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Louis Vuitton sued over travel bags
Feb 2 2007 11:21PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh novelty supplier and a Georgia retailer have sued Louis Vuitton Malletier, arguing the fabric bags they sell and distribute do not violate the French handbag maker's trademark.
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Former conjoined twins continue recovery
Feb 2 2007 11:09PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Two formerly conjoined twin infants have been upgraded to fair condition, nearly a month after they were surgically separated at the Mayo Clinic.
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3 die in Mass. small plane crash
Feb 2 2007 11:06PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in a wooded area near New Bedford Regional Airport on Friday night, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Even reinforced building was vulnerable
Feb 2 2007 11:03PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Parishioners walked over the splintered remains of the Lady Lake Church of God on Friday, rescuing torn Bibles from the jumble of broken pews, altar and glass left behind by a tornado.
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Even reinforced building was vulnerable
Feb 2 2007 11:03PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Parishioners walked over the splintered remains of the Lady Lake Church of God on Friday, rescuing torn Bibles from the jumble of broken pews, altar and glass left behind by a tornado.
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Even reinforced building was vulnerable
Feb 2 2007 11:03PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Parishioners walked over the splintered remains of the Lady Lake Church of God on Friday, rescuing torn Bibles from the jumble of broken pews, altar and glass left behind by a tornado.
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4 hate-crime beating teens get probation
Feb 2 2007 11:01PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Four of nine black teenagers convicted in the racially charged beating of three white women on Halloween were sentenced to probation Friday.
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4 hate-crime beating teens get probation
Feb 2 2007 11:01PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Four of nine black teenagers convicted in the racially charged beating of three white women on Halloween were sentenced to probation Friday.
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Powerful Fla. storms kill 19, raze homes
Feb 2 2007 11:00PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search for bodies Friday after powerful storms, including at least one tornado, smashed hundreds of homes across central Florida and killed 19 people or more.
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Powerful Fla. storms kill 19, raze homes
Feb 2 2007 11:00PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search for bodies Friday after powerful storms, including at least one tornado, smashed hundreds of homes across central Florida and killed 19 people or more.
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Powerful Fla. storms kill 19, raze homes
Feb 2 2007 11:00PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search for bodies Friday after powerful storms, including at least one tornado, smashed hundreds of homes across central Florida and killed 19 people or more.
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Trump's SSN appears in Web documents
Feb 2 2007 10:57PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state officials on Friday froze portions of a state Web site that identity thieves could have used to access the Social Security numbers of some New Yorkers _ including billionaire developer Donald Trump.
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6 women arrested at Ore. war protest
Feb 2 2007 10:16PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Police arrested six women, most of them grandmothers, as they blocked access Friday to a military recruiting center to protest President Bush's decision to increase troops in Iraq.
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Crane falls on LA freeway
Feb 2 2007 10:10PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A construction site crane toppled onto a major freeway Friday, trapping its operator and triggering a collision between a big-rig dirt hauler and an SUV when they tried to avoid the crane boom.
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No crime in download of governor's audio
Feb 2 2007 10:06PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The former Democratic gubernatorial candidate's campaign did not commit a crime when it downloaded an audio file of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger saying Cubans and Puerto Ricans are feisty because of their mixed black and Latino blood, the state police said Friday.
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PETA workers cleared of animal cruelty
Feb 2 2007 9:53PM (CT)
WINTON, N.C. (AP) - A jury cleared two animal rights workers of animal cruelty charges Friday for euthanizing cats and dogs they took from shelters, but both were convicted of littering for dumping the carcasses in a trash bin.
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Trial starts in 'Sahara' flop flap
Feb 2 2007 9:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A production company that made the action film "Sahara" reneged on a deal to give best-selling author Clive Cussler creative control of the movie based on his book, his attorney said Friday.
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Trial starts in 'Sahara' flop flap
Feb 2 2007 9:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A production company that made the action film "Sahara" reneged on a deal to give best-selling author Clive Cussler creative control of the movie based on his book, his attorney said Friday.
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Trial starts in 'Sahara' flop flap
Feb 2 2007 9:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A production company that made the action film "Sahara" reneged on a deal to give best-selling author Clive Cussler creative control of the movie based on his book, his attorney said Friday.
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Couple asks for delay in custody order
Feb 2 2007 9:16PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A foster couple asked the Tennessee Supreme Court on Friday to delay its order to return an 8-year-old girl to her biological parents.
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Court rules for man arrested for cursing
Feb 2 2007 8:58PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - An officer who arrested a man for cursing in a public meeting violated the man's right to free speech, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
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Tornado to be 1st assessed by new scale
Feb 2 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A tornado that devastated central Florida will be the first categorized under a scale that went into effect Thursday, weather officials said.
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House fire kills baby, 2 adults
Feb 2 2007 8:13PM (CT)
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) - An 11-month-old infant and two adults died Friday when a fire trapped them in a second-floor bedroom of a Long Island home, authorities said.
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Ga. crash victim says dog saved her life
Feb 2 2007 8:05PM (CT)
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A south Georgia woman bloodied in a car wreck says she owes her life to a German shepherd who _ thankfully _ just wouldn't stay in his yard.
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Ga. crash victim says dog saved her life
Feb 2 2007 8:05PM (CT)
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A south Georgia woman bloodied in a car wreck says she owes her life to a German shepherd who _ thankfully _ just wouldn't stay in his yard.
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Woman, 77, dies trying to save her cats
Feb 2 2007 8:02PM (CT)
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - A 77-year-old woman trying to rescue her seven cats from a house fire was found dead in a hallway, still clutching one of the animals, officials said.
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Priest suspected in attack arrested
Feb 2 2007 7:35PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest must decide Tuesday whether he will fight extradition to Nevada, where he faces charges of beating and sexually assaulting a female employee at his Las Vegas parish.
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Oil barge burns for hours on Mississippi
Feb 2 2007 7:21PM (CT)
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Crews extinguished a burning barge Friday, hours after it struck a railroad bridge, erupted into flames and drifted for miles down the Mississippi River, apparently spilling oil.
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Oil barge burns for hours on Mississippi
Feb 2 2007 7:21PM (CT)
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - Crews extinguished a burning barge Friday, hours after it struck a railroad bridge, erupted into flames and drifted for miles down the Mississippi River, apparently spilling oil.
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N.J. court spat over $3.76 resolved
Feb 2 2007 7:17PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - It took nearly two years, three courts and five judges, but a lawyer has cleared himself of a shoplifting conviction. At the center of the dispute? $3.76.
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Search suspended for missing Mass. boat
Feb 2 2007 7:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two fishermen were presumed dead Friday after the Coast Guard suspended its search for their vessel off the coast of Maine.
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Search suspended for missing Mass. boat
Feb 2 2007 7:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two fishermen were presumed dead Friday after the Coast Guard suspended its search for their vessel off the coast of Maine.
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California to force inmate transfers
Feb 2 2007 7:10PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - As many as 5,000 California convicts will be transferred out of state to ease an overcrowding crisis in the nation's largest prison system, a top corrections official said Friday.
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Geneticist sentenced for molesting girl
Feb 2 2007 7:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A world-renowned geneticist was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison for molesting an employee's daughter who took martial arts classes at his home.
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NTSB: Helicopter pilots erred in crash
Feb 2 2007 7:02PM (CT)
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Both helicopter pilots made errors in a deadly midair collision following a 2005 NASCAR race, federal investigators said.
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Michigan court: No same-sex benefits
Feb 2 2007 6:52PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's ban on gay marriage also blocks public universities and state and local governments from providing health insurance benefits to the partners of gay workers, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
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Haditha witness accused of rape, theft
Feb 2 2007 6:44PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine who has spoken publicly about a massacre allegedly committed by his unit in Iraq has been charged with rape, stealing government property and trying to mail guns from Iraq.
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Boston scare case could be hard to prove
Feb 2 2007 6:31PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Some legal experts say prosecutors will have a hard time proving that two men intended to cause a scare when they planted blinking electronic devices around Boston in a publicity stunt for a cartoon show.
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Ex-N.J. Gov. McGreevey files for divorce
Feb 2 2007 5:45PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Former Gov. James McGreevey, who announced he was gay in 2004, filed for divorce Friday from his wife of seven years.
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Ex-N.J. Gov. McGreevey files for divorce
Feb 2 2007 5:45PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Former Gov. James McGreevey, who announced he was gay in 2004, filed for divorce Friday from his wife of seven years.
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Texas orders cancer vaccine for girls
Feb 2 2007 5:40PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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MySpace posts lead to post-party charges
Feb 2 2007 5:23PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - After a young man drank himself to death at a New Year's Eve party, messages that sprang up on his MySpace.com page led to the discovery of a video of his final hours _ and the filing of charges against his fiancee.
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AP: N.D.'s de-icing practice under fire
Feb 2 2007 5:19PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - For about 40 years, state workers have been dumping saltwater left over from oil production on some North Dakota roads. That's news to the health department, which wants the practice stopped.
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47 tombstones found in dead man's locker
Feb 2 2007 3:38PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A dead man's storage locker yielded dozens of tombstones, a macabre collection that police believe represents "a lifetime of stealing."
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Teacher punished for slavery film clip
Feb 2 2007 2:55PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - An elementary school teacher was disciplined for showing her fifth-graders parts of the R-rated film "Amistad" during a lesson on slavery.
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10 years for ex-air traffic controller
Feb 2 2007 2:42PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A fired air traffic controller accused of planting homemade bombs outside the houses of a former superior and co-workers was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday in a plea deal with prosecutors.
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Judge OKs Katrina flood suit vs. Corps
Feb 2 2007 2:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents whose homes were flooded during Hurricane Katrina can sue the Army Corps of Engineers over claims the agency ignored warnings about defects in a nearby navigation channel, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Laura Bush at NY Fashion Week
Feb 2 2007 2:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - First lady Laura Bush helped women's health advocates paint the town red on Friday _ promoting heart health and attending a Fashion Week show awash in Big Apple hues.
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Celebrities in red open NY Fashion Week
Feb 2 2007 1:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Fashion Week opened Friday amid an international debate about too-thin models, yet the first major runway show of the event featured women of all shapes, sizes, ages and colors.
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Celebrities in red open NY Fashion Week
Feb 2 2007 1:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Fashion Week opened Friday amid an international debate about too-thin models, yet the first major runway show of the event featured women of all shapes, sizes, ages and colors.
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Porn studio puts city in a kink
Feb 2 2007 1:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It takes a lot to make San Franciscans blush, but a video porn company has managed to do it.
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Lawmakers' personal info stolen from car
Feb 2 2007 1:53PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A report containing legislators' and staffers' personal data was stolen from a state worker's car, prompting calls for tighter safeguards.
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7 nabbed in Fla. in baby formula thefts
Feb 2 2007 1:03PM (CT)
STUART, Fla. (AP) - A theft ring that stole $48,000 worth of baby formula from grocery stores was broken up with the arrest of seven people, officials said.
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Ga. mayor converts to Islam
Feb 2 2007 12:46PM (CT)
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is working to change his legal name to Hakim Mansour Ellis.
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Meatpacker: Immigration raids were show
Feb 2 2007 12:39PM (CT)
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - The head of meatpacker Swift & Co. said federal officials wanted a high-profile example of an immigration crackdown when they staged raids at its plants in six states in an identity theft investigation late last year.
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Pipe bombs found in Kansas City, Chicago
Feb 2 2007 12:13PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A pipe bomb was delivered to a Chicago skyscraper a day after a similar device arrived at a Kansas City business, and federal agents were investigating possible connections.
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Students apologize for gang-themed party
Feb 2 2007 11:44AM (CT)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - More than a dozen Clemson University students apologized at an emotional campus meeting for a gang-themed party many criticized as racist after photos emerged showing a white person wearing blackface, school officials said.
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Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
Feb 2 2007 9:29AM (CT)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.
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Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
Feb 2 2007 9:29AM (CT)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.
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Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
Feb 2 2007 9:29AM (CT)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.
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Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring
Feb 2 2007 9:29AM (CT)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - A new pair of hands pulled Punxsutawney Phil from his stump this year, so it was only fitting that the groundhog offered a new prediction.
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Minn. farmer charged after chasing thief
Feb 2 2007 8:56AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Minn. (AP) - A farmer who chased down a thief and held him at gunpoint until authorities arrived now faces a more serious charge than the thief himself.
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Maytag recalls 2.3 million dishwashers
Feb 2 2007 8:06AM (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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Religion in the news
Feb 2 2007 8:02AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In with Bible verses, out with bikinis.
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Official: Abducted boy guarded 2nd teen
Feb 2 2007 6:35AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Shawn Hornbeck's first month of captivity involved such intense isolation and abuse that he eventually assisted his alleged captor's efforts to keep another boy hidden in his apartment, an official close to the investigation told The Associated Press.
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N.D. saltwater spill prompts questions
Feb 2 2007 3:24AM (CT)
ALEXANDER, N.D. (AP) - A year after a ruptured pipeline spilled nearly 1 million gallons of saltwater into a northwestern North Dakota creek, Ned Hermanson is giving up.
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Newark teachers' plea: Stop the killings
Feb 2 2007 3:20AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Advertisements by teachers unions typically feature smiling instructors leaning over fresh-faced youngsters. But a half-dozen new billboards in New Jersey's largest city offer a far darker message.
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Newark teachers' plea: Stop the killings
Feb 2 2007 3:20AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Advertisements by teachers unions typically feature smiling instructors leaning over fresh-faced youngsters. But a half-dozen new billboards in New Jersey's largest city offer a far darker message.
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K.C. cops suspended in miscarriage case
Feb 2 2007 2:46AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two police officers were suspended indefinitely with pay Thursday as an investigation continued into their arrest of a pregnant woman who had a miscarriage a day after she was thrown in jail.
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Coast Guard calls off sailor search
Feb 2 2007 2:22AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Coast Guard called off its search Thursday for an acclaimed computer scientist whose sailboat has disappeared off Northern California, ending a four-day hunt.
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Judge explains dismissal of anthrax case
Feb 2 2007 1:22AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A New York Times columnist did not act with malice when writing about whether a former Army scientist was responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks, a federal judge wrote in explaining his decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the paper.
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Getty Trust revises staff ethics codes
Feb 2 2007 12:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The J. Paul Getty Trust said Thursday that it has submitted revised staff policies to an independent monitor as part of an agreement between the Getty and the California attorney general's office.
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Murder charges filed in fatal carjacking
Feb 2 2007 12:11AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three men and a woman were charged Thursday with murder, rape, kidnapping and robbery in the fatal carjacking of a University of Tennessee student and her boyfriend.
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