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Muslim group asks radio host to apologize
Jan 26 2006 11:36PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A Muslim civil liberties group demanded an apology Thursday from the host of a Los Angeles-area radio show for making fun of a stampede that killed hundreds of Muslims during an annual pilgrimage.
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Corzine will push for needle exchange
Jan 26 2006 11:29PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine will urge the Legislature to pass a law giving intravenous drug users access to clean needles and would consider using his executive power to force the issue if lawmakers fail to act.
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Witness in priest sex abuse trial weeps
Jan 26 2006 11:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A sexual abuse victim wept in court Thursday as he described his love for a priest who he says betrayed him and his belief that he failed to protect his younger brothers.
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Soldier convicted in drug-smuggling case
Jan 26 2006 11:23PM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - A military judge found a soldier guilty Thursday of masterminding a drug ring that brought massive amounts of cocaine into the U.S. from an American air base in Colombia.
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Va. lawmaker's gun discharges in office
Jan 26 2006 11:19PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A state lawmaker's handgun accidentally discharged in his office Thursday as he tried to unload it, sending a bullet zinging across the room.
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Feds search for missing migrant vessel
Jan 26 2006 11:04PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Authorities on Thursday searched for a homemade boat carrying 15 immigrants that disappeared Wednesday night amid fog and ocean swells off the Florida Keys.
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Illinois truck crash kills six people
Jan 26 2006 11:04PM (CT)
MARION, Ill. (AP) - A tractor-trailer veered into oncoming traffic on a highway in southern Illinois and slammed head-on into a pickup truck, killing six people, authorities said Thursday.
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Fla. crash deaths hit town, family hard
Jan 26 2006 10:58PM (CT)
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) - Barbara and Terry Mann were supposed to complete their adoption of a 20-month-old boy on Thursday. Instead, they were planning funerals for him and their other four children _ all killed in a fiery car wreck.
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Ind. death row case also challenges method
Jan 26 2006 10:04PM (CT)
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A federal appeals court Thursday night blocked the execution of an Indiana inmate who, like a man on Florida's death row, has challenged the legality of lethal injection.
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Texas joins in recovery-funding complaint
Jan 26 2006 9:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One state's funding windfall is another's frustration in the Gulf Coast, where the Bush administration is distributing billions of dollars in grants to rebuild hurricane-ravaged housing _ money that falls short of what Louisiana sought.
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Lead paint makers call no witness in suit
Jan 26 2006 9:53PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Lawyers for four lead-paint makers accused of creating a public-health threat that poisons thousands of children a year abruptly rested their case Thursday without calling any witnesses.
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Gunman held in 10 1/2-hour Calif. standoff
Jan 26 2006 9:51PM (CT)
EXETER, Calif. (AP) - Ending a 10 1/2-hour standoff, SWAT officers stormed a bank Thursday and seized a robber who had taken eight hostages with what turned out to be a pellet gun, authorities said.
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Two tons of pot found in border tunnel
Jan 26 2006 9:42PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Authorities said they discovered more than two tons of marijuana in a cross-border tunnel that began near the Tijuana airport and ended inside a warehouse on the U.S. side.
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Md. inmate shoots guard in attempt to flee
Jan 26 2006 9:40PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A hospitalized prisoner shot a corrections officer guarding his room Thursday, hijacked a taxi and led police on a car chase before he was caught several miles away, authorities said. The 44-year-old guard, who was shot in the face, was listed in critical condition.
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Six die after pickup, rig crash in Texas
Jan 26 2006 9:39PM (CT)
FALFURRIAS, Texas (AP) - Six people died and eight were injured Thursday when a pickup truck that authorities suspect was being used for human smuggling smashed into an 18-wheeler on a remote two-lane highway north of the Mexican border.
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Sago Mine survivor moved to rehab center
Jan 26 2006 9:38PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster was transferred Thursday to a rehabilitation hospital, where his family expects him to undergo weeks, or possibly months, of therapy.
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Ark. police seize 90 pounds of ecstasy pills
Jan 26 2006 9:10PM (CT)
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - Police seized three trash bags filled with about 128,628 ecstasy pills _ or 90 pounds of the drug _ from the trunk of a car traveling on Interstate 40. The driver of the car was arrested.
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Brain-damaged girl moved to rehab facility
Jan 26 2006 9:08PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A brain-damaged 11-year-old girl who was nearly removed from life support before she suddenly began breathing on her own was moved to a rehabilitation center Thursday.
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Bloomberg seeks control over ground zero
Jan 26 2006 8:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his State of the City address Thursday to muscle his way into the debate over rebuilding at the World Trade Center, urging a developer to give up control over part of the project.
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Vt. judge increases sex offender's penalty
Jan 26 2006 8:56PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A judge vilified as soft on crime by bloggers, TV commentators and politicians for giving a child molester just 60 days in jail increased the sentence Thursday to three to 10 years behind bars.
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Federal appeals court upholds airport IDs
Jan 26 2006 8:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An appeals court on Thursday dismissed a legal challenge to federal airport regulations requiring passengers to show identification before they board planes.
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Calif. Assembly passes hemp-farming bill
Jan 26 2006 8:50PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would add California to the growing number of states seeking to legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp _ a biological relative of marijuana.
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Study finds rich-poor income gap growing
Jan 26 2006 8:24PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The disparity between rich and poor is growing in America as the federal minimum wage has remained flat for years, union membership has declined and industries have faced global competition, according to a study released Thursday.
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Judge says union can be part of mine probe
Jan 26 2006 7:19PM (CT)
ELKINS, W.Va. (AP) - Breaking an impasse that had briefly held up the investigation of the Sago Mine disaster, a federal judge ruled Thursday that officials with the United Mine Workers union can accompany state and federal investigators while they gather evidence underground.
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Mayors told federal grants may be targeted
Jan 26 2006 7:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican lawmaker told the nation's mayors on Thursday that the federal community development grants they rely on for various city projects could again be at risk of elimination unless "substantial reforms" are made.
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Arsenal chief: 'Intruders' likely wildlife
Jan 26 2006 6:06PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A guard who reported a security breach inside the nation's second-largest chemical weapons depot may have mistaken wildlife for human intruders, authorities said Thursday.
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Probe of Mass. slayings goes global
Jan 26 2006 5:52PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts detectives flew to England to investigate the fatal shooting of a woman and her infant daughter at their suburban Boston home.
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Husband-and-wife 'Botox' docs get prison
Jan 26 2006 5:22PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Husband-and-wife doctors were sent to prison Thursday for selling a dangerous bootleg form of Botox to hundreds of physicians.
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Ala. judge: State mine inspections lacking
Jan 26 2006 4:11PM (CT)
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - A judge says Alabama regulators aren't properly inspecting the state's coal mines, some of the deepest and most dangerous in North America, and he has given them 10 days to conduct new reviews.
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Man convicted of rape cleared, now free
Jan 26 2006 3:47PM (CT)
CONROE, Texas (AP) - A man who spent 18 years in prison for sexual assault was freed Thursday after DNA evidence exonerated him, and his brother admitted responsibility for the attack.
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Convicted NYC ex-cop seeks early release
Jan 26 2006 3:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former police officer serving a five-year sentence in one of the worst brutality cases in city history _ the broomstick torture of a Haitian immigrant in a precinct bathroom _ wants a judge to release him early.
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W.Va. governor signs mine safety law
Jan 26 2006 3:06PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Joe Manchin signed new mine safety rules into law Thursday, saying the requirements for better communications, underground oxygen supplies and faster emergency responses would help prevent tragedies like the two that killed 14 miners this month.
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Remembering Challenger 20 years later
Jan 26 2006 12:40PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.
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Defense contractor sentenced to probation
Jan 26 2006 12:31PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A defense contractor who helped evaluate equipment for Green Berets and Navy SEALs was sentenced to probation in a bribery scheme and agreed to aid the case against a former Army colonel.
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Volvo recalls 42,000 trucks in N. America
Jan 26 2006 12:20PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish bus and truck maker AB Volvo said Thursday it was recalling 42,000 trucks in North America because of defective inlet pipes that could cause fires in the engine compartment.
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Religion news in brief
Jan 26 2006 12:00PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Archbishop John Vlazny is defending his decision to seek bankruptcy protection for the Archdiocese of Portland following a judge's ruling that individual parishes could potentially be sold to satisfy claims by clergy sex abuse victims.
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Religion today
Jan 26 2006 12:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jehovah's Witnesses are renowned for teaching that Jesus is not God and that the world as we know it will soon end. But another unusual belief causes even more entanglements _ namely, that God forbids blood transfusions even when patients' lives are at stake.
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Iraqi baby released from Atlanta hospital
Jan 26 2006 11:50AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - An Iraqi baby recovering from spinal surgery arranged by U.S. troops in her homeland was released from the hospital Thursday.
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Getty Trust board member resigns
Jan 26 2006 10:40AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A trustee of the J. Paul Getty Trust whose donated collection to the museum included a stolen ancient Roman sculpture has resigned, officials said.
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Senior: School discriminates against boys
Jan 26 2006 8:38AM (CT)
MILTON, Mass. (AP) - A senior boy at Milton High School has filed a federal civil rights complaint contending that his school discriminates against boys by making it easier for girls to succeed academically.
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Houston cracks down on motel prostitution
Jan 26 2006 8:14AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - In an effort to crack down on the illegal sex trade, city officials have banned motels from knowingly renting rooms for prostitution.
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Ga. lawmakers pass voter ID requirement
Jan 26 2006 7:26AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A birth certificate might not be enough to vote in Georgia this year _ legislation sent to the governor Wednesday would require photo identification before voters could cast their ballots.
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Punxsutawney Phil's handler stepping down
Jan 26 2006 6:22AM (CT)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not on Groundhog Day, one thing's for sure: The man who has been the furry forecaster's official handler for the past 15 years will step down after this year.
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Schwarzenegger approval rating recovering
Jan 26 2006 5:26AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval rating is showing signs of recovery after tumbling late last year, according to a poll released Thursday.
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Dental students put in touch with animals
Jan 26 2006 5:16AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Cecil, like many 7-year-olds, has to be carried to the dentist: It took three zookeepers and some anesthesia to bring the 130-pound Western Lowland gorilla in for a checkup.
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NY union-run charter school draws scrutiny
Jan 26 2006 5:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a small, brightly decorated wing of a middle school in Brooklyn, an unusual experiment in the national debate over charter schools is taking place.
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Inmate found guilty of killing priest
Jan 26 2006 5:12AM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The inmate who strangled child-molesting priest John Geoghan was convicted of murder Wednesday after failing to convince a jury he was delusional when he killed one of the central figures in the Boston Archdiocese sex scandal.
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Maine town marks attack that killed nuns
Jan 26 2006 5:00AM (CT)
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - Nearly a decade ago, a mentally ill man who dreamed of becoming a Catholic priest burst through the doors of the chapel of Servants of the Blessed Sacrament.
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ACLU sues to let Muslim scholar enter U.S.
Jan 26 2006 1:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A leading Muslim scholar who opposes the war in Iraq has sued the U.S. government, claiming officials used anti-terrorism laws to stop him from accepting speaking invitations from organizations.
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3 indicted in Calif. on ecoterror charges
Jan 26 2006 1:47AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Three environmental activists were cooking up plastic explosives and had planned to test a device the day they were arrested, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday as they indicted them.
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Head of Ky. mine safety agency resigns
Jan 26 2006 1:32AM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state's top mine safety regulator has resigned in the midst of a legislative session that could bring major changes to Kentucky mining laws.
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New stamps commemorate American icons
Jan 26 2006 1:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Motorcycles and skiers, baseball players and lovers, a 40-stamp series featuring America's biggest, tallest and deepest, from sea cliffs to bison to waterfalls and lakes. They're all commemoratives planned for next year by the U.S. Postal Service.
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