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Fla. teens surrender in homeless beatings
Jan 15 2006 11:47PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Two South Florida teens suspected in the beatings of three homeless men turned themselves in to police Sunday, authorities said. Family attorneys negotiated the surrender of Brian Hooks, 18, and Thomas S. Daugherty, 17.
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Family, friends mourn teen shot by police
Jan 15 2006 11:36PM (CT)
LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Family and friends gathered at a private candlelight vigil Sunday to mourn a 15-year-old they knew as a troubled but friendly boy who was shot during a confrontation with police at his middle school.
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Sago Mine victims remembered at service
Jan 15 2006 11:33PM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - The 12 miners who died together beneath the West Virginia hills were remembered Sunday as men who loved their families, God, NASCAR, and a good laugh.
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Body found near Conrad Black's estate
Jan 15 2006 10:58PM (CT)
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man's body was found near the beach entrance of embattled former media baron Conrad Black's Florida estate, though there were no signs of foul play, police said.
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Snowmobilers found dead in Mont. avalanche
Jan 15 2006 10:54PM (CT)
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Rescuers recovered the bodies Sunday of two snowmobilers who disappeared a day earlier in an avalanche west of Glacier National Park, officials said.
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Bishop apologizes for handling of priest
Jan 15 2006 9:58PM (CT)
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) - A Roman Catholic bishop apologized Sunday for the way the diocese handled complaints about a late priest who is believed to have later killed two funeral home workers.
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Aging California inmate set for execution
Jan 15 2006 9:46PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Dusk had just fallen on the night of Sept. 5, 1980, when Jack Abbott heard gunshots at the general store next door. He grabbed his shotgun and vaulted the wall separating their properties.
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Hotel fire in Atlanta suburb kills one
Jan 15 2006 7:10PM (CT)
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Fire broke out in a suburban Atlanta hotel early Sunday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.
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Low registration in U.S. for Mexican vote
Jan 15 2006 6:02PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A fraction of the eligible voters registered for their first chance to vote by absentee ballot in Mexico's presidential election, authorities said Sunday.
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New Orleans colleges face huge obstacles
Jan 15 2006 5:37PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - By tradition, every Friday the sisters of Delta Sigma Theta circle around a campus flagpole and join hands to pray and sing, celebrating their closest friendships at Dillard University.
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Big Easy paper trying to report, survive
Jan 15 2006 5:10PM (CT)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Staff members of the New Orleans newspaper that survived Hurricane Katrina are facing a continuing dilemma _ how to report objectively about a story in which they are key players.
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Poll: Most see significant racial progress
Jan 15 2006 3:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans believe there has been significant progress in achieving Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality, though blacks are more skeptical, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
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Family feud, new book threaten King legacy
Jan 15 2006 2:31PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - On the eve of what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 77th birthday, his legacy is under attack and its greatest defender is unable to speak.
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N.J. casinos get pass on new smoking ban
Jan 15 2006 2:17PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Vince Rennich and Alan Angeloni consider themselves among the losers in New Jersey's battle to ban smoking indoors.
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Large eruption not likely from Augustine
Jan 15 2006 4:44AM (CT)
NANWALEK, Alaska (AP) - Towering blasts of ash and steam from an uninhabited island volcano in south-central Alaska will likely continue for days or weeks, but scientists say there's little chance of a catastrophic eruption.
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Longtime Houston Chronicle publisher dies
Jan 15 2006 2:32AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Richard J.V. Johnson, longtime publisher of the Houston Chronicle whose career at the newspaper spanned more than four decades, has died, the paper said. He was 75.
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Brother: Suspected Iraqi agent has no twin
Jan 15 2006 12:52AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The older brother of an Indiana truck driver accused of trying to sell the names of U.S. agents to Iraq's government said the man has no twin, despite the defendant's claims of mistaken identity.
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Pair who left kids alone plead no contest
Jan 15 2006 12:35AM (CT)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) - A married couple who left the man's two young children home alone while they partied in Las Vegas for New Year's pleaded no contest to child endangerment and were sentenced to home confinement, a prosecutor said.
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Fla. university finds $275,000 in office
Jan 15 2006 12:25AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Three University of South Florida officials were fired after the school discovered $275,000 in misplaced checks and cash scattered throughout an office.
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Miss America contestants arrive in Vegas
Jan 15 2006 12:13AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - "Where are the sashes? Who's got the sashes?" Miss America pageant volunteer Sally Romonowski darted around a luxury tour bus stocked with two dozen beauties heading from Los Angeles to Las Vegas Saturday for the weeklong competition.
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