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Blackface, KKK costumes criticized
Feb 10 2007 11:49PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A party that asked students to come dressed "politically incorrect" has prompted an investigation by Macalester College officials who learned one student was costumed as a Ku Klux Klan member and another wore blackface with a noose around his neck.
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Expert: 2 bombs may be from 'The Bishop'
Feb 10 2007 11:11PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two pipe bombs sent late last month appear to be linked to a suspect who has been sending increasingly threatening letters to financial institutions since at least 2005, a corporate counterterrorism expert said Saturday.
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N.Y. sees 110 inches of snow in 7 days
Feb 10 2007 10:15PM (CT)
PARISH, N.Y. (AP) - With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to dump some more.
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N.Y. sees 110 inches of snow in 7 days
Feb 10 2007 10:15PM (CT)
PARISH, N.Y. (AP) - With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to dump some more.
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N.Y. sees 110 inches of snow in 7 days
Feb 10 2007 10:15PM (CT)
PARISH, N.Y. (AP) - With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to dump some more.
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Over 1,000 mourn 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 10 2007 9:47PM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Nearly 1,500 people packed a high school gymnasium and a few hundred more huddled outside Saturday to mourn 10 members of an extended family who died in a house fire.
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Shot snorkeler in good condition
Feb 10 2007 9:39PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A snorkeler who was shot in the head after he was apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
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Anna Nicole Smith fans mourn on Internet
Feb 10 2007 9:17PM (CT)
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Fans of Anna Nicole Smith aren't making pilgrimages to the place where she spent her final days. They're not leaving flowers. They're not gathering in crowds to express their grief.
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TrimSpa moving on without Anna Nicole
Feb 10 2007 8:55PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Officials from the weight-loss supplement company whose ads featured the late Anna Nicole Smith said Saturday future ads will focus on ordinary people.
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Cruise ship hit by barge in Miss. River
Feb 10 2007 8:55PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A barge struck a cruise ship Saturday on the Mississippi River, leaving a 30-foot gash on the ship and forcing the cancellation of a five-day cruise to the Caribbean.
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Report: Princeton ESP lab to close
Feb 10 2007 8:35PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - The extrasensory perception lab at Princeton University will be shuttered at the end of the month. Maybe you already knew that.
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Padilla asks for delay in hearing
Feb 10 2007 7:11PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Attorneys for suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla have asked a judge to delay a Feb. 16 competency hearing, saying they need more time to investigate a report that concludes he is fit to stand trial on terrorism charges.
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Singer's death ruled accidental
Feb 10 2007 6:37PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - R&B singer Gerald Levert's death last fall was an accident caused by a fatal combination of prescription narcotics and over-the-counter drugs, a coroner said.
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Mo. kidnap case challenges young lawyers
Feb 10 2007 6:33PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The two young lawyers who have taken on the defense of alleged child abductor Michael Devlin are eager but they're being seen as underdogs in a costly and complex case.
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Solace found in slain soldier's newborn
Feb 10 2007 6:30PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - For weeks, Chief Warrant Officer Jason DeFrenn's family awaited his homecoming, a trip planned as much more than a simple respite from his second tour in Iraq: The nine-year Army veteran was returning to South Carolina to help his wife give birth.
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Solace found in slain soldier's newborn
Feb 10 2007 6:30PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - For weeks, Chief Warrant Officer Jason DeFrenn's family awaited his homecoming, a trip planned as much more than a simple respite from his second tour in Iraq: The nine-year Army veteran was returning to South Carolina to help his wife give birth.
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Solace found in slain soldier's newborn
Feb 10 2007 6:30PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - For weeks, Chief Warrant Officer Jason DeFrenn's family awaited his homecoming, a trip planned as much more than a simple respite from his second tour in Iraq: The nine-year Army veteran was returning to South Carolina to help his wife give birth.
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Students charged in online snow-day hoax
Feb 10 2007 6:04PM (CT)
TRENTON, Ohio (AP) - Two teenage girls posted a fake announcement on their school district's Web site that said school was closed for the day due to winter weather, police said.
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Black summit draws thousands to Va.
Feb 10 2007 5:13PM (CT)
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life.
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Students apologize for hostage video
Feb 10 2007 5:06PM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Five college students stripped of residence hall duties for making a video that mimics a Middle Eastern hostage-taking apologized Friday but demanded their jobs back, saying the 2-minute video was never intended to be offensive.
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Man pleads to brothel ring charges
Feb 10 2007 4:17PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man accused of managing brothels in Texas and Oklahoma has pleaded guilty to smuggling women into the country to work as prostitutes.
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1 dead, 19 hurt in Calif. air base crash
Feb 10 2007 3:04PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 7-ton truck overturned during a training exercise at Miramar air base early Saturday, killing one Marine and injuring 19 others, authorities said.
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Wrongful conviction lawsuit dismissed
Feb 10 2007 2:54PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge has dismissed an exonerated prisoner's claim that investigators and a prosecutor violated his civil rights by framing him in a murder for which he spent 17 years on death row.
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Soldier pleads guilty to accepting bribe
Feb 10 2007 2:51PM (CT)
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - A soldier has pleaded guilty to accepting a $50,000 bribe to influence a foodservice supply contract for military in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan, and then trying to smuggle the cash back into the United States from Kuwait.
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4 die in plane crash on Fort Stewart
Feb 10 2007 2:47PM (CT)
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - A small civilian airplane crashed in a training area on Fort Stewart, killing four people on board, authorities said Saturday.
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Postmaster shows lot of love in Fidelity
Feb 10 2007 2:41PM (CT)
FIDELITY, Ill. (AP) - Among thousands of Valentine's Day mailings that have gravitated to this place over the years for the postmark so fitting for the holiday, a widow's loving plea instantly grabbed Peggy Ruyle's heartstrings.
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Hybrids in, bi-fuels out in Arizona
Feb 10 2007 2:36PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Three models of small hybrid cars will be permitted to use car pool lanes on area freeways under an experiment that also will ban some alternative-fuel vehicles that currently use the special lanes.
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Tip-seeking farmers swarm online forums
Feb 10 2007 2:18PM (CT)
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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Baptist group fights Texas coal plants
Feb 10 2007 2:11PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas' largest Baptist group is taking a rare step into environmental advocacy, working to block Gov. Rick Perry's plan to speed the approval process for 18 new coal-fired power plants.
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Baptist group fights Texas coal plants
Feb 10 2007 2:11PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas' largest Baptist group is taking a rare step into environmental advocacy, working to block Gov. Rick Perry's plan to speed the approval process for 18 new coal-fired power plants.
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Ex-Marine charged in Cambodian sex case
Feb 10 2007 10:40AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A retired Marine captain accused of having sex with young girls while working as a teacher in Cambodia was being held on a sex charge in the U.S., federal authorities said Friday.
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Critic of Islam finds new home in U.S.
Feb 10 2007 10:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As a child, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled violence in Somalia with her family. As an adult she fled Kenya to escape an arranged marriage. She left her adopted Holland after she was caught up in political turmoil and had her life threatened.
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Critic of Islam finds new home in U.S.
Feb 10 2007 10:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As a child, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled violence in Somalia with her family. As an adult she fled Kenya to escape an arranged marriage. She left her adopted Holland after she was caught up in political turmoil and had her life threatened.
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Critic of Islam finds new home in U.S.
Feb 10 2007 10:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As a child, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled violence in Somalia with her family. As an adult she fled Kenya to escape an arranged marriage. She left her adopted Holland after she was caught up in political turmoil and had her life threatened.
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US Airways CEO booked on DUI charge
Feb 10 2007 9:02AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - US Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving just hours after his airline's $9.8 billion bid for Delta Air Lines was rejected, Scottsdale police confirmed Friday.
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Judge limits sex offender restrictions
Feb 10 2007 7:37AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that California's ban on sex offenders living within 2,000 feet of places where children gather can't be applied retroactively.
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Alleged fake cop had 'police station'
Feb 10 2007 7:36AM (CT)
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Henry Terry had all the right accessories to impersonate a police officer, prosecutors say: authentic-looking uniforms, a car with lights and sirens, a pair of handcuffs. But Terry took it a step further, setting up a personal police station where he kept records of possible crimes and sometimes interrogated "suspects" who were handcuffed to a chair, said Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.
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Alleged fake cop had 'police station'
Feb 10 2007 7:36AM (CT)
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Henry Terry had all the right accessories to impersonate a police officer, prosecutors say: authentic-looking uniforms, a car with lights and sirens, a pair of handcuffs. But Terry took it a step further, setting up a personal police station where he kept records of possible crimes and sometimes interrogated "suspects" who were handcuffed to a chair, said Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.
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Elie Wiesel accosted at S.F. hotel
Feb 10 2007 6:18AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man who approached Nobel Peace laureate and Holocaust scholar Eli Wiesel seeking an interview at a San Francisco hotel last week later roughed him up, police said.
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Accused Marine faces tough legal fight
Feb 10 2007 3:59AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine who withdrew his guilty plea to kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man will have a difficult time proving he was only following orders, military experts said.
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Convicted child molester gets 800 years
Feb 10 2007 2:25AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The former roommate of one of the nation's most prolific child molesters was sentenced Friday to at least 800 years in prison for sexually abusing three boys.
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Convicted child molester gets 800 years
Feb 10 2007 2:25AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The former roommate of one of the nation's most prolific child molesters was sentenced Friday to at least 800 years in prison for sexually abusing three boys.
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Police probe alleged homeless dumping
Feb 10 2007 1:22AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Even on Skid Row, it was shocking: a paraplegic man in a soiled gown sliding along the sidewalk with his hands, clutching a plastic bag with his belongings between his teeth. Police said the man, who was dragging a broken colostomy bag behind him, was dumped on the sidewalk Thursday in one of the worst parts of the city by the driver of a hospital van. The area is the same location where city officials say hospitals have dumped the homeless before.
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FEMA to aid Christmas tornado victims
Feb 10 2007 12:22AM (CT)
DeLAND, Fla. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday reversed a decision to deny aid to victims of Christmas Day tornadoes in Florida, saying the state needed more help after a series of deadly tornadoes last week.
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Court: BP head must give deposition
Feb 10 2007 12:18AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Outgoing BP PLC chief executive Lord John Browne was ordered Friday to answer questions about the company's deadly Texas City plant explosion in 2005 that killed 15 people and injured hundreds more.
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B-ball game played after flag dispute
Feb 10 2007 12:11AM (CT)
EASTERN, Ky. (AP) - A high school basketball game postponed due to controversy over Confederate emblems was played nearly three weeks late before a crowd that was limited to players' parents and school employees.
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Ariz. gov. vows to probe migrant deaths
Feb 10 2007 12:10AM (CT)
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said Friday there would be a thorough investigation into the shooting deaths of three migrants near Tucson, adding that the attack underscores the need for major U.S. immigration reform.
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