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Western energy boom fuels land conflicts
Mar 3 2006 11:58PM (CT)
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - On a blustery winter day on the rolling plains north of Denver, a herd of cattle stood grazing a few yards from an idled natural gas pump in a dormant field as traffic rumbled by along a black-topped, two-lane highway.
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Fla. man accused of setting ex on fire
Mar 3 2006 11:30PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An man accused in the death of his ex-girlfriend by setting her hair on fire was arrested, authorities said.
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Ex-state trooper convicted of killing
Mar 3 2006 11:20PM (CT)
BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A former state trooper was convicted Friday for the second time of murdering his wife and two young children in the family's garage.
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Hamas case judge urged to toss statements
Mar 3 2006 11:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The lawyer for a Chicago man charged with laundering money for the Palestinian group Hamas told a judge Friday that his client was tortured and beaten into admitting being part of the terrorist organization.
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Kentucky AG wants appointees removed
Mar 3 2006 11:11PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's attorney general asked the state Supreme Court to disqualify two political donors that Gov. Ernie Fletcher appointed as justices to hear his appeal in a state hiring case.
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Capitol Police chief Gainer resigns
Mar 3 2006 11:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer announced his resignation Friday after objections were raised to the hiring of his son-in-law as a police officer.
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SUV plows through crowd at UNC; six hurt
Mar 3 2006 10:49PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A recent University of North Carolina graduate faces attempted murder charges after he allegedly drove a sport utility vehicle through a popular campus gathering spot Friday, clipping and scattering startled bystanders.
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Va. 'Cell Phone Bandit' gets 12 years
Mar 3 2006 10:42PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - After tearfully apologizing to the bank tellers she robbed, the young woman dubbed the "cell phone bandit" was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison.
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Man acquitted of alleged rape on video
Mar 3 2006 10:40PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Jurors on Friday acquitted a man accused of taking part in an alleged rape of a teenager, who was videotaped as two men had sex with her.
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Calif. proposes altering lethal injection
Mar 3 2006 10:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The state of California has proposed altering the amount of life-ending drugs to be used in executions and would continually drip a sedative into prisoners to make sure they don't become conscious during the process, prosecutors said Friday.
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Catholic leaders work to sway immigration
Mar 3 2006 9:21PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Cardinal Roger Mahony called on Roman Catholics this week to embrace immigrants regardless of legal status, he wasn't just reiterating the church's long tradition of reaching out to the downtrodden.
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Gunman's ex-girlfriend testifies in trial
Mar 3 2006 8:55PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The triggerman in the murder of an Atlanta socialite called the crime a hit for a husband who wanted "to take out" his wife to avoid giving her any money in a divorce, a woman testified Friday.
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Official cites seasonal worker need
Mar 3 2006 8:13PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Friday that any immigration reform legislation should allow migrant workers to come to the United States temporarily to alleviate the shortage of seasonal farm hands.
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Ill. governor stumped by hate crimes panel
Mar 3 2006 8:08PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - It started as a routine gubernatorial appointment to a feel-good commission _ so routine that the governor says he didn't even know the details.
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Teen in boot camp beating to be exhumed
Mar 3 2006 7:58PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The family of a teenager who died after a violent altercation with juvenile boot camp guards said Friday that a second medical examiner and an independent pathologist will conduct a new autopsy on the boy.
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Judge lets FEMA remove evacuee housing
Mar 3 2006 7:56PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge on Friday shot down a lawsuit that sought to keep a cruise ship docked here as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees, saying the question was not a matter for the courts.
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Ohio court allows parents' lawsuits
Mar 3 2006 7:55PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Parents can sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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Navy jet crashes in Oregon; four eject
Mar 3 2006 7:23PM (CT)
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) - A Navy jet crashed in the remote northeastern corner of Oregon during a routine training mission Friday. All four crew members ejected safely, officials said.
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Ex-hospital exec, GOP donor to plead guilty
Mar 3 2006 7:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former hospital company executive has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with $50,000 in illegal corporate campaign contributions over more than five years, the man's lawyer and court papers said Friday.
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Calif. teen's stolen prosthetics returned
Mar 3 2006 5:13PM (CT)
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - A 16-year-old girl's prosthetic legs, which were stolen twice since November, have been quietly returned, police said.
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Two Ga. deputies fired for excessive force
Mar 3 2006 4:59PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Two sheriff's deputies were fired after being caught on videotape kneeing a man in the back and shooting him with pepper spray after he led officers on a 45-minute chase across three counties.
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Texas hotel owner accused of Katrina scam
Mar 3 2006 3:41PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A hotel operator was charged with fraudulently billing the government $232,000 to house supposed hurricane evacuees who were actually regular guests, relatives or friends _ or who never stayed at the place at all.
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Raid finds 70 illegal immigrants in house
Mar 3 2006 3:35PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities raided a squalid house Friday, capturing 70 illegal immigrants and four suspected smugglers believed to have been holding migrants hostage while awaiting payment.
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City calls for impeachment, nation shrugs
Mar 3 2006 2:49PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has spoken: President Bush must be impeached. It's a political earthquake that is shaking the establishment across the country. OK, maybe across San Francisco Bay, to Berkeley.
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Conviction gives patient's family relief
Mar 3 2006 2:15PM (CT)
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - The Shanagher household bustled earlier this week with the kind of activity normally associated with a holiday gathering or a church outing. Curling irons were plugged in, doughnuts served, relatives greeted. Extra care was taken to brush the dog fur off everyone's carefully chosen outfits.
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Boy, 16, pleads not guilty in Wis. killing
Mar 3 2006 2:10PM (CT)
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of helping his uncle sexually assault and kill a photographer, then burning her body and cleaning up the blood.
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Scouts weigh selling valuable real estate
Mar 3 2006 2:06PM (CT)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Over the years, Scoutmaster Carlos Mendez has incinerated marshmallows over a campfire with his son and hundreds of other Boy Scouts under the towering live oaks at Camp Flying Eagle. But he fears other youngsters are going to miss out on the fun.
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More rain falls on flood-soaked Hawaii
Mar 3 2006 1:34PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Light rain fell Friday on the island of Oahu, where heavy downpours this week have flooded roads and closed schools.
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Police seek info on missing Pa. family
Mar 3 2006 1:11PM (CT)
HERMINIE, Pa. (AP) - A family of six hasn't been seen in more than a week and state police are asking for the public's help in finding them.
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Pizza magnate modifies plans for Fla. town
Mar 3 2006 12:36PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Domino's Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan, who is helping to bankroll the birth of a Florida town and university, backtracked Friday from comments that he'd like the community to be governed by strict Roman Catholic principles.
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Two plead guilty to scamming Amish man
Mar 3 2006 11:07AM (CT)
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - Two people pleaded guilty to helping extort $67,000 from an elderly Amish man in exchange for keeping quiet about his solicitation of a prostitute.
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L.A. apartment fire kills three
Mar 3 2006 10:21AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fire destroyed an apartment in the city's Koreatown neighborhood early Friday, killing three people, authorities said.
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S.D. conservatives seek Roe v. Wade fight
Mar 3 2006 9:12AM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota is suddenly in the vanguard of the movement to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in truth, it was a role that was decades in the making.
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U.S. opposes U.N. Human Rights Council
Mar 3 2006 8:29AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States has become increasingly isolated in its opposition to the proposed U.N. Human Rights Council, with close European allies and Japan joining other countries, human rights groups a dozen Nobel Peace Prize winners in backing the new body.
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Suit: W.Va. police chief denied gay man CPR
Mar 3 2006 7:38AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A small-town police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay heart attack victim because he assumed the ailing man had HIV and posed a health risk.
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20 Calif. students suspended over Web site
Mar 3 2006 7:34AM (CT)
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - A middle school student faces expulsion for allegedly posting graphic threats against a classmate on the popular MySpace.com Web site, and 20 of his classmates were suspended for viewing the posting, school officials said.
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L.A. hospital gets rebuke for transplant
Mar 3 2006 7:24AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - St. Vincent Medical Center received a rebuke from the national organ-donation network for allowing a patient to skip to the top of the waiting list for a new liver in 2003, bypassing others who were sicker.
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Religion in the news
Mar 3 2006 7:06AM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - When the last votes were counted, some members of Pilgrim United Church of Christ hugged and applauded the decision to end their 45-year affiliation with the denomination. Others wiped away tears and walked out in protest.
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Colo. teacher punished for Bush comment
Mar 3 2006 5:29AM (CT)
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - About 150 high school students walked out of class to protest a decision to put a teacher on leave while they investigate remarks he made about President Bush in class, including that some people compare Bush to Adolf Hitler.
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Gaps appear in state, federal test scores
Mar 3 2006 5:02AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In Mississippi, 89 percent of fourth-graders who took a state reading test were rated proficient or better. But when the same students took a federal test, only 18 percent reached that standard.
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Lawyers nix plea for Abu Ghraib testimony
Mar 3 2006 5:02AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for a dog handler facing a court martial in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal inexplicably withdrew their request that an Army general involved in the affair be called to testify.
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N.J. 'killer nurse' gets 11 life terms
Mar 3 2006 3:43AM (CT)
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A former nurse sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms for the murders of 22 people in New Jersey left the families of his victims hurt once again.
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Fla. sheriff gives inmates cold case cards
Mar 3 2006 3:41AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - First came celebrity poker for charity. Now, there is inmate poker for closing cold homicide and missing persons cases.
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Jury convicts animal welfare activists
Mar 3 2006 3:21AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Six animal-rights supporters face up to seven years in prison after being convicted of using a Web site to incite threats, harassment and vandalism against a company that tests drugs and household products on animals.
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U.S. refuses to give visa to sick orphan
Mar 3 2006 2:58AM (CT)
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - Melvin Karges and his wife Cheryl know about helping southeast Asian orphans. Their daughter Claira, now 2 1/2 years old, was adopted from Cambodia with a hole in her heart that was successfully treated here in the United States.
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Students sue over Confederate image ban
Mar 3 2006 2:50AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Three students and their parents sued their school district in federal court, claiming their free-speech rights are being denied by a ban on the Confederate battle flag at the students' high school.
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U.N. urges Eritrea to lift ban on flights
Mar 3 2006 2:10AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged Eritrea to lift the ban on U.N. helicopter flights in its airspace, citing the death of a U.N. peacekeeper who suffered cardiac arrest and had to be evacuated on a longer flight.
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Sniper suspect won't face death in Md.
Mar 3 2006 12:48AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against convicted Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad when he goes on trial in May, the Montgomery County state's attorney said Thursday.
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Informant: Terror suspect couldn't train
Mar 3 2006 12:43AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An FBI informant testified Thursday that a man charged with attending an al-Qaida training camp in Pakistan repeatedly told him he was unable to make the arrangements to go because the camps had been shut down.
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New Orleans renews search for the missing
Mar 3 2006 12:29AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A full six months after Hurricane Katrina, officials renewed the search for bodies Thursday, moving slowly through ravaged neighborhoods with cadaver dogs in hopes of locating 300 to 400 people still unaccounted for.
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