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Teen charged in suspected school plot
Feb 15 2007 11:58PM (CT)
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - A 16-year-old high school junior has been charged with making bombs in a plan to target classmates in his school, a plot uncovered after a video was discovered on the Internet, police said.
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Woman, 84, pleads to attempted sex abuse
Feb 15 2007 11:38PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An 84-year-old woman who confessed to having sex with an 11-year-old boy in her foster care reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted sex abuse, officials said.
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Border agent sentenced to 5 years
Feb 15 2007 11:34PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former border inspector was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for guiding hundreds of illegal immigrants through his checkpoint booth in exchange for at least $70,000 from a smuggling ring.
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Utah authorities guard against backlash
Feb 15 2007 11:03PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The mayor and police chief sought to head off any potential backlash against Bosnian immigrants Thursday, three days after a Bosnian teenager shot five people to death in a crowded shopping mall and then died in a shootout with police.
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NYPD can't routinely tape protests
Feb 15 2007 11:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Thursday said police cannot routinely videotape demonstrations when they involve purely political activity.
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Homeless woman burned to death in S.F.
Feb 15 2007 10:47PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two women are accused of soaking a homeless, drug-addicted prostitute with gasoline and burning her to death after she reported that one of them had robbed her.
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Drivers stuck for full day on Pa. road
Feb 15 2007 10:45PM (CT)
HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) - National Guardsmen in Humvees ferried food, fuel and baby supplies Thursday to hundreds of motorists stranded on a 50-mile stretch of highway for nearly a day by a monster storm blamed for 15 deaths.
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Drivers stuck for full day on Pa. road
Feb 15 2007 10:45PM (CT)
HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) - National Guardsmen in Humvees ferried food, fuel and baby supplies Thursday to hundreds of motorists stranded on a 50-mile stretch of highway for nearly a day by a monster storm blamed for 15 deaths.
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Drivers stuck for full day on Pa. road
Feb 15 2007 10:45PM (CT)
HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) - National Guardsmen in Humvees ferried food, fuel and baby supplies Thursday to hundreds of motorists stranded on a 50-mile stretch of highway for nearly a day by a monster storm blamed for 15 deaths.
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Records of man left on Skid Row released
Feb 15 2007 10:39PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A hospital under investigation for leaving a paraplegic man in the downtown area known as Skid Row last week has released his medical records, the city attorney said Thursday, a day after accusing the medical center of "stonewalling" the probe.
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U.S. seizes fossil dinosaur eggs
Feb 15 2007 10:38PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Customs agents have seized fossilized dinosaur eggs believed to have been smuggled illegally from China and auctioned for $420,000, officials said Thursday.
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Catholics attack NYC's free condoms
Feb 15 2007 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York's top Catholic leaders on Thursday sharply criticized the city for "blanketing our neighborhoods with condoms," saying city officials were promoting promiscuity and degrading society by distributing subway-themed condoms.
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FBI investigates Nevada governor
Feb 15 2007 10:20PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The FBI is investigating whether Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons failed to properly report gifts or payments from a software company that was awarded secret military contracts when he was in Congress.
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Trailer fire kills 6 in La.
Feb 15 2007 10:14PM (CT)
LEBLANC, La. (AP) - Six people, including four children, were killed early Thursday when a fire erupted in a trailer home, officials said.
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Air Force Academy cheating scandal grows
Feb 15 2007 9:45PM (CT)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy said Thursday that 24 freshman cadets have now admitted cheating on a test and 12 others are under investigation but have denied wrongdoing.
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Sailor: Marine joked using Iraqi's body
Feb 15 2007 9:33PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine lance corporal cracked jokes and lifted the lifeless hand of an Iraqi civilian whom his squad had just shot, slapping it across the dead man's face, a sailor testified Thursday.
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VA plans 2nd probe of veteran's suicide
Feb 15 2007 9:23PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs will look further into allegations that a Marine veteran was turned away from two VA hospitals in Minnesota before committing suicide, a congressman said Thursday.
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Calif. examines doctor linked to Smith
Feb 15 2007 9:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The state medical board said Thursday that it is investigating a California doctor who may have prescribed methadone to Anna Nicole Smith through a prescription that contained an alias.
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Slaying suspect extradited to Conn.
Feb 15 2007 8:58PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A Georgia man accused of strangling four women more than a decade ago was ordered held on $4 million bond Thursday after being extradited to Connecticut.
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Texas lawmakers seek HPV brochure
Feb 15 2007 8:34PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As lawmakers prepare to debate an override of the governor's order that schoolgirls be inoculated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, a group of legislators wants the state to produce a brochure about the vaccine.
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Texas lawmakers seek HPV brochure
Feb 15 2007 8:34PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As lawmakers prepare to debate an override of the governor's order that schoolgirls be inoculated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, a group of legislators wants the state to produce a brochure about the vaccine.
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10 indicted in alleged allergy scam
Feb 15 2007 8:29PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Ten people, including four doctors, have been charged with swindling insurance companies out of more than $1.5 million by providing hundreds of patients with allergy shots without proper testing and sometimes under unsanitary conditions, prosecutors announced Thursday.
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CDC tracks peanut butter contamination
Feb 15 2007 8:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Government scientists struggled Thursday to pinpoint the source of the first U.S. salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the kid favorite packed into millions of lunchboxes every day.
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CDC tracks peanut butter contamination
Feb 15 2007 8:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Government scientists struggled Thursday to pinpoint the source of the first U.S. salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the kid favorite packed into millions of lunchboxes every day.
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Tribe at 1st Thanksgiving is recognized
Feb 15 2007 8:08PM (CT)
MASHPEE, Mass. (AP) - The tribe that shared in the first Thanksgiving celebration received federal recognition Thursday as a sovereign American Indian nation, 32 years after it began its quest.
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Ex-N.C. House speaker admits corruption
Feb 15 2007 8:00PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black pleaded guilty Thursday to accepting nearly $30,000 from three chiropractors while pushing for legislation they supported.
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Ex-N.C. House speaker admits corruption
Feb 15 2007 8:00PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black pleaded guilty Thursday to accepting nearly $30,000 from three chiropractors while pushing for legislation they supported.
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JetBlue apologizes for stranding fliers
Feb 15 2007 7:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of passengers who were stranded on parked JetBlue planes for up to 10 1/2 hours could have been evacuated sooner if the airline had not waited to ask airport officials for help, the company founder said Thursday.
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Pit bulls rip off Tenn. man's left hand
Feb 15 2007 7:02PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Two pit bull dogs ripped off a man's left hand and badly mauled his right arm before other people were able to beat the dogs away.
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Cigarette blamed in fatal Ky. house fire
Feb 15 2007 6:55PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A cigarette left burning near a chair likely caused the house fire that killed 10 people earlier this month, a top fire official said Thursday, citing an astray found nearby.
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Ohio mom on trial in foster son's death
Feb 15 2007 6:53PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A woman suggested binding her developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster son inside a closet, making her responsible for his death even if she did not intend it, prosecutors said Thursday as her murder trial opened.
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Ohio mom on trial in foster son's death
Feb 15 2007 6:53PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A woman suggested binding her developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster son inside a closet, making her responsible for his death even if she did not intend it, prosecutors said Thursday as her murder trial opened.
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Ohio mom on trial in foster son's death
Feb 15 2007 6:53PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A woman suggested binding her developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster son inside a closet, making her responsible for his death even if she did not intend it, prosecutors said Thursday as her murder trial opened.
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Jail transfer denied in Mo. kidnap case
Feb 15 2007 6:51PM (CT)
UNION, Mo. (AP) - A judge on Thursday denied a jail transfer request for a pizzeria manager accused of kidnapping two boys, rejecting defense claims that a reporter's jailhouse interview with the suspect amounted to a security breach.
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21st victim dies after Fla. tornadoes
Feb 15 2007 6:43PM (CT)
LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) - An 88-year-old man has become the 21st victim of the deadly tornadoes that struck central Florida earlier this month, officials said Thursday.
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Pa. assisted-living home owner sentenced
Feb 15 2007 6:41PM (CT)
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - A woman who owned assisted-living homes where prosecutors said residents were fed rotten food and put to work stuffing newspaper inserts was sentenced Thursday to prison for abuse and neglect.
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Couple gets 2 years in 'caged kids' case
Feb 15 2007 6:34PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A couple who forced some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in wire-and-wood cages were sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, after the parents insisted they were only trying to keep the kids safe.
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Presidents' libraries join forces on Web
Feb 15 2007 5:47PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - On Aug. 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson had a busy day juggling his civil rights initiative, a growing crisis in the Gulf of Tonkin and the discovery of the bodies of three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi.
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Parasite forces Md. to kill 80,000 trout
Feb 15 2007 5:35PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A parasite that causes trout to swim in circles until they die has been found in two hatcheries in western Maryland, meaning 80,000 fish that would have been stocked in lakes and streams this year will instead be destroyed, an official said Thursday.
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Man guilty in stripper slaying
Feb 15 2007 5:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man was convicted Thursday of killing a classically trained dancer who chased her dream of stardom from the Midwest to Manhattan but wound up working in a strip club.
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Astronaut arrest won't affect mission
Feb 15 2007 5:18PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The arrest of an astronaut on an attempted murder charge hasn't distracted the crew of the upcoming space shuttle mission, even though she had been scheduled to be part of the flight's ground team, the shuttle's commander said Thursday.
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$100M gift made to UNC scholarships
Feb 15 2007 5:07PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The widow of a Texas oil executive donated $100 million Thursday to expand a merit scholarship program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Flu outbreak closes N.C. school system
Feb 15 2007 2:29PM (CT)
SWAN QUARTER, N.C. (AP) - Three schools closed until Monday because of an outbreak of flu-like symptoms that has spread across the state over the past two weeks.
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Gore announces climate campaign concerts
Feb 15 2007 2:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.
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New DNA test in Anna Nicole Smith case
Feb 15 2007 2:20PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A judge ordered another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body Thursday as he heard often fiery arguments in the fight over the former Playboy Playmate's remains and custody of her infant daughter.
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New DNA test in Anna Nicole Smith case
Feb 15 2007 2:20PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A judge ordered another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body Thursday as he heard often fiery arguments in the fight over the former Playboy Playmate's remains and custody of her infant daughter.
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New DNA test in Anna Nicole Smith case
Feb 15 2007 2:20PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A judge ordered another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body Thursday as he heard often fiery arguments in the fight over the former Playboy Playmate's remains and custody of her infant daughter.
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New DNA test in Anna Nicole Smith case
Feb 15 2007 2:20PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A judge ordered another DNA sample be taken from Anna Nicole Smith's body Thursday as he heard often fiery arguments in the fight over the former Playboy Playmate's remains and custody of her infant daughter.
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Judge says USS Cole trial will proceed
Feb 15 2007 2:10PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A federal judge said Thursday he plans to proceed with a trial next month of a $105 million lawsuit against the Sudanese government filed by families of the 17 sailors killed in the USS Cole bombing.
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Drop in smoking means less tax revenue
Feb 15 2007 1:52PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Roland Henkel quit smoking in September and has been doing the math ever since: A week added to his life. More than 2,100 Marlboro Lights he hasn't smoked. And more than $400 he didn't spend on cigarettes.
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Campaign warns of cough medicine abuse
Feb 15 2007 12:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teen abuse of cough medicines is a more serious problem than many parents realize, manufacturers of the over-the-counter drugs said Thursday in unveiling a campaign meant to warn them.
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Gas thief defends farmer who chased him
Feb 15 2007 12:48PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Minn. (AP) - A man pleading guilty to stealing gas and a car radiator offered words of support for the retired farmer who was charged with threatening him with a shotgun.
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Religion news in brief
Feb 15 2007 12:00PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Roman Catholic Church experienced its greatest growth in Africa and Asia between 2004 and 2005, according to new statistics released by the Vatican.
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Religion today
Feb 15 2007 12:00PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It was a typical Sunday scene and, in its own way, a small act of defiance. Members of St. John's Lutheran Church last weekend filed by their pastor, hugging him and exchanging jokes. Gleeful children rushed past toward a treats-laden table.
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Dad tosses son's wrestling foe from ring
Feb 15 2007 11:10AM (CT)
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A father bounded into a youth wrestling match, picked up his son's winning opponent and launched him out of the ring, an episode caught on a home video.
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Ky. lake may have to be lowered more
Feb 15 2007 10:21AM (CT)
RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) - Engineers may have to further lower a lake if some preliminary repairs to a leaky dam don't work, which could cause a crunch at lakeside power plants and threaten drinking water supplies, officials said Wednesday.
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Buy George! U.S. rolls out new $1 coin
Feb 15 2007 9:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The newest $1 coin, bearing the likeness of George Washington, was rolled out Thursday, with the U.S. Mint hoping Americans will want to buy George.
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Air Force strips Playboy poser of status
Feb 15 2007 7:01AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An Air Force drill sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she and the Air Force said Wednesday. Michelle Manhart, who appeared in a six-page spread in Playboy's February issue, said she got word Friday that she was removed from "extended active duty" and was also told that she was demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman.
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Air Force strips Playboy poser of status
Feb 15 2007 7:01AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An Air Force drill sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she and the Air Force said Wednesday. Michelle Manhart, who appeared in a six-page spread in Playboy's February issue, said she got word Friday that she was removed from "extended active duty" and was also told that she was demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman.
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Feds bust Houston house holding illegals
Feb 15 2007 6:22AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Federal agents arrested 46 illegal immigrants being held in a locked, filthy house. Nine suspected human smugglers also were arrested.
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Skepticism, praise greet refugee plan
Feb 15 2007 6:13AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Iraqi House closed in October because of a lack of funding, but Samir Saleh wonders whether the former refugee assistance center might reopen in response to a new U.S. decision to allow more Iraqis to enter the country.
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Anne Frank's father tried to get to U.S.
Feb 15 2007 5:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Frank's father tried to arrange U.S. visas for his family before they went into hiding, but his efforts were hampered when Allied and Axis countries tightened immigration policies, according to papers released Wednesday.
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Anne Frank's father tried to get to U.S.
Feb 15 2007 5:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Frank's father tried to arrange U.S. visas for his family before they went into hiding, but his efforts were hampered when Allied and Axis countries tightened immigration policies, according to papers released Wednesday.
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Anne Frank's father tried to get to U.S.
Feb 15 2007 5:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Frank's father tried to arrange U.S. visas for his family before they went into hiding, but his efforts were hampered when Allied and Axis countries tightened immigration policies, according to papers released Wednesday.
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