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Fire traps worker in W.Va. power plant
Mar 4 2006 11:34PM (CT)
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - A fire broke out in a 1,000-foot-tall smokestack under construction at a coal-fired power plant Saturday, trapping four contract workers, officials said.
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Baby's remains found on Long Island road
Mar 4 2006 11:16PM (CT)
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - The body of a newborn baby that had been crushed by a car was discovered lying on a residential street Saturday, officials said.
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UNC graduate charged with attempted murder
Mar 4 2006 10:57PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A recent University of North Carolina graduate was charged with nine counts of attempted murder Saturday, a day after authorities say he drove through a popular campus gathering spot in an attempt to avenge Muslim deaths.
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Hawaii officials survey damage from rains
Mar 4 2006 10:18PM (CT)
WAHIAWA, Hawaii (AP) - All of Oahu's roads and bridges have been cleared, but there was still some runoff and debris Saturday on the northern side of the island, which was hit hardest by this week's heavy rains.
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Two die in Texas plane crash
Mar 4 2006 10:11PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) - A small plane crashed during take off Saturday from the city airport, killing two of the four people on board, authorities said.
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New Orleans' troubled schools get overhaul
Mar 4 2006 9:20PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The slimy mildew clinging to classroom walls for years, the termite-eaten floors, the paint peeling from school ceilings _ Hurricane Katrina washed all that way.
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Judge delays N.Y. judicial system ruling
Mar 4 2006 7:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Trial judges in New York will be picked by political convention one last time this fall after a federal judge delayed a ruling striking down the system, saying the state needs more time to develop a new one.
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Graduate student's funeral draws hundreds
Mar 4 2006 3:37PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Friends and relatives of a 24-year-old graduate student who was found raped and strangled in New York remembered her Saturday for her infectious smile, bold confidence, love of board games and penchant for high heels.
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Cemetery prices jump after Parks buried
Mar 4 2006 3:03PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The price to get a spot in Detroit's Woodlawn cemetery has jumped thousands of dollars since civil rights icon Rosa Parks was entombed there last fall, angering some relatives who say it cheapens her legacy.
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Parents complain about book's undertones
Mar 4 2006 12:22PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) - A children's book about two male penguins that raise a baby penguin has been moved to the nonfiction section of two public library branches after parents complained it had homosexual undertones.
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Fire destroys home of Civil War hero
Mar 4 2006 11:01AM (CT)
LEEDS, Maine (AP) - A wind-whipped fire destroyed a farmhouse in which Civil War general and Howard University founder Oliver Otis Howard once lived.
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Minister found not guilty of misconduct
Mar 4 2006 6:20AM (CT)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - A longtime Presbyterian minister who was the first of her faith to be tried for officiating at the unions of gay couples was acquitted Friday of violating her denomination's position on same-sex marriage.
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Texas town's police dept. shut down
Mar 4 2006 6:19AM (CT)
TROUP, Texas (AP) - The police chief and a sergeant in this eastern Texas town were arrested on drug and evidence tampering charges and the department shut down.
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Kan. man convicted in Rolls-Royce shooting
Mar 4 2006 4:52AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A jury convicted a 77-year-old man of attempted second-degree murder for shooting a private detective in the back as he attempted to repossess the aging car dealer's beloved 1951 Rolls-Royce.
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15 inmates hurt in prison ceiling collapse
Mar 4 2006 4:08AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Fifteen inmates were injured, two seriously, when two panels fell from the ceiling in a group shower at a city prison, authorities said.
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Women finding camaraderie in biker clubs
Mar 4 2006 3:59AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - When Roe Hyer was diagnosed with breast cancer so advanced that doctors gave her only a month to live, the single mom decided to finally start living. The spunky hairdresser, then 39, was tired of "being a passenger" in life. She moved to Florida, took up body building and bought her own motorcycle _ a metallic blue Suzuki Intruder 800.
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N.Y. lawyer faces child-sex charges
Mar 4 2006 3:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An alert hotel clerk helped police nab a fugitive lawyer facing charges that he paid for sex with two girls with the approval of their mother.
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Man acquitted of alleged rape on video
Mar 4 2006 3:22AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A man accused of taking part in a videotaped rape of a teenager has been acquitted, a spokeswoman for the state's attorney's office said.
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Ariz. man arrested for quintuple homicide
Mar 4 2006 2:23AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The employer of three of the five victims of a quintuple homicide last week was arrested Friday in connection with the killings, police said.
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Report: Gay prevention programs harm teens
Mar 4 2006 2:17AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A national gay and lesbian group is accusing several religious organizations of harming homosexual teens by offering parents what they say are bogus therapies to keep children from becoming gay.
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New U.N. disaster relief fund hits $243M
Mar 4 2006 2:10AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A new U.N. disaster relief fund has received $243 million ahead of its launch next week, in the latest effort to improve on lackluster responses to crises like the South Asia earthquake that killed at least 87,000 people.
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Man pleads guilty in drug tunnel case
Mar 4 2006 1:40AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The last of three men charged with digging the first sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel under the U.S.-Canadian border pleaded guilty Friday.
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Va. 'Cell Phone Bandit' gets 12 years
Mar 4 2006 12:46AM (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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Court allows suits over genetic screenings
Mar 4 2006 12:29AM (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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Man sentenced to 3 life terms for slayings
Mar 4 2006 12:21AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man was sentenced to three consecutive life terms in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to three murders, one of which was videotaped by surveillance cameras.
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Man arrested for fire that killed 5 kids
Mar 4 2006 12:15AM (CT)
ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A man suspected of setting an April 2000 fire that killed five children was arrested after investigators finally collected enough evidence to charge him, authorities said Friday.
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Man arrested for fire that killed 5 kids
Mar 4 2006 12:15AM (CT)
ROYAL OAK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A man suspected of setting an April 2000 fire that killed five children was arrested after investigators finally collected enough evidence to charge him, authorities said Friday.
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