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1 of 18 cranes survives Florida storms
Feb 4 2007 11:08PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A whooping crane was spotted alive on Sunday after it was believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms, according to an organizer of a migratory project.
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Astronaut sets women's spacewalk record
Feb 4 2007 11:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time spacewalking than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.
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Astronaut sets women's spacewalk record
Feb 4 2007 11:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time spacewalking than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.
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Astronaut sets women's spacewalk record
Feb 4 2007 11:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time spacewalking than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.
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Faithful pray around Fla. church rubble
Feb 4 2007 10:46PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Gospel singing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.
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Faithful pray around Fla. church rubble
Feb 4 2007 10:46PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Gospel singing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.
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Faithful pray around Fla. church rubble
Feb 4 2007 10:46PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Gospel singing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.
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Faithful pray around Fla. church rubble
Feb 4 2007 10:46PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Gospel singing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.
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Faithful pray around Fla. church rubble
Feb 4 2007 10:46PM (CT)
LADY LAKE, Fla. (AP) - Gospel singing and shouts of "Hallelujah!" competed with the sounds of hammers, chain saws and dump trucks Sunday as parishioners of a church obliterated by a tornado gathered around the rubble to remember the dead and pray for the strength to rebuild.
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Amateurs highlighted in Super Bowl ads
Feb 4 2007 10:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Along with the trademark Clydesdales, talking animals and high-end computer graphics, there was a new entry this year in the annual showdown of advertisers in the Super Bowl: amateurs.
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Levees put Calif., other states at risk
Feb 4 2007 10:21PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Leaving the congestion and sky-high housing prices of the San Francisco Bay area for a quiet retirement near the state capital seemed like a no-lose idea to Achilles Melendres.
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Levees put Calif., other states at risk
Feb 4 2007 10:21PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Leaving the congestion and sky-high housing prices of the San Francisco Bay area for a quiet retirement near the state capital seemed like a no-lose idea to Achilles Melendres.
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Man sought in Ecuador slayings caught
Feb 4 2007 8:57PM (CT)
PALENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A suspect in the 1999 assassination of a leftist former Ecuadorean presidential candidate was handed over to U.S. immigration officials in upstate New York on Sunday.
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Arrest in death at posh New York club
Feb 4 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man died after falling down an elevator shaft during a dispute at a posh Manhattan nightclub once featured on the popular television show "Sex and the City," police said.
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NY Fashion Week lowdown: Short skirts
Feb 4 2007 7:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It looks like leg wear is here to stay, at least through fall. Textured tights are the first must-have item to emerge from New York Fashion Week _ you need them to wear with all the short, flirty skirts.
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Oil pipeline operator fails to find ring
Feb 4 2007 7:42PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An aggressive cleaning device sent through the trans-Alaska pipeline failed to find a 20-inch diameter metal ring that's been missing in the line since December, a spokesman for the operator said Sunday.
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Court-martial looms for war objector
Feb 4 2007 5:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Denied a chance to debate the legality of the Iraq war in court, an Army officer who refused to go to Iraq now goes to trial hoping to at least minimize the amount of time he could serve if convicted.
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Court-martial looms for war objector
Feb 4 2007 5:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Denied a chance to debate the legality of the Iraq war in court, an Army officer who refused to go to Iraq now goes to trial hoping to at least minimize the amount of time he could serve if convicted.
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Memorial held for columnist Ivins
Feb 4 2007 5:32PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Molly Ivins was relentless in pursuing justice and defending the powerless, yet never lost her optimism and sense of fun, family and friends said Sunday at a memorial service.
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Harsh cold expected to linger in Midwest
Feb 4 2007 5:06PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Despite the bitter cold gripping the Midwest, Mike Thamm of Duluth prepared to walk outside clad only in a swimsuit and dive into frigid water for charity.
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S.D. billionaire donates $400 million
Feb 4 2007 4:34PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Around here, T. Denny Sanford is not known just for the billions he made in banking _ he's also known for the millions he has donated.
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S.D. billionaire donates $400 million
Feb 4 2007 4:34PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Around here, T. Denny Sanford is not known just for the billions he made in banking _ he's also known for the millions he has donated.
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Police: Confession in homeless slay case
Feb 4 2007 4:12PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A suspect has confessed that he and another man killed four other homeless men in a dispute over scrap metal, and then hid their bodies in manholes, police said.
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Undergrads getting to help with research
Feb 4 2007 3:26PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In knee-high rubber boots, Jennifer Young peers out over a dozen or so sows and their litters, seemingly oblivious to the stench coming from their pens.
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Undergrads getting to help with research
Feb 4 2007 3:12PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In knee-high rubber boots, Jennifer Young peers out over a dozen or so sows and their litters, seemingly oblivious to the stench coming from their pens.
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Murder trial puts focus on land rights
Feb 4 2007 12:21PM (CT)
ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Bullet holes still pepper a small house on the outskirts of town where two law officers died in a gunbattle over a patch of land the state wanted to take for a highway project.
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Wis. murder trial hangs on DNA evidence
Feb 4 2007 12:16PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Teresa Halbach was one of 206 people killed in Wisconsin in 2005. The 25-year-old's case likely would have gotten scant attention _ except that the man who was charged had been exonerated by DNA evidence after spending 18 years in prison for rape.
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Crash victim's kin question lighting
Feb 4 2007 6:25AM (CT)
DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The brother of a prominent Pennsylvania attorney who was among three people killed in a small plane crash questioned whether insufficient runway lighting contributed to the accident.
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Corps aims to shift Big Easy levee funds
Feb 4 2007 4:23AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
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Corps aims to shift Big Easy levee funds
Feb 4 2007 4:23AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
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Corps aims to shift Big Easy levee funds
Feb 4 2007 4:23AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
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Hundreds mourn Bill Clinton's stepfather
Feb 4 2007 2:15AM (CT)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Bill Clinton and his family joined hundreds of mourners Saturday for the funeral of his stepfather, the man who the former president said brought his mother the "most secure, stable years she ever had."
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Hundreds mourn Bill Clinton's stepfather
Feb 4 2007 2:15AM (CT)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Bill Clinton and his family joined hundreds of mourners Saturday for the funeral of his stepfather, the man who the former president said brought his mother the "most secure, stable years she ever had."
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Fugitive from Ecuador caught in NY
Feb 4 2007 1:59AM (CT)
PALENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A fugitive from Ecuador suspected in the death of a prominent politician and two other men was arrested Saturday following a routine traffic stop, authorities said.
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