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L.A. mayor, chief disagree on terror plot
Feb 10 2006 10:43PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California's homeland security chief disagreed Friday over whether the Bush administration mishandled the release of new details about an alleged 2002 terrorist plot aimed at Los Angeles' tallest building.
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U.N. staff to speak with U.S. attorney
Feb 10 2006 10:22PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations has notified several employees that the U.S. Attorney's Office wants to interview them as part of an investigation into alleged corruption of its procurement division, according to a letter obtained Friday.
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FBI: American among escapees from Yemen
Feb 10 2006 10:14PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - An American wanted for allegedly training with the "Lackawanna Six" at an al-Qaida camp was among the 23 men who tunneled out of a Yemeni prison last week, the FBI confirmed Friday.
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Calif. officers to be fired in gators case
Feb 10 2006 10:02PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Two California Highway Patrol officers accused of killing an alligator while working in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina will be fired, the patrol said Friday.
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N.J. foster mom who starved sons sentenced
Feb 10 2006 9:50PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Bruce Jackson walked into court Friday with a swagger, 15 inches taller and nearly 100 pounds heavier than the 45-pound teenager found foraging through a trash can for food less than two and a half years ago.
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Head of Florida prison system resigns
Feb 10 2006 9:50PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's governor ousted the head of the state prison system Friday after the man was named in a wide-ranging investigation into possible criminal activity among prison employees.
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Tenant, 93, wins Ga. eminent domain case
Feb 10 2006 9:49PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A jury decided that a Georgia hospital is going to have to pay nearly five times what it offered if it wants to condemn a rental house where a frail, 93-year-old woman has lived for nearly three decades.
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Black, Hispanic inmates separated in L.A.
Feb 10 2006 9:48PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County jail officials separated black and Hispanic inmates, began transferring troublemakers out and brought in clergy to try to restore peace after a week of racially charged brawls they feared would continue to erupt through the weekend.
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Calif. firefighters get break as winds die
Feb 10 2006 9:48PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of firefighters got a break from the high winds Friday as they worked to quell a wildfire that has charred nearly 10,000 acres of brush but spared damage to homes in Southern California.
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'Throttling' angers Netflix heavy renters
Feb 10 2006 9:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Manuel Villanueva realizes he has been getting a pretty good deal since he signed up for Netflix Inc.'s online DVD rental service 2 1/2 years ago, but he still feels shortchanged. That's because the $17.99 monthly fee that he pays to rent up to three DVDs at a time would amount to an even bigger bargain if the company didn't penalize him for returning his movies so quickly.
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Briton to return to face murder charges
Feb 10 2006 9:46PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - An unemployed British computer programmer accused of killing his wife and infant daughter as they lay in bed in their Massachusetts home agreed Friday to return to the United States to face charges.
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Van chased by Calif. Border Patrol crashes
Feb 10 2006 9:41PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A van carrying suspected illegal immigrants crashed near the border with Mexico on Friday as it was being chased by the Border Patrol, injuring more than 20 people, eight critically.
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Ark. officer slain by Mass. teen honored
Feb 10 2006 9:38PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) - Police officers packed a church hall Friday to honor a veteran patrolman slain by a teenager who had fled across the country after attacking patrons of a Massachusetts gay bar with a hatchet and a gun.
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Republican chief outlines 2006 strategy
Feb 10 2006 9:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican national chairman Ken Mehlman on Friday outlined a political strategy for 2006 to portray Democrats as too weak to protect the country and to bypass the mainstream media to spread the GOP message.
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Authorities unsure of Ga. teen confession
Feb 10 2006 8:15PM (CT)
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) - A teenager's confession in the strangulation of a neighbor girl was welcomed by the family of a boy who has been held in the slaying, but authorities were skeptical of the young man's statements.
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Airman shooting goes to district attorney
Feb 10 2006 8:12PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The sheriff's department sent results of an investigation into the videotaped shooting of an unarmed Air Force security officer to prosecutors Friday, without a recommendation on whether to file charges against the deputy involved.
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Politician sorry for stem cell comment
Feb 10 2006 7:58PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Lt. Gov. Michael Steele apologized Friday for comparing embryonic stem cell research to Nazi medical experiments, saying, "in no way did I intend to equate the two."
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Man charged in Wash. hospital cyber crash
Feb 10 2006 7:34PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A 20-year-old man faces charges of launching a computer attack that crippled a hospital's computers, including some in its intensive care unit, and disabled doctors' pagers, prosecutors said Friday.
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Man charged in Wash. hospital cyber crash
Feb 10 2006 6:50PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A 20-year-old man faces charges of launching a computer attack that crippled a hospital's computers, including some in its intensive care unit, and disabled doctors' pagers, prosecutors said Friday.
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Police finger state in fatal N.J. plunge
Feb 10 2006 6:38PM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Two police officers killed when their truck plunged from an open drawbridge should have been warned by the bridge's operators that the span had been raised, according to a report issued by police Friday.
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Two former aides to Ohio governor charged
Feb 10 2006 6:10PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's corruption scandal widened Friday as two former aides to Gov. Bob Taft were charged with failing to report loans and other favors from a coin dealer at the center of the case.
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Convict in al-Qaida plot eyes case review
Feb 10 2006 5:45PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - An American convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush has joined the ranks of those seeking review of their convictions based on concerns over President Bush's post-9/11 eavesdropping program.
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Rowland, out of prison, vows to improve
Feb 10 2006 4:26PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Former Gov. John G. Rowland walked out of federal prison Friday after serving 10 months for corruption, promising to "try to be a better person."
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N.C. elections board seeks criminal probe
Feb 10 2006 3:36PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The State Board of Elections asked prosecutors Friday to investigate possible campaign finance violations by a former lawmaker and a political action committee leader, but it delayed any decision on House Speaker Jim Black's campaign.
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Woman carrying human head arrested in Fla.
Feb 10 2006 3:29PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Airport baggage screeners found a human head with teeth, hair and skin in the luggage of a woman who said she intended to ward off evil spirits with it, authorities said Friday.
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Mich. teen pleads guilty in mom's murder
Feb 10 2006 3:07PM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday to murdering his mother by stabbing her 111 times last year after she discovered he was trying to learn how to make a bomb.
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Judge halts some New Orleans prosecutions
Feb 10 2006 2:42PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans judge on Friday halted all cases in his court involving public defenders and summoned state lawmakers to talk about funding the city's overburdened indigent defender office.
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Candidate's vision leads to Ala. arrest
Feb 10 2006 2:36PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - More than five years ago, Rod Spraggins made a sensational charge at a candidate forum, publicly accusing a political opponent of murder with nothing to back up the allegation except, it turns out, a vision.
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Harvard president again facing criticism
Feb 10 2006 2:26PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University President Lawrence Summers is facing a new round of criticism over his leadership style and a possible second no-confidence vote by faculty, this time in the wake of a top dean's resignation.
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Fifteen hurt in Colo. highway bus crash
Feb 10 2006 2:06PM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) - A bus rolled onto its side Friday morning in a four-vehicle collision on a busy suburban highway slick after an overnight snowstorm. Authorities said 15 people suffered injuries that did not appear to be critical.
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Coroner pleads not guilty to fraud, theft
Feb 10 2006 2:04PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A coroner who consulted on the death cases of Elvis Presley and JonBenet Ramsey pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges alleging he used his government staff for private gain.
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Misvalued house causes Ind. budget woes
Feb 10 2006 2:03PM (CT)
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A house erroneously valued at $400 million is being blamed for budget shortfalls and possible layoffs in municipalities and school districts in northwest Indiana.
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Katrina death toll may never be known
Feb 10 2006 1:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nearly six months after Hurricane Katrina, more than 1,300 bodies have been found, but the real death toll is clearly higher. How much higher, no one can say with any certainty.
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L.A. priest abuse trial goes to the jury
Feb 10 2006 1:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jurors began deliberating Friday in the sexual abuse trial of a retired priest, whose own attorney denounced his past as a child molester but argued that he didn't molest this accuser.
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Judge orders hearings for NY sex offenders
Feb 10 2006 1:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has ordered hearings for a second group of convicted sex offenders who, under orders from Gov. George Pataki, are being held in a mental hospital after finishing their prison sentences.
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Alaska pipeline not that vulnerable
Feb 10 2006 12:57PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The trans-Alaska pipeline looks like it would be an easy target for terrorists intent on destroying a valuable American asset, but those responsible for its safekeeping say looks can be deceiving.
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Pitt critical of stem cell researcher
Feb 10 2006 12:49PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A U.S. stem-cell expert committed "research misbehavior" in his work with a now-disgraced South Korean scientist, but his actions don't constitute scientific wrongdoing, university investigators said Friday.
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Parents sue in Fla. school bus crash
Feb 10 2006 12:48PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The parents of two of the seven cousins killed when a truck slammed their car into a school bus have sued the truck's driver and the trucking company.
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Record-seeking aviator passes halfway mark
Feb 10 2006 11:32AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Adventurer Steve Fossett approached the western coast of North America in a lightweight experimental airplane Friday as he entered Day 3 of his quest to break aviation's distance record.
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Wisc. court denies ex-detective new trial
Feb 10 2006 10:26AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Friday denied a new trial for a police detective convicted of strangling his estranged wife and setting fire to her home to cover up the crime eight years ago.
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Solitaire game gets NYC worker fired
Feb 10 2006 9:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn't playing games _ after he saw a game of solitaire on a city employee's computer screen, he fired him.
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Ariz. weighs options for border patrol
Feb 10 2006 9:54AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - As public frustration grows over the state's porous border with Mexico, the once-rejected notion of using state police to supplement federal patrols is gaining traction.
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Counselor gets life in child porn case
Feb 10 2006 8:08AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former child counselor was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in an international child pornography ring in a case the judge called the "most horrible" of her legal career.
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Victims' families remember sub collision
Feb 10 2006 6:50AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The families of three people killed when a Navy submarine collided with a Japanese fishing boat five years ago gathered at a park overlooking the Pacific and draped lei at a memorial honoring the nine victims.
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Suspect in student's death makes plea deal
Feb 10 2006 6:48AM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A suspect in the shooting death of a high school friend pleaded no contest to being an accessory to murder, then testified that another friend pulled the trigger, attorneys said.
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Former Ill. congressman's son found dead
Feb 10 2006 6:23AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The troubled son of former Illinois congressman and Chicago alderman Roman Pucinski was found dead after firefighters responded to a fire at the family home.
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Head of beleaguered Getty Trust resigns
Feb 10 2006 6:17AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the highest-paid nonprofit leaders in the nation has resigned from the J. Paul Getty Trust under scrutiny for reports of lavish spending.
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Mo. man found guilty of abducting own kids
Feb 10 2006 4:44AM (CT)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) - For nearly two years, Daniel Porter gave various accounts of what happened to his missing children, telling authorities he killed them, he sold them, they were part of a pornography ring.
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Ex-President Carter promoting his hometown
Feb 10 2006 3:06AM (CT)
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter emerged from a black SUV and walked toward the front door of his Plains home, lugging a laptop in one hand and a small suitcase in the other.
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