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Fla. probes possible triple murder-suicide
Feb 5 2006 11:25PM (CT)
EUSTIS, Fla. (AP) - Two police officers and their wives were found dead in a central Florida home Sunday in what investigators think was a triple murder-suicide.
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Suspect in bar attack dies after shootout
Feb 5 2006 10:53PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) - A teenager suspected in a brutal rampage at a Massachusetts gay bar died Sunday from wounds suffered in a shootout with Arkansas police after he fatally shot an officer and a woman acquaintance, authorities said.
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King's sudden death shocked her children
Feb 5 2006 10:39PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Coretta Scott King's four children talked about her last days Sunday, saying she had appeared to be making steps toward recovery before she died suddenly the day she was supposed to begin treatment at an alternative medical clinic in Mexico.
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Calif. jail in lockdown after race riot
Feb 5 2006 10:34PM (CT)
CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) - A maximum-security jail was in a lockdown Sunday, a day after a race-related riot left one inmate dead and more than 100 injured.
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Two cargo planes collide in Wis.; 3 dead
Feb 5 2006 10:29PM (CT)
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) - Two cargo planes collided in midair over southeastern Wisconsin on Sunday, with one of them crashing and killing three people and the other able to land, aviation officials said.
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La. officials focus on New Orleans future
Feb 5 2006 9:25PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco is facing rebellious lawmakers as she opens the second special legislative session she has called to address Louisiana's recovery from last year's hurricane season.
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King honored where husband preached
Feb 5 2006 8:53PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds mourned the loss of Coretta Scott King at the Sunday services of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her late husband preached in the 1960s and the civil rights matriarch remained a member until her death.
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Myrtle Beach plane crash claims family
Feb 5 2006 8:49PM (CT)
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - The six people killed when a twin-engine plane crashed just shy of the Myrtle Beach airport were a family of five and their baby sitter, officials said Sunday.
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40 states re-examining eminent domain
Feb 5 2006 5:49PM (CT)
LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) - The city wants Anna DeFaria's home, and if she doesn't sell willingly, officials are going to take it from the 80-year-old retired pre-school teacher.
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9,000 gallons of oil leak into N.J. river
Feb 5 2006 2:49PM (CT)
TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) - A ruptured tank spilled more than 9,000 gallons of refined oil into a river Sunday, causing an eight-mile oil slick, authorities said.
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Arizona aims to expand trespassing law
Feb 5 2006 2:47PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Faced with mounting election-year public pressure to curtail illegal immigration, Arizona lawmakers are trying to expand state trespassing law to enable local authorities to arrest illegal border crossers.
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Firewood in vogue as oil prices rise
Feb 5 2006 2:00PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Firing up a chain saw to cut your own firewood, a practice that had largely fallen by the wayside, is once again fashionable in Interior Alaska as the cost of heating oil soars.
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1 dead, scores hurt in Calif. jail riot
Feb 5 2006 11:33AM (CT)
CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) - A riot at a maximum-security jail Saturday left one inmate dead and more than 100 injured, including 20 hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said.
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Feminism pioneer Betty Friedan dies at 85
Feb 5 2006 7:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Betty Friedan, whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" helped shatter the cozy suburban ideal of the post-World War II era and laid the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, died Saturday, her birthday. She was 85.
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Ill. hospital does unique study of limbs
Feb 5 2006 2:44AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - It may seem impolite, but doctors at one Chicago hospital routinely ask patients with artificial knees and hips if they wouldn't mind returning their joints when they're done with them.
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High winds in Northwest blamed for 1 death
Feb 5 2006 2:19AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Fierce wind across western Washington and Oregon on Saturday cut power to homes and businesses, forced rail service and a major bridge to close, and was blamed for at least one death, authorities said.
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Shooting outside Detroit bar kills 1
Feb 5 2006 12:27AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A shooting early Saturday outside a group of bars near some of the city's Super Bowl weekend festivities killed one woman and wounded a man.
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