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Sliwa recounts 1992 shooting in testimony
Feb 27 2006 11:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A radio talk show host recounted Monday how he squirmed out of a moving taxi during a bloody kidnapping that prosecutors blame on John A. "Junior" Gotti, son of the late mob boss.
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W.Va. governor wants shelters in all mines
Feb 27 2006 11:15PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday proposed adding emergency shelters to the array of new safety gear mandated in response to what has become one of the deadliest years in West Virginia's underground mines.
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Woman sentenced in human smuggling case
Feb 27 2006 11:14PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A woman was sentenced Monday to time served for her role in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt that killed 19 illegal immigrants who crammed into a sweltering trailer.
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Funeral held for Vietnam-era pilot
Feb 27 2006 10:55PM (CT)
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AP) - Thirty-five years after his Air Force jet crashed in Southeast Asia, Col. Harold Lineberger's remains are back in Texas.
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2nd victim dies in Mich. church shootings
Feb 27 2006 10:53PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A second victim died Monday after a man opened fire during a Sunday church service, sending frightened parishioners ducking under the pews for safety. The gunman later killed himself.
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New Orleans counts down to Mardi Gras
Feb 27 2006 10:50PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sunshine and mild temperatures helped bring the crowds out Monday as New Orleans' first post-Katrina Mardi Gras neared, but sales of beignets were down this year at Cafe Du Monde, where the manager noted that a stroll down Bourbon Street is a lot easier now than it was this time last year.
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Propane fire in Texas prompts evacuation
Feb 27 2006 10:09PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A fire at a propane company blasted 5-gallon tanks into the air and as far as two blocks away on Monday, officials said. No injuries were reported.
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Ky. judge resigns after fen-phen reprimand
Feb 27 2006 10:04PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A northern Kentucky judge has resigned rather than face removal for allegedly profiting from a $200 million settlement involving the diet drug fen-phen, a state judicial panel said Monday.
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Refugees have mixed feelings on Mardi Gras
Feb 27 2006 10:02PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - June Davis snapped pictures as her children threw beads, pulled cardboard floats on toy wagons and paraded around their Houston school for Hurricane Katrina refugees.
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Ala. paper publishes civil rights photos
Feb 27 2006 10:02PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Dozens of never before released photos from the civil rights era came to light this weekend after an intern discovered them buried in an equipment closet at the Birmingham News.
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Ohio court orders resentencing of hundreds
Feb 27 2006 10:02PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Hundreds of defendants will have to be resentenced because judges considered evidence that wasn't presented at trial, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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Awaiting retrial, Yates rejects plea offer
Feb 27 2006 10:00PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Andrea Yates' attorney rejected a plea offer Monday that would have sent her to prison for 35 years for drowning her children and avoided a retrial.
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Dispute impeded Red Cross Katrina response
Feb 27 2006 9:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Red Cross was warned years before Katrina hit to resolve its internal disputes or risk a repeat of snafus that plagued the Sept. 11, 2001 relief effort, according to internal documents made public by a Senate panel Monday.
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Fuel leak forces emergency landing in N.H.
Feb 27 2006 9:22PM (CT)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A Turkish cargo plane made an uneventful emergency landing Monday at Pease Airport after a small fuel leak was discovered in its 30,000-gallon tank, authorities said.
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Man gets probation in fatal driving lesson
Feb 27 2006 9:02PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A father whose driving lesson with his underage daughter ended in a woman's death was sentenced Monday to three years' probation.
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AFL-CIO teams up with teachers union NEA
Feb 27 2006 8:41PM (CT)
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - The AFL-CIO, invigorated by a new alliance with the nation's largest teachers union, said Monday that it would spend $40 million this year to elect labor-friendly candidates.
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Eleven cities show interest in DNC 2008
Feb 27 2006 8:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eleven cities have shown interest in playing host to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, twice the number of cities that applied to get the 2004 gathering.
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Circus company goes on trial in spy suit
Feb 27 2006 8:05PM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - The nation's largest circus went on trial Monday on allegations that it ran an extensive corporate espionage campaign against an animal-rights group and hired a former CIA operative to help conduct the operation.
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Marines to deploy troubled Osprey aircraft
Feb 27 2006 7:54PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Marine Corps plans to send the troubled Osprey aircraft into combat zones within a year and is activating a squadron of the tilt-rotor planes this week.
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Husband of slain socialite faces trial
Feb 27 2006 7:45PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Nineteen years after socialite Lita Sullivan was shot to death on her doorstep by a man carrying a dozen long-stemmed pink roses, her husband went on trial Monday on charges he hired the hit man for $25,000.
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Former L.A. Times publisher Chandler dies
Feb 27 2006 7:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Otis Chandler, who as publisher of the Los Angeles Times during the 1960s and '70s turned a narrow, conservative publication into one of the nation's most distinguished and influential newspapers, died Monday at 78.
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Fugitive on FBI top 10 list arrested
Feb 27 2006 7:06PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A fugitive on the FBI's 10 most wanted list was arrested in Mexico on a murder charge more than three years after his girlfriend's son died of child abuse, authorities announced Monday.
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Hurricanes don't stop tourists in Florida
Feb 27 2006 6:56PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Tourists visited Florida in record numbers last year, apparently undeterred by four hurricanes that lashed the state and caused widespread damage, officials announced Monday.
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Ex-guard pleads not guilty to escape aid
Feb 27 2006 6:40PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former prison guard pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of helping an inmate make a deadly escape from a courthouse last year.
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Wandering mountain lion found in L.A.
Feb 27 2006 6:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A mountain lion that wandered into an Altadena neighborhood was tranquilized Monday and removed by authorities, a state wildlife official said.
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Sept. 11 families, unions: Change memorial
Feb 27 2006 5:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Families of people killed in the World Trade Center attack demanded Monday that officials redesign the memorial, saying the current plan is unsafe and disrespects victims by placing their names below street level.
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U.S. against proposed U.N. rights panel
Feb 27 2006 5:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States announced its opposition to the proposed new U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday, putting the U.S. administration on a collision course with many U.N. members, key human rights groups, and a dozen Nobel peace laureates.
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WWII ace, author Robert L. Scott dies
Feb 27 2006 4:25PM (CT)
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) - Retired Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, the World War II flying ace who told of his exploits in his book "God is My Co-Pilot," died Monday. He was 97.
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Pa. man charged in high-rise homicide
Feb 27 2006 4:17PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A state employee and his girlfriend had been drinking in the hours before he allegedly dropped her from a 23rd-story apartment window, killing her, police said Monday.
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Reputed mob boss `Vinny Gorgeous' on trial
Feb 27 2006 4:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Looking debonair in an olive green suit, with his gray hair combed neatly into a pompadour, a reputed mob boss and former beauty salon owner known as "Vinny Gorgeous" went on trial Monday on murder and other charges.
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Ga. high court rules deputy firings wrong
Feb 27 2006 2:35PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that 27 deputies, most of them white, were unjustly fired by their county's new black sheriff.
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Chicago program aims to stop gun violence
Feb 27 2006 2:09PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - On a recent evening, Alphonso Prater saw two young men arguing on a street corner about a woman. Prater knew the guys from the neighborhood and realized that if he didn't step in, someone could get shot.
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Judge issues gag order in ex-gov.'s trial
Feb 27 2006 12:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge imposed a gag order on attorneys in former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering trial after word leaked over the weekend that a juror had been dismissed.
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Calif. airport temporarily evacuated
Feb 27 2006 11:52AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - About 1,000 passengers were briefly evacuated from Long Beach Airport on Monday after a man ran away from a security screening, authorities said.
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Threat prompts search of plane in Okla.
Feb 27 2006 11:44AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An airplane being loaded for takeoff was evacuated Monday after threatening words were found scrawled inside the cargo hold, an airport spokeswoman said.
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Compromise sought in Katrina evacuees suit
Feb 27 2006 11:34AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government is working on a settlement with about two dozen hurricane evacuees who sued to keep their rooms aboard a cruise ship, which is slated to leave this week, an attorney for the evacuees said Monday.
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Convicted killer waives extradition
Feb 27 2006 10:04AM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A convicted murderer who escaped from prison by hiding in a dog cage waived extradition Monday and will be returned to Kansas.
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Paper reports Katrina donations dwindling
Feb 27 2006 9:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six months after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast, charities have handed out two-thirds of the record sums they raised to help storm victims.
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Eateries must pass army base inspections
Feb 27 2006 5:12AM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - The Army is watching Vocelli Pizza. It knows where franchise owner Robert Gim keeps the mozzarella and whether his tap water is pure. It checks his burglar alarms and keeps an eye on his cleaning supplies. Food safety has gained a new flavor since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: food security.
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Boy's short life marked by alleged abuse
Feb 27 2006 4:05AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Ricky Holland had two sets of parents in his short life. His biological parents were accused of neglecting him. His adoptive parents are now charged with killing him.
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Tests show powder found in dorm not ricin
Feb 27 2006 3:57AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The FBI determined a powdery substance found in a roll of quarters at a University of Texas dormitory was not ricin after initial state tests had indicated it was the potentially deadly poison, a spokesman said Sunday.
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Student driver, instructor killed in crash
Feb 27 2006 3:34AM (CT)
ELMIRA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A car driven by a 15-year-old student driver turned into oncoming traffic and was broadsided by a van, killing the student and his instructor, police said.
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California prison on lockdown after riot
Feb 27 2006 3:32AM (CT)
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) - A racially motivated riot at San Quentin State Prison left one inmate injured and prompted a lockdown of about 1,800 prisoners.
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Boy hospitalized after roller coaster fall
Feb 27 2006 1:20AM (CT)
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy fell from a roller coaster at Cypress Gardens theme park and was hospitalized in intensive care, officials said Sunday.
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