|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 dead after gunfire at Mo. meeting
Feb 7 2008 11:59PM (CT)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) - A gunman with a history of acrimony against civic leaders stormed City Hall during a council meeting Thursday night, killing two police officers and three other people before law enforcers fatally shot him, authorities said. The mayor was hurt in the rampage, a newspaper reported.
|
|
|
Wife arrested in NY dentist's slaying
Feb 7 2008 11:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police arrested the wife of a slain orthodontist Thursday, alleging she conspired in his shooting death at a playground where he had taken their 5-year-old daughter.
|
|
|
Dozens injured in Georgia refinery blast
Feb 7 2008 11:48PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled this Savannah suburb Thursday night, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
|
|
|
Dozens injured in Georgia refinery blast
Feb 7 2008 11:48PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled this Savannah suburb Thursday night, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
|
|
|
Dozens injured in Georgia refinery blast
Feb 7 2008 11:48PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled this Savannah suburb Thursday night, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
|
|
|
Suspect in Ohio school stabbing dies
Feb 7 2008 11:44PM (CT)
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) - A man charged into a school where his estranged wife was a teacher Thursday morning, firing a gun before stabbing her as her fifth-grade class watched, police said. He later was found dead in his home after apparently shooting himself during a standoff with police.
|
|
|
Woman indicted in Craigslist hit ad case
Feb 7 2008 11:17PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A woman had been indicted on federal charges that accuse her of placing an ad on Craigslist that solicited the murder of her lover's wife.
|
|
|
Sinkhole closes major Denver freeway
Feb 7 2008 11:08PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Water from a broken pipeline gouged a sinkhole spanning three lanes of Interstate 25 near downtown Denver, closing the northbound lanes of the highway Thursday.
|
|
|
Sinkhole closes major Denver freeway
Feb 7 2008 11:08PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Water from a broken pipeline gouged a sinkhole spanning three lanes of Interstate 25 near downtown Denver, closing the northbound lanes of the highway Thursday.
|
|
|
Sinkhole closes major Denver freeway
Feb 7 2008 11:08PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Water from a broken pipeline gouged a sinkhole spanning three lanes of Interstate 25 near downtown Denver, closing the northbound lanes of the highway Thursday.
|
|
|
Protection sought for Pacific walrus
Feb 7 2008 11:07PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A conservation group asked the government Thursday to protect Pacific walruses from the effects global warming and energy development could have on the species' northern habitat.
|
|
|
Lawsuit alleges ORU funneled $1B a year
Feb 7 2008 10:52PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - More than $1 billion a year was inappropriately funneled through Oral Roberts University, a lawsuit by a former senior accountant at the scandal-plagued school alleges.
|
|
|
Ex-madam Heidi Fleiss arrested in Nevada
Feb 7 2008 10:51PM (CT)
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday on charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence, authorities said.
|
|
|
Reports: Detroit approved secret deal
Feb 7 2008 10:34PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick approved a secret agreement to keep confidential the intimate text messages between him and his former chief of staff in an $8.4 million whistle-blower settlement, newspapers reported Thursday.
|
|
|
Extensive Calif. child care scam alleged
Feb 7 2008 10:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than 50 people have been charged in a child care fraud ring operated in part by a federal prison inmate and his wife that bilked taxpayers out of at least $3 million and preyed on welfare recipients, prosecutors said Thursday.
|
|
|
Storm hits 4 generations of Ky. family
Feb 7 2008 10:19PM (CT)
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Moments after a tornado leveled the rural homes where four generations of a family lived side by side, a farmer heard his friend and neighbor's faint screams.
|
|
|
Storm hits 4 generations of Ky. family
Feb 7 2008 10:19PM (CT)
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Moments after a tornado leveled the rural homes where four generations of a family lived side by side, a farmer heard his friend and neighbor's faint screams.
|
|
|
Storm hits 4 generations of Ky. family
Feb 7 2008 10:19PM (CT)
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Moments after a tornado leveled the rural homes where four generations of a family lived side by side, a farmer heard his friend and neighbor's faint screams.
|
|
|
Az illegal-immigrant hiring law upheld
Feb 7 2008 10:14PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that prohibits businesses from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and yanks the business licenses of those that do.
|
|
|
Ex-Hollywood madam Fleiss arrested
Feb 7 2008 10:02PM (CT)
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday on charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence, authorities said.
|
|
|
Spaceship builder faulted in explosion
Feb 7 2008 9:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Workers at a pioneering space tourism company were watching a rocket propellent system test through a chain-link fence in the Mojave Desert when a fatal explosion occurred last summer, according to a state investigation released Thursday.
|
|
|
Trial: No blood found in victim's room
Feb 7 2008 9:16PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Investigators found no blood in a pregnant woman's bedroom or in the truck authorities say was used to dispose of her body, experts testified Thursday at the murder trial of the former police officer who fathered her fetus.
|
|
|
Trial: No blood found in victim's room
Feb 7 2008 9:16PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Investigators found no blood in a pregnant woman's bedroom or in the truck authorities say was used to dispose of her body, experts testified Thursday at the murder trial of the former police officer who fathered her fetus.
|
|
|
Trial: No blood found in victim's room
Feb 7 2008 9:16PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - Investigators found no blood in a pregnant woman's bedroom or in the truck authorities say was used to dispose of her body, experts testified Thursday at the murder trial of the former police officer who fathered her fetus.
|
|
|
Baby a sign of hope in devastated South
Feb 7 2008 8:40PM (CT)
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado's widespread wrath, 11-month old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood.
|
|
|
Baby a sign of hope in devastated South
Feb 7 2008 8:40PM (CT)
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado's widespread wrath, 11-month old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood.
|
|
|
Baby a sign of hope in devastated South
Feb 7 2008 8:40PM (CT)
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado's widespread wrath, 11-month old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood.
|
|
|
Baby a sign of hope in devastated South
Feb 7 2008 8:40PM (CT)
CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. (AP) - At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado's widespread wrath, 11-month old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood.
|
|
|
Police: At least 5 dead in LA standoff
Feb 7 2008 8:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman killed three apparent relatives and a veteran SWAT officer and wounded another officer before police shot him to death early Thursday in a home that erupted in flames during a long standoff. A woman escaped near the end of the siege.
|
|
|
Police: At least 5 dead in LA standoff
Feb 7 2008 8:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman killed three apparent relatives and a veteran SWAT officer and wounded another officer before police shot him to death early Thursday in a home that erupted in flames during a long standoff. A woman escaped near the end of the siege.
|
|
|
Police: At least 5 dead in LA standoff
Feb 7 2008 8:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gunman killed three apparent relatives and a veteran SWAT officer and wounded another officer before police shot him to death early Thursday in a home that erupted in flames during a long standoff. A woman escaped near the end of the siege.
|
|
|
Jena 6 defendant facing assault charge
Feb 7 2008 8:14PM (CT)
CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) - A defendant in the Louisiana "Jena Six" case was arrested on suspicion of slamming a student's head into a bench at his new school in Texas, police said.
|
|
|
Businessman accused of Super Bowl plot
Feb 7 2008 8:01PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A would-be bar owner angry at being denied a liquor license threatened to shoot people at the Super Bowl and drove to within sight of the stadium with a rifle and 200 rounds of ammunition before changing his mind, federal authorities said.
|
|
|
Dog survives weeklong avalanche ordeal
Feb 7 2008 7:56PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Tom Pick saw the frightened look on his dog's face as the snow gave way, but he could only watch as a small avalanche swept the black Labrador retriever down the mountainside.
|
|
|
Complaint made against Orthodox official
Feb 7 2008 7:35PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A former Russian Orthodox missionary has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the faith's second-highest-ranking official in Alaska, an attorney said Thursday.
|
|
|
Mob sweeps in NYC, Italy target Gambinos
Feb 7 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
|
|
|
Mob sweeps in NYC, Italy target Gambinos
Feb 7 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
|
|
|
Mob sweeps in NYC, Italy target Gambinos
Feb 7 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
|
|
|
Mob sweeps in NYC, Italy target Gambinos
Feb 7 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
|
|
|
Mob sweeps in NYC, Italy target Gambinos
Feb 7 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
|
|
|
Mob sweeps in NYC, Italy target Gambinos
Feb 7 2008 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
|
|
|
For storm victims, a lost sense of home
Feb 7 2008 6:41PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ark. (AP) - He had hoped to retire to the little white bungalow his grandfather built in 1929. Now Jerry Smith was working through its roofless shell _ picking, sifting, searching for signs it was ever a home.
|
|
|
For storm victims, a lost sense of home
Feb 7 2008 6:41PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ark. (AP) - He had hoped to retire to the little white bungalow his grandfather built in 1929. Now Jerry Smith was working through its roofless shell _ picking, sifting, searching for signs it was ever a home.
|
|
|
For storm victims, a lost sense of home
Feb 7 2008 6:41PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ark. (AP) - He had hoped to retire to the little white bungalow his grandfather built in 1929. Now Jerry Smith was working through its roofless shell _ picking, sifting, searching for signs it was ever a home.
|
|
|
For storm victims, a lost sense of home
Feb 7 2008 6:41PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ark. (AP) - He had hoped to retire to the little white bungalow his grandfather built in 1929. Now Jerry Smith was working through its roofless shell _ picking, sifting, searching for signs it was ever a home.
|
|
|
Study: Ethanol may add to global warming
Feb 7 2008 6:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
|
|
|
Trump to UN: Let me do the renovations
Feb 7 2008 6:33PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he could do a quicker, cheaper job of finishing the delayed, over-budget renovation of the United Nations headquarters.
|
|
|
Gov's aide accused of sex assault on boy
Feb 7 2008 6:33PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A top official in Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is accused of sexually assaulting a boy in the steam room of a Florida resort and has been placed on unpaid leave.
|
|
|
Ky. lawmaker wants some journalists out
Feb 7 2008 6:16PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A lawmaker ridiculed in editorials and cartoons last year for his positions on environmental legislation is pushing a bill that would curtail the presence of the journalists he blames the most.
|
|
|
Midwest beset by flooding, snowstorm
Feb 7 2008 6:04PM (CT)
FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) - Homeowners trudged through frigid, waist-deep water Thursday to begin assessing damage after the Blanchard River burst its banks, flooding basements for the second time in five months.
|
|
|
Man arrested after flight diversion
Feb 7 2008 4:46PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A passenger struck a flight attendant, causing his New York-to-Paris flight to be diverted to Boston, where the man was arrested, authorities said.
|
|
|
Locomotive hits commuter train; 7 hurt
Feb 7 2008 4:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Amtrak locomotive hit a commuter train at Union Station on Thursday morning, knocking the train's rear wheels off the track and injuring seven people, officials said.
|
|
|
W.Va. woman pleads guilty to hate crime
Feb 7 2008 4:19PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A white woman pleaded guilty to a hate crime and other charges Thursday in the kidnapping and torture of a black woman who authorities say was held captive for days last summer.
|
|
|
Boy in teacher-sex case back in Neb.
Feb 7 2008 3:52PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 14-year-old illegal immigrant who fled to Mexico with his former teacher has reunited with his family in Nebraska, his lawyer said Thursday.
|
|
|
Encrypted laptop poses legal dilemma
Feb 7 2008 3:44PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - When Sebastien Boucher stopped at the U.S.-Canadian border, agents who inspected his laptop said they found files containing child pornography.
|
|
|
Commuting of Va. death sentence delayed
Feb 7 2008 2:58PM (CT)
YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - A man in the center of a case that led to the U.S. Supreme Court banning execution of the mentally retarded will remain on death row for now.
|
|
|
Detroit girl shot defending mom is home
Feb 7 2008 1:16PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit girl who was shot six times while jumping to her mother's defense has been released from the hospital, a relative said.
|
|
|
Religion news in brief
Feb 7 2008 12:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - American Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders say there is an urgent need for U.S. leadership to negotiate a lasting cease-fire in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
|
|
|
Religion today
Feb 7 2008 12:00PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The man says he is possessed by a god. He shouts, his body trembles and he lifts a sacrificed lamb to his lips, drinking its blood from the jugular.
|
|
|
Dozens sought in mob raids in US, Italy
Feb 7 2008 11:30AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - American and Italian authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a takedown of what they called a trans-Atlantic drug trafficking operation run by the Mafia.
|
|
|
Fire breaks out in NYC high rise
Feb 7 2008 11:04AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A fire tore through a store in the lobby of an Upper East Side apartment building Thursday morning, injuring 33 people, officials said.
|
|
|
Woman's safe haven from storms fails her
Feb 7 2008 7:08AM (CT)
SHIRLEY, Ark. (AP) - Tonya Selken's home sat in a dip along a ridge on Dog Mountain, where they had a sweeping view of rolling horse pasture and the misty Ozark foothills in the distance. But she didn't choose these two of her grandfather's 210 acres just for the scenery.
|
|
|
Officials pick surf break over toll road
Feb 7 2008 7:02AM (CT)
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Surfers and environmentalists threw a roadblock in front of a proposed toll road through one of the world's best surf breaks _ but backers say they will fight on.
|
|
|
Officials pick surf break over toll road
Feb 7 2008 7:02AM (CT)
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Surfers and environmentalists threw a roadblock in front of a proposed toll road through one of the world's best surf breaks _ but backers say they will fight on.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
UN fundraiser draws celebs, questions
Feb 7 2008 4:13AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Madonna, Chris Rock and dozens of other celebrities raised $3.7 million Wednesday night at a star-studded benefit at the United Nations to help poor and sick children around the world.
|
|
|
2 found safe in remote Utah after days
Feb 7 2008 3:56AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A couple and their dog stranded for 12 days when their truck got stuck in the snow survived by rationing what little food they had, starting the truck periodically for heat and then hiking through waist-deep snow for three days.
|
|
|
ND state mill considers buying Canadian
Feb 7 2008 3:29AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota wheat growers, who have spent years fighting what they believed were unfairly priced Canadian wheat exports, say they're dismayed that a state-owned mill may buy grain from Canada.
|
|
|
Republicans join to block stimulus bill
Feb 7 2008 2:29AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and businesses to the House-passed economic aid package.
|
|
|
Republicans join to block stimulus bill
Feb 7 2008 2:29AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and businesses to the House-passed economic aid package.
|
|
|
Gates Foundation CEO stepping aside
Feb 7 2008 1:52AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Patty Stonesifer, who has served as chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since its inception in 1997, is stepping aside.
|
|
|
Groups seek end to needle-exchange ban
Feb 7 2008 12:34AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Seeking bold action to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic among black Americans, the NAACP, the National Urban League and other groups Thursday urged Congress to repeal a 20-year-old ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs.
|
|
|
|
|
|