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Taliban helper in Seattle, jailed
Jan 16 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A convicted Taliban collaborator who was arrested in Belize _ despite orders that he not leave the U.S. _ could face a new trial on charges of offering support to terrorists if he's found guilty of violating his probation, a federal prosecutor said.
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Church pedophilia cover-up alleged
Jan 16 2007 11:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A 33-year-old man sued the Diocese of Peoria on Tuesday, alleging a purposeful cover-up of pedophile priests and seeking more than $800,000 in damages.
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Calif. to review death penalty by May 15
Jan 16 2007 11:52PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State officials said Tuesday they would submit revised lethal injection procedures to a federal judge by May 15 in an attempt to revive California's death penalty.
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NYC child killer must pay $15M to mother
Jan 16 2007 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Joel Steinberg, the disbarred lawyer who served 17 years in prison for killing his illegally adopted daughter, must pay $15 million to the girl's birth mother, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Thousands shiver as storm toll hits 51
Jan 16 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) - Shoppers were reduced to picking up supplies by flashlight Tuesday in the few places open in this town of 2,800, as the death toll from a winter storm grew to 51 in nine states.
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Thousands shiver as storm toll hits 51
Jan 16 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) - Shoppers were reduced to picking up supplies by flashlight Tuesday in the few places open in this town of 2,800, as the death toll from a winter storm grew to 51 in nine states.
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Thousands shiver as storm toll hits 51
Jan 16 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) - Shoppers were reduced to picking up supplies by flashlight Tuesday in the few places open in this town of 2,800, as the death toll from a winter storm grew to 51 in nine states.
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Thousands shiver as storm toll hits 51
Jan 16 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) - Shoppers were reduced to picking up supplies by flashlight Tuesday in the few places open in this town of 2,800, as the death toll from a winter storm grew to 51 in nine states.
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Thousands shiver as storm toll hits 51
Jan 16 2007 11:43PM (CT)
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) - Shoppers were reduced to picking up supplies by flashlight Tuesday in the few places open in this town of 2,800, as the death toll from a winter storm grew to 51 in nine states.
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Train cars derail, catch fire in Ky.
Jan 16 2007 11:41PM (CT)
BROOKS, Ky. (AP) - Several train cars carrying volatile chemicals derailed and exploded Tuesday south of Louisville, shutting down a highway and forcing evacuations of homes, businesses and a school, authorities said.
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Teens arrested in beating shown online
Jan 16 2007 11:22PM (CT)
NORTH BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) - Three teenage girls were arrested Tuesday on charges that they punched and kicked another girl and recorded the beating so they could broadcast it online.
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Feds file 1st charge against Duncan
Jan 16 2007 11:01PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal prosecutors have filed their first charge against convicted murderer Joseph Duncan III, but it's not for abducting two north Idaho children and killing one of them.
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Police: Fla. man rapes wife, films it
Jan 16 2007 10:54PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A 30-year-old man kidnapped, raped and tortured his wife, then hung her from a tree to film a two-hour bondage pornography video, authorities said Tuesday.
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Mystery odor will remain that way
Jan 16 2007 10:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Environmental officials in two states said they have given up hope of finding the source of a mysterious odor that swept across parts of the New York City area a week ago.
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Jury awards $400K to removed passenger
Jan 16 2007 10:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A federal jury has awarded $400,000 to a Miami man who sued American Airlines Inc. claiming racial discrimination after he was removed from a flight before it departed Logan International Airport.
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Man charged in Phoenix serial case
Jan 16 2007 10:40PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man suspected of being the area's serial "Baseline Killer" has been indicted on charges including nine counts of first-degree murder, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Appeals court moves Quran lawsuit ahead
Jan 16 2007 10:39PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A lawsuit filed by the ACLU and a Muslim woman seeking the use of the Quran or other non-Christian texts in addition to the Bible for courtroom oaths should be allowed to go forward, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
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Mom who threw sons into bay convicted
Jan 16 2007 10:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A mother who claimed she was sacrificing her young sons for God by tossing them to their deaths in San Francisco Bay was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder.
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Teen called hero for missing-boy tip
Jan 16 2007 10:38PM (CT)
BEAUFORT, Mo. (AP) - Mitchell Hults is a young man of few words. But when it mattered most, he talked late into the night, giving authorities the information they needed to rescue his friend and another boy held captive.
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Teen called hero for missing-boy tip
Jan 16 2007 10:38PM (CT)
BEAUFORT, Mo. (AP) - Mitchell Hults is a young man of few words. But when it mattered most, he talked late into the night, giving authorities the information they needed to rescue his friend and another boy held captive.
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Teen called hero for missing-boy tip
Jan 16 2007 10:38PM (CT)
BEAUFORT, Mo. (AP) - Mitchell Hults is a young man of few words. But when it mattered most, he talked late into the night, giving authorities the information they needed to rescue his friend and another boy held captive.
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Teen called hero for missing-boy tip
Jan 16 2007 10:38PM (CT)
BEAUFORT, Mo. (AP) - Mitchell Hults is a young man of few words. But when it mattered most, he talked late into the night, giving authorities the information they needed to rescue his friend and another boy held captive.
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Court throws out bombing sentence
Jan 16 2007 10:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the sentence of a man who was convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.
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Mo. suspect escaped suspicion for years
Jan 16 2007 10:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The man accused of kidnapping two Missouri boys and keeping one of them for more than four years escaped suspicion right up until the very end _ largely because he had no criminal record.
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Mo. suspect escaped suspicion for years
Jan 16 2007 10:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The man accused of kidnapping two Missouri boys and keeping one of them for more than four years escaped suspicion right up until the very end _ largely because he had no criminal record.
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U.N. climate official seeks leadership
Jan 16 2007 10:36PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N.'s top climate change official urged the new secretary-general on Tuesday to fill a global leadership vacuum and mobilize world leaders and the private sector to adopt a new policy to tackle global warming in the coming decades.
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Radio show pulled after woman's death
Jan 16 2007 10:11PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A radio station fired three morning disc jockeys and seven other employees Tuesday after a woman died from drinking nearly two gallons of water in a contest.
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Trial begins in 2003 stampede deaths
Jan 16 2007 10:02PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three men accused of involuntary manslaughter in a 2003 nightclub stampede that killed 21 people went on trial Tuesday, while the case against a fourth man was delayed so prosecutors could appeal a blow to their case.
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Posada makes 1st court appearance
Jan 16 2007 9:46PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An anti-Castro militant indicted on charges of lying to federal immigration agents in a bid to become a naturalized citizen made his first court appearance Tuesday.
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Weather warnings to get more specific
Jan 16 2007 9:40PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The National Weather Service will stop issuing countywide severe weather warnings this fall, instead putting out warnings that are more geographically specific, the federal government said Tuesday.
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Weather warnings to get more specific
Jan 16 2007 9:40PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The National Weather Service will stop issuing countywide severe weather warnings this fall, instead putting out warnings that are more geographically specific, the federal government said Tuesday.
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Wisconsin hunter charged in slaying
Jan 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A white man was charged Tuesday with murdering a Hmong hunter in the woods in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in Wisconsin and raised fears among Southeast Asian immigrants that the killing was payback.
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Wisconsin hunter charged in slaying
Jan 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A white man was charged Tuesday with murdering a Hmong hunter in the woods in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in Wisconsin and raised fears among Southeast Asian immigrants that the killing was payback.
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Wisconsin hunter charged in slaying
Jan 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A white man was charged Tuesday with murdering a Hmong hunter in the woods in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in Wisconsin and raised fears among Southeast Asian immigrants that the killing was payback.
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Wisconsin hunter charged in slaying
Jan 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A white man was charged Tuesday with murdering a Hmong hunter in the woods in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in Wisconsin and raised fears among Southeast Asian immigrants that the killing was payback.
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Wisconsin hunter charged in slaying
Jan 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A white man was charged Tuesday with murdering a Hmong hunter in the woods in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in Wisconsin and raised fears among Southeast Asian immigrants that the killing was payback.
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Ex-U.N. oil-for-food chief charged
Jan 16 2007 8:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The former United Nations oil-for-food chief was charged Tuesday with taking a $160,000 bribe to influence who could buy Iraqi oil under the scandal-tainted humanitarian program.
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Ex-Iraqi minister returns to Chicago
Jan 16 2007 8:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Iraqi Cabinet minister was home Tuesday in suburban Chicago, a month after escaping from the Baghdad prison where he was serving time on corruption charges.
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Northrup to challenge Ky. governor
Jan 16 2007 8:05PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Rep. Anne Northup plans to challenge Gov. Ernie Fletcher for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, her campaign said Tuesday.
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Airport shoe scanner gets mixed review
Jan 16 2007 6:54PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - New airport screening technology that was trotted out Tuesday was supposed to let passengers keep their footwear on while passing through security.
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Airport shoe scanner gets mixed review
Jan 16 2007 6:54PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - New airport screening technology that was trotted out Tuesday was supposed to let passengers keep their footwear on while passing through security.
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Suspected serial killer pleads innocent
Jan 16 2007 6:49PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A man whose DNA linked him to the deaths of three joggers and a series of rapes over the past 20 years blamed on the "Bike Path Rapist" pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder.
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Suspected serial killer pleads innocent
Jan 16 2007 6:49PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A man whose DNA linked him to the deaths of three joggers and a series of rapes over the past 20 years blamed on the "Bike Path Rapist" pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder.
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Suspected serial killer pleads innocent
Jan 16 2007 6:49PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A man whose DNA linked him to the deaths of three joggers and a series of rapes over the past 20 years blamed on the "Bike Path Rapist" pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder.
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Truck driver waits for jury sentence
Jan 16 2007 6:04PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A truck driver convicted for his role in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt continued to wait Tuesday for a jury's decision on whether he would be sentenced to death.
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Boxer-Rice exchange resonates for women
Jan 16 2007 5:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A "leap backward" for feminism, the White House spokesman calls it. Nothing of the sort, feminists reply. Mean-spirited, say some. Perfectly appropriate, say others.
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Freeze pushes up Calif. citrus prices
Jan 16 2007 5:12PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Shoppers will feel the sting from a string of subfreezing nights in California's citrus groves and other farming areas, with prices for oranges, lemons, avocados and other produce poised to double or triple in coming weeks, according to industry officials.
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Communities fight crematorium expansion
Jan 16 2007 4:47PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - Plans to build new crematoriums are running into resistance around the country over a fear some scientists say is overblown: toxic emissions, especially mercury fumes from incinerating dental fillings.
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Israeli pleads to U.S. Ecstasy charges
Jan 16 2007 4:06PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - An Israeli described as one of the world's biggest drug traffickers pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to import thousands of Ecstasy tablets into the United States and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
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Va. lawmaker denounced for slave comment
Jan 16 2007 3:59PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A state legislator said black people "should get over" slavery and questioned whether Jews should apologize "for killing Christ," drawing denunciations Tuesday from stunned colleagues.
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Man faces charges in factory shooting
Jan 16 2007 3:57PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A mentally ill man accused of shooting four co-workers at a factory after apparently being teased about his size will not face attempted murder charges, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Probe: Trains can be easy terror targets
Jan 16 2007 3:45PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Train lines that carry hazardous shipments have little or no police presence and shoddy security that makes them easy targets for terrorists, according to a newspaper investigation.
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4 gunmen sought in Calif. store robbery
Jan 16 2007 3:17PM (CT)
PINOLE, Calif. (AP) - Four men stormed a Safeway supermarket early Tuesday, holding employees at gunpoint while they robbed the store and then escaping, authorities said.
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Cops: Lawyer naked with teen in court
Jan 16 2007 3:16PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A criminal defense lawyer was arrested after a sheriff's deputy found him naked with a 14-year-old girl in a courthouse conference room, authorities said Tuesday.
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Knives taken from home of slain child
Jan 16 2007 3:10PM (CT)
CLAYTON, N.C. (AP) - Two large kitchen knives were confiscated as evidence in the decapitation of a 4-year-old girl, and her father is awaiting extradition to North Carolina, police said Tuesday.
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ICE: Deadly crash involved immigrants
Jan 16 2007 3:00PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The passengers in a minivan that crashed on an icy highway during the weekend snowstorm, killing seven people, were mostly illegal immigrants being carried across the country, a federal immigration officer said Tuesday.
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Sniping dominates Mich. high court
Jan 16 2007 2:53PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The notion of black-robed judges as symbols of decorum and civility seems almost laughable these days in Michigan.
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Embryo saved from flood is now a boy
Jan 16 2007 2:04PM (CT)
COVINGTON, La. (AP) - Rescued from a great flood while he was just a frozen embryo in liquid nitrogen, a baby boy entered the world Tuesday and was named after the most famous flood survivor of them all, Noah.
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Serial killing suspect pleads not guilty
Jan 16 2007 1:18PM (CT)
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A man who police say confessed to strangling or suffocating 23 men during an eight-year killing spree pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine counts of murder.
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Colo. fire puts residents out in cold
Jan 16 2007 1:04PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Nearly two dozen residents forced to flee their burning apartment complex were injured after some jumped from balconies to escape the flames.
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Train derails, catches fire in Kentucky
Jan 16 2007 9:57AM (CT)
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Several train cars derailed and were on fire Tuesday south of Louisville, prompting authorities to shut down a busy interstate.
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Radio transmitters touted to help hikers
Jan 16 2007 9:28AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A search-and-rescue group's wristwatch-size radio transmitters have helped track missing Alzheimer's patients and autistic children. Now the group wants to offer the technology to help find lost hikers.
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N. Dakota man aims to be 1st hemp farmer
Jan 16 2007 8:25AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - State legislator David Monson began pushing the idea of growing industrial hemp in the United States a decade ago. Now his goal may be within reach _ but first he needs to be fingerprinted.
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Baker panel to release BP safety report
Jan 16 2007 8:06AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - An independent panel is ready to release a much-anticipated report on safety and management at oil giant BP PLC's U.S. operations, which was sparked by a deadly blast at a Texas refinery nearly two years ago.
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Baker panel to release BP safety report
Jan 16 2007 8:06AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - An independent panel is ready to release a much-anticipated report on safety and management at oil giant BP PLC's U.S. operations, which was sparked by a deadly blast at a Texas refinery nearly two years ago.
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Brown's will drawn up before marriage
Jan 16 2007 7:16AM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - James Brown's will, which was read last week and excludes his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, and their 5-year-old son, was drawn up 10 months before the child's birth and more than a year before their marriage, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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TV actress Darlene Conley dies in LA
Jan 16 2007 6:14AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Darlene Conley, a veteran stage and television actress who entertained daytime audiences for nearly two decades as the feisty fashion mogul Sally Spectra on "The Bold and the Beautiful," has died. She was 72.
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Boy witnesses parents' slayings in S.F.
Jan 16 2007 5:40AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A gunman fatally shot a couple in their pickup truck, forcing their blood-spattered 5-year-old son to leave his baby sister and wander the neighborhood in search of help.
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