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Man sentenced in 'Girls Gone Wild' attack
Feb 7 2006 11:58PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis and forcing him at gunpoint to pose for a demeaning videotape as part of an extortion attempt.
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Mo. mother of quintuplets gets probation
Feb 7 2006 11:52PM (CT)
WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) - The mother of quintuplets was sentenced Tuesday to five years' probation after authorities found four of the children and their 3-year-old brother playing in the kitchen with knives and in the bathroom toilet after she left them home alone.
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L.A. offers reward for info. on crash
Feb 7 2006 11:31PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to offer a $75,000 reward for help in finding the driver of a vehicle that police believe struck a sports car, causing it to plow into a health clinic in a crash that injured 13 people.
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Presidents join mourners at King funeral
Feb 7 2006 11:04PM (CT)
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - Ten thousand mourners _ including four U.S. presidents, numerous members of Congress and many gray-haired veterans of the civil rights movement _ said goodbye to Coretta Scott King on Tuesday, with President Bush saluting her as "a woman who worked to make our nation whole."
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Teen guilty of murders in newsman's ranch
Feb 7 2006 11:02PM (CT)
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) - Jurors convicted a 16-year-old boy Tuesday of killing his family and hiding their bodies in a manure pile on newsman Sam Donaldson's ranch in southern New Mexico.
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Thousands of Katrina victims evicted
Feb 7 2006 11:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hauling everything he owned in a plastic garbage bag, Darryl Travis walked out of the chandeliered lobby of the Crowne Plaza, joining the exodus of Hurricane Katrina refugees evicted from their hotel rooms across the country Tuesday.
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Man convicted in two Pa. shooting deaths
Feb 7 2006 10:47PM (CT)
TOWANDA, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania man was convicted Tuesday of killing two sheriff's deputies who tried to serve him warrants in 2004.
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Miss. governor won't run for president
Feb 7 2006 10:42PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he will not run for president in 2008 because he is too busy with Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
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Calif. wildfire sparked by controlled burn
Feb 7 2006 10:38PM (CT)
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - A 6,500-acre fire that triggered evacuations of more than 2,000 Southern California homes apparently was ignited by remnants of a controlled forest burn that escaped, a U.S. Forest Service official said Tuesday.
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L.A. jails to isolate dangerous inmates
Feb 7 2006 10:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Following a weekend of racial brawls that killed one jail inmate and injured more than 100, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Tuesday they plan to identify the most dangerous inmates and eventually isolate them in a separate jail.
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W.Va. mine safety chief plans to resign
Feb 7 2006 10:20PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The state's mine safety director said Tuesday he plans to resign, less than a week after West Virginia recorded its 15th and 16th coal-related fatalities this year.
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Authorities: Gay-bar suspect shot self
Feb 7 2006 9:40PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The teenager accused of going on a rampage at a gay bar and later killing two people fatally shot himself in the head in a gunfight with Arkansas police, authorities said Tuesday.
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Ex-manager pleads guilty in R.I. deaths
Feb 7 2006 9:39PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The former tour manager for the heavy metal rock group Great White pleaded guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday for setting off the pyrotechnics that caused one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history.
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Nichols may be tried in Atlanta courthouse
Feb 7 2006 9:33PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for a man accused of killing four people in a shooting spree that started at a downtown courthouse asked a judge Tuesday to throw out the case because of the method used to select the grand jury that indicted the gunman.
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Death row inmate dies in prison hospital
Feb 7 2006 9:29PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Mitchell Rupe, a former death row inmate once found too obese to hang, died at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on Tuesday following a long illness, a prison spokeswoman said. He was 51.
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Four presidents recall Coretta Scott King
Feb 7 2006 9:19PM (CT)
LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) - Coretta Scott King's funeral offered a rare chance to see four U.S. presidents share the same stage as they each spoke in tribute to the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.
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CIA worker charged in burglaries near work
Feb 7 2006 8:40PM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A CIA worker was arrested and charged with being a serial burglar responsible for more than a dozen incidents near the spy agency's headquarters.
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Fires reported at 4 more Ala. churches
Feb 7 2006 8:37PM (CT)
BOLIGEE, Ala. (AP) - Fires damaged or destroyed four more Baptist churches across the Alabama countryside Tuesday, less than a week after a string of five blazes that were ruled arson.
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January was America's warmest on record
Feb 7 2006 8:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Recording the warmest January on record allowed Americans to save on their heating, but like all good things, last month's mildness seems to have been too good to last.
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9/11 museum taps Holocaust museum official
Feb 7 2006 8:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum director named Tuesday to head a Sept. 11 memorial museum said it will be "a sacred space" that focuses on remembering the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack.
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Ohio doctor indicted in wife's poisoning
Feb 7 2006 7:43PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A missing doctor was indicted Tuesday in his wife's murder, nearly a year after she was poisoned with cyanide and collapsed behind the wheel of her car, the prosecutor's office said.
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U.S. issues emergency mine safety rules
Feb 7 2006 7:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Coal mine operators will soon have to store extra oxygen supplies underground and let federal officials know about accidents more quickly, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday.
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Poll: Adults scoff at homework gripes
Feb 7 2006 6:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Too much homework? Sorry, kids, the adults aren't buying it. Most parents say their children get the right amount of homework, and most teachers agree, according to an AP-AOL Learning Services Poll.
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Shooter in postal rampage got gun in N.M.
Feb 7 2006 6:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The postal worker who went on a deadly shooting rampage last week at a mail-sorting center legally bought the weapon in New Mexico even though she had a history of psychiatric problems that would have barred her from purchasing the gun in California, officials said.
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N.J. starts bomb-screening of train riders
Feb 7 2006 5:17PM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Commuters heading to work in Manhattan walked through metal detectors Tuesday at a busy train station and fed their bags into X-ray machines at the start of a test of an airport-style security screening program.
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Neb. man sentenced in case of teen wife
Feb 7 2006 5:07PM (CT)
FALLS CITY, Neb. (AP) - A 23-year-old man was sentenced to more than a year in prison Tuesday on a sexual assault charge filed after he impregnated a teenager, then married her last spring when she was 14.
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Fuel leak forces Fossett to scrap flight
Feb 7 2006 4:43PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Aviation record-setter Steve Fossett thought he had his aircraft's fuel leak problem licked. But it foiled his plans Tuesday morning, stopping his takeoff on a planned round-the-world flight.
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Kids say no to candy, get gift from Atkins
Feb 7 2006 2:29PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The widow of the man who ignited the low-carb craze said she will donate $16,000 to an elementary school where some students refused to sell candy as part of a fundraiser.
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Jurors deadlock on immigrant smuggling
Feb 7 2006 2:15PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Jurors said they were deadlocked Tuesday on charges against three people accused in the nation's deadliest immigrant smuggling attempt, but the judge urged them to continue deliberating. The jury was expected to return Wednesday to begin a fourth day of deliberations.
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More passing Advanced Placement exams
Feb 7 2006 1:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More public high school seniors took and passed Advanced Placement tests in nearly every state last year, but racial gaps remained.
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Woman gets life in Texas professor's death
Feb 7 2006 12:41PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A woman pleaded guilty to murder in the death of a 77-year-old retired college professor in a plea deal that spared her a possible death sentence.
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Ohio executes convicted rapist, murderer
Feb 7 2006 12:36PM (CT)
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio on Tuesday executed a man convicted of raping and strangling two women during a five-month spree of assaults while he was on drugs.
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Terror hoax suspect extradited to Calif.
Feb 7 2006 12:36PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Mexican man accused of making up a story about terrorists plotting a nuclear attack on Boston has been extradited to San Diego, officials said.
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Compromise proposed in eminent domain fight
Feb 7 2006 10:53AM (CT)
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - The mayor of New London, where a fight over government seizing property led to a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling, is proposing a compromise for a group of homeowners.
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2nd Katrina special session begins in La.
Feb 7 2006 10:29AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco opened a special legislative session with a warning to lawmakers that Washington and the nation consider the hurricane-ravaged region "yesterday's problem."
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Judge apologizes for Super Bowl cheer
Feb 7 2006 8:57AM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The judge who led her courtroom in a Super Bowl cheer before a manslaughter sentencing hearing has issued an apology to the victim's family, prosecutors and others in the court.
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Police arrest Chicago pastor
Feb 7 2006 6:38AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Lutheran pastor who has been the focus of a church dispute between rival factions was arrested on a trespassing charge in the middle of his sermon.
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Blast mars Super Bowl celebration in Colo.
Feb 7 2006 5:39AM (CT)
SHERIDAN, Colo. (AP) - A couple planning to set off their own Super Bowl pyrotechnics accidentally blew up their own car while transporting a balloon filled with an explosive gas.
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Judge removes Moussaoui from courtroom
Feb 7 2006 4:09AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge is trying to turn the courtroom misbehavior of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui into a useful tool for picking the jury that will decide whether he is put to death or imprisoned for life.
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Minuteman Project head reinventing himself
Feb 7 2006 3:31AM (CT)
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) - Jim Gilchrist can speak nonstop for more than an hour about the flood of illegal immigration that he predicts will bring America to its knees. But he can also talk warmly about his Mexican son-in-law and his half-Mexican "grandbrat."
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Animal-rights group trial set to begin
Feb 7 2006 3:23AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Web site run by Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty offers undercover video of beagles being slapped, force-fed and otherwise manhandled, allegedly by workers at a research lab that uses animals to test the safety of drugs and chemicals.
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Mass. asked to take girl off life support
Feb 7 2006 1:57AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The state government wanted permission to remove an 11-year-old girl from life support about a week after she was hospitalized with brain injuries, according to a court document released Monday.
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Tenn. lawmakers pass sweeping ethics bill
Feb 7 2006 1:52AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Legislature passed a sweeping ethics reform bill Monday less than one year after four state lawmakers were arrested on bribery charges.
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Planes in air collision were going to Iraq
Feb 7 2006 1:52AM (CT)
WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) - Two cargo planes that collided in midair, sending one into a crash that killed its three-member crew, were on a final flight before leaving for duty in Iraq under a Defense Department contract, authorities said Monday.
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Ten sharks die in Pittsburgh zoo
Feb 7 2006 1:50AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ten sharks died when water containing a harmful chemical was accidentally pumped into their tank, officials of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium said Monday.
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Friends, family eulogize feminist Friedan
Feb 7 2006 1:27AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Betty Friedan, who championed the once-radical assertion that women needed more than husbands and children to find fulfillment, was eulogized Monday as a feminist pioneer and loving mother _ if not always an easy one to live with.
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Pa. man gets split verdict in murder case
Feb 7 2006 1:26AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A jury returned a split verdict Monday in the case of a father accused in the deaths of his four young children over a nine-year period.
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Social Security nos., licenses a risky mix
Feb 7 2006 1:20AM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Millions of motorists across the nation are carrying around driver's licenses containing their Social Security numbers _ a potential jackpot for identity thieves.
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Reagan honored on would-be 95th birthday
Feb 7 2006 1:18AM (CT)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - President Reagan was remembered on what would have been his 95th birthday Monday for his efforts to end the Cold War and restore national pride after a period of malaise.
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Ex-President Carter: Eavesdropping illegal
Feb 7 2006 1:12AM (CT)
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program Monday and said he believes the president has broken the law.
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Calif. man gets prison for Katrina scam
Feb 7 2006 12:14AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to impersonating a relief worker collecting donations for Hurricane Katrina victims was sentenced to a year in federal prison Monday.
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Gynecologist gets 20 years for rapes
Feb 7 2006 12:08AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A gynecologist convicted of raping and fondling women who came to his clinics for treatment was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.
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Man who jumped from plane dies in hospital
Feb 7 2006 12:05AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A passenger who jumped from a moving plane as it prepared to take off died Monday, days after suffering a heart attack in jail, his sister said.
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