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2 drown when boat upends near Calif. coast
Feb 11 2006 11:46PM (CT)
MANILA, Calif. (AP) - An 82-year-old woman and her son died Saturday when their boat capsized in waves off northern California and the Coast Guard helicopter attempting to rescue them crashed into the water.
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Falun Gong protest exclusion from parade
Feb 11 2006 11:17PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Members of a spiritual group outlawed as a dangerous cult in China banged drums and cymbals near the city's annual Chinese New Year Parade, which had excluded Falun Gong for violating rules against political activity.
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Woman, 3 kids found dead in western Ohio
Feb 11 2006 11:04PM (CT)
PHILLIPSBURG, Ohio (AP) - A woman and her three children were found shot to death in their western Ohio home on Saturday, officials said.
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Mardi Gras revelers find solace in satire
Feb 11 2006 10:44PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This city's battered residents put their months of heartache, frustration and anger on parade Saturday, in effigies, blue-tarp trailers and themes like "Fridge Over Troubled Water," and gave themselves the first of many desperately needed Mardi Gras laughs.
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Travel snarled as East faces snow warning
Feb 11 2006 10:42PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A developing nor'easter headed up the East Coast on Saturday with a threat of heavy snow, canceling flights and putting road crews on overtime but cheering up skiers in a region spared harsh weather for most of this season.
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Hurricane victims losing hotel rooms
Feb 11 2006 8:53PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Twelve thousand families left homeless by hurricanes Katrina and Rita will lose their federally funded hotel privileges Monday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Saturday.
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Wind a threat in 11,00-acre Calif. blaze
Feb 11 2006 7:14PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Hot, gusty weather remained a threat Saturday as firefighters mopped up two wildfires that burned through 11,000 acres of dry brushland in Southern California.
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Muslims protest drawing in Philly paper
Feb 11 2006 7:06PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Protesters with signs that read "Irresponsible Journalism" gathered outside the offices of The Philadelphia Inquirer Saturday to condemn the newspaper's decision to reprint a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad that had angered Muslims worldwide.
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Gov. wants to ease Calif. prison crowding
Feb 11 2006 4:30PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed moving 40 percent of the state's nonviolent female inmates into neighborhood correctional centers, a plan that could help ease the state's severely overcrowded penitentiaries.
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Moussaoui defense: U.S. failed to probe
Feb 11 2006 2:24PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - U.S. agents knew in August 2001 that Zacarias Moussaoui was an acolyte of Osama bin Laden and had traveled to Afghanistan, but they still failed to aggressively investigate, Moussaoui's defense lawyers said in a closed hearing.
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Ind. proposal: Life starts at conception
Feb 11 2006 12:57PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana women seeking an abortion would be told life begins at conception under a proposal that would give the state one of the furthest-reaching abortion consent laws in the country.
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CVS store may have found tampered bottles
Feb 11 2006 10:49AM (CT)
DARIEN, Conn. (AP) - Bottles of fruit juice that appeared to be tampered with were found at same drug store where grape juice that sickened dozens of churchgoers had been purchased, police said.
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Fourth GI sentenced in comrade's death
Feb 11 2006 9:30AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - A former 3rd Infantry Division soldier will serve five years on probation after pleading guilty and testifying for the prosecution for his role in the murder of a fellow infantryman just days after they returned from Iraq.
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Prosecutors: Jury's Morales letters faked
Feb 11 2006 7:58AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawyers for a death row inmate, including former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr, sent fake letters from jurors asking California's governor to spare the man's life, prosecutors said Friday.
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Gov't seeks $16M in mine safety fines
Feb 11 2006 7:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kentucky mine operator Stanley Osborne has accumulated more than $200,000 in safety fines since the 1980s, but the federal government has not been able to collect the money.
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Colo. father not giving up on his lost son
Feb 11 2006 6:39AM (CT)
VERONA, N.J. (AP) - David Archuletta says he knew his former girlfriend was pregnant in 2001, but she told him the baby was stillborn. More than a year later, she told him the truth _ that she had given birth after traveling to New Jersey from their home in Colorado, and turned over the baby for adoption. Ever since, Archuletta has been fighting for custody _ his efforts stymied by what state officials now say was a mistake by the adoption agency involved, Children of the World.
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Zinfandel sparks grape debate in Calif.
Feb 11 2006 4:56AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - In a move that could bring a merlot low _ and make a chardonnay shudder _ a state lawmaker is proposing making zinfandel the official wine of California.
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Fake Indian art prompts verification plan
Feb 11 2006 3:45AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Juanita L. Peters sits on a sidewalk beneath the historic portal in Albuquerque's Old Town, hoping the few tourists wandering the plaza will stop to look at her handmade turquoise earrings and necklaces.
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N.Y. halts openings of for-profit schools
Feb 11 2006 3:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As for-profit schools across the country face allegations from financial aid fraud to flimsy academics, New York has decided to put the brakes on the rapidly growing sector of higher education.
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U.S. seeks right tone in cartoon uproar
Feb 11 2006 3:28AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For once, the United States is partly on the sidelines of a clash of ideas between the Muslim world and the West. But the Bush administration is being less than surefooted in responding to the uproar and deadly protests over cartoon images of the Prophet Muhammad that were deeply offensive to Muslims, analysts say.
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FBI: American among escapees from Yemen
Feb 11 2006 2:55AM (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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Boy accused of harassment switches schools
Feb 11 2006 1:01AM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who was suspended after being accused of sexually harassing a classmate transferred to a new school Friday after officials apologized to his parents.
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Cross-border tunnel found in San Diego
Feb 11 2006 12:52AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - An incomplete tunnel was found in the same area where investigators recently found one of the longest passages discovered beneath the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.
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Arnold names weightlifter to state board
Feb 11 2006 12:49AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed a former weightlifting partner to the state Board of Chiropractic Examiners on Friday.
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