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Carter urges troop withdrawal from Iraq
Mar 8 2006 11:42PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the war in Iraq on Wednesday, urging a troop drawdown as the United States enters its fourth year of conflict in Iraq.
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Sept. 11 family member begins vigil at WTC
Mar 8 2006 11:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The sister of a firefighter killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks said Wednesday she would sleep across from ground zero indefinitely to protest plans for the World Trade Center memorial.
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Va. Senate passes dangerous dog bills
Mar 8 2006 11:36PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Exactly one year after an 82-year-old widow was mauled to death by three roaming pit bulls, the Virginia Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed bills imposing tough penalties on dog owners whose pets seriously injure others.
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ACLU: Lethal injection violates 1st Amend.
Mar 8 2006 11:25PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union claimed Wednesday that California's lethal injection method violates the First Amendment rights of execution witnesses by not allowing them to see if the inmate is experiencing pain before death.
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Ex-Atlanta mayor's graft case goes to jury
Mar 8 2006 11:02PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Attorneys gave their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, who is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for city contracts and spending the money lavishly.
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Three students held in Ala. church fires
Mar 8 2006 10:49PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Three college students, including two aspiring actors known around campus as pranksters, were arrested Wednesday in a string of nine church fires that spread fear across Alabama last month.
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Top U.S. bishop accused of sex abuse
Mar 8 2006 10:48PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A woman has filed a claim that she was sexually abused more than 40 years ago by Bishop William Skylstad, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops and leader of the Spokane Diocese.
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Ariz. governor orders troops to border
Mar 8 2006 10:38PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday ordered more National Guardsmen posted at the Mexican border to help stop illegal immigrants and curb related crimes.
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Men's rights group eyes child support stay
Mar 8 2006 10:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men's rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the chance to opt out of financial responsibility for raising a child.
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Moussaoui legal gaffe returns to bite him
Mar 8 2006 10:37PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A bizarre legal misstep by confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui came back to haunt him Wednesday as he helped confirm for jurors at his sentencing trial that he had said Osama bin Laden ordered him to fly a plane into the White House.
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Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards has cancer
Mar 8 2006 10:35PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Former Gov. Ann Richards said Wednesday she has cancer of the esophagus and will undergo treatment at the world-renowned M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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Dutch lawyer moves to toss Holloway suit
Mar 8 2006 10:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The lawyer for a Dutch youth questioned in the disappearance of a young Alabama woman in Aruba moved on Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by her parents.
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Fifth Ill. hate crimes panelist resigns
Mar 8 2006 10:20PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A fifth member of the state's hate crimes commission resigned Wednesday in a controversy over another panel member who is a high-ranking official in the Nation of Islam.
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Alaska oil spill could be area's largest
Mar 8 2006 10:05PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An oil spill in Alaska's North Slope could end up being one of the region's largest, officials said Wednesday as the cleanup continued.
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Oakland mayor accused of breaking phone
Mar 8 2006 9:57PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Mayor Jerry Brown is accused of making racist comments and breaking a woman's cell phone while touring problem night clubs with police, prosecutors said.
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'Retreat mining' study urges more training
Mar 8 2006 9:54PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A study commissioned by Gov. Ernie Fletcher says coal miners should be better trained in a particularly dangerous mining method but doesn't recommend it be banned.
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Jury deliberations begin in Gotti case
Mar 8 2006 9:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of John "Junior" Gotti, who is accused of engaging in racketeering while leading the Gambino crime family in the 1990s.
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Colo. teacher's dad cites death threats
Mar 8 2006 8:52PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The father of a teacher who made a classroom comparison between President Bush's State of the Union address and speeches made by Adolf Hitler says he and his family have received at least 12 death threats.
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Mom: Missing girl sending text messages
Mar 8 2006 8:39PM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Since her 13-year-old daughter vanished Monday, Stella Browne says she has been getting text messages from the girl saying that someone followed her and that she woke up in a dark basement.
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Missouri housing contract comes with dog
Mar 8 2006 8:39PM (CT)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (AP) - Housing contracts can get complicated in a hurry. Just consider the clause that Jared and Whittnie Essner agreed to when they bought their first home last week:
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Kansas church won't break picketing laws
Mar 8 2006 8:23PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A small Kansas church known for its anti-gay protests said Wednesday it will still picket on the day of soldiers' funerals but won't violate new state laws that limit when and where such demonstrations take place.
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N.H. school funding system called illegal
Mar 8 2006 7:34PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A judge declared New Hampshire's school funding law unconstitutional Wednesday _ the latest in more than a decade of court decisions that said the state shortchanges students in poorer communities.
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Sago operator hit with $100,000 in fines
Mar 8 2006 7:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government said Wednesday it had fined the company that owns the West Virginia mine where a dozen miners were killed in January more than $100,000 in new penalties.
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Billy Graham, son view New Orleans ruins
Mar 8 2006 7:33PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A frail Billy Graham toured one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina and expressed surprise at the extent of the damage.
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More charges filed in Wisconsin slaying
Mar 8 2006 7:29PM (CT)
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - Kidnapping and rape charges were added Wednesday to the first-degree murder charge against a man accused in the death of a young freelance photographer.
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N.J. governor bailed out lobbyist
Mar 8 2006 6:24PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In his first political firestorm since taking office in January, Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Wednesday that he provided $5,000 in bail money to a lobbyist accused of stalking a state assemblyman.
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Liberal activist ads attack conservatives
Mar 8 2006 6:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A liberal activist group bought newspaper and television ads to accuse three conservative leaders of hypocrisy for promoting Christian values while amassing money and political power. The targets of the spots said the accusations were lies.
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Midshipman testifies about alleged rape
Mar 8 2006 5:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A midshipman who says she was raped by the Naval Academy's starting quarterback testified Wednesday that with her help academy investigators secretly taped an apparent admission of the assault.
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Defense rests in socialite murder case
Mar 8 2006 3:33PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The defense for a millionaire accused of hiring a hit man to kill his socialite wife rested Wednesday after two witnesses contradicted prosecutors' theory of the woman's death 19 years ago.
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Calif. cop pleads not guilty in shooting
Mar 8 2006 3:31PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted voluntary manslaughter in the videotaped shooting of an unarmed airman who had just returned from duty in Iraq.
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Defense says Ill. ex-gov. followed advice
Mar 8 2006 1:47PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Gov. George Ryan was influenced by the advice of experts when awarding state contracts and leases, not by whether one of his friends or supporters had an interest in the deal, his defense attorney said Wednesday.
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Man wanders onto Chicago airfield
Mar 8 2006 11:32AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Aviation officials are trying to learn how an allegedly intoxicated man was able to walk through a security gate and onto the airfield at Midway Airport, an official said Wednesday.
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UMass suspends governor's race polling
Mar 8 2006 10:59AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The University of Massachusetts has suspended polling on the governor's race by its research center and ordered an investigation following a report that two of the center's principals were doing private political surveys on the side.
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Calif. GOP halts voter registration plan
Mar 8 2006 9:52AM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The California Republican Party suspended its practice of paying people who sign up GOP voters while prosecutors investigate whether some registrations are improper.
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Calif. deputy charged with shooting airman
Mar 8 2006 8:36AM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors listened to the videotape over and over, enhanced it and played it again. Each time, they said, they heard a sheriff's deputy order an unarmed man to get up from the ground, then shoot him when he did.
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Ex-Chicago fireman guilty of setting fires
Mar 8 2006 5:43AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago Fire Department lieutenant pleaded guilty to setting a string of fires in the city and suburban Park Ridge and was sentenced to six years in prison.
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Ohio boy burned at electrical substation
Mar 8 2006 5:43AM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A 10-year-old boy who climbed into an electrical substation through a hole in a fence was shocked by a transformer and suffered third-degree burns on more than 80 percent of his body, fire officials said.
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U.S. nuclear plant to shut down reactor
Mar 8 2006 5:10AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Operators of the nation's largest nuclear power plant plan to shut down one of the three reactors at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station this summer to fix a vibrating pipe that has hampered electricity output since December.
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U.S. lets Mo. family host Vietnam orphan
Mar 8 2006 5:07AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A 6-year-old Vietnamese orphan will be allowed to come to the United States to receive urgent medical treatment after immigration officials reversed a decision not to issue him a visa.
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Vermont towns endorse move to impeach Bush
Mar 8 2006 5:05AM (CT)
NEWFANE, Vt. (AP) - In five Vermont communities, a centuries-old tradition of residents gathering in town halls to conduct local business became a vehicle to send a message to Washington: Impeach the president.
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Family seeks answers after cyanide death
Mar 8 2006 4:18AM (CT)
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, Ohio (AP) - Dr. Yazeed Essa was welcomed into his wife's large family and fit right in, always eager to help wash dishes after meals or to examine a sick niece or nephew late at night.
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Migrant workers' health records put online
Mar 8 2006 4:06AM (CT)
BOYES HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Millions of migrant workers stream through the United States each year, harvesting everything from California raisins to Alaska salmon. When they move, precious medical records are often left behind.
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Member of Utah clan gets OK to see kids
Mar 8 2006 2:54AM (CT)
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) - A judge on Tuesday allowed a member of a secretive clan suspected of promoting polygamy to once again have unsupervised visits with eight of his children.
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Catholic school principal in Ohio quits
Mar 8 2006 2:51AM (CT)
LORAIN, Ohio (AP) - A principal in northeastern Ohio has resigned after acknowledging to police that he kissed the feet of three teenage students to make good on a bet.
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Elderly woman accused of robbing Pa. bank
Mar 8 2006 1:41AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A 74-year-old woman accused of robbing a bank with an unloaded pistol was trying to raise money to help a son with financial problems, her husband and her attorney said Tuesday.
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Kevin Sites to receive Daniel Pearl Award
Mar 8 2006 1:19AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kevin Sites, who provides dispatches from armed conflicts around the world for Yahoo! News, will receive this year's Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.
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Old tapes of ex-Boston crime boss released
Mar 8 2006 1:16AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Federal investigators hope the release of old video footage of a former crime boss who is on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list will help capture him after more than 11 years on the run.
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Four killed in Atlanta apartment fire
Mar 8 2006 1:05AM (CT)
CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) - A fire at an apartment building in suburban Atlanta killed four people, including three children, and injured at least two others, authorities said.
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eBay yanks listing for gunman's car
Mar 8 2006 12:14AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A 1982 BMW advertised as once belonging to one of the gunmen in the Columbine High School killings was pulled from an online auction, a spokesman for eBay said.
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Conn. Lt. Gov. to victim advocate: Resign
Mar 8 2006 12:14AM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's lieutenant governor called on the state's victim advocate to resign because he criticized an emergency contraception bill for rape victims.
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