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Missing Georgia boy, 6, found slain
Mar 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who vanished a week ago while playing near his trailer-park home was found slain Thursday after a registered sex offender and three other suspects stymied investigators for days with conflicting stories of the youngster's fate.
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Missing Georgia boy, 6, found slain
Mar 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who vanished a week ago while playing near his trailer-park home was found slain Thursday after a registered sex offender and three other suspects stymied investigators for days with conflicting stories of the youngster's fate.
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Missing Georgia boy, 6, found slain
Mar 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who vanished a week ago while playing near his trailer-park home was found slain Thursday after a registered sex offender and three other suspects stymied investigators for days with conflicting stories of the youngster's fate.
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Missing Georgia boy, 6, found slain
Mar 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who vanished a week ago while playing near his trailer-park home was found slain Thursday after a registered sex offender and three other suspects stymied investigators for days with conflicting stories of the youngster's fate.
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Fire burns Sacramento rail trestle
Mar 15 2007 11:17PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A 300-foot stretch of an elevated railroad trestle caught fire and partially collapsed Thursday evening, sending a dramatic wall of thick, black smoke thousands of feet into the air.
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Police say boy fired gun into bus roof
Mar 15 2007 10:44PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An 11-year-old boy fired a handgun into the ceiling of a school bus Thursday and was arrested when the weapon was found in a girl's locker, authorities said.
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Mass. gov. overhauls staff after gaffes
Mar 15 2007 10:31PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick, bruised from a series of missteps in his first two months in office, announced a major staff shake-up Thursday that includes the resignation of his wife's $72,000-a-year secretary and the hiring of two political advisers.
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Planners of Bush event sued by activists
Mar 15 2007 10:17PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Two people who claim their political views got them kicked out of a hall where President Bush was about to speak filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against three White House officials.
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Police seek motive in NYC shootout
Mar 15 2007 10:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A gunman who killed two unarmed volunteer police officers and a bartender had been repeatedly kicked out of the pizzeria where the shootings began and may have been angry that a friend who worked there was fired, police said Thursday.
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Police seek motive in NYC shootout
Mar 15 2007 10:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A gunman who killed two unarmed volunteer police officers and a bartender had been repeatedly kicked out of the pizzeria where the shootings began and may have been angry that a friend who worked there was fired, police said Thursday.
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Intern sold Civil War items on eBay
Mar 15 2007 10:00PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An intern with the National Archives stole about 165 Civil War documents _ including the War Department's announcement of President Lincoln's death _ and sold most of them on eBay, prosecutors charged Thursday.
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Chinese parents reunited with daughter
Mar 15 2007 9:46PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A mother said she hugged her 8-year-old daughter for the first time Thursday after a seven-year fight to get the child back from what was supposed to be temporary foster care.
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Man gets 18 months in '84 attack
Mar 15 2007 9:41PM (CT)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A man who sexually assaulted a University of Virginia student in 1984 and apologized to her two decades later as part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday.
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New witness testifies in NYC police case
Mar 15 2007 9:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A last-minute witness testified Thursday before a grand jury that is considering whether to charge five police officers who unleashed a 50-bullet barrage that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day.
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New witness testifies in NYC police case
Mar 15 2007 9:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A last-minute witness testified Thursday before a grand jury that is considering whether to charge five police officers who unleashed a 50-bullet barrage that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day.
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Dad charged with attempted murder of son
Mar 15 2007 9:40PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A man stabbed his 11-month-old son in the back, threw the boy out the car window with the kitchen knife stuck in his back and then drove away, police said Thursday.
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Mass. elevator blast kills 2 people
Mar 15 2007 9:40PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Raymond Echavarria dragged his ex-girlfriend into an elevator in the office building where she worked. He then used a lighter to ignite fumes from a can of gasoline, killing the couple in a fiery explosion.
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Marine says Haditha was justified
Mar 15 2007 9:11PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine staff sergeant charged with unpremeditated murder in the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha admitted firing at five unarmed Iraqi men, but said in an interview that it was justified.
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Former U.S. Rep. Metcalf dies at 79
Mar 15 2007 8:16PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Former Rep. Jack Metcalf, who was a strong advocate for the environment and veterans in Congress until he stepped down to honor a defunct term limit law, died Thursday. He was 79.
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Bodies of 2 people found in Ill. lake
Mar 15 2007 7:21PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - The bodies of two boaters missing after a boating accident were found Thursday in a spillway below Clinton Lake, and searchers still were looking for an 8-year-old boy, state officials said.
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Minn. police investigate dog beheading
Mar 15 2007 6:42PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A 17-year-old girl who spent weeks looking for her missing dog unwrapped a box left at her house and found the pet's severed head inside, authorities said.
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Mayor: Crime prompted Hazleton crackdown
Mar 15 2007 6:25PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A crime surge in a former coal town prompted a crackdown on illegal immigrants, the mayor testified Thursday as he defended the ordinance against claims that it is unconstitutional.
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Court OKs Ariz. inmate's execution wish
Mar 15 2007 6:07PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A condemned murderer who wants to die should get his wish, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, even though a dissenting judge said there were grounds to reverse the death sentence.
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Trial ordered in insurance slayings case
Mar 15 2007 6:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge on Thursday ordered two elderly women to stand trial on charges of murdering two transients to collect more than $2.8 million in life insurance policies.
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Priest pleads not guilty in Nev. beating
Mar 15 2007 5:59PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he beat and sexually assaulted a female soloist at a parish office, and his attorneys said they intend to show that the woman and their client had a close relationship.
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Defense in Wis. murder cites past error
Mar 15 2007 5:52PM (CT)
CHILTON, Wis. (AP) - The attorney for a man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit asked jurors Thursday to help set things right by acquitting him of murder in another case, but the prosecution said not to let sympathy factor into their decision.
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Defense in Wis. murder cites past error
Mar 15 2007 5:52PM (CT)
CHILTON, Wis. (AP) - The attorney for a man who spent 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit asked jurors Thursday to help set things right by acquitting him of murder in another case, but the prosecution said not to let sympathy factor into their decision.
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Elderly man beaten to death on highway
Mar 15 2007 5:29PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - A motorist beat a former Soviet political prisoner to death with a rock Thursday at a highway rest stop after the victim declined to buy his religious CDs, police said.
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Union: Roof friction caused Sago blast
Mar 15 2007 5:20PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The miners union on Thursday blamed last year's deadly Sago Mine explosion on friction between rocks and a metal roof-support system, rather than lightning.
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Ga. Senate panel OKs Confederate month
Mar 15 2007 4:51PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A panel of Georgia lawmakers signed off Thursday on a plan to create a Confederate heritage month, even as legislative leaders reacted coolly to a push to apologize for the state's role in slavery.
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Fla. leaders weigh $5M for teen's family
Mar 15 2007 4:39PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Senate president said Thursday he wants to fast-track a $5 million payment to the family of a teenager who died after he was manhandled by juvenile boot camp guards, but a key lawmaker indicated the House could take more time.
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Sgt. says he didn't order men to kill
Mar 15 2007 4:25PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - An Army staff sergeant said Thursday he did not order members of his squad to kill three Iraqi detainees as his soldiers have testified.
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College eliminates merit scholarships
Mar 15 2007 4:01PM (CT)
CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) - Hamilton College said Thursday it will stop offering merit scholarships to incoming students in 2008 and use the money instead to provide more need-based assistance to low-and middle-income families.
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Jury convicts Colo. prisoner of murder
Mar 15 2007 3:16PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - An inmate was convicted Thursday of murdering his cellmate by a jury that viewed gruesome videotape of the killer holding up his victim's entrails as he taunted guards from his bloody cell.
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Mistrial in 'Silk Stalkings' murder case
Mar 15 2007 2:10PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a woman accused of murdering a one-time "Silk Stalkings" actor, saying the jury shouldn't have heard heard evidence about polygraph testing.
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Fallen turkey to be honored at church
Mar 15 2007 2:08PM (CT)
WALES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A church was planning a Sunday moment of silence for what the pastor called a model member of his congregation: a wild turkey.
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AG tours site of Duke party in rape case
Mar 15 2007 1:46PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The state's top prosecutor on Thursday toured the house where a woman says she was assaulted during an off-campus party for the Duke University lacrosse team a year ago.
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Cousins: Utah mall shooter showed guns
Mar 15 2007 1:33PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Cousins of the teenage gunman who killed five people at a shopping mall said he showed weapons to them weeks before the shooting spree.
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Black bear's comeback means den visitors
Mar 15 2007 1:21PM (CT)
MILFORD, Pa. (AP) - Mark Ternent squeezes his bulky frame into the narrow opening of a bear den and shines a flashlight into the eyes of a 200-pound female. Two black bear cubs are suckling, and their mother looks back at Ternent, alert but relaxed. It is early March, and these bears won't come out of hibernation for another six weeks.
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Small fire erupts at nuclear plant
Mar 15 2007 1:15PM (CT)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - Uranium chips at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant spontaneously caught fire Thursday and the small blaze was quickly extinguished, officials said.
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Coach injured in bus wreck goes home
Mar 15 2007 11:30AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A college baseball coach injured in a bus crash that killed five of his players and injured 28 was released from the hospital Thursday, and said the hardest part was not being able to be with his close-knit team to help them grieve.
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Coach injured in bus wreck goes home
Mar 15 2007 11:30AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A college baseball coach injured in a bus crash that killed five of his players and injured 28 was released from the hospital Thursday, and said the hardest part was not being able to be with his close-knit team to help them grieve.
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Religion news in brief
Mar 15 2007 11:17AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A West Coast seminary for Conservative Judaism has accepted its first openly gay and lesbian applicants since the movement decided to ease its ban on gay ordination.
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Religion today
Mar 15 2007 11:17AM (CT)
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - His church started in his living room, growing steadily as it moved wherever it found space, from public parks, to a YMCA to a former woodworking shop.
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Teens deported after stop for drag racing
Mar 15 2007 10:05AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Three Phoenix area high school students were deported to Mexico after a police officer stopped the car they were in for drag racing and called federal immigration officials.
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NY officer accused in sex, bribery case
Mar 15 2007 9:40AM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A police officer was charged with soliciting sex from at least four women while in uniform _ in one case propositioning a victim of domestic violence under the guise of checking on her welfare.
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Woman pleads guilty to beheading girl
Mar 15 2007 9:27AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A mentally troubled woman accused of drowning her 6-year-old daughter, cutting off her head and throwing the remains off a bridge has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
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Tornado damages buildings in Ohio
Mar 15 2007 8:05AM (CT)
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - Flood warnings were issued across the state Thursday following a day of severe storms, which spawned a small tornado that ripped siding from an office supply store, flattened residential garages and forced some schools to cancel classes because of a power outage.
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Death sentence endorsed in Lunsford case
Mar 15 2007 8:03AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jury decided Wednesday that a convicted sex offender should get the death penalty for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive in trash bags just yards from her home.
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Death sentence endorsed in Lunsford case
Mar 15 2007 8:03AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jury decided Wednesday that a convicted sex offender should get the death penalty for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive in trash bags just yards from her home.
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Death sentence endorsed in Lunsford case
Mar 15 2007 8:03AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jury decided Wednesday that a convicted sex offender should get the death penalty for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive in trash bags just yards from her home.
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Judge rules against Sudan in Cole attack
Mar 15 2007 2:42AM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Jaime Owens wept as she recalled the hardest thing she ever had to do: Say "no" when her 4-year-old daughter asked if her Daddy was coming home.
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Gabor's husband sues for defamation
Mar 15 2007 1:58AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prince Frederic von Anhalt has sued Fox and Bill O'Reilly after the talk show host called him a fraud for claiming he could be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby.
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Naming things after pols can be risky
Mar 15 2007 1:40AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - As Rep. Cynthia McKinney was preparing to leave office after being ousted by voters in her own party, a state lawmaker proposed striking her name from a major thoroughfare that runs through her former district.
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