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U.S. National News Archives for February 11, 2008

8 hurt in fight at federal prison in Pa.
Feb 11 2008 11:49PM (CT)
WHITE DEER, Pa. (AP) - A fight broke out at a federal prison in central Pennsylvania on Monday, forcing a lockdown and sending eight inmates to the hospital.
 
Liquefied-gas tanker adrift off Cape Cod
Feb 11 2008 11:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Coast Guard is assisting a tanker that is carrying liquefied natural gas and is adrift about 45 miles off Cape Cod.
 
Ex-Fairbanks mayor convicted of fraud
Feb 11 2008 11:16PM (CT)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - The former mayor of Alaska's second-largest city was convicted Monday of several crimes, including the misuse of more than $450,000 in government grants sent to a social services agency.
 
Ex-cop testifies he swung at lover
Feb 11 2008 11:13PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover sobbed on the witness stand Monday that he accidentally struck her when she wouldn't let him out of her house.
 
Ex-cop testifies he swung at lover
Feb 11 2008 11:13PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover sobbed on the witness stand Monday that he accidentally struck her when she wouldn't let him out of her house.
 
Ex-cop testifies he swung at lover
Feb 11 2008 11:13PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover sobbed on the witness stand Monday that he accidentally struck her when she wouldn't let him out of her house.
 
Ex-cop testifies he swung at lover
Feb 11 2008 11:13PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A former police officer accused of killing his pregnant lover sobbed on the witness stand Monday that he accidentally struck her when she wouldn't let him out of her house.
 
Peruvian massacre survivor testifies
Feb 11 2008 11:12PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A woman who survived a massacre by Peruvian army units almost 20 years ago testified Monday against two former military officers, saying she watched soldiers rape and torture women and children.
 
Bride dies during marriage's first dance
Feb 11 2008 11:12PM (CT)
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony.
 
Md. teen indicted in slaying of family
Feb 11 2008 10:47PM (CT)
TOWSON, Md. (AP) - A 16-year-old Boy Scout accused of killing his parents and two brothers in their home was indicted Monday on four counts of first-degree murder.
 
Record cold for northern Minn.: 40 below
Feb 11 2008 10:43PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a federal trademark making it officially the "Icebox of the Nation."
 
Ex-Fla. official facing fed porn charges
Feb 11 2008 10:40PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The former spokesman for Florida's child welfare agency paid two 16-year-old boys for sexually explicit photos of themselves and then brokered the images to overseas pornographers, according to a complaint filed Monday by federal prosecutors.
 
Woman in W.Va. torture case recovering
Feb 11 2008 10:40PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A black woman who said she was held captive and tortured last summer is relieved that at least one of the seven people indicted in the case will be punished for a hate crime, her legal adviser said Monday.
 
Mexican prez decries anti-immigrant tone
Feb 11 2008 10:18PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers.
 
Mexican prez decries anti-immigrant tone
Feb 11 2008 10:18PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers.
 
Mexican prez decries anti-immigrant tone
Feb 11 2008 10:18PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers.
 
Suspected cartel ex-leader sentenced
Feb 11 2008 10:14PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The suspected former leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel was sentenced Monday to 16 years in a U.S. federal prison after pleading guilty to a cocaine-trafficking charge in San Diego.
 
3 named to manage Calif. migrant camp
Feb 11 2008 10:05PM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge appointed three people Monday to help manage and find solutions to health and safety violations at a trailer park on tribal land that is home to at least 4,000 migrant workers.
 
Jailed doctor's patients to sue govt.
Feb 11 2008 9:55PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Patients of a physician who is charged with running a "pill mill" linked to 56 overdose deaths plan to sue the government, claiming it has put patients in mortal danger and created a public health disaster by prosecuting the doctor.
 
Vegas rocker Freddie Bell dies at 76
Feb 11 2008 9:27PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Freddie Bell, a forerunner in the 1950s rock 'n' roll era whose toe-tapping versions of "Giddy Up A Ding Dong" and "Hound Dog" inspired Elvis Presley to cover the songs, has died. He was 76.
 
Cleaners find mummified body in bathtub
Feb 11 2008 9:15PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A dried and decomposing body was found in a bathtub filled with dirt in a Phoenix apartment that was stacked to the ceiling with garbage and human waste.
 
DC mom to remain in custody over deaths
Feb 11 2008 8:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman found in her home with the decomposing bodies of her four daughters will remain in custody while a grand jury investigates, a judge ruled Monday.
 
Water drops used on Georgia sugar fire
Feb 11 2008 8:39PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - A helicopter dumped thousands of gallons of river water Monday onto a gutted sugar refinery where six workers died and two remained missing after an explosion that burned more deeply than officials first suspected.
 
Water drops used on Georgia sugar fire
Feb 11 2008 8:39PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - A helicopter dumped thousands of gallons of river water Monday onto a gutted sugar refinery where six workers died and two remained missing after an explosion that burned more deeply than officials first suspected.
 
Water drops used on Georgia sugar fire
Feb 11 2008 8:39PM (CT)
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - A helicopter dumped thousands of gallons of river water Monday onto a gutted sugar refinery where six workers died and two remained missing after an explosion that burned more deeply than officials first suspected.
 
Mistrial declared in microwave baby case
Feb 11 2008 7:44PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave, finding that new defense witnesses bolster her claim that she is innocent.
 
Air Force colonel faces sex charges
Feb 11 2008 7:07PM (CT)
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) - Two women, civilian workers at Sheppard Air Force Base, testified at a military hearing Monday that an Air Force colonel sexually assaulted them, and one said he raped her.
 
Ariz. leaders mull gay marriage ban anew
Feb 11 2008 7:01PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Republican lawmakers on Monday proposed asking voters in November to amend the Arizona Constitution to ban same-sex marriage in the state, which was the first to turn down such a measure.
 
Teen charged in Tenn. school shooting
Feb 11 2008 6:50PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A feud between two high school students that began off campus culminated at a gym class Monday when one student shot the other twice, then handed the gun to a coach, saying, "It's over now," authorities said.
 
Teen charged in Tenn. school shooting
Feb 11 2008 6:50PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A feud between two high school students that began off campus culminated at a gym class Monday when one student shot the other twice, then handed the gun to a coach, saying, "It's over now," authorities said.
 
NY courtroom shooter gets 25 years
Feb 11 2008 5:35PM (CT)
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A man convicted of firing a rifle inside a courtroom at a woman who had accused him of groping her was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
 
When do we get our post-strike TV shows?
Feb 11 2008 4:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - No more writers on picket lines. No more network TV bosses scrambling for replacement shows.
 
Sex offender wins $10M in Mass. lottery
Feb 11 2008 3:57PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man listed as one of the state's most dangerous sex offenders has won $10 million in the Massachusetts lottery, but the attention may have landed him in new trouble.
 
Uno the beagle wins early at Westminster
Feb 11 2008 3:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Barking and baying, a precocious beagle called Uno took his first winning steps at Westminster. Uno easily took the best of breed Monday at America's No. 1 dog show, bounding around the ring and trying to grab the lead out of handler Aaron Wilkerson's hand.
 
Magnitude-4.9 hits Baja California
Feb 11 2008 3:21PM (CT)
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - A magnitude-4.9 earthquake rocked the northern Baja California region of Mexico near the U.S. border on Monday, just days after the region was hit by a magnitude-5.4 temblor, authorities said.
 
LA house splits; 12 evacuated
Feb 11 2008 2:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A hilltop house in Los Angeles has cracked in half and a dozen people have been evacuated because of fears it may collapse onto other homes.
 
Wildfire cause probed in Va., Carolinas
Feb 11 2008 1:11PM (CT)
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - Investigators went to work Monday trying to figure out what ignited hundreds of weekend wildfires that chased some residents from churches and led others to seek them out for sanctuary.
 
Wildfire cause probed in Va., Carolinas
Feb 11 2008 1:11PM (CT)
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - Investigators went to work Monday trying to figure out what ignited hundreds of weekend wildfires that chased some residents from churches and led others to seek them out for sanctuary.
 
Wildfire cause probed in Va., Carolinas
Feb 11 2008 1:11PM (CT)
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - Investigators went to work Monday trying to figure out what ignited hundreds of weekend wildfires that chased some residents from churches and led others to seek them out for sanctuary.
 
Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos dies
Feb 11 2008 12:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress, has died. He was 80.
 
Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos dies
Feb 11 2008 12:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress, has died. He was 80.
 
Calif. Rep. Tom Lantos dies
Feb 11 2008 12:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress, has died. He was 80.
 
Warehouse fire erupts in Atlanta
Feb 11 2008 10:55AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A fire at a carpet warehouse is sending a huge plume of dark smoke over Atlanta, but so far, no injuries have been reported.
 
Spacewalk goes on despite switch
Feb 11 2008 8:02AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Astronauts aboard shuttle Atlantis and the international space station geared up Monday for the first spacewalk of their joint mission, an outing that was delayed a day after a crew member got sick.
 
Texas cotton prospects dimming
Feb 11 2008 6:58AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Cotton producer Doug Hlavaty looks across his South Plains fields and sees the potential for trouble.
 
UN gathering to address climate change
Feb 11 2008 4:07AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly is bringing together business leaders, activists and government officials for a debate on climate change starting Monday _ an effort to keep up the momentum for a new treaty by 2009 to fight global warming.
 
Fire closes Disney's Animal Kingdom ride
Feb 11 2008 12:57AM (CT)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - A ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom has closed after a small fire broke out Sunday, sending one woman to the hospital with minor injuries.
 
Fire closes Disney's Animal Kingdom ride
Feb 11 2008 12:57AM (CT)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - A ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom has closed after a small fire broke out Sunday, sending one woman to the hospital with minor injuries.
 
Bitter cold, snow pummel Plains, East
Feb 11 2008 12:49AM (CT)
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Windy, bitterly cold weather spread from the northern Plains to the Northeast on Sunday, with blinding snow canceling church services in parts of Michigan and causing a 68-vehicle pileup in Pennsylvania.
 
Bitter cold, snow pummel Plains, East
Feb 11 2008 12:49AM (CT)
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Windy, bitterly cold weather spread from the northern Plains to the Northeast on Sunday, with blinding snow canceling church services in parts of Michigan and causing a 68-vehicle pileup in Pennsylvania.
 
   

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