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LA police kill 1 in gang gunbattle
Feb 21 2008 11:59PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two gang shootings led to a police gunbattle Thursday in which officers killed one gunman, wounded another and captured a suspect in a surging gang conflict, authorities said. A victim in the first gang shooting also died.
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Duke lacrosse players sue school, city
Feb 21 2008 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming they suffered emotional distress during the furor over the now-discredited rape case against three of their teammates.
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Duke lacrosse players sue school, city
Feb 21 2008 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming they suffered emotional distress during the furor over the now-discredited rape case against three of their teammates.
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Duke lacrosse players sue school, city
Feb 21 2008 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming they suffered emotional distress during the furor over the now-discredited rape case against three of their teammates.
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Death of ex-cop's 3rd wife was homicide
Feb 21 2008 11:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The death of a former suburban Chicago police officer's third wife has been ruled a homicide after a second autopsy showed she drowned, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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Car, logging truck crash in N.C.; 4 dead
Feb 21 2008 11:18PM (CT)
WINTON, N.C. (AP) - Police say two adults and two children are dead following a collision between a car and a logging truck in North Carolina near the Virginia line.
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Inspectors say meat safety is threatened
Feb 21 2008 11:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis.
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Inspectors say meat safety is threatened
Feb 21 2008 11:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sometimes, government inspectors responsible for examining slaughterhouse cattle for mad cow disease and other ills are so short-staffed that they find themselves peering down from catwalks at hundreds of animals at once, looking for such telltale signs as droopy ears, stumbling gait and facial paralysis.
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Man gets 50-80 years for killing wife
Feb 21 2008 11:01PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who killed and dismembered his wife was sentenced Thursday to serve at least 50 years behind bars by a judge who called his actions "demonic." Stephen Grant choked his wife, Tara, to death, then cut up her corpse in a machine shop. After the killing, he tearfully told reporters he wasn't involved in her disappearance.
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Man gets 50-80 years for killing wife
Feb 21 2008 11:01PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who killed and dismembered his wife was sentenced Thursday to serve at least 50 years behind bars by a judge who called his actions "demonic." Stephen Grant choked his wife, Tara, to death, then cut up her corpse in a machine shop. After the killing, he tearfully told reporters he wasn't involved in her disappearance.
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Man gets 50-80 years for killing wife
Feb 21 2008 11:01PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who killed and dismembered his wife was sentenced Thursday to serve at least 50 years behind bars by a judge who called his actions "demonic." Stephen Grant choked his wife, Tara, to death, then cut up her corpse in a machine shop. After the killing, he tearfully told reporters he wasn't involved in her disappearance.
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Man gets 50-80 years for killing wife
Feb 21 2008 11:01PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who killed and dismembered his wife was sentenced Thursday to serve at least 50 years behind bars by a judge who called his actions "demonic." Stephen Grant choked his wife, Tara, to death, then cut up her corpse in a machine shop. After the killing, he tearfully told reporters he wasn't involved in her disappearance.
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Van driver in Minn. bus crash arrested
Feb 21 2008 11:00PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Police on Thursday arrested the driver of a van involved in a crash with a school bus that killed four students in rural Minnesota.
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Ex-GOP official acquitted in call scheme
Feb 21 2008 10:47PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday acquitted a former Republican Party official accused of taking part in a plot to jam state Democratic Party phone lines on Election Day 2002.
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UCLA: Animal research leads to threats
Feb 21 2008 10:29PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against animal rights groups and activists accused of threatening UCLA employees and graduate students because they conduct research using animals.
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Fisk art dispute goes for judge's ruling
Feb 21 2008 9:46PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Attorneys for Fisk University and a New Mexico museum gave closing arguments on Thursday in a dispute over an art collection given to the school by the late painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Northeastern Nevada hit by 6.0 quake
Feb 21 2008 9:27PM (CT)
WELLS, Nev. (AP) - Windows shattered and building facades and signs fell, but no one was seriously injured when a powerful earthquake shook this rural northeastern town on Thursday.
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Northeastern Nevada hit by 6.0 quake
Feb 21 2008 9:27PM (CT)
WELLS, Nev. (AP) - Windows shattered and building facades and signs fell, but no one was seriously injured when a powerful earthquake shook this rural northeastern town on Thursday.
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SMU plans vote on Bush library Friday
Feb 21 2008 9:20PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Southern Methodist University's selection as the site of George W. Bush's presidential library is nearly official, after more than a year as the lone finalist, a spokesman said Thursday.
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S.F. Zoo tiger exhibit reopens
Feb 21 2008 9:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo reopened Thursday for the first time since a tiger escaped and fatally mauled a teen two months ago.
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S.F. Zoo tiger exhibit reopens
Feb 21 2008 9:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo reopened Thursday for the first time since a tiger escaped and fatally mauled a teen two months ago.
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S.F. Zoo tiger exhibit reopens
Feb 21 2008 9:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo reopened Thursday for the first time since a tiger escaped and fatally mauled a teen two months ago.
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S.F. Zoo tiger exhibit reopens
Feb 21 2008 9:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo reopened Thursday for the first time since a tiger escaped and fatally mauled a teen two months ago.
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Ariz. congressman: Retirement can wait
Feb 21 2008 8:10PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Postponing retirement plans he announced last week, Rep. John Shadegg said Thursday he will seek an eighth term in Congress.
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Gun report on Calif. campus false alarm
Feb 21 2008 7:22PM (CT)
CARSON, Calif. (AP) - A report of a man armed with an assault weapon prompted police to shut down the California State University, Dominguez Hills, campus Thursday before they learned the person was an ROTC student carrying a fake rifle.
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Jury: Man used antifreeze to kill wife
Feb 21 2008 7:20PM (CT)
ELKHORN, Wis. (AP) - A man was convicted Thursday of poisoning and suffocating his wife, who left behind a letter implicating him should she come to an "early demise."
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Wolves to be removed from species list
Feb 21 2008 7:10PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, following a 13-year restoration effort that helped the animal's population soar, federal officials said Thursday.
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Kid-porn plea nets ex-church worker jail
Feb 21 2008 7:04PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A former music director at a prominent Greenwich church was sentenced Thursday to 5 1/2 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
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Apostrophes in names stir lot o' trouble
Feb 21 2008 6:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. It's a problem familiar to O'Connors, D'Angelos, N'Dours and D'Artagnans across America.
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Apostrophes in names stir lot o' trouble
Feb 21 2008 6:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. It's a problem familiar to O'Connors, D'Angelos, N'Dours and D'Artagnans across America.
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Apostrophes in names stir lot o' trouble
Feb 21 2008 6:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. It's a problem familiar to O'Connors, D'Angelos, N'Dours and D'Artagnans across America.
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Apostrophes in names stir lot o' trouble
Feb 21 2008 6:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. It's a problem familiar to O'Connors, D'Angelos, N'Dours and D'Artagnans across America.
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Fla. to track child welfare workers
Feb 21 2008 5:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Florida's much-maligned child welfare workers will soon begin carrying handheld devices, like the ones delivery companies use to track packages, that show whether they really are checking in on the children under their supervision.
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Fla. to track child welfare workers
Feb 21 2008 5:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Florida's much-maligned child welfare workers will soon begin carrying handheld devices, like the ones delivery companies use to track packages, that show whether they really are checking in on the children under their supervision.
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Fla. to track child welfare workers
Feb 21 2008 5:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Florida's much-maligned child welfare workers will soon begin carrying handheld devices, like the ones delivery companies use to track packages, that show whether they really are checking in on the children under their supervision.
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Fla. to track child welfare workers
Feb 21 2008 5:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Florida's much-maligned child welfare workers will soon begin carrying handheld devices, like the ones delivery companies use to track packages, that show whether they really are checking in on the children under their supervision.
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Wrong body released for burial in W.Va.
Feb 21 2008 5:35PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities mistakenly released the body of an adult woman to the family of a 2-year-old fire victim, and the woman's body was buried in the girl's grave, officials said.
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Base mourns after training flight crash
Feb 21 2008 5:25PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Investigators were searching in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday for debris from two F-15C Eagles that could help determine the cause of a mid-air crash that killed a pilot during a training exercise.
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A third of recalled beef went to schools
Feb 21 2008 4:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled last week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday.
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A third of recalled beef went to schools
Feb 21 2008 4:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled last week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday.
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Ex-Ohio lawmaker Ney in halfway house
Feb 21 2008 3:17PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, who pleaded guilty in a congressional bribery scandal tied to disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has been moved from prison to a halfway house in Cincinnati, according to the federal prisons Web site.
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1998 Ark. shooter faces new theft charge
Feb 21 2008 3:15PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - One of the men who killed a teacher and four students in a school shooting a decade ago faces two new felony charges accusing him of stealing a debit card as he awaited sentencing in a separate case.
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Ga. lawmakers push for border change
Feb 21 2008 3:11PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Thirsting for more water in the midst of a drought, Georgia lawmakers have taken a step toward moving the state line so they can tap the mighty Tennessee River.
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Rising factory costs erode China's edge
Feb 21 2008 2:34PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The teddy bears selling for $1.40 in Shanghai's IKEA store may be just about the cheapest in town, but they're not made in China _ they're stitched and stuffed in Indonesia.
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NYC prof accused of plagiarism keeps job
Feb 21 2008 2:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Columbia University professor whose colleagues found a noose hanging from her office doorway will remain on staff despite being sanctioned for plagiarism, school officials said Thursday.
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Miami's U.S. courthouses moldy, delayed
Feb 21 2008 1:42PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - All is not well with the complex that one of the nation's busiest federal court districts calls home. In fact, one of the buildings itself may be sick.
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Dad, son accused of taking Taser
Feb 21 2008 1:10PM (CT)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A father and son who allegedly appeared on YouTube stunning each other with a stolen police Taser have been charged with weapons possession.
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NY man who wounded 6 cops in '86 killed
Feb 21 2008 12:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who gained notoriety after wounding six police officers in a 1986 gunfight that led to a nationwide manhunt was killed in prison, corrections officials said Thursday.
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Religion news in brief
Feb 21 2008 12:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Most of the United States' 25 largest church bodies either lost members or experienced no growth in the past year, according to a 2008 yearbook produced by the National Council of Churches.
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Religion today
Feb 21 2008 12:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Anti-Defamation League was "deeply troubled" by the prayer. Conservative Jewish rabbis said they were "dismayed and deeply disturbed" by its language. But some veteran interfaith leaders _ Jewish and Roman Catholic _ say there's no evidence that a revised Good Friday liturgy approved this month by Pope Benedict XVI is as threatening as some Jewish groups fear.
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Ex-N.H. candidate maintains innocence
Feb 21 2008 9:24AM (CT)
DOVER, N.H. (AP) - A former congressional candidate convicted of faking his disappearance after a car crash two years ago said Thursday the verdict was devastating, but said the case isn't over.
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Calif. wrestles with budget shortfall
Feb 21 2008 8:30AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's multibillion-dollar budget shortfall has grown, the state's nonpartisan fiscal watchdog said Wednesday as she offered a trim-and-tax plan that competes with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal for across-the-board cuts.
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N.J. college reopened after lockdown
Feb 21 2008 8:21AM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - St. Peter's College locked down its campus for several hours Wednesday after the discovery of a note that referred to killing students and the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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N.J. college reopened after lockdown
Feb 21 2008 8:21AM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - St. Peter's College locked down its campus for several hours Wednesday after the discovery of a note that referred to killing students and the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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N.J. college reopened after lockdown
Feb 21 2008 8:21AM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - St. Peter's College locked down its campus for several hours Wednesday after the discovery of a note that referred to killing students and the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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N.J. college reopened after lockdown
Feb 21 2008 8:21AM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - St. Peter's College locked down its campus for several hours Wednesday after the discovery of a note that referred to killing students and the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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N.J. college reopened after lockdown
Feb 21 2008 8:21AM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - St. Peter's College locked down its campus for several hours Wednesday after the discovery of a note that referred to killing students and the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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Detroit's wounded 'hero' girl recovering
Feb 21 2008 8:06AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Alexis Goggins climbed aboard a special bicycle and maneuvered through hospital hallways, beginning the months of physical therapy she needs to recover from six gunshot wounds.
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9/11 Victims' Kids Help in New Orleans
Feb 21 2008 8:01AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sixteen-year-old Caitlin Leavey remembers people she didn't even know coming to her family's aid with food and comfort after she lost her firefighter father in the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11.
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9/11 Victims' Kids Help in New Orleans
Feb 21 2008 8:01AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sixteen-year-old Caitlin Leavey remembers people she didn't even know coming to her family's aid with food and comfort after she lost her firefighter father in the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11.
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9/11 Victims' Kids Help in New Orleans
Feb 21 2008 8:01AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sixteen-year-old Caitlin Leavey remembers people she didn't even know coming to her family's aid with food and comfort after she lost her firefighter father in the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11.
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U. of Colorado makes controversial pick
Feb 21 2008 7:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As a candidate for president of Colorado's university system, Bruce Benson came under attack for his Republican activism, ties to the oil industry and, perhaps most importantly, his lack of an advanced degree.
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U. of Colorado makes controversial pick
Feb 21 2008 7:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As a candidate for president of Colorado's university system, Bruce Benson came under attack for his Republican activism, ties to the oil industry and, perhaps most importantly, his lack of an advanced degree.
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U. of Colorado makes controversial pick
Feb 21 2008 7:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As a candidate for president of Colorado's university system, Bruce Benson came under attack for his Republican activism, ties to the oil industry and, perhaps most importantly, his lack of an advanced degree.
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U. of Colorado makes controversial pick
Feb 21 2008 7:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As a candidate for president of Colorado's university system, Bruce Benson came under attack for his Republican activism, ties to the oil industry and, perhaps most importantly, his lack of an advanced degree.
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U. of Colorado makes controversial pick
Feb 21 2008 7:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As a candidate for president of Colorado's university system, Bruce Benson came under attack for his Republican activism, ties to the oil industry and, perhaps most importantly, his lack of an advanced degree.
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U. of Colorado makes controversial pick
Feb 21 2008 7:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - As a candidate for president of Colorado's university system, Bruce Benson came under attack for his Republican activism, ties to the oil industry and, perhaps most importantly, his lack of an advanced degree.
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Sentences given in Calif. kidnappings
Feb 21 2008 7:35AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The discovery was chilling: five bodies dumped in a scenic reservoir in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
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Soldier guilty of assault in Iraqi death
Feb 21 2008 7:28AM (CT)
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii (AP) - Spc. Christopher Shore has insisted his platoon leader ordered him to finish off a wounded Iraqi last summer near Kirkuk but that he intentionally fired his weapon to miss.
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Ex-inmate crusades against judge nominee
Feb 21 2008 7:26AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A private prison company executive nominated to become a federal judge has run into a determined opponent _ a former inmate.
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Ex-inmate crusades against judge nominee
Feb 21 2008 7:26AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A private prison company executive nominated to become a federal judge has run into a determined opponent _ a former inmate.
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Man convicted of killing 4 relatives
Feb 21 2008 6:34AM (CT)
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man convicted of killing four members of his family in a dispute over thousands of dollars of stolen money now faces a fight to stay alive.
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Mother sentenced in newborn's death
Feb 21 2008 5:14AM (CT)
EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A woman whose newborn daughter was found dead in plastic bags in her parents' home was sentenced to between two and nine years in prison.
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Landmark JFK stained glass coming down
Feb 21 2008 5:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Its red, sapphire and purple stained-glass panels have greeted millions of air travelers arriving at and departing New York since 1960.
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States redefine family health policies
Feb 21 2008 3:18AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thomas Mahoney came out of a seizure last December surrounded by paramedics ready to take him to the hospital by ambulance. Mindful of the cost, he asked his mom and girlfriend to drive him instead, slipping in and out of consciousness along the way.
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Feds to probe police brutality charge
Feb 21 2008 2:33AM (CT)
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Police chief Henry Whitehorn said Wednesday the district attorney and the Justice Department will investigate the case of a woman who is seen in a police department video lying in a pool of blood in an interrogation room. Angela Garbarino, 42, said she was beaten after her Nov. 17 arrest on a drunk driving charge.
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3 bodies found in burned house in Maine
Feb 21 2008 2:30AM (CT)
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) - Three people have been found dead after a house fire in southern Maine, and police say the deaths are suspicious.
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La. congressman's appeal to delay trial
Feb 21 2008 1:53AM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - The trial of a Louisiana congressman charged with bribery will be delayed so an appeals court can hear arguments on whether his status as a congressman protects him from prosecution.
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