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10 dead in Minn. teen rampage, police say
Mar 21 2005 11:24PM (CT)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) - A high school student went on a shooting rampage on an Indian reservation Monday, killing his grandparents at their home and then seven people at his school, grinning and waving as he fired, authorities and witnesses said. The suspect apparently killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police.
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Prison standoff defendant wanted transfer
Mar 21 2005 10:32PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Defending himself against charges stemming from a 2004 prison hostage standoff, an inmate told jurors Monday he participated in the takeover because he wanted to transfer to another lockup closer to his family in Michigan.
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Ex-wife of Bush brother settles case
Mar 21 2005 10:24PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The ex-wife of President Bush's brother Neil has settled a slander case accusing her of spreading rumors that Neil Bush fathered a child with his mistress. The terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed. DNA testing last year showed Neil Bush did not father the boy, then 3.
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Judge won't issue decision on Schiavo yet
Mar 21 2005 10:23PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Armed with a new law rushed through Congress, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge Monday to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube re-inserted. But the judge appeared cool to the argument.
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Bush laws in Schiavo case, Texas at odds
Mar 21 2005 10:23PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The federal law President Bush signed to prolong Terri Schiavo's life in Florida appears to conflict with a Texas law he signed as governor, attorneys familiar with the legislation said Monday.
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Minn. shooting site a remote reservation
Mar 21 2005 9:57PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - The Indian reservation where 10 people died in a shooting spree Monday is located in a remote area of northern Minnesota, and is home to one of the poorest tribes in the state.
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Three children killed in Colorado blast
Mar 21 2005 9:52PM (CT)
DELTA, Colo. (AP) - While embers still glowed in the rubble of a mountain lodge Monday, authorities identified the children killed in a weekend explosion at the retreat as members of the lodge owners' family.
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Pa. corruption trial looks at payments
Mar 21 2005 9:46PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A bank official testified Monday that he didn't believe it was wrong for his company to have donated tens of thousands of dollars to local politicians who could help the bank get business.
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Sex offender charged in Fla. girl's death
Mar 21 2005 9:29PM (CT)
INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) - A convicted sex offender was formally charged Monday with capital murder and other crimes in the abduction and death of a 9-year-old Florida girl.
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Prosecutor: Girl's DNA in suspect's car
Mar 21 2005 9:21PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The man charged with kidnapping and murdering 5-year-old Samantha Runnion went on trial Monday with a prosecutor saying DNA that may have come from the girl's tear drops was discovered in the suspect's car, and the defense alleging the evidence was planted.
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Man gets 20 years in baby's death in car
Mar 21 2005 8:57PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday for the death of his 9-month-old daughter, whom he left in a sweltering car at the racetrack while he bet on horses.
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Librarian sues Harvard over 'pretty' bias
Mar 21 2005 8:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A Harvard University librarian claims in a lawsuit that she has been rejected repeatedly for promotion because she is black and is perceived as just a "pretty girl" whose attire was too "sexy."
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Documentary confirms Hogzilla's existence
Mar 21 2005 8:49PM (CT)
ALAPAHA, Ga. (AP) - A team of National Geographic experts has confirmed south Georgia's monster hog, known to locals as Hogzilla, was indeed real _ and really, really big.
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U.S. Undocumented immigrant numbers surge
Mar 21 2005 8:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The tightening of homeland security since 2001 has not stemmed undocumented immigration into the United States, with a report released Monday showing the number of illegal immigrants growing by roughly 485,000 people a year.
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SEAL court-martial put off in abuse case
Mar 21 2005 8:38PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Court-martial proceedings were postponed Monday for a Navy SEAL accused of prisoner abuse in a case that implicates the CIA in a gruesome death at Abu Ghraib.
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Millionaire sentenced for tax fraud
Mar 21 2005 8:13PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A millionaire who came under fire for selling rare but overvalued musical instruments to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison Monday as part of a plea deal in an unrelated tax case.
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Ohio official says election went smoothly
Mar 21 2005 8:12PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state's election chief told lawmakers at a sometimes-testy congressional hearing Monday that Ohio's presidential election went as smoothly as possible, given the resources available and some last-minute interpretations by state and federal courts.
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Mother-son Kimes duo get life for murder
Mar 21 2005 7:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A mother and son were each sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for murdering a businessman, five years after the two grifters received an identical sentence for the murder of a wealthy New York widow.
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Man acquitted of murdering Ky. student
Mar 21 2005 7:21PM (CT)
OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - A man was acquitted of murder, rape and arson Monday in the slaying of a Western Kentucky University freshman who was attacked and set on fire in her dorm room.
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Diesel fuel spills from barge in Wash.
Mar 21 2005 7:05PM (CT)
ILWACO, Wash. (AP) - A barge containing as much as 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel broke free from a tugboat and ran aground in an area rich with wildlife and historic landmarks, authorities said.
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Annan begins campaign for U.N. reforms
Mar 21 2005 7:00PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan unveiled a plan Monday to overhaul the United Nations and began the task of selling his vision to all 191 U.N. member states, urging them to make the proposals a reality when they meet again in just six months.
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Jury weighs fate of driver in smuggling
Mar 21 2005 6:55PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Jurors in the trial of a man accused of driving and abandoning an unventilated trailer packed with more than 70 illegal immigrants deliberated about seven hours Monday before recessing for the day without a verdict.
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Twelve hurt in blast at Mich. steel plant
Mar 21 2005 6:52PM (CT)
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Spilled molten steel caused a fire and explosion Monday at a Michigan steel plant, injuring 12 people, officials said.
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Extra $3.4M sought to fix Calif. hospital
Mar 21 2005 6:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Consultants say they need an extra $3.4 million to overhaul a problem-plagued hospital serving one of Los Angeles' poorest communities, raising the cost of the project by more than 25 percent.
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Miss. names parts of highways after victims
Mar 21 2005 6:12PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed legislation Monday renaming stretches of highways in honor of victims of two of the nation's most notorious civil rights slayings.
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Morality, politics bubble up over Schiavo
Mar 21 2005 5:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress' intervention in the case of Terri Schiavo accelerated as Florida Gov. Jeb Bush warned key Republicans that state efforts were faltering. It ended early Monday when President Bush signed a bill designed to save a life.
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Experts: Steroid hearings will boost use
Mar 21 2005 5:16PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Steroid use among high school students is on the rise, and experts warn that the recent focus on major league baseball's drug problems will only make such use increase.
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Judge in Schiavo case a Clinton appointee
Mar 21 2005 5:02PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has seen fallen preachers, a motorcycle gang leader and a crusading Cuban ballplayer in his courtroom before becoming the latest member of the bench to be drawn into the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case.
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Suit seeks to protect same-sex benefits
Mar 21 2005 3:07PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan's new constitutional ban on gay marriage shouldn't bar state and local governments from offering health insurance and other employee benefits to same-sex couples, a lawsuit filed Monday argues.
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Rural areas feel unprepared for attacks
Mar 21 2005 3:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rural health officials believe they are woefully unprepared to respond to a possible terror attack on food supplies, nuclear power facilities or other targets.
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Man arrested after saying he killed family
Mar 21 2005 2:07PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man bludgeoned his parents to death with a baseball bat, then called 911 to tell police what he had done and waited outside the home for officers to arrive, authorities said.
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U.S. targeting foreign ill-gotten gains
Mar 21 2005 2:00PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The Key Biscayne condominium had a wine room, beachfront access and breathtaking ocean views, and it was owned not by a Hollywood starlet, or a hot new fashion designer, or a South Beach nightclub impresario, but by a former Nicaraguan official accused of helping steal more than $100 million from his country.
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Distraught man plunges 6 stories in Fla.
Mar 21 2005 1:47PM (CT)
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A distraught man plunged six stories to his death from a hotel roof after telling his father, "I'm going, Dad. So long," authorities say.
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Two boys drown when pickup rolls into lake
Mar 21 2005 1:39PM (CT)
HINDSVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Two boys drowned at the end of a family fishing trip after the pickup truck they were sitting in rolled into a lake, authorities said.
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One-time BTK suspect wants DNA destroyed
Mar 21 2005 12:53PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Police hunting for the BTK serial killer kicked down Roger Valadez's door and went in with guns drawn. They handcuffed the Wichita man, then took a sample of DNA from his mouth with a swab.
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LAPD to receive training on mentally ill
Mar 21 2005 12:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Police Department will start training its officers in how to deal with mentally ill people, a change spurred in part by the shooting of a transient woman who brandished a screwdriver at officers.
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Ex-prosecutor makes anti-Jewish claim
Mar 21 2005 11:15AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A former prosecutor's claim that he conspired with a judge to keep Jewish jurors off a death penalty case will be the focus of a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday.
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Groups ponder Rowland's life after prison
Mar 21 2005 10:52AM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Former Gov. John Rowland's supporters predict he will rebound from his corruption conviction, make use of old contacts in Washington, find work as a consultant and possibly resume his efforts to help Connecticut's cities.
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Wright Flyer replica to hang in muesum
Mar 21 2005 10:52AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A precise replica of the Wright Brothers plane that made the first powered flight has been acquired by the Museum of Flight and will go on display late next month.
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Schiavo case sparks push for living wills
Mar 21 2005 10:08AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Terri Schiavo didn't have a living will. But because of her, thousands of other Americans won't make that same mistake. Attorneys and organizations that promote the importance of living wills and advance directives say the bitter legal battle over the severely brain damaged woman has led many people to put their end-of-life wishes in writing.
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Thom Mayne wins Pritzker Prize
Mar 21 2005 7:26AM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Thom Mayne, whose bold architectural style has been embraced from New York to California and Taiwan to Spain, has won architecture's most prestigious prize.
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At least 48 sickened by carbon monoxide
Mar 21 2005 4:52AM (CT)
BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Carbon monoxide fumes sickened at least 48 members of an interfaith worship group who were meeting at a school building in this Detroit suburb.
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Auto innovator John DeLorean dies at 80
Mar 21 2005 3:34AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - While only about 9,000 of his namesake cars were ever built, John Z. DeLorean's place in auto history was assured as soon as the gull-winged sports cars rumbled off the assembly line.
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