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Maytag recalls 2.3 million dishwashers
Feb 1 2007 11:41PM (CT)
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) - Maytag is voluntarily recalling 2.3 million Maytag and Jenn-Air brand dishwashers because of faulty wiring, the company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement released Thursday.
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Official: Abducted boy guarded 2nd teen
Feb 1 2007 11:40PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Abducted teen Shawn Hornbeck was ordered to guard fellow captive Ben Ownby and hide him from police when they were repeatedly left alone in their captor's apartment, an official close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Fla. gov. wants $32M for voting machines
Feb 1 2007 11:38PM (CT)
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he wants to spend $32 million to get rid of touch-screen voting technology adopted after the 2000 presidential election, and proposed a system that would create a paper trail of votes instead.
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Fla. gov. wants $32M for voting machines
Feb 1 2007 11:38PM (CT)
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he wants to spend $32 million to get rid of touch-screen voting technology adopted after the 2000 presidential election, and proposed a system that would create a paper trail of votes instead.
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Coast Guard searches for missing boat
Feb 1 2007 11:29PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Coast Guard was searching Thursday night for a 52-foot fishing vessel with two crew members on board after detecting a distress signal, officials said.
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Barge hits bridge over Mississippi River
Feb 1 2007 11:18PM (CT)
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - A barge carrying crude oil hit the Interstate 20 bridge over the Mississippi River and caught fire Thursday night.
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Pa. professor ordered to stand trial
Feb 1 2007 11:16PM (CT)
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) - A crowbar missing from the garage of a professor whose wife was bludgeoned to death may have inflicted the devastating wounds that killed her, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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Pa. professor ordered to stand trial
Feb 1 2007 11:16PM (CT)
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) - A crowbar missing from the garage of a professor whose wife was bludgeoned to death may have inflicted the devastating wounds that killed her, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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Doctor pleads guilty to stealing hand
Feb 1 2007 11:04PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A young doctor pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing a hand from a cadaver when he was a medical student, then giving it to a stripper he had befriended.
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W.Va.: Propane blast was accidental
Feb 1 2007 10:20PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A state investigation has determined that a propane explosion at a convenience store that killed four people was an accident, but that its trigger may remain a mystery, a state official said Thursday.
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Veteran character actor Lee Bergere dies
Feb 1 2007 9:54PM (CT)
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) - Veteran character actor Lee Bergere, who appeared in more than 200 television shows, including an original "Star Trek" episode in which he played Abraham Lincoln, has died. He was 88.
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S.F. mayor apologizes for affair
Feb 1 2007 9:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Gavin Newsom apologized Thursday for having a sexual relationship with his former campaign manager's wife. "I'm deeply sorry," Newsom said during a brief news conference at City Hall the day after the aide resigned. Newsom appeared poised but visibly emotional. He spoke for about a minute and left without taking questions.
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Army unveils high-tech combat tools
Feb 1 2007 9:32PM (CT)
OROGRANDE, N.M. (AP) - The Army unveiled parts of its high-tech Future Combat Systems on Thursday in a mock raid on a fictitious village, demonstrating equipment that aims to make soldiers' work safer.
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Death penalty sought in fetus theft
Feb 1 2007 9:30PM (CT)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A prosecutor said Thursday he will seek the death penalty against a woman accused of cutting a fetus from a friend's womb, killing both.
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R.I. club fire probe focused on 3 men
Feb 1 2007 9:21PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Prosecutors who convened a grand jury to investigate a nightclub fire that killed 100 people kept the panel focused narrowly on the three men ultimately held responsible and advised against charging inspectors, documents released Thursday showed.
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R.I. club fire probe focused on 3 men
Feb 1 2007 9:21PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Prosecutors who convened a grand jury to investigate a nightclub fire that killed 100 people kept the panel focused narrowly on the three men ultimately held responsible and advised against charging inspectors, documents released Thursday showed.
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Feds pressure air pack makers
Feb 1 2007 8:48PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal mining regulators want the manufacturers of emergency air packs to speed up production and ship the packs first to the mines that most need them.
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Priest suspected in attack arrested
Feb 1 2007 8:36PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest who is accused of beating, groping and choking a soloist at his Las Vegas church was arrested Thursday in Arizona, authorities said.
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2 men released from jail in hoax case
Feb 1 2007 8:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - In nine cities across the country, blinking electronic signs displaying a profane, boxy-looking cartoon character caused barely a stir.
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2 men released from jail in hoax case
Feb 1 2007 8:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - In nine cities across the country, blinking electronic signs displaying a profane, boxy-looking cartoon character caused barely a stir.
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2 men released from jail in hoax case
Feb 1 2007 8:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - In nine cities across the country, blinking electronic signs displaying a profane, boxy-looking cartoon character caused barely a stir.
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PETA worker apologizes in animal dumping
Feb 1 2007 8:28PM (CT)
WINTON, N.C. (AP) - An animal-rights worker who dumped the bodies of euthanized dogs and cats into a trash bin apologized in court Thursday, saying she threw out the carcasses because they stank.
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Red Cross leaders discuss disasters
Feb 1 2007 8:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Red Cross experts from three cities that faced terrorist attacks in recent years _ New York, Madrid and London _ met on Thursday to develop common strategies for future responses.
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Hooters fight gives city 2 restaurants
Feb 1 2007 8:15PM (CT)
TROY, Mich. (AP) - A fight to discourage Hooters restaurant from expanding in this well-to-do Detroit suburb by blocking its liquor license has backfired: Now there are two restaurants just two miles apart.
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Ex-U.N. official jailed pending trial
Feb 1 2007 8:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge revoked the bail of a former senior United Nations official and ordered him detained until his trial on bribery charges.
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Laura Bush's former hairdresser sued
Feb 1 2007 7:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A prominent Washington hairdresser who used to cut first lady Laura Bush's hair was accused Thursday of sexually harassing a former employee _ the second such lawsuit filed against him since September.
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Hastert released from hospital
Feb 1 2007 7:50PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert left a Chicago hospital on Thursday after spending nearly a week there recovering from surgery to remove his gallbladder, his office said.
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Calif. aims to settle emissions lawsuit
Feb 1 2007 7:41PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The state's new attorney general is reaching out to automakers as he continues a federal lawsuit that seeks millions of dollars for the greenhouse gases produced by their vehicles.
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Feds may sue over film promotion
Feb 1 2007 7:36PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal prosecutors have said they may sue Paramount Pictures and the Los Angeles Times over a film promotion last year in which digital devices planted in news racks were mistaken for bombs.
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Agent: Suspect described dragging death
Feb 1 2007 7:30PM (CT)
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - A man charged with murdering his girlfriend admitted he had put a rope around her neck and dragged her behind a car for several miles, a state investigator testified Thursday.
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Winter storm strikes Carolinas
Feb 1 2007 7:19PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A winter storm rushed across the Southeast on Thursday, closing schools and grounding flights a day after coating roads with deadly ice in the Plains.
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2 acquitted of conspiracy in Hamas trial
Feb 1 2007 6:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two men accused of furnishing money and fresh recruits to the militant Palestinian group Hamas were acquitted Thursday of racketeering but convicted on lesser charges.
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Mom gets 10 years in Ill. lake drownings
Feb 1 2007 6:33PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - A woman convicted of letting her three young children drown in a car that sank in a lake was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
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Mom gets 10 years in Ill. lake drownings
Feb 1 2007 6:33PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - A woman convicted of letting her three young children drown in a car that sank in a lake was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
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Mom gets 10 years in Ill. lake drownings
Feb 1 2007 6:33PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - A woman convicted of letting her three young children drown in a car that sank in a lake was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
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Mom gets 10 years in Ill. lake drownings
Feb 1 2007 6:33PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - A woman convicted of letting her three young children drown in a car that sank in a lake was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
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No homicides in Katrina hospital deaths
Feb 1 2007 6:24PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A grand jury to be formed this month will probe allegations that a doctor and two nurses euthanized four critically ill patients in the days after Hurricane Katrina, prosecutors said Thursday.
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NY City Council considers halt to n-word
Feb 1 2007 6:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city council is considering a symbolic resolution calling for New Yorkers to stop using the n-word, and supporters say Black History Month is a relevant time to call attention to the racial slur.
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San Francisco mayor admits affair
Feb 1 2007 6:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Confronting a political scandal that sounds more like a soap opera, the city's handsome young mayor made an emotional apology Thursday for an affair with the wife of his own campaign manager.
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San Francisco mayor admits affair
Feb 1 2007 6:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Confronting a political scandal that sounds more like a soap opera, the city's handsome young mayor made an emotional apology Thursday for an affair with the wife of his own campaign manager.
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Men trying to reach NYC plucked from sea
Feb 1 2007 5:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fourteen men who set sail from the coast of West Africa on a 60-foot yacht in a foolhardy attempt to reach the U.S. were plucked from their sinking craft this week after 47 days at sea, Coast Guard officials said.
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Bush budget calls for Pell grant boost
Feb 1 2007 5:35PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - President Bush's 2008 budget will include a proposal for the biggest hike in Pell grants for low-income college students in three decades.
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More immigration officers watching jails
Feb 1 2007 5:27PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Juan Martinez was looking forward to returning to his construction job after a one-month sentence for violating probation on drug charges.
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Phoenix parents fear new predator
Feb 1 2007 5:23PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Parents are waking up through the night to check on their little girls, sleeping alongside them in their beds and even using heavy furniture to block the windows.
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Tenn. halts 4 executions, pending review
Feb 1 2007 5:19PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bredesen postponed four executions of condemned inmates Thursday so the state could review and better document its procedures for lethal injection.
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Passengers fall ill on cruise ship
Feb 1 2007 5:18PM (CT)
PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (AP) - More than 100 passengers were reported ill with flu-like symptoms during a Holland America Caribbean cruise, the cruise line said.
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Wis. firm, agency wanted error kept mum
Feb 1 2007 5:16PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A company that printed thousands of Wisconsin taxpayers' Social Security numbers with their addresses on state Department of Revenue mailings tried to convince the agency to keep the mistake quiet, e-mail records indicate.
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Drug kingpin guilty of murdering rapper
Feb 1 2007 5:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A notorious crack kingpin with ties to the hip-hop industry was convicted Thursday in a federal death penalty case of paying $50,000 to have two rivals gunned down in 2001.
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Taliban aider back to federal prison
Feb 1 2007 4:22PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man convicted of helping the Taliban was found guilty and sent back to prison Thursday for violating parole by traveling to Belize with a fake Mexican passport.
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Montana sues Wyoming over water rights
Feb 1 2007 4:11PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana sued Wyoming in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday over water rights in two shared rivers, which Montana claims are running dry due to Wyoming's overuse.
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Report: 81 journalists killed in 2006
Feb 1 2007 3:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of journalists killed or jailed worldwide has reached its highest level in a decade, with arrests rising as governments seek to control the Internet, an advocacy group said Thursday.
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Wash. man uses cane to repel fire attack
Feb 1 2007 2:12PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man splashed lighter fluid on a stranger who fought him off with a metal cane, then used the lighter to set two women on fire, police and witnesses said.
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Judge turns away Ky. execution challenge
Feb 1 2007 1:57PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge turned away a challenge to Kentucky's lethal injection method Thursday, saying three death-row inmates first must file a grievance with prison administrators.
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Detainee challenges U.S. policy
Feb 1 2007 1:45PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Attorneys for an immigrant the Bush administration calls an al-Qaida sleeper agent argued Thursday that their client is being detained unconstitutionally and should be allowed to challenge his imprisonment in court.
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NOAA predicts warm February for the West
Feb 1 2007 1:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government forecasters got a head start on the groundhog Thursday, calling for mild weather in the West but a chilly February in the Midwest and Northeast.
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Idaho school damaged by fire
Feb 1 2007 12:30PM (CT)
MIDDLETON, Idaho (AP) - Fire raged through the high school in this small town Thursday morning, consuming at least half of the building and sending huge plumes of smoke in the air.
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2 Milwaukee schools punished after brawl
Feb 1 2007 12:22PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Parents or guardians of players will be the only fans allowed to watch two high school teams play after a melee led to six injuries and 10 arrests.
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Probation for brandishing toy gun
Feb 1 2007 12:13PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A cartoonist arrested after brandishing a toy gun in The Miami Herald building pleaded no contest to assault and burglary charges and received two years' probation.
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Religion today
Feb 1 2007 12:06PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Football's faithful will file into house parties, bars and, of course, Dolphin Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday to observe their holiest of holy days. But they'll also turn out in force at churches across the country, which are tapping the popularity of sports in hopes of saving souls.
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Religion news in brief
Feb 1 2007 12:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders held a private meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to press for a greater U.S. role in ending Mideast violence.
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Cheney: Pregnancy's not political
Feb 1 2007 11:53AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The decision to become pregnant and raise a child with her female partner was not political, Mary Cheney, a daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, told a Barnard College audience.
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D.A. won't seek death in Katrina case
Feb 1 2007 11:30AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four police officers charged with murder in shootings amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina will not face the death penalty if convicted, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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L.A.'s Skid Row homeless seek options
Feb 1 2007 11:20AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A crackdown on crime and blight around Skid Row has resulted in a migration of homeless people out of downtown, significantly reducing the area's transient population but also putting a strain on homeless service providers elsewhere.
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Mafia boss pleads guilty to racketeering
Feb 1 2007 11:12AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The admitted boss of the Genovese organized crime family's South Florida operations pleaded guilty Thursday to federal racketeering charges and could spend 20 years in prison.
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Report: FDNY overlooked bogus degrees
Feb 1 2007 10:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city's top watchdog agency has criticized the Fire Department for awarding promotions to firefighters who purchased bogus college degrees on the Internet.
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Texas could punish 'truant' parents
Feb 1 2007 9:44AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Parents beware: Miss a meeting with your child's teacher and it could cost you a $500 fine and a criminal record.
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Federal judge delays Holocaust ruling
Feb 1 2007 8:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A settlement between Holocaust victims, their relatives and an Italian insurance company may be the only chance for some victims to recover money, a judge said, but he delayed ruling on approval of the deal.
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Coast Guard to call off sailor search
Feb 1 2007 8:34AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Coast Guard planned to call off its search early Thursday for an acclaimed computer scientist whose sailboat has disappeared off Northern California.
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Texans poised to battle over smoking ban
Feb 1 2007 7:44AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A proposed ban on smoking in all bars, restaurants and work sites across the state is igniting a big-money fight at the Texas Capitol.
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Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins dies
Feb 1 2007 5:01AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Witty best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, a Texas liberal who died after a long battle with breast cancer, left legions of admirers, even among the politicians she regularly skewered.
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Hells Angels in headlines again
Feb 1 2007 4:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Bart Darling, his hair cropped close to his skull and his motorcycle club's colors on his back, explained the prerequisites for Hells Angels membership: Respect is earned, not given. Bad boys are welcomed, not rejected. And one last thing:
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Charges near in Calif. bribery case
Feb 1 2007 2:46AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors are preparing to seek indictments against a former top CIA official and a San Diego defense contractor linked to the bribery scandal that sent former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison, two government officials familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.
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Survey details the lives of black youth
Feb 1 2007 2:08AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Decades after the civil rights movement's greatest victories, black youth often see a world rife with discrimination, a new survey says. And yet they remain optimistic about their chances for affecting social change.
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Police end Guilford College probe
Feb 1 2007 2:00AM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Police have decided not to pursue their own charges in a racially tinged fight between several Guilford College football players and three Palestinian students.
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Va. ex-mayor sentenced for vote fraud
Feb 1 2007 12:27AM (CT)
WISE, Va. (AP) - The former mayor of the tiny coal town of Appalachia was sentenced Wednesday to two years in jail for masterminding a vote-rigging scheme that helped him steal the 2004 election.
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President Clinton's stepfather dies
Feb 1 2007 12:18AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Richard Kelley, stepfather of former President Bill Clinton, died Wednesday at his home. He was 91.
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President Clinton's stepfather dies
Feb 1 2007 12:18AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Richard Kelley, stepfather of former President Bill Clinton, died Wednesday at his home. He was 91.
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President Clinton's stepfather dies
Feb 1 2007 12:18AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Richard Kelley, stepfather of former President Bill Clinton, died Wednesday at his home. He was 91.
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