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Florida eatery holds benefit for Nowak
Feb 11 2007 11:50PM (CT)
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - About 70 diners attended a fundraiser at an Italian restaurant Sunday night for a NASA astronaut charged with attempted murder.
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Strict abortion bill revisited in S.D.
Feb 11 2007 11:23PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Lawmakers who watched as a near-total ban on abortions failed in South Dakota voting booths last year have revived the legislation with changes that may make the difference in public acceptance. But the bill's success is far from assured.
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Thousands flee fumes at Wash. state mall
Feb 11 2007 10:54PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Thousands of people were evacuated from a mall Sunday afternoon after noxious fumes of unknown origin sickened people inside, fire officials said.
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Lawyer: U.S. forces shot Michigan man
Feb 11 2007 10:49PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - U.S. forces shot and killed a civilian contract truck driver from Michigan near an air base north of Baghdad, a lawyer for the man's family confirmed Sunday.
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Harvard names 1st woman president
Feb 11 2007 10:47PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University on Sunday named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.
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Harvard names 1st woman president
Feb 11 2007 10:47PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University on Sunday named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.
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Harvard names 1st woman president
Feb 11 2007 10:47PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University on Sunday named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.
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Village may set N.Y. mark for snowfall
Feb 11 2007 10:45PM (CT)
REDFIELD, N.Y. (AP) - This village in upstate New York's snowbelt gets a lot of snowfall during the winter, but last week's total _ more than 11 feet, unofficially _ might be an all-time record.
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Village may set N.Y. mark for snowfall
Feb 11 2007 10:45PM (CT)
REDFIELD, N.Y. (AP) - This village in upstate New York's snowbelt gets a lot of snowfall during the winter, but last week's total _ more than 11 feet, unofficially _ might be an all-time record.
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Village may set N.Y. mark for snowfall
Feb 11 2007 10:45PM (CT)
REDFIELD, N.Y. (AP) - This village in upstate New York's snowbelt gets a lot of snowfall during the winter, but last week's total _ more than 11 feet, unofficially _ might be an all-time record.
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Newsom opens re-election HQ with apology
Feb 11 2007 9:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Gavin Newsom opened his re-election headquarters Sunday with another apology for an affair he had with the wife of a veteran aide.
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Mother, 4 children die in Philly fire
Feb 11 2007 7:33PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A fire engulfed a dilapidated house early Sunday, killing a mother and four children who were staying in the home despite relatives' warnings that it was unsafe, officials said.
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Mother, 4 children die in Philly fire
Feb 11 2007 7:33PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A fire engulfed a dilapidated house early Sunday, killing a mother and four children who were staying in the home despite relatives' warnings that it was unsafe, officials said.
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Mother, 4 children die in Philly fire
Feb 11 2007 7:33PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A fire engulfed a dilapidated house early Sunday, killing a mother and four children who were staying in the home despite relatives' warnings that it was unsafe, officials said.
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Mother, 4 children die in Philly fire
Feb 11 2007 7:33PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A fire engulfed a dilapidated house early Sunday, killing a mother and four children who were staying in the home despite relatives' warnings that it was unsafe, officials said.
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Texas house fire kills 4
Feb 11 2007 6:45PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Three small children and a man who tried to rescue them died early Sunday in a house fire, authorities said.
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NYC officer, husband charged in shooting
Feb 11 2007 6:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer who was caught driving the car from which authorities believe her husband shot and wounded an undercover officer was arraigned Sunday on charges including tampering with evidence, prosecutors said.
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Case of hidden runaway heads to trial
Feb 11 2007 6:32PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A decade after Tanya Kach ran away from home at age 14, she went to authorities to report a school security guard 24 years her senior had been secretly keeping her in his bedroom in the house he shared with his parents.
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Mystery ailment strikes honeybees
Feb 11 2007 6:10PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A mysterious illness is killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across the country, threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers and possibly crops that need bees for pollination.
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Students charged in online snow-day hoax
Feb 11 2007 5:50PM (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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ABA may adopt conduct rules for judges
Feb 11 2007 4:21PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A model code of conduct for state and local judges spells out, for the first time, that they are to avoid "sexual advances, requests for sexual favors" and other such unwelcome behavior.
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Former escapee asks to hasten execution
Feb 11 2007 1:37PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - One of the notorious Texas Seven, who escaped from prison and killed a police officer during more than a month on the run, has told court officials he wants to drop all appeals to speed up his execution.
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Practice patients break in med students
Feb 11 2007 1:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Most women want to put off that dreaded once-a-year pelvic exam. Imagine volunteering to have one four times a week _ by a trembling novice doctor.
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N.D. Senate OKs cohabitation law change
Feb 11 2007 7:11AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Living together out of wedlock would be downgraded from a sex crime to fraud, and then only if the couple claims to be married, under a proposal that passed the state Senate on Friday.
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Solace found in slain soldier's newborn
Feb 11 2007 7:09AM (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. Instead, his loved ones are making plans for the 34-year-old Army pilot's funeral.
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Solace found in slain soldier's newborn
Feb 11 2007 7:09AM (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. Instead, his loved ones are making plans for the 34-year-old Army pilot's funeral.
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Solace found in slain soldier's newborn
Feb 11 2007 7:09AM (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. Instead, his loved ones are making plans for the 34-year-old Army pilot's funeral.
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Thomas Paine Day vote fails in Arkansas
Feb 11 2007 4:27AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Thomas Paine may have helped inspire the American Revolution, but inspiring Arkansas lawmakers to commemorate a day in his honor is another matter.
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In Minn., a poetry slam with a twist
Feb 11 2007 3:07AM (CT)
ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Slam poetry got a fresh twist when three Victorian-era re-enactors read from such poets as William Wordsworth and Emily Dickinson in a setting that was fitting for the event _ a 19th-century stone mansion.
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Polar bear has surgery at Memphis Zoo
Feb 11 2007 3:00AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - As first dates go, this one didn't end well. A male polar bear who was trying to court a female polar bear apparently pushed her over the edge of a 14-foot drop while playing this week, Memphis Zoo officials said.
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1 dead, 19 hurt in Calif. air base crash
Feb 11 2007 1:00AM (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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Over 1,000 mourn 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 11 2007 12:40AM (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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Over 1,000 mourn 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 11 2007 12:40AM (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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Over 1,000 mourn 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 11 2007 12:40AM (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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Over 1,000 mourn 10 killed in Ky. fire
Feb 11 2007 12:40AM (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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