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DNA clears man accused in child rape
Feb 21 2007 11:57PM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - DNA taken from a child rape victim cleared a 23-year-old man charged in the case, prompting prosecutors to ask Wednesday for the charges to be dismissed.
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Lawsuit: School banned Jesus costume
Feb 21 2007 11:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Christian legal group has sued a school district on behalf of a 10-year-old boy who claims his rights to religion and free speech were violated when he was not allowed to wear a Jesus costume during Halloween activities.
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Group: Pupils given anti-Islam material
Feb 21 2007 11:43PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A high school teacher allowed a group whose declared mission is to "raise an awareness of the danger of Islam" to distribute literature in his class, including a handout titled "Do Not Marry a Muslim Man," according to an advocacy group.
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Vietnam vets rally to protect memorial
Feb 21 2007 11:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iraq war protesters are planning to converge on Washington next month and several organizations, including the POW-MIA group Rolling Thunder, are banding together to protect sacred ground for Vietnam War veterans.
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Worker killed in Mo. trench collapse
Feb 21 2007 11:30PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A construction worker died Wednesday when a 10-foot-deep trench he was working in collapsed onto him, authorities said.
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Ohio woman guilty in foster son's death
Feb 21 2007 11:28PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A jury on Wednesday convicted a woman of murder for causing the death of a 3-year-old foster son by leaving him bound in a cocoon of blankets and tape while she went away to a weekend family reunion.
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Mardi Gras gunman shot by Fresno police
Feb 21 2007 11:26PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A gunman was killed by police after a Mardi Gras shooting spree injured three officers and a bystander and sent revelers scurrying for cover, police said.
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Ice-throwing driver spared from prison
Feb 21 2007 11:19PM (CT)
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - A woman who hurled a McDonald's cup of ice into a car that cut her off in traffic was sentenced to probation instead of prison Wednesday.
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Britney bags rehab; K-Fed going to court
Feb 21 2007 11:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As Britney Spears was reportedly checking out of rehab for the second time in a week Wednesday, her estranged husband was making plans to go to court amid a custody dispute over their two children.
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R.I. may recognize gay unions from Mass.
Feb 21 2007 10:43PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island should recognize state employees' gay marriages that are performed in neighboring Massachusetts and extend benefits to their partners, the state's attorney general said in an opinion released Wednesday.
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Farrakhan to make his last major address
Feb 21 2007 10:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is heading into what's billed as his final major address Sunday, and some Muslims are wondering if the fiery orator _ now slowed by poor health _ will try to repair old divisions between his movement and mainstream Islam.
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Judge OKs guilty plea in Iraqi slaying
Feb 21 2007 10:39PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A military judge on Wednesday approved a second U.S. soldier's guilty plea to the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the slaying of her family.
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S.C. monks deny cruelty allegations
Feb 21 2007 10:37PM (CT)
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) - Trappist monks who operate a chicken farm in South Carolina are disputing accusations from a national animal-welfare group that their birds have been mistreated.
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Restaurateur rips food critic in ad
Feb 21 2007 10:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the city's most prominent restaurateurs took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Wednesday, accusing the newspaper's chief food critic of lacking the bona fides to do the job.
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Biological mom charged with kidnapping
Feb 21 2007 10:36PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A woman who gave birth to twins has been charged with taking the toddlers from their adoptive parents and fleeing with them to Canada, federal officials said Wednesday.
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Cop who ticketed self reaps praise
Feb 21 2007 10:32PM (CT)
KEWASKUM, Wis. (AP) - A police chief who ticketed himself for a traffic violation says that he has received congratulatory e-mails from all over the globe and that he has even turned down money to cover the fine.
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Judge dismisses Posada's bid to be freed
Feb 21 2007 10:29PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by an anti-Fidel Castro activist to be released from jail while immigration officials figure out where to deport him.
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Guard sentenced in prison sex scandal
Feb 21 2007 10:26PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former federal prison guard was sentenced Wednesday to a year of home detention and three years probation for his role in a sex-for-contraband scheme that ended in a deadly gun battle last summer.
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Trial starts in 2003 Calif. slayings
Feb 21 2007 10:17PM (CT)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A former school administrator plotted an elaborate alibi where he would appear to be thousands of miles away when his wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed, a prosecutor said at Wednesday's start of his murder trial.
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Vaccine meeting, Merck donation coincide
Feb 21 2007 9:49PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry's chief of staff met with key aides about a new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer on the same day its manufacturer donated money to his campaign, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
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Vaccine meeting, Merck donation coincide
Feb 21 2007 9:49PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry's chief of staff met with key aides about a new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer on the same day its manufacturer donated money to his campaign, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
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Gonzales says Supermax prison safe
Feb 21 2007 9:24PM (CT)
FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales toured a federal prison holding some of the nation's most violent and disruptive inmates on Wednesday and said the facility is secure, but he conceded that it could be improved.
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4 abducted Mormon missionaries released
Feb 21 2007 9:12PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Four Mormon missionaries were released unharmed Wednesday after being held hostage for more than three days by kidnappers in Nigeria's oil region, church officials said.
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S.C. man gets death in officer killings
Feb 21 2007 8:45PM (CT)
ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A man convicted of gunning down two law enforcement officers during a dispute about his family's land was sentenced to death Wednesday a little more than an hour after jurors began deliberating.
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Calif. investigator charged with forgery
Feb 21 2007 8:21PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state attorney general charged a private investigator Wednesday with filing false court documents on behalf of four death row inmates, calling the case one of the largest frauds in California's criminal justice system.
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Man gets prison for Pa. woman's fall
Feb 21 2007 7:59PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in his girlfriend's fall from his 23rd-story apartment window was sentenced Wednesday to at least 11 months prison.
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Transcript: Woman tried to stop killer
Feb 21 2007 7:19PM (CT)
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) - A teacher who was killed nearly 11 years ago tried to talk a carjacker out of taking her life, even offering to help him get a job, according to a transcript of her secretly recorded pleas that was released Wednesday.
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Man charged after flood unearths tapes
Feb 21 2007 7:09PM (CT)
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) - An 81-year-old man was charged with possessing child pornography after a flood opened up a hole near a septic tank, revealing videotapes that depicted the man having sex with children decades before, the FBI announced Wednesday.
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Flood unearths old pornography tapes
Feb 21 2007 6:24PM (CT)
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) - A flood opened up a hole near a septic tank, revealing a stash of videotapes showing a man having sex with children and leading to the man's arrest, the FBI announced Wednesday.
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Gallaudet accreditation at risk
Feb 21 2007 5:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's only liberal arts university for the deaf could lose its accreditation unless it addresses concerns about weak academic standards, ineffective governance and a lack of tolerance for diverse views, an education oversight group warned.
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2 cousins nabbed on terror charges
Feb 21 2007 5:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two cousins were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of conspiring to wage holy war against Americans overseas, including U.S. military forces in Iraq.
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Baptists asked to crack down on abusers
Feb 21 2007 4:36PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The victims' advocates who dogged the Roman Catholic Church over sex abuse by its clergy have now turned their attention to the Southern Baptists, accusing America's largest Protestant denomination of also failing to root out molesters.
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Some fear billboards distract drivers
Feb 21 2007 4:28PM (CT)
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) - When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity after just a few days.
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Abortion ban fails in S.D. Senate panel
Feb 21 2007 4:10PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota bill to ban most abortions in a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade appeared dead Wednesday after a state Senate committee rejected it.
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Theft from jar means prison for Ill. man
Feb 21 2007 3:43PM (CT)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A convicted felon was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for plucking a $5 bill from a collection jar intended to help a policeman blinded in a shooting.
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States are outsourcing some services
Feb 21 2007 2:48PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Like the auto industry, the computer programming field and the customer-service business, the state of Indiana is outsourcing.
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1 body found in sunken boat; search ends
Feb 21 2007 2:48PM (CT)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Divers found the body of a crewman on a sunken fishing boat in Nantucket Sound on Wednesday, and the search for two more men ended because debris in the wreck makes more dives too hazardous.
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Tiny preemie gets OK to leave hospital
Feb 21 2007 2:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Parents of one of the world's smallest premature babies got to take her home Wednesday for the first time since she was delivered last fall.
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Tiny preemie gets OK to leave hospital
Feb 21 2007 2:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Parents of one of the world's smallest premature babies got to take her home Wednesday for the first time since she was delivered last fall.
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States want to crack down on metal theft
Feb 21 2007 2:06PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The thieves weren't interested in the collection boxes or the computer equipment at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. They were after the copper on the roof and along the sides.
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Porn DVD screams prompt sword 'rescue'
Feb 21 2007 12:53PM (CT)
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) - A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.
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Man glad he can't remember 16-story fall
Feb 21 2007 12:24PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Just a month after his 16-story fall and merciful landing onto a hotel overhang, Joshua Hanson is off crutches from a broken leg, mostly healed from his other injuries and thankful he has no memory of the plunge.
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At Mardi Gras, politics fuels revelers
Feb 21 2007 9:38AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Carnival since the storm.
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At Mardi Gras, politics fuels revelers
Feb 21 2007 9:38AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Carnival since the storm.
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At Mardi Gras, politics fuels revelers
Feb 21 2007 9:38AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Carnival since the storm.
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At Mardi Gras, politics fuels revelers
Feb 21 2007 9:38AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Carnival since the storm.
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At Mardi Gras, politics fuels revelers
Feb 21 2007 9:38AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras spectators couldn't miss the anger and frustration Jeff Friedland and others feel about the slow pace of Hurricane Katrina recovery _ it was the theme of their costumes in the second Carnival since the storm.
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Battle over Smith burial has new urgency
Feb 21 2007 9:09AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The drawn-out court battle over what to do with Anna Nicole Smith's body has a new sense of urgency: the starlet's remains are decomposing more quickly than expected and a public viewing could be in danger.
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Battle over Smith burial has new urgency
Feb 21 2007 9:09AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The drawn-out court battle over what to do with Anna Nicole Smith's body has a new sense of urgency: the starlet's remains are decomposing more quickly than expected and a public viewing could be in danger.
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Climbers relied on exercise, pep talks
Feb 21 2007 9:00AM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The three hikers rescued after a fall and an icy night on Mount Hood said Wednesday their survival techniques included exercise and pep talks.
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Climbers relied on exercise, pep talks
Feb 21 2007 7:49AM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The three hikers rescued after a long fall and an icy night on Mount Hood said Wednesday their survival techniques included exercising, taking care of each other, and pep talks.
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JetBlue apologizes in full-page ads
Feb 21 2007 6:22AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - JetBlue Airways, reeling from an operational stumble that has hurt its reputation, printed an apology to customers in a handful of East Coast newspapers on Wednesday.
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N.Y. governor signs off on Freedom Tower
Feb 21 2007 6:05AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A booming commercial real estate market and the need to move forward with rebuilding at ground zero changed Gov. Eliot Spitzer's mind about supporting the continued construction of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower.
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Utah man sues polygamist leader
Feb 21 2007 5:47AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - An 18-year-old man who says he was kicked out of his home and church filed a lawsuit seeking to force a polygamist church leader to help him get back in touch with his family.
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Afghan crash victims identified
Feb 21 2007 12:01AM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Five soldiers from Fort Campbell were among eight killed in a helicopter crash over the weekend in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
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