Bubbe Maryasha dies at 106
Jan 12 2007 9:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of Lubavitch Jews, has died. She was 106.
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Brooklyn's Bubbe Maryasha dies at 106
Jan 12 2007 9:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik, who lived through the entire 20th century, surviving the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror and then dispensing her wisdom to thousands of Lubavitch Jews, has died. She was 106.
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Founding Father turns 250 years old
Jan 12 2007 8:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If there is such a thing as immortality, it may be having people gather to celebrate your 250th birthday.
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Founding Father turns 250 years old
Jan 12 2007 8:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If there is such a thing as immortality, it may be having people gather to celebrate your 250th birthday.
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Founding Father turns 250 years old
Jan 12 2007 8:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If there is such a thing as immortality, it may be having people gather to celebrate your 250th birthday.
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Mental issues raised in Atlanta killings
Jan 12 2007 7:31AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Defense lawyers for a man accused of killing four people in a shooting spree that started inside a downtown courthouse said they plan to use a mental health defense for their client, who could face the death penalty.
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Anti-war activists rush to hold protests
Jan 12 2007 7:04AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Activists angered by President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq staged anti-war demonstrations in several major cities Thursday, protesting that the buildup will cause more bloodshed and give insurgents new American targets.
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Religion in the news
Jan 12 2007 6:56AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Thomas Kelly embraces life, having survived two bouts with cancer. But when the end comes, the retired nurse is leaving nothing to chance.
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Harvard releases 50-year expansion plan
Jan 12 2007 6:18AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University plans to expand across the Charles River from its Cambridge campus and to build new academic buildings, student housing and a public square in a project that is expected to cost several billion dollars and take 50 years to complete.
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Sergeant in trouble for Playboy spread
Jan 12 2007 5:42AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An Air Force staff sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been relieved of her duties while the military investigates, officials said Thursday.
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Sergeant in trouble for Playboy spread
Jan 12 2007 5:42AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An Air Force staff sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been relieved of her duties while the military investigates, officials said Thursday.
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Prison talk leads to lawman's arrest
Jan 12 2007 4:48AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Reputed mob boss Michael Marcello apparently didn't watch crime shows on television _ otherwise he might have known the FBI could listen in on his conversations in the visitors room at the federal penitentiary in Milan, Mich.
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Calif. citrus farms brace for cold snap
Jan 12 2007 3:44AM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A cold snap predicted in several western states this weekend is expected to lower temperatures in California to the teens, worrying farmers with a citrus crop still hanging on trees.
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Man builds memorial to fallen troops
Jan 12 2007 3:25AM (CT)
SHARON, Wis. (AP) - Chet Borowski looks for death every day. He scours the Internet for scraps of information about coalition troops killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He boils down everything from their names to their units onto tiny strips of text, which he posts on 8-foot sheets of plywood along the road at the front of his property in southern Wisconsin.
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Man builds memorial to fallen troops
Jan 12 2007 3:25AM (CT)
SHARON, Wis. (AP) - Chet Borowski looks for death every day. He scours the Internet for scraps of information about coalition troops killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He boils down everything from their names to their units onto tiny strips of text, which he posts on 8-foot sheets of plywood along the road at the front of his property in southern Wisconsin.
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Man builds memorial to fallen troops
Jan 12 2007 3:25AM (CT)
SHARON, Wis. (AP) - Chet Borowski looks for death every day. He scours the Internet for scraps of information about coalition troops killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He boils down everything from their names to their units onto tiny strips of text, which he posts on 8-foot sheets of plywood along the road at the front of his property in southern Wisconsin.
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Man builds memorial to fallen troops
Jan 12 2007 3:25AM (CT)
SHARON, Wis. (AP) - Chet Borowski looks for death every day. He scours the Internet for scraps of information about coalition troops killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He boils down everything from their names to their units onto tiny strips of text, which he posts on 8-foot sheets of plywood along the road at the front of his property in southern Wisconsin.
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Man builds memorial to fallen troops
Jan 12 2007 3:25AM (CT)
SHARON, Wis. (AP) - Chet Borowski looks for death every day. He scours the Internet for scraps of information about coalition troops killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He boils down everything from their names to their units onto tiny strips of text, which he posts on 8-foot sheets of plywood along the road at the front of his property in southern Wisconsin.
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Nevada town plans statue to honor Hughes
Jan 12 2007 3:24AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Howard Hughes could have tied the knot with the Hollywood glamour girl anywhere in the world. But the billionaire's obsession with privacy prompted him to marry actress Jean Peters in the remote mining town of Tonopah 50 years ago Friday.
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Big Easy residents protest killings
Jan 12 2007 3:24AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents young and old, black and white, marched in the thousands on City Hall _ unified in their anger and demanding action be taken to stem violent crime that has claimed nine lives this year and left many contemplating their future in this hurricane-ravaged city.
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Big Easy residents protest killings
Jan 12 2007 3:24AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents young and old, black and white, marched in the thousands on City Hall _ unified in their anger and demanding action be taken to stem violent crime that has claimed nine lives this year and left many contemplating their future in this hurricane-ravaged city.
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Big Easy residents protest killings
Jan 12 2007 3:24AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents young and old, black and white, marched in the thousands on City Hall _ unified in their anger and demanding action be taken to stem violent crime that has claimed nine lives this year and left many contemplating their future in this hurricane-ravaged city.
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Big Easy residents protest killings
Jan 12 2007 3:24AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents young and old, black and white, marched in the thousands on City Hall _ unified in their anger and demanding action be taken to stem violent crime that has claimed nine lives this year and left many contemplating their future in this hurricane-ravaged city.
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Teacher arrested under peeping-tom law
Jan 12 2007 3:20AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A high school teacher was charged under Texas' peeping-tom law with videotaping girls' wrestling matches for his sexual enjoyment.
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N.J. veterans angry over education bill
Jan 12 2007 3:19AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - For World War II veteran Sam Stia, a legislative proposal that would cease requiring New Jersey schools to teach about Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be summed up in two words. "That's wrong," Stia, 83, said Thursday from his Hamilton home, where he flies an American flag at half-staff to honor fallen soldiers. "We're just giving our flag away and our patriotism away."
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Georgia Aquarium whale shark dies
Jan 12 2007 3:16AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A prized whale shark at the world's largest aquarium died Thursday night, the second death of a popular animal at the center in 10 days.
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Georgia Aquarium whale shark dies
Jan 12 2007 3:16AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A prized whale shark at the world's largest aquarium died Thursday night, the second death of a popular animal at the center in 10 days.
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Group urges EU to fight repression
Jan 12 2007 12:21AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The European Union should take the lead in promoting respect for human rights internationally because the United States, its reputation sullied by harsh treatment of suspected terrorists, has forfeited that role, a leading rights group said Thursday.
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39 more bones discovered at ground zero
Jan 12 2007 12:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Forensic anthropologists on Thursday recovered 39 bones found in a road being dug up at the World Trade Center site in the three-month-old renewed search for remains of Sept. 11 victims.
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Girl who stabbed classmate sentenced
Jan 12 2007 12:04AM (CT)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl who stabbed a classmate in the heart with a metal comb was sentenced Thursday to two years in a juvenile prison.
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