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Navy sonar restricted off Hawaii coast
Feb 29 2008 11:39PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A federal judge has ordered the Navy to take additional precautions when conducting sonar exercises off Hawaii that environmentalists say can seriously injure or kill marine mammals.
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Woman pleads in boy's torture in Wis.
Feb 29 2008 11:20PM (CT)
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) - A woman accused of helping her gang of scam artists torture a boy nearly to death could spend dozens of years in prison after pleading no contest Friday to abuse.
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Vegas puzzle: Deadly toxin in motel room
Feb 29 2008 11:06PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.
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Vegas puzzle: Deadly toxin in motel room
Feb 29 2008 11:06PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.
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Vegas puzzle: Deadly toxin in motel room
Feb 29 2008 11:06PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.
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Teen son arrested in Ga. deputy shooting
Feb 29 2008 11:05PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
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Teen son arrested in Ga. deputy shooting
Feb 29 2008 11:05PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
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Teen son arrested in Ga. deputy shooting
Feb 29 2008 11:05PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
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Human error cited in Fla. power failure
Feb 29 2008 11:04PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A power failure that plunged large parts of Florida into the dark this week was caused primarily by human error, the state's largest electric company said Friday.
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1 suspect surrenders in Ark. shooting
Feb 29 2008 10:43PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A suspect believed to have driven the getaway car after a man was shot on a college sidewalk turned himself in to police Friday, but the gunman remains at large, authorities said.
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King calls for US help in Middle East
Feb 29 2008 10:31PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that unless a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement is reached during the Bush administration's final months, the chances for a lasting Middle East peace could be "set back, perhaps for decades."
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King calls for US help in Middle East
Feb 29 2008 10:31PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that unless a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement is reached during the Bush administration's final months, the chances for a lasting Middle East peace could be "set back, perhaps for decades."
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King calls for US help in Middle East
Feb 29 2008 10:31PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that unless a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement is reached during the Bush administration's final months, the chances for a lasting Middle East peace could be "set back, perhaps for decades."
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King calls for US help in Middle East
Feb 29 2008 10:31PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that unless a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement is reached during the Bush administration's final months, the chances for a lasting Middle East peace could be "set back, perhaps for decades."
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Ecoterror suspect extradited from Canada
Feb 29 2008 10:07PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An environmental activist who was serving time in a Canadian prison has been extradited to the United States to stand trial on ecoterrorism charges despite his arguments that he faced political persecution here.
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Pasadena school searched for weapon
Feb 29 2008 9:42PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Police locked down a school and searched students Friday after a report that a person was walking on campus with a handgun, but no weapon was found, officials said. One youth was arrested.
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Okla. man found guilty in girl's slaying
Feb 29 2008 9:37PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the killing of a 10-year-old girl, reaching its decision within minutes the day after hearing his macabre videotaped confession.
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Okla. man found guilty in girl's slaying
Feb 29 2008 9:37PM (CT)
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - A jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the killing of a 10-year-old girl, reaching its decision within minutes the day after hearing his macabre videotaped confession.
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Longtime smallpox vaccine is destroyed
Feb 29 2008 8:49PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The government announced Friday that it has said goodbye to one of the world's greatest lifesavers _ the oldest smallpox vaccine.
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Jury chooses death for Mo. killer of 4
Feb 29 2008 8:24PM (CT)
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - Jurors on Friday recommended the death penalty for a suburban St. Louis man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her three children.
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'Girls Gone Wild' tax trial delayed
Feb 29 2008 8:20PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday postponed the tax evasion trial of the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series, but did not rule on whether the filmmaker could be released from jail.
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ID theft charges filed in MN bus crash
Feb 29 2008 8:12PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal prosecutors filed identity theft charges Friday against a woman who was driving a van that crashed into a school bus in southwestern Minnesota, killing four students.
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Recall made after pills reported in fish
Feb 29 2008 8:04PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gorton's Inc. recalled about 1,000 cases of frozen fish in 10 states on Friday after confirming that items a Pennsylvania customer reported finding in her food were pills.
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Trial begins in tribal smoke shop raid
Feb 29 2008 8:04PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A trial pitting Rhode Island against its only federally recognized American Indian tribe opened Friday with prosecutors saying seven Narragansett Indians should be punished for blocking and fighting state police during 2003 raid on a tribal smoke shop.
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Court-martial over CBS interview delayed
Feb 29 2008 7:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A military prosecutor has appealed a judge's decision to throw out a subpoena seeking unaired footage of a CBS News interview given by a Marine squad leader charged in the killings of 24 Iraqis.
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Northwestern clears journalism dean
Feb 29 2008 7:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The dean of Northwestern University's prestigious Medill School of Journalism was cleared Friday by the provost of making up quotes from unidentified students for use in the alumni magazine.
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Hurricane recovery chief steps down
Feb 29 2008 7:34PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal official in charge of rebuilding the Gulf Coast after the 2005 hurricanes said he submitted his resignation on Friday because he wants to return to Texas to get back into banking.
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2 inspectors on leave over beef recall
Feb 29 2008 7:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended at least two federal meat inspectors following the largest beef recall in the nation's history, a union head said Friday.
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US plans to deport Chinese fugitive
Feb 29 2008 6:36PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Chinese fugitive accused of killing his wife in New Zealand, abandoning his 3-year-old daughter in Australia and fleeing to the United States will be deported instead of facing an extradition hearing, officials said Friday.
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US plans to deport Chinese fugitive
Feb 29 2008 6:36PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Chinese fugitive accused of killing his wife in New Zealand, abandoning his 3-year-old daughter in Australia and fleeing to the United States will be deported instead of facing an extradition hearing, officials said Friday.
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Many children hurt by Wis. pool chlorine
Feb 29 2008 6:21PM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Excessive chlorine levels in a pool sent more than 40 young children to hospitals Friday, including one who remained in critical condition, authorities said.
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Judge: Patients cannot sue federal gov't
Feb 29 2008 5:50PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a patient-advocacy group to sue the federal government on behalf of patients of a physician who is charged with running a "pill mill" linked to 56 overdose deaths.
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27 arrested a Miami high school brawl
Feb 29 2008 5:36PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A lunchtime protest at a high school erupted into a violent brawl on Friday, injuring seven police officers who responded and ending with the arrests of more than two dozen students.
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27 arrested a Miami high school brawl
Feb 29 2008 5:36PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A lunchtime protest at a high school erupted into a violent brawl on Friday, injuring seven police officers who responded and ending with the arrests of more than two dozen students.
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Prosecutors rest in Navy terrorism case
Feb 29 2008 5:26PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors played secretly taped phone conversations Friday to show jurors that a former Navy sailor charged with leaking ship movements to suspected terrorism supporters used coded speech to discuss intelligence about military bases.
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Crews dive deep for NYC water tunnel job
Feb 29 2008 5:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The divers live in a windowless, pressurized chamber for weeks at a time. They descend 700 feet _ greater than the height of the Space Needle _ to toil for 12-hour shifts in dark, murky water.
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Minn.: Wells once thought tainted safe
Feb 29 2008 5:02PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Water from municipal wells tainted by an industrial chemical has been found safe to drink after studies showed the chemical is less toxic than previously feared, state health officials said.
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Shark feeding questioned after attack
Feb 29 2008 4:45PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Ask any shark diver why they do it and the answer is quick and simple _ the thrill. From Cape Town to California, Florida and the Bahamas, adventurous divers can slip into the ocean with an experienced guide to observe some of the world's fiercest predators.
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Shark feeding questioned after attack
Feb 29 2008 4:45PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Ask any shark diver why they do it and the answer is quick and simple _ the thrill. From Cape Town to California, Florida and the Bahamas, adventurous divers can slip into the ocean with an experienced guide to observe some of the world's fiercest predators.
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Infection kills Fla. jail inmate
Feb 29 2008 4:14PM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A woman arrested for allegedly stealing a $9 sandwich from a grocery store appeared in good health when she was booked into the Pinellas County Jail. She was dead two weeks later after aggressive infection ravaged her body.
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Pa. teen hero nabbed for break-in
Feb 29 2008 4:11PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A teenager who was labeled a hero and met President Bush after turning in a boy who planned a high school attack admitted in juvenile court Friday that he had recently broke into the wannabe attacker's home.
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Baghdad embassy project in trouble
Feb 29 2008 3:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials last year certified as complete the new $736 million U.S. embassy in Iraq, even though the mammoth complex was still plagued by construction defects, a senior House Democrat charged Friday.
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Miss. bite-mark testimony disputed
Feb 29 2008 2:57PM (CT)
MACON, Miss. (AP) - At a small-town courthouse in one of rural Mississippi's poorest counties, Dr. Michael West swore under oath that a dead girl had bite marks all over her body and that they were made by the two front teeth of the man charged with murdering her.
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Miss. bite-mark testimony disputed
Feb 29 2008 2:57PM (CT)
MACON, Miss. (AP) - At a small-town courthouse in one of rural Mississippi's poorest counties, Dr. Michael West swore under oath that a dead girl had bite marks all over her body and that they were made by the two front teeth of the man charged with murdering her.
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Miss. bite-mark testimony disputed
Feb 29 2008 2:57PM (CT)
MACON, Miss. (AP) - At a small-town courthouse in one of rural Mississippi's poorest counties, Dr. Michael West swore under oath that a dead girl had bite marks all over her body and that they were made by the two front teeth of the man charged with murdering her.
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Oil-rich Alaskans struggle to heat homes
Feb 29 2008 2:30PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - One of the cruelest ironies of living in Alaska is this: The state is awash in oil money, but many residents of remote villages are struggling to heat their homes because of fuel bills that are two or three times the national average.
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New Ariz. law pressures migrants to move
Feb 29 2008 2:17PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Parents are pulling students out of school. Construction workers are abandoning their jobs. Families are hastily moving out of apartments.
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Correction: Tinker Shootings story
Feb 29 2008 2:06PM (CT)
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AP) - In a Feb. 27 story about a murder-suicide at Tinker Air Force Base, The Associated Press, relying on information from a base spokesman, erroneously reported that privately owned guns are not allowed in base housing.
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Lech Walesa implanted with pacemaker
Feb 29 2008 2:02PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Surgeons successfully implanted a pacemaker in former Polish President Lech Walesa on Friday and hope it will keep the Nobel laureate from needing a heart transplant.
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Lech Walesa implanted with pacemaker
Feb 29 2008 2:02PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Surgeons successfully implanted a pacemaker in former Polish President Lech Walesa on Friday and hope it will keep the Nobel laureate from needing a heart transplant.
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Lech Walesa implanted with pacemaker
Feb 29 2008 2:02PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Surgeons successfully implanted a pacemaker in former Polish President Lech Walesa on Friday and hope it will keep the Nobel laureate from needing a heart transplant.
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NASA: Endeavour ready to fly March 11
Feb 29 2008 1:43PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Endeavour for liftoff in less than two weeks on the longest space station visit ever.
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Kan. judge OKs abortion records plan
Feb 29 2008 1:06PM (CT)
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - A judge has approved a plan for handling patient records sought by a grand jury investigating a suburban Kansas City Planned Parenthood clinic.
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Judge: Search of students' car was legal
Feb 29 2008 12:30PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy had legal cause to stop and search a car last summer that resulted in the discovery of low-grade explosives and the arrest of two Egyptian college students, a federal magistrate said.
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Ag official charged with starving horses
Feb 29 2008 10:45AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A top South Carolina agriculture official and two of his relatives are accused of mistreating dozens of horses here and in Georgia, where authorities described some of the animals as looking like someone "draped a hide over bones."
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Red Cross-paid wildfire lodging unused
Feb 29 2008 9:02AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The American Red Cross says it paid for a large number of hotel rooms in San Diego County that volunteers never used during last fall's wildfires.
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Convicted killer indicted in Fla. death
Feb 29 2008 8:51AM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A drifter serving life in prison for killing a hiker in Georgia was indicted Thursday in the slaying of another woman whose body was found decapitated in a Florida forest, officials said.
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LA man accused of firing on crowd
Feb 29 2008 8:51AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspected gang member was in custody Friday, accused of shooting into a crowd at a South Los Angeles bus stop and wounding five children and three adults.
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LA man accused of firing on crowd
Feb 29 2008 8:51AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspected gang member was in custody Friday, accused of shooting into a crowd at a South Los Angeles bus stop and wounding five children and three adults.
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LA man accused of firing on crowd
Feb 29 2008 8:51AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspected gang member was in custody Friday, accused of shooting into a crowd at a South Los Angeles bus stop and wounding five children and three adults.
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Resolution asks Detroit mayor to resign
Feb 29 2008 8:50AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A City Council committee passed a resolution on Thursday accusing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of using his office for personal gain and calling on him to resign or risk being forced from office.
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Resolution asks Detroit mayor to resign
Feb 29 2008 8:50AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A City Council committee passed a resolution on Thursday accusing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of using his office for personal gain and calling on him to resign or risk being forced from office.
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Resolution asks Detroit mayor to resign
Feb 29 2008 8:50AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A City Council committee passed a resolution on Thursday accusing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of using his office for personal gain and calling on him to resign or risk being forced from office.
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Reputed NYC mob boss gets prison term
Feb 29 2008 8:12AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The reputed head of New York's Genovese crime family is heading to prison for five years in an extortion case.
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Gas suspected in Ill. plaza explosion
Feb 29 2008 8:02AM (CT)
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Some shop owners smelled gas for the last couple of days at a shopping plaza rocked by an explosion that injured at least eight people and rattled nearby buildings, authorities said.
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Gas suspected in Ill. plaza explosion
Feb 29 2008 8:02AM (CT)
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Some shop owners smelled gas for the last couple of days at a shopping plaza rocked by an explosion that injured at least eight people and rattled nearby buildings, authorities said.
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Gas suspected in Ill. plaza explosion
Feb 29 2008 8:02AM (CT)
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Some shop owners smelled gas for the last couple of days at a shopping plaza rocked by an explosion that injured at least eight people and rattled nearby buildings, authorities said.
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Vermont latest to eye lower drinking age
Feb 29 2008 7:13AM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.
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Tens of thousands await pope's US visit
Feb 29 2008 7:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lori Brown keeps the winning ticket voucher in her purse as a good luck charm, and tells practically everyone she runs into about it.
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Tens of thousands await pope's US visit
Feb 29 2008 7:12AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lori Brown keeps the winning ticket voucher in her purse as a good luck charm, and tells practically everyone she runs into about it.
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Lava destroys 3 empty houses in Hawaii
Feb 29 2008 7:07AM (CT)
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) - Lava from Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, destroyed three abandoned houses this week in a nearly deserted neighborhood, scientists on the Big Island reported.
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Deaths on planes are rare, difficult
Feb 29 2008 6:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Rubina Husain's husband died aboard an airliner, she shielded her 10-year-old daughter's eyes so she wouldn't see her daddy's body carried through the cabin.
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Iraq vet wins $1M in scratch-off lottery
Feb 29 2008 6:18AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran bought four scratch-off lottery tickets at a convenience store after an evening workout and wound up winning $1 million.
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Vallejo strikes deal to avoid bankruptcy
Feb 29 2008 5:42AM (CT)
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) - A last-minute deal between city leaders and labor unions could allow this cash-strapped Bay Area suburb to avoid becoming the first city in the state to declare bankruptcy over a budget shortfall.
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Gunman expressed remorse for killing 4
Feb 29 2008 5:01AM (CT)
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - A man who shot and killed four people over the breakup with his girlfriend asked for forgiveness in a suicide note before killing himself, police said.
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Record-high ratio of Americans in prison
Feb 29 2008 1:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America's rank as the world's No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars.
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Group: Flood risk study taking too long
Feb 29 2008 12:45AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers is taking much too long to complete a study that could let victims of Hurricane Katrina know their risk of facing another devastating flood, an independent research group said Thursday.
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Families agree on Utah mine memorial
Feb 29 2008 12:31AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Families of nine people who died last year in a Utah mine collapse and the mining company have agreed on a design for a memorial, the company said Thursday.
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Twin porn actors charged in burglary
Feb 29 2008 12:23AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Twin brothers who have appeared in hardcore gay-porn online videos are charged with the rooftop burglary of a South Philadelphia business and are suspected in dozens of similar crimes in at least three states, authorities said.
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Twin porn actors charged in burglary
Feb 29 2008 12:23AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Twin brothers who have appeared in hardcore gay-porn online videos are charged with the rooftop burglary of a South Philadelphia business and are suspected in dozens of similar crimes in at least three states, authorities said.
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Clinic accused of reusing syringes sued
Feb 29 2008 12:11AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former patient sued a surgical center believed to have spread hepatitis C by reusing syringes and vials of medication, saying Thursday he fears for his health.
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Plan for Texas border fence laid out
Feb 29 2008 12:07AM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Homeland Security officials on Thursday presented details of plans to build about 57 miles of border fencing and add other border enforcement technology in the El Paso area.
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NY mom cleared in death after 15 years
Feb 29 2008 12:04AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A mother who spent 13 years in prison for her teenage daughter's murder was formally cleared of charges Thursday following a startling reversal by prosecutors over how the girl died.
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