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Homesick Boy Scout found alive in N.C.
Mar 20 2007 11:30PM (CT)
McGRADY, N.C. (AP) - A 12-year-old Boy Scout whose favorite book was about a youngster lost in the wilderness now has his own harrowing survival tale to tell after rescuers found him Tuesday, dehydrated and disoriented from four days in the wooded mountains of North Carolina.
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Homesick Boy Scout found alive in N.C.
Mar 20 2007 11:30PM (CT)
McGRADY, N.C. (AP) - A 12-year-old Boy Scout whose favorite book was about a youngster lost in the wilderness now has his own harrowing survival tale to tell after rescuers found him Tuesday, dehydrated and disoriented from four days in the wooded mountains of North Carolina.
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Homesick Boy Scout found alive in N.C.
Mar 20 2007 11:30PM (CT)
McGRADY, N.C. (AP) - A 12-year-old Boy Scout whose favorite book was about a youngster lost in the wilderness now has his own harrowing survival tale to tell after rescuers found him Tuesday, dehydrated and disoriented from four days in the wooded mountains of North Carolina.
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First visitors step onto canyon skywalk
Mar 20 2007 11:26PM (CT)
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - Indian leaders and former astronauts stepped gingerly beyond the Grand Canyon's rim Tuesday, staring through the glass floor and into the 4,000-foot chasm below during the opening ceremony for a new observation deck.
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First visitors step onto canyon skywalk
Mar 20 2007 11:26PM (CT)
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - Indian leaders and former astronauts stepped gingerly beyond the Grand Canyon's rim Tuesday, staring through the glass floor and into the 4,000-foot chasm below during the opening ceremony for a new observation deck.
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First visitors step onto canyon skywalk
Mar 20 2007 11:26PM (CT)
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - Indian leaders and former astronauts stepped gingerly beyond the Grand Canyon's rim Tuesday, staring through the glass floor and into the 4,000-foot chasm below during the opening ceremony for a new observation deck.
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First visitors step onto canyon skywalk
Mar 20 2007 11:26PM (CT)
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - Indian leaders and former astronauts stepped gingerly beyond the Grand Canyon's rim Tuesday, staring through the glass floor and into the 4,000-foot chasm below during the opening ceremony for a new observation deck.
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Navy won't disclose sonar information
Mar 20 2007 11:04PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The Navy said Tuesday that it won't detail its use of sonar over the past four years to a federal court because disclosing the information could jeopardize national security.
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Dissident: Iran is training Iraqis
Mar 20 2007 11:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraqi insurgents, guerrilla fighters and death squads are being trained in secret camps in Iran with the blessing of top Tehran leaders and at least three senior Iraqi political figures, an Iranian opposition figure said Tuesday.
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Dissident: Iran is training Iraqis
Mar 20 2007 11:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraqi insurgents, guerrilla fighters and death squads are being trained in secret camps in Iran with the blessing of top Tehran leaders and at least three senior Iraqi political figures, an Iranian opposition figure said Tuesday.
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Dissident: Iran is training Iraqis
Mar 20 2007 11:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraqi insurgents, guerrilla fighters and death squads are being trained in secret camps in Iran with the blessing of top Tehran leaders and at least three senior Iraqi political figures, an Iranian opposition figure said Tuesday.
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Fire at Iowa plant prompts evacuations
Mar 20 2007 10:59PM (CT)
PLAINFIELD, Iowa (AP) - A factory fire spewing what authorities initially believed was toxic smoke prompted evacuations Tuesday of homes and farms near this northern Iowa town.
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3 gun stores settle NYC lawsuit
Mar 20 2007 10:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Three more gun shops have settled a lawsuit accusing them of selling weapons that later fell into the hands of New York criminals, city officials announced Tuesday.
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Conn. to probe pending, past drug cases
Mar 20 2007 10:55PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - State authorities are reviewing past and pending drug cases after the head of the New Haven police narcotics unit was arrested on theft charges in a federal sting, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Team cracks decades-old math puzzle
Mar 20 2007 10:42PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - An international team of mathematicians has cracked a 120-year-old puzzle that researchers say is so complicated that its handwritten solution would cover the island of Manhattan.
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NY county defeats day laborer plan
Mar 20 2007 10:42PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Lawmakers in an eastern Long Island county where illegal immigration has been an issue for nearly a decade defeated a bill Tuesday that would have banned people seeking day work from congregating on public roads.
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Leader of Church of God in Christ dies
Mar 20 2007 10:38PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - G.E. Patterson, the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ and a minister for almost 50 years, died of heart failure Tuesday, the church announced. He was 67.
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Louisiana's Blanco won't run again
Mar 20 2007 10:16PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco, whose popularity plummeted after two hurricanes devastated Louisiana during her term, announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election.
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Louisiana's Blanco won't run again
Mar 20 2007 10:16PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco, whose popularity plummeted after two hurricanes devastated Louisiana during her term, announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election.
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Louisiana's Blanco won't run again
Mar 20 2007 10:16PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco, whose popularity plummeted after two hurricanes devastated Louisiana during her term, announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election.
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Texas executes man for robbery-slaying
Mar 20 2007 10:14PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man was executed Tuesday night for fatally shooting a convenience store owner during a robbery in Dallas nearly 10 years ago.
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SpaceX launches new rocket
Mar 20 2007 10:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new commercial rocket reached space after launching from a Pacific atoll Tuesday but then probably re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after half an orbit because of a problem during the second-stage burn, an entrepreneur said.
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N.H. Dems question timing of indictment
Mar 20 2007 9:57PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire Democrats say they will ask Congress to investigate whether prosecution of a Republican phone-jamming scheme on Election Day 2002 was intentionally delayed until after the presidential election two years later.
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School sued over girl's socks
Mar 20 2007 9:49PM (CT)
NAPA, Calif. (AP) - A seventh-grader might end up in court for wearing Winnie the Pooh socks to school.
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Charter school group announces expansion
Mar 20 2007 9:26PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A national nonprofit charter school organization once featured on Oprah Winfrey's talk show said Tuesday it had raised $65 million toward a $100 million goal to greatly expand its presence in the Houston area.
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Boy trapped under concrete is rescued
Mar 20 2007 9:00PM (CT)
VALENCIA, Pa. (AP) - A teenager who was chasing a ball at recess became trapped under a heavy concrete slab for about two hours Tuesday before emergency crews could remove it and rush him to a hospital. Robert Maust, 14, was pale and cold but otherwise in good spirits when crews pulled him from the gully where he had been stuck, said his father, Jason.
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Not guilty plea entered in tot stabbing
Mar 20 2007 8:57PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A judge entered not guilty pleas Tuesday for a man charged with stabbing and wounding his 11-month-old son with a kitchen knife.
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Supreme Court blocks Ohio execution
Mar 20 2007 8:48PM (CT)
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the execution of a man who had been scheduled to die Tuesday for killing a woman in 1991 and scattering her remains across two states.
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Search for boy's body narrowed in Ill.
Mar 20 2007 8:27PM (CT)
CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities narrowed the search for the body of a missing 8-year-old boy Tuesday, nearly a week after his grandfather's boat was swept over the spillway.
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Astronaut could face trial in July
Mar 20 2007 8:06PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A former astronaut could go to trial in late July on charges that she tried to kidnap a woman in what police call a love triangle involving a fellow astronaut, according to state prosecutors.
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Calif. wildfire suspect to stand trial
Mar 20 2007 7:58PM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Tuesday ordered a man accused of setting a wildfire that killed five firefighters to stand trial on charges of murder and arson.
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DA pressed few cases amid abuse reports
Mar 20 2007 7:45PM (CT)
PECOS, Texas (AP) - A prosecutor who for nearly two years did nothing about a graphic report alleging sexual abuse at a juvenile prison declined to press most felony cases in that time, according to an Associated Press review.
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DA pressed few cases amid abuse reports
Mar 20 2007 7:45PM (CT)
PECOS, Texas (AP) - A prosecutor who for nearly two years did nothing about a graphic report alleging sexual abuse at a juvenile prison declined to press most felony cases in that time, according to an Associated Press review.
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Chicago woman sues over pet food recall
Mar 20 2007 5:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Chicago woman sued Menu Foods on Tuesday, alleging the pet food manufacturer delayed announcing a recall of 60 million containers of dog and cat food despite knowing its products were contaminated and potentially deadly.
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School bus hits car in South Carolina
Mar 20 2007 5:23PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A school bus crashed into a car driven by a teenager with a learner's permit Tuesday, sending 16 fifth-graders and the bus driver to hospitals with minor injuries, officials said.
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Police chief: illegal aliens a problem
Mar 20 2007 5:07PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - The crime rate in Hazleton declined at the same time its Hispanic population was exploding, but the numbers do not tell the whole story, the police chief testified Tuesday at a federal trial over the city's crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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Purdue student found electrocuted
Mar 20 2007 4:47PM (CT)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - The discovery of the body of a missing Purdue University student in a dormitory's high-voltage utility room has school officials and his family wondering how a door to such a dangerous area was left unlocked.
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Iraq and Vietnam: contrasting protests
Mar 20 2007 4:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - America's current anti-war movement is resourceful and persistent, but often seems to lack the vibrancy of its counterpart in the Vietnam era when protesters burned draft cards, occupied buildings and even tried to levitate the Pentagon.
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Pa. man convicted of parents' murder
Mar 20 2007 4:39PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A judge has convicted a man of murdering his parents a decade ago after prosecutors said he shot both in the head to inherit their money.
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Holocaust survivors awarded $300 million
Mar 20 2007 4:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than $300 million in previously unpaid insurance claims were awarded to 48,000 Holocaust survivors for harm they suffered during World War II, an international commission said Tuesday.
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Glitzy rebellion at L.A. Fashion Week
Mar 20 2007 2:12PM (CT)
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Human bones on the catwalk. Models in dagger-emblazoned silk dresses strutting while talking on cell phones. Bauhaus blaring overhead.
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Glitzy rebellion at L.A. Fashion Week
Mar 20 2007 2:12PM (CT)
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Human bones on the catwalk. Models in dagger-emblazoned silk dresses strutting while talking on cell phones. Bauhaus blaring overhead.
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Glitzy rebellion at L.A. Fashion Week
Mar 20 2007 2:12PM (CT)
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Human bones on the catwalk. Models in dagger-emblazoned silk dresses strutting while talking on cell phones. Bauhaus blaring overhead.
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Glitzy rebellion at L.A. Fashion Week
Mar 20 2007 2:12PM (CT)
CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Human bones on the catwalk. Models in dagger-emblazoned silk dresses strutting while talking on cell phones. Bauhaus blaring overhead.
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219 civil unions in N.J.'s first month
Mar 20 2007 2:02PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - At least 219 gay couples applied to join in civil unions during the first month the legal institution was available in New Jersey, a state agency said in a report issued Tuesday.
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Calif. issues new confidentiality rules
Mar 20 2007 1:28PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California Department of Justice issued a new confidentiality policy Monday spelling out when information on its contracts may be withheld from state records. An Associated Press investigation had found tens of millions of dollars of contracts were improperly shielded from public view.
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D.C. madam case leads to speculation
Mar 20 2007 1:14PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - High-priced call girls always seem to have their little black books. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, accused of running an illegal escort service in the nation's capital, has 46 pounds of phone records.
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Zoning rules thwart Gore's solar dreams
Mar 20 2007 1:10PM (CT)
BELLE MEADE, Tenn. (AP) - Zoning rules in Al Gore's upscale Tennessee neighborhood have prevented the former vice president and environmental activist from installing solar panels on his roof.
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Letters reveal father's deadly plan
Mar 20 2007 12:34PM (CT)
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A mentally ill father who fatally shot his two sons and himself at their university last year had thought someone was planning to kidnap, torture and kill his youngest son, according to the man's notes.
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American croc no longer near extinction
Mar 20 2007 12:28PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declassified the American crocodile as an endangered species Tuesday, saying the animal has rebounded from the edge of extinction.
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NYU gets Communist Party archives
Mar 20 2007 11:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Communist Party USA has donated a vast collection of its photographs and documents, including smuggled directives from Moscow, to New York University.
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Miss. Senate defeats grocery tax cut
Mar 20 2007 11:42AM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday defeated an attempt to cut the state's 7 percent grocery tax in half and boost the cigarette tax.
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Oops! Tech error wipes out Alaska info
Mar 20 2007 9:28AM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion.
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Truck runs over Fla. children, killing 2
Mar 20 2007 9:22AM (CT)
SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. (AP) - A pickup truck driver who swerved to avoid another vehicle ran over three children near a disabled car along Interstate 75, killing two of them, authorities said.
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Former presidents Bush, Clinton honored
Mar 20 2007 9:12AM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The National Underground Railroad and Freedom Center will honor former presidents Bush and Clinton for their work in disaster relief, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Mich. sgt. arrested in online sex sting
Mar 20 2007 7:36AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan State Police sergeant was arrested in an Internet sting after authorities say he had a graphic sexual conversation with investigators posing as 13- and 14-year-old girls.
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Slavery museum urged to return donation
Mar 20 2007 7:25AM (CT)
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - An anti-smoking group called on the U.S. National Slavery Museum to return a donation from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA, saying the company targets children "for another form of slavery."
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Rallies mark 4th anniversary of Iraq war
Mar 20 2007 7:21AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Anti-war activists draped themselves in white sheets and laid down in the street to symbolize Iraq's dead, halting traffic in the heart of the city and leading to 57 arrests on the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion, police said.
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Golf course crew finds skull in fairway
Mar 20 2007 6:42AM (CT)
MUNDELEIN, Ill. (AP) - Golf course workers uncovering the tees for the season discovered a human skull at a suburban Chicago club and found bones nearby in the fairway, authorities said.
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Land goes fast in Alaska town's offer
Mar 20 2007 6:31AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A town in Alaska's frozen interior that offered free land to anyone willing to put down roots had it all spoken for within hours Monday.
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NYPD officers charged with manslaughter
Mar 20 2007 6:23AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The last time Joseph Guzman encountered the three police officers, they pulled their weapons and fired a barrage of bullets that killed his friend, Sean Bell, on what would have been his wedding day.
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Buffalo officers accused of sick-out
Mar 20 2007 5:31AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Two dozen police officers are accused of coming down with a case of "blue flu" _ a sick-out in protest of their frozen wages.
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Ore. teacher fired over Bible references
Mar 20 2007 5:14AM (CT)
SISTERS, Ore. (AP) - During his eight days as a part-time high school biology teacher, Kris Helphinstine included Biblical references in material he provided to students and gave a PowerPoint presentation that made links between evolution, Nazi Germany and Planned Parenthood.
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Blind mechanic hires deaf assistant
Mar 20 2007 4:54AM (CT)
COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (AP) - Larry Woody shares his automotive know-how twice a week with his apprentice, though he's never seen the young man nor spoken directly to him.
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Celebrity probed in Phil Spector trial
Mar 20 2007 4:46AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The search for a jury in the murder trial of legendary record producer Phil Spector focused immediately on the power of celebrities in Los Angeles and whether they have an advantage over other defendants.
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Md. considers allowing raw milk sales
Mar 20 2007 1:39AM (CT)
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) - It may look just like milk at the grocery store, but dairy farmer Donald Dell says his product is superior.
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