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Daniel Webster's NH farm to be preserved
Feb 22 2007 11:54PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The farm of orator and statesman Daniel Webster will be preserved under a deal announced Thursday after it had been slated to become a housing development.
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Raleigh, N.C., apartment fire kills 3
Feb 22 2007 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Firefighters found the charred bodies of a man, woman and infant inside a burning apartment Thursday, and police began a search for several children who may have lived in the unit.
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Raleigh, N.C., apartment fire kills 3
Feb 22 2007 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Firefighters found the charred bodies of a man, woman and infant inside a burning apartment Thursday, and police began a search for several children who may have lived in the unit.
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Seller of lethal drug cocktail sentenced
Feb 22 2007 11:46PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to selling heroin laced with a powerful painkiller that killed two people was sentenced Thursday to more than 30 years in prison.
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4 named in Katrina fraud cases
Feb 22 2007 11:32PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Four people in Nevada and Oklahoma were charged with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina, authorities said Thursday.
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Soldier gets 100 years for rape, killing
Feb 22 2007 10:59PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.
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Stolen military gear case to go to trial
Feb 22 2007 10:46PM (CT)
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Two Illinois National Guardsmen have pleaded not guilty to trying to sell stolen military body armor and other gear on eBay.
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Navy chopper raised from sea bed
Feb 22 2007 10:42PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A team of Navy deep-sea divers using an unmanned underwater vehicle has recovered the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed during a training exercise off the California coast last month, killing its four-man crew.
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N.Y. cops find stomach-churning squalor
Feb 22 2007 10:42PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Police called to a suburban family's home encountered a stomach-churning scene: dozens of urine-filled bottles strewn amid animal feces, soiled toilet paper and trash piled several feet high.
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Mayor: No changes to 9/11 memorial names
Feb 22 2007 10:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sticking with his decision to leave details such as ages and ranks off the Sept. 11 memorial, saying Thursday that "this is not a memorial just for the families."
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Official: 4 officers arrested in sting
Feb 22 2007 10:14PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Four police officers in Hollywood, Fla., have been arrested on suspicion of providing protection and running drugs and money for an organized crime group that was really an FBI sting operation, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
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Jury awards $9.75M in corrupt cop suit
Feb 22 2007 10:13PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A jury awarded $9.5 million in damages Thursday to a husband and wife who claimed a smear and terror campaign was aimed at them after they accused a police officer of corruption while working as federal agents.
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5-year sentence in oil-for-food caper
Feb 22 2007 10:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, who was accused in the 1970s of trying to buy influence in Congress in the "Koreagate" scandal, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for accepting at least $2 million to work on Iraq's behalf to influence the U.N. oil-for-food program.
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Law would criminalize homeless 'dumping'
Feb 22 2007 9:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A hospital said Thursday that procedures "were not strictly followed" when a van driver left a discharged paraplegic man crawling on Skid Row this month, and steps will be taken to improve services for the homeless.
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Principal accused of crack buy in school
Feb 22 2007 9:47PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A middle school principal bought $20 worth of crack in his office Thursday while students were on campus, authorities said.
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Gay marriage critic tried on lewdness
Feb 22 2007 9:43PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The lawyer for a former Baptist church leader who had spoken out against homosexuality said Thursday the minister has a constitutional right to solicit sex from an undercover policeman.
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Girl trampled by horses at parade dies
Feb 22 2007 9:18PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Rodeo parade spectators watched in horror Thursday as a 5-year-old girl was thrown off her mount and trampled by an out-of-control team of horses pulling a wagon. She later died.
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Girl trampled by horses at parade dies
Feb 22 2007 9:18PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Rodeo parade spectators watched in horror Thursday as a 5-year-old girl was thrown off her mount and trampled by an out-of-control team of horses pulling a wagon. She later died.
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2 killed in Phoenix pharmacy shooting
Feb 22 2007 8:48PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man and a woman were killed Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide inside a pharmacy that sent customers screaming and running out of the store, a fire department spokesman and witnesses said.
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Man executed for killing retired couple
Feb 22 2007 8:47PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A career burglar was executed Thursday for torturing and killing a retired couple while breaking into their home in 1999.
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2 men charged in Cuba travel fraud plot
Feb 22 2007 8:46PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Two men were arrested and charged with using fake religious organizations to get thousands of people permission to travel to Cuba, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Expert: Pa. teen may have shot self
Feb 22 2007 8:43PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Blood droplets around the body of a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death with a lawmaker's gun show the boy could have shot himself, an investigator said at a coroner's inquest Thursday.
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NYPD tip leads to Montenegro arrest
Feb 22 2007 8:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A tip from a New York detective investigating the 1990 killing of a Bronx widow has led to the arrest of a man in Montenegro who is a suspect in similar slayings in Europe, officials said Thursday.
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States are running out of health dollars
Feb 22 2007 8:39PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Some states are warning that hundreds of thousands of poor children could lose their health insurance if Congress doesn't act soon to come through with more money for the program.
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Experts: Padilla unable to stand trial
Feb 22 2007 8:39PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Accused al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla suffers from intense stress and anxiety stemming from his isolated years in military custody and cannot adequately help his lawyers prepare for trial, two defense mental experts testified Thursday.
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Calif. woman fights for passenger rights
Feb 22 2007 8:38PM (CT)
NAPA, Calif. (AP) - For more than eight miserable hours, Kate Hanni sat aboard a grounded plane at a Texas airport, yards from apparently empty gates. A few weeks after that December ordeal, the brassy real estate agent from California's wine country took her fight for a passengers' bill of rights to Capitol Hill.
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Comair says FAA negligent in Ky. crash
Feb 22 2007 8:37PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Comair sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, saying the agency was negligent in having only one air traffic controller on duty last year when a plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed, killing 49 people.
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Nuclear plant's safety rating takes hit
Feb 22 2007 8:36PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday downgraded the safety rating of the nation's largest nuclear plant, subjecting it to a level of scrutiny shared by just one other plant in the nation.
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Higher grades contradict test scores
Feb 22 2007 8:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Large percentages of high school seniors are posting weak scores on national math and reading tests even though more of them are taking challenging courses and getting higher grades in school, say two new government reports released Thursday.
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AWOL soldier sentenced to 7 months
Feb 22 2007 8:34PM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A soldier who admitted fleeing from the Army rather than deploying to Iraq for a second time was sentenced Thursday to seven months in a military prison and given a bad conduct discharge.
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Texas governor defends vaccine order
Feb 22 2007 8:29PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday angrily defended his relationship with Merck & Co. and his executive order requiring that schoolgirls receive the drugmaker's vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus.
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Cheesemaker Joseph Gallo dies at 87
Feb 22 2007 8:23PM (CT)
LIVINGSTON, Calif. (AP) - Joseph Edward Gallo Jr., who broke from his winemaking family to make cheese and then waged a high-profile spat with his famous brothers over use of the Gallo name, has died. He was 87.
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Woman convicted of ice-throwing released
Feb 22 2007 7:18PM (CT)
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - A mother of three who hurled a cup of ice into a car that cut her off was released from jail Thursday, a day after being spared a two-year prison term.
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Tabloid HQ reopens after anthrax cleanup
Feb 22 2007 6:57PM (CT)
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - The tabloid newspaper building targeted in the fatal anthrax mailings in 2001 reopened Thursday _ with newsrooms still marked by Sun and Globe signs and file drawers bearing labels like "JFK Jr."
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Mother blames son for hedge fraud scam
Feb 22 2007 6:20PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A woman who pleaded guilty to helping recruit investors in a multimillion-dollar hedge fund scam says she got involved only because she had been "bent to the will" of her college-age son, who engineered the fraud.
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Mainstream Muslims to join Farrakhan
Feb 22 2007 6:20PM (CT)
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) - The Islamic Society of North America, which represents orthodox, mostly immigrant Muslims, will join ailing Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan this weekend in Detroit at what is billed as his final major address.
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Army struggles to shorten Guard tours
Feb 22 2007 6:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Army National Guard combat units that go to Iraq or Afghanistan through much of the next two years will be on active duty for longer than 12 months despite the Pentagon's pledge to try limiting deployments to a year, Army and Guard officials say.
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Army struggles to shorten Guard tours
Feb 22 2007 6:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Army National Guard combat units that go to Iraq or Afghanistan through much of the next two years will be on active duty for longer than 12 months despite the Pentagon's pledge to try limiting deployments to a year, Army and Guard officials say.
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Woman gets life for foster son's death
Feb 22 2007 6:14PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A judge told a foster mother Thursday that she didn't seem sorry for the death of a 3-year-old boy she had left bound in a closet when she went to a family gathering _ then sentenced her to life in prison.
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Woman gets life for foster son's death
Feb 22 2007 6:14PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A judge told a foster mother Thursday that she didn't seem sorry for the death of a 3-year-old boy she had left bound in a closet when she went to a family gathering _ then sentenced her to life in prison.
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Woman gets life for foster son's death
Feb 22 2007 6:14PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A judge told a foster mother Thursday that she didn't seem sorry for the death of a 3-year-old boy she had left bound in a closet when she went to a family gathering _ then sentenced her to life in prison.
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Family sues ConAgra over woman's death
Feb 22 2007 5:59PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A family filed a negligence and wrongful-death lawsuit against ConAgra Foods Inc., claiming a relative died from eating salmonella-tainted peanut butter.
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Norwegian skier dies in Utah avalanche
Feb 22 2007 5:57PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The body of a 37-year-old Norwegian man who disappeared while skiing in the mountains was discovered Thursday, the fourth avalanche death in Utah in less than a week.
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Firefighting trainer sacked over death
Feb 22 2007 5:46PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The city's head of firefighter training was fired for "unacceptable mistakes" after a recruit died during an exercise in a building that was deliberately set on fire, the mayor said Thursday.
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U.S. relaxes new passport rules for kids
Feb 22 2007 5:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, a move the Bush administration said Thursday is aimed at helping families and school groups.
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U.S. relaxes new passport rules for kids
Feb 22 2007 5:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, a move the Bush administration said Thursday is aimed at helping families and school groups.
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U.S. relaxes new passport rules for kids
Feb 22 2007 5:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Children will be exempt from new rules that will require travelers to show passports when entering the U.S. at land or sea borders, a move the Bush administration said Thursday is aimed at helping families and school groups.
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Immigrant probe nets janitor crew owners
Feb 22 2007 4:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three top officials of a nationwide cleaning service were charged Thursday with fraud and tax crimes as part of a federal investigation that also netted more than 200 illegal immigrants in 17 states.
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AP Analysis: Episcopal choices
Feb 22 2007 4:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Three years of emergency summits, nuanced apologies and behind-the-scenes negotiating failed. Anglican leaders this week gave the U.S. Episcopal Church an ultimatum: Halt your march toward full acceptance of gays, or lose your place in the global Anglican family.
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Judge suspends Nichols trial for a month
Feb 22 2007 4:07PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The murder trial of a man accused of a shooting spree that began in a courthouse has been suspended for about a month by the judge, who cited state delays in covering some defense expenses.
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Janitor firm arrests at a glance
Feb 22 2007 3:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Dozens of illegal immigrants employed by Rosenbaum-Cunningham International, Inc., a Nevada-based cleaning contractor, were taken into custody Thursday at 63 business locations in 17 states and the District of Columbia. The states:
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Two new homes built in New Orleans
Feb 22 2007 3:51PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two residents got the keys Thursday to what are believed to be the first homes built in the Lower Ninth Ward since Hurricane Katrina hit 18 months ago, and officials hope the houses _ elevated against floodwaters and designed to withstand 160 mph winds _ will help spark a revival in the devastated neighborhood.
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Charges in 1964 Miss. killings stand
Feb 22 2007 3:20PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge refused to dismiss charges Thursday against a reputed Ku Klux Klansman in the 1964 slayings of two black men, rejecting arguments that the statute of limitations ran out long ago.
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Judge speculates about Smith's problems
Feb 22 2007 2:30PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead testified Thursday that he tried to curb the former centerfold's drug use as the judge questioned whether her longtime companion, Howard K. Stern, was "maybe an enabler."
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Judge speculates about Smith's problems
Feb 22 2007 2:30PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead testified Thursday that he tried to curb the former centerfold's drug use as the judge questioned whether her longtime companion, Howard K. Stern, was "maybe an enabler."
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Judge speculates about Smith's problems
Feb 22 2007 2:30PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead testified Thursday that he tried to curb the former centerfold's drug use as the judge questioned whether her longtime companion, Howard K. Stern, was "maybe an enabler."
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Army helicopter school uses Iraq lessons
Feb 22 2007 1:57PM (CT)
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (AP) - At a sprawling base set amid the wiregrass pastures of southern Alabama, the Army is teaching its next class of helicopter pilots how to avoid getting shot down when it's their turn to go to Iraq.
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Violence deters Iraqi Americans
Feb 22 2007 1:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003, the U.S. government encouraged Iraqis living in America to return home. They were seen as key to the rebuilding, since many were well-educated, well-to-do and supportive of democracy.
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Minn. raises bar on renewable energy use
Feb 22 2007 1:22PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota put its faith in a future fueled by renewable energy Thursday as the governor signed a law requiring utilities to generate a quarter of their power from renewable sources such as wind, water and sun by 2025. Considering where Minnesota stands now _ about half the power produced in the state is from coal, and only 5 percent from renewable sources _ the move is the most aggressive in the country, analysts say.
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Explicit recordings disrupt N.M. Mass
Feb 22 2007 12:25PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Three CD players hidden under a cathedral's pews blared sexually explicit language in the middle of an Ash Wednesday Mass, leading a bomb squad to detonate two of the devices.
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Religion news in brief
Feb 22 2007 12:17PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Southern Baptist executive says leaders in the convention should examine the spiritual health of the denomination now that theological conservatives have been in control for several years.
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Religion today
Feb 22 2007 12:17PM (CT)
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) - Brian Sims was sitting in traffic when a car with a booming stereo pulled up next to him.
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Ky. considering "fire-safe" cigarettes
Feb 22 2007 10:28AM (CT)
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) - Debbie Coulter said she supports the right to smoke at her restaurant, but the 52-year-old shudders when she recalls a recent incident in which she fell asleep smoking and her nightgown caught fire.
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Boston police to stop using pellet guns
Feb 22 2007 9:54AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Police Department is getting rid of the pepper-pellet guns blamed for the death of a college student during Red Sox celebrations more than two years ago.
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NYC boy falls to death from 5th floor
Feb 22 2007 9:33AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A cab driver arrived home to find his 12-year-old son's body in a courtyard below their fifth-floor apartment, wrapped in blankets tied together like a rope.
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Transcript: Woman tried to stop killer
Feb 22 2007 7:42AM (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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S.F. mayor discusses alcohol use, affair
Feb 22 2007 5:22AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Gavin Newsom said he doesn't know if he's an alcoholic but admitted that drinking had "gotten in the way" of his job performance.
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Alaska village faces fuel crisis
Feb 22 2007 4:51AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of Alaska's most eroded coastal villages faces a new crisis: the closest river has become so shallow that barges can no longer make regular fuel deliveries to the remote community.
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Alaska village faces fuel crisis
Feb 22 2007 4:51AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of Alaska's most eroded coastal villages faces a new crisis: the closest river has become so shallow that barges can no longer make regular fuel deliveries to the remote community.
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Alaska village faces fuel crisis
Feb 22 2007 4:51AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - One of Alaska's most eroded coastal villages faces a new crisis: the closest river has become so shallow that barges can no longer make regular fuel deliveries to the remote community.
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Groups seek shutdown of immigration center
Feb 22 2007 4:34AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigrant families, many with small children, are being kept in jail-like conditions in Texas and Pennsylvania, according to advocacy groups that say the Texas facility is inhumane and should be shut down.
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Atheist group takes on Bush initiative
Feb 22 2007 4:20AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Annie Laurie Gaylor speaks with a soft voice, but her message catches attention: Keep God out of government.
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Atheist group takes on Bush initiative
Feb 22 2007 4:20AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Annie Laurie Gaylor speaks with a soft voice, but her message catches attention: Keep God out of government.
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Atheist group takes on Bush initiative
Feb 22 2007 4:20AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Annie Laurie Gaylor speaks with a soft voice, but her message catches attention: Keep God out of government.
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N.J. gay couples unite in civil unions
Feb 22 2007 3:57AM (CT)
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Gay couples across New Jersey began claiming the same legal rights as married couples early Thursday in ceremonies that formalized their relationships as civil unions.
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N.J. gay couples unite in civil unions
Feb 22 2007 3:57AM (CT)
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Gay couples across New Jersey began claiming the same legal rights as married couples early Thursday in ceremonies that formalized their relationships as civil unions.
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N.J. gay couples unite in civil unions
Feb 22 2007 3:57AM (CT)
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Gay couples across New Jersey began claiming the same legal rights as married couples early Thursday in ceremonies that formalized their relationships as civil unions.
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