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New Orleans prosecutor defends firings
Mar 18 2005 11:26PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans' first black district attorney took the stand in federal court Friday to defend himself against charges of discrimination, turning away suggestions his replacement of whites with blacks in 2003 was racially motivated.
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Late-winter storm sweeps through Minnesota
Mar 18 2005 11:09PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A late-winter storm dropped almost 2 feet of snow across portions of Minnesota on Friday, forcing dozens of schools to close and canceling more than 250 flights out of the Twin Cities.
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Woman leads Muslim prayer service in NYC
Mar 18 2005 11:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A female professor led an Islamic prayer service Friday with men in the congregation despite sharp criticism from Muslim religious leaders in the Middle East who complained that it violated centuries of tradition.
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House GOPs want feeding tube reinserted
Mar 18 2005 10:53PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - With a furious legal and political battle raging outside her hospice room, doctors removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube Friday after a judge rebuffed an unprecedented attempt by Congress to keep the brain-damaged woman alive.
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Atlanta police admit errors after shooting
Mar 18 2005 10:40PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The city's embattled police department acknowledged Friday that it made mistakes just after last week's deadly courthouse rampage, and the chief revealed that the suspect spent as many as 12 hours undetected outside a busy mall.
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Deadly smuggling case to head to jury
Mar 18 2005 10:40PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The driver of a tractor-trailer in the nation's deadliest smuggling attempt was blinded by greed to the suffering of more than 70 illegal immigrants packed inside the sweltering, airless truck, prosecutors said Friday in closing arguments.
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Carter-era diplomat Sol Linowitz dies
Mar 18 2005 10:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sol M. Linowitz, a diplomat, lawyer and businessman who played key roles in Middle East peace negotiations and the Panama Canal treaty during the Carter administration, died Friday. He was 91.
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Conn. ex-Gov. Rowland gets year in prison
Mar 18 2005 10:34PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Former Gov. John G. Rowland was sentenced to a year in prison and four months' house arrest Friday for selling his office in a corruption scandal that destroyed his career as one of the Republican Party's brightest and fastest-rising stars.
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Civil rights group won't boycott Big Easy
Mar 18 2005 10:31PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Leaders of a civil rights group have decided not to pursue a threatened boycott against the city over the death of a black tourist outside a Bourbon Street bar.
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Ohio jury awards $4.3M in stepchild's rape
Mar 18 2005 10:08PM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A woman whose stepfather was convicted of impregnating her with a syringe was awarded more than $4.3 million in damages Friday.
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Study: Abstinence pledgers may risk STDs
Mar 18 2005 10:03PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Teens who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are more likely to take chances with other kinds of sex that increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, a study of 12,000 adolescents suggests.
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Sheriff: Suspect admits killing Fla. girl
Mar 18 2005 9:56PM (CT)
HOMOSASSA, Fla. (AP) - A registered sex offender admitted Friday that he kidnapped and killed a 9-year-old girl who disappeared from her bedroom more than three weeks ago and told police where they could find her body, authorities said.
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Wolves hurt woman at Ariz. wildlife park
Mar 18 2005 9:30PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A handler at a wildlife park suffered major injuries to her arms and legs after two wolves attacked her inside an exhibit, authorities said.
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Pilot ejects OK after F-16 crash in Nev.
Mar 18 2005 8:52PM (CT)
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AP) - An Air Force pilot ejected safely moments before his F-16 crashed Friday just short of the runway at Nellis Air Force Base.
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Judge upholds Calif. market crash charges
Mar 18 2005 8:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge Friday refused to dismiss manslaughter charges against an 88-year-old man whose car barreled through a farmers' market in Santa Monica, killing 10 people and injuring 63.
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Lawmaker seeks to end 'sexy' cheerleading
Mar 18 2005 8:29PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Friday night lights in Texas could soon be without bumpin' and grindin' cheerleaders. Legislation filed by Rep. Al Edwards would put an end to "sexually suggestive" performances at athletic events and other extracurricular competitions.
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Killer of four sentenced to death in S.C.
Mar 18 2005 8:14PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man who shot four people during a killing spree across the Carolinas in 2002 was sentenced to death Friday after a judge rejected arguments that the defendant is mentally ill.
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Anthrax attacks still unsolved years later
Mar 18 2005 8:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The anthrax false alarm this week served as a reminder that federal authorities still haven't caught whoever was responsible for the all-too-real attacks in 2001 that left five people dead.
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Minnesota company recalls more sandwiches
Mar 18 2005 7:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Minnesota company has expanded its recall of sandwiches sold to convenience stores and in vending machines because of possible listeria contamination.
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Ky. man takes infant son, kills him, self
Mar 18 2005 7:20PM (CT)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A man abducted his 9-month-old son from the mother's home, then shot and killed the baby and himself as police closed in, authorities said.
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N.J. officials seek bear that killed horse
Mar 18 2005 6:43PM (CT)
ANDOVER, N.J. (AP) - Wildlife officials set a trap, baited with bacon and molasses, in hopes of catching a bear Friday that killed a miniature horse and dragged its carcass away.
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Probe: Plane on descent before Mo. crash
Mar 18 2005 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The commuter plane that crashed in northeast Missouri last year, killing 13 people, continued a steady descent less than 300 feet off the ground when it should have been leveling off, according to federal safety investigation records released Friday.
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HeartSine recalls defibrillators
Mar 18 2005 5:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - HeartSine Technologies of San Clemente, Calif., said Friday it is recalling some of its Samaritan Automatic External Defibrillators that may not work properly.
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Writer asks court to dismiss Kelley suit
Mar 18 2005 4:36PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A freelance writer has asked a court to dismiss his $5 million lawsuit accusing author Kitty Kelley of plagiarism in her best-selling book about President Bush and his family.
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Law enforcement mourners honor sergeant
Mar 18 2005 4:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds of uniformed law enforcement officers packed a funeral service Friday for sheriff's Sgt. Hoyt Teasley, who was killed in the line of duty as he confronted the suspect in last week's courthouse shooting.
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Coal-fueled power plant OKs pollution deal
Mar 18 2005 4:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Ohio company will pay $1.1 billion in fines and cleanup costs at four power plants in the second-largest federal settlement with an electric utility over air pollution.
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Chicago trucking chief pleads to payoffs
Mar 18 2005 4:01PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The former head of a city trucking program pleaded guilty Friday to taking cash in exchange for letting private hauling companies into the $37-million-a-year project.
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Three teens accused of kidnapping boy, 15
Mar 18 2005 3:39PM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Three teenagers kidnapped a 15-year-old and ordered his father to drop off a $50 ransom at a Taco Bell restaurant, authorities said. The father called police instead, and the teens were arrested.
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Kennan lived as U.S. diplomat, thinker
Mar 18 2005 3:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Like de Tocqueville in the 19th century, George F. Kennan in the 20th beheld a world whose destiny rested in the hands of its "two great nations."
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Railroad agrees to move freight lines
Mar 18 2005 3:34PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Union Pacific Corp. and the state have agreed to work toward moving freight rails out of Texas' urban areas to try to reduce accidents and keep hazardous materials out of major cities, Gov. Rick Perry announced Friday.
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Jury: Archdiocese liable for sex abuse
Mar 18 2005 3:30PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Archdiocese of San Francisco knew or should have known that one of its priests was molesting boys during the 1970s, a jury decided Friday in a landmark case. The jury will now decide how much to award the victim.
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Church denies funeral for gay bar owner
Mar 18 2005 3:27PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego's Roman Catholic bishop has denied funeral rites to a man who owned a bar and a dance club popular with gays, citing a clash with the church's moral teachings.
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S.F. mayor won't fly flag at half-staff
Mar 18 2005 3:24PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Gavin Newsom is refusing to order a U.S. flag above City Hall to be flown at half-staff Saturday to coincide with an anti-war rally planned for the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Nixon library to release tape recordings
Mar 18 2005 2:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the face of criticism, the privately run Nixon library said Friday it intends for the late president's confidential tape recordings concerning politics to be made public once the government takes over the facility next year.
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Quadruple slaying stumps Florida police
Mar 18 2005 1:11PM (CT)
MARIANNA, Fla. (AP) - The quadruple slaying of a woman and her three sons _ including a 3-week-old baby _ continued to stump investigators, who said Friday they had few leads in the case.
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Judges lack protection politicians get
Mar 18 2005 12:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - When U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow discovered the bodies of her husband and mother in her home last month, she was alone _ without bodyguards or a police officer keeping watch over her from a car nearby.
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Man pleads guilty to Bryant case threats
Mar 18 2005 12:53PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A community college janitor pleaded guilty Friday to threatening the prosecutor and the accuser in the rape case against Kobe Bryant.
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5-year-old cuffed, arrested in Florida
Mar 18 2005 12:45PM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls.
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Woman pleads not guilty to girl's murder
Mar 18 2005 10:39AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The caregiver accused of killing foster child Rilya Wilson pleaded innocent Friday to murder, kidnapping and other charges, and her attorney said the prosecution based its case on a "snitch."
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Scientist may have falsified Yucca papers
Mar 18 2005 10:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - E-mails from a government hydrologist to his supervisor, copied to several co-workers, led the Energy Department to believe that documents on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump might have been falsified, government officials said.
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Diplomat, historian George Kennan dies
Mar 18 2005 10:36AM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - In 1947, diplomat George F. Kennan wrote an article that would guide America's postwar policy for decades. He proposed _ in the piece signed "X" _ that the United States stop the global spread of Communism through ideology and politics, not war.
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N.J. officials seek bear that killed pony
Mar 18 2005 10:21AM (CT)
ANDOVER, N.J. (AP) - Wildlife officials set a trap, baited with bacon and molasses, in hopes of catching a bear Friday that killed a pony and dragged its carcass away.
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Holocaust families get $25M settlement
Mar 18 2005 8:34AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge tentatively approved a $25.5 million settlement of claims that U.S. troops plundered the riches of Hungarian Holocaust families from a Nazi train.
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