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Pace of rebuilding after Katrina slows
Mar 21 2007 11:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The pace of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina has slowed, leaving New Orleans and some other Gulf Coast areas with less than half the people they had before the storm. And some of the hardest hit might never regain their population, experts say.
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Bush's nephew chosen for Navy class
Mar 21 2007 11:22PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - George P. Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and nephew of President Bush, has been selected as one of 15 prospective ensigns for the intelligence unit of the Navy reserves.
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Man convicted of 971 sex counts
Mar 21 2007 10:51PM (CT)
BROOKVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A man was convicted of several hundred sex-crime counts for abusing a girl for a decade.
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240-year sentence for NYC hate crime
Mar 21 2007 10:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge sentenced a man to 240 years in prison Wednesday for taking hostages in a bar and telling patrons that "white people are going to burn tonight."
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Lawsuit: clinic used wrong sperm
Mar 21 2007 10:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A couple can proceed with a lawsuit against a fertility clinic they filed after the wife gave birth to a daughter whose skin they thought was too dark to be their child, a judge has ruled.
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Congressman compares Iraq and Detroit
Mar 21 2007 10:15PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A Republican congressman from Michigan said parts of Iraq are no more dangerous than Detroit, drawing the ire of the mayor's office and the state Democratic Party.
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4 guilty in NYC attack on singer
Mar 21 2007 10:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four people who were accused of brutally beating a nightclub singer and recording artist while yelling anti-gay slurs pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault charges.
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3 charged with murder in Ga. boy's death
Mar 21 2007 10:06PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A convicted child molester and his father took turns sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy while the molester's mother watched, then they choked the boy to death, according to an indictment issued Wednesday. The indictment charges all three family members with murder and child molestation in the slaying of young Christopher Michael Barrios, whose body was found last Thursday inside a trash bag dumped by a roadside.
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3 charged with murder in Ga. boy's death
Mar 21 2007 10:06PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A convicted child molester and his father took turns sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy while the molester's mother watched, then they choked the boy to death, according to an indictment issued Wednesday. The indictment charges all three family members with murder and child molestation in the slaying of young Christopher Michael Barrios, whose body was found last Thursday inside a trash bag dumped by a roadside.
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3 charged with murder in Ga. boy's death
Mar 21 2007 10:06PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A convicted child molester and his father took turns sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy while the molester's mother watched, then they choked the boy to death, according to an indictment issued Wednesday. The indictment charges all three family members with murder and child molestation in the slaying of young Christopher Michael Barrios, whose body was found last Thursday inside a trash bag dumped by a roadside.
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Charges dismissed in health board case
Mar 21 2007 9:47PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed charges against a businessman accused of helping a state official pressure a hospital to hire a favored contractor for a $113 million project.
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Purdue to update voltage signs
Mar 21 2007 9:44PM (CT)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University will update warning signs at all high-voltage areas, including the one where the body of an electrocuted freshman was found, the school said Wednesday.
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Missile launch tests U.S. sea radar
Mar 21 2007 9:39PM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - The military launched an unarmed missile to test the tracking ability of a new radar platform in the Pacific.
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Camera catches officer beating bartender
Mar 21 2007 9:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty police officer in street clothes was caught on video by a bar surveillance camera beating up a female bartender half his size, authorities said.
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Camera catches officer beating bartender
Mar 21 2007 9:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty police officer in street clothes was caught on video by a bar surveillance camera beating up a female bartender half his size, authorities said.
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Judge delays murder trial over funding
Mar 21 2007 9:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge on Wednesday suspended the murder trial of a man accused in a 2005 courthouse killing spree because of problems the state has had funding his defense.Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller said the funding situation forced him to postpone the questioning of potential jurors in Brian Nichols' case until Sept. 10. The questioning already had been delayed once because of defense funding problems.
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Judge delays murder trial over funding
Mar 21 2007 9:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge on Wednesday suspended the murder trial of a man accused in a 2005 courthouse killing spree because of problems the state has had funding his defense.Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller said the funding situation forced him to postpone the questioning of potential jurors in Brian Nichols' case until Sept. 10. The questioning already had been delayed once because of defense funding problems.
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Child carried toy gun 'for protection'
Mar 21 2007 9:29PM (CT)
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) - A child who brought a realistic replica of a gun to school told a teacher she needed it "for protection," police said. Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said the third-grader took the authentic-looking replica of a German Luger pistol, which she apparently thought was real, with her Monday because she knew her older brother would not be able to walk her home from the bus stop that day. Children told a teacher about the gun, leading to police being called.
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Accused husband says he was 'in denial'
Mar 21 2007 9:28PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man accused of killing a teenage student over an affair with his teacher wife said Wednesday he had been in denial about the relationship "for a long time." Eric McLean, 31, told NBC's Today Show in a jailhouse interview to be aired Thursday morning that he "never had any suspicions" about his wife of 11 years.
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Poet loses free-speech case
Mar 21 2007 9:28PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An appeals court ruled Wednesday against a former New Jersey poet laureate who lost his job after suggesting Israel had advance knowledge of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Food recall worries dog and cat owners
Mar 21 2007 9:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A recall of potentially deadly pet food has dog and cat owners studying their animals for even the slightest hint of illness and swamping veterinarians nationwide with calls about symptoms both real and imagined. "It's like we're on pins and needles," said Brian Paone, a 27-year-old loan auditor in Knoxville, Tenn., who scheduled a blood test with his vet after realizing both of his cats had eaten brands on the recall list.
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Food recall worries dog and cat owners
Mar 21 2007 9:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A recall of potentially deadly pet food has dog and cat owners studying their animals for even the slightest hint of illness and swamping veterinarians nationwide with calls about symptoms both real and imagined. "It's like we're on pins and needles," said Brian Paone, a 27-year-old loan auditor in Knoxville, Tenn., who scheduled a blood test with his vet after realizing both of his cats had eaten brands on the recall list.
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Food recall worries dog and cat owners
Mar 21 2007 9:22PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A recall of potentially deadly pet food has dog and cat owners studying their animals for even the slightest hint of illness and swamping veterinarians nationwide with calls about symptoms both real and imagined. "It's like we're on pins and needles," said Brian Paone, a 27-year-old loan auditor in Knoxville, Tenn., who scheduled a blood test with his vet after realizing both of his cats had eaten brands on the recall list.
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$12M deal in Chicago hiring scandal
Mar 21 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge approved a preliminary $12 million settlement Wednesday between the city of Chicago and plaintiffs who alleged the city violated a court-ordered ban on hiring based on political clout.
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$12M deal in Chicago hiring scandal
Mar 21 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge approved a preliminary $12 million settlement Wednesday between the city of Chicago and plaintiffs who alleged the city violated a court-ordered ban on hiring based on political clout.
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$12M deal in Chicago hiring scandal
Mar 21 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge approved a preliminary $12 million settlement Wednesday between the city of Chicago and plaintiffs who alleged the city violated a court-ordered ban on hiring based on political clout.
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La. report blames corps for levee breaks
Mar 21 2007 9:16PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Decades of mistakes _ some as basic as not knowing the elevation of New Orleans _ led the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to believe its levees and floodwalls would protect the city from a storm as strong as Hurricane Katrina, a report released Wednesday concludes.
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Alaska offers wolf-kill cash
Mar 21 2007 9:13PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The state is offering cash for people to kill wolves in an effort to boost a predator control program that has not met expected numbers, officials said.
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Longer news time for ABC next month
Mar 21 2007 8:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A few months after rival NBC did it once, ABC News says it will air four editions of "World News" with a single sponsor next month, freeing up five extra minutes for news on each broadcast.
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150 inmates sickened at Las Vegas jail
Mar 21 2007 8:36PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A norovirus outbreak sickened at least 150 inmates and seven guards at the county jail, authorities said Wednesday as crews tried to decontaminate the building.
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Cal State faculty authorize strike
Mar 21 2007 8:29PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Professors for the nation's largest four-year public college system could walk out of California State University classrooms as soon as next month after union leaders announced Wednesday members had authorized a strike.
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Orlando airport to screen employees
Mar 21 2007 8:17PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The city's airport will begin screening all employees who enter secure areas, action that follows the arrest of baggage handlers accused of smuggling guns onto a commercial flight, officials said Wednesday.
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Advocates: Kroger still stalling on pill
Mar 21 2007 8:13PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Two weeks after Kroger Co. said it was clarifying its policy on stocking the so-called "morning after" pill, activists say dozens of stores continue to block sales of the emergency contraceptive.
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'60 Freeway Slayer' gets death
Mar 21 2007 8:10PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing six prostitutes whose bodies were found in cities along the freeway route east of Los Angeles.
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NASA delays picking next launch date
Mar 21 2007 8:07PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers won't decide until next month on a date for Atlantis' next launch, giving technicians more time to assess hail damage to the space shuttle's external fuel tank, officials said Wednesday.
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Man says he helped bounce $25M check
Mar 21 2007 8:01PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A mortgage broker on Wednesday admitted he helped a real estate developer cheat a bank by falsely pledging to cover a $25 million check the developer had deposited from a closed account.
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Soldier pleads to role in rape, murders
Mar 21 2007 7:55PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to being an accessory to the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the slaying of her family.
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Worker freed after Ohio trench collapse
Mar 21 2007 7:22PM (CT)
REMINDERVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A 10-foot deep trench next to a house collapsed Wednesday, trapping a construction worker in mud up to his waist for more than two hours, authorities said.
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Scout recovering from dehydration
Mar 21 2007 7:00PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The 12-year-old Boy Scout rescued after spending four days lost in the rugged North Carolina mountains remained hospitalized Wednesday, recovering from severe dehydration and exposure to cold.
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Scout recovering from dehydration
Mar 21 2007 7:00PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The 12-year-old Boy Scout rescued after spending four days lost in the rugged North Carolina mountains remained hospitalized Wednesday, recovering from severe dehydration and exposure to cold.
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Deputies plead guilty to drug corruption
Mar 21 2007 6:54PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A former sheriff's deputy and a former probation officer charged with participating in a scheme to sell drugs seized from criminals pleaded guilty Tuesday under agreements with prosecutors.
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S.C. lawmakers advance abortion bill
Mar 21 2007 6:49PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - With calls of emotional blackmail from opponents, a measure requiring women seeking abortions to first review ultrasound images of their fetuses advanced Wednesday in the South Carolina Legislature.
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Pa. lags in care-home inspections
Mar 21 2007 6:45PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Three-quarters of Pennsylvania's personal-care homes have expired licenses because of a state inspection backlog and 30 of the homes are to be closed, officials said Wednesday.
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Sago Mine where 12 died is idled in W.V.
Mar 21 2007 6:39PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The owner of the Sago Mine, where 12 men died after an explosion last year, said Wednesday it has idled the coal operation because of high production costs and weak prices.
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Florida prison warden, aides removed
Mar 21 2007 6:36PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A prison warden and two top assistants were removed from their posts Wednesday after an inmate was beaten and choked last week, allegedly by four guards.
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Caltrans cloaks millions in deals
Mar 21 2007 6:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California Transportation Department shielded from public view details of at least 290 contracts worth more than $13 million, though there is no record the agency was given authority to strike the information from state records, an Associated Press investigation has found.
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Court overturns phone jamming conviction
Mar 21 2007 6:13PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed the conviction and sentence of a former Republican National Committee official accused in a phone-jamming plot on Election Day 2002.
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Texas grand jury probes prison abuse
Mar 21 2007 6:11PM (CT)
MONAHANS, Texas (AP) - A grand jury on Wednesday began investigating allegations of rampant sexual abuse of inmates by staff members at a juvenile prison.
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Nifong faces June 12 ethics trial date
Mar 21 2007 6:07PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The former prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault investigation faces a June 12 trial date on ethics charges stemming from his handling of the highly publicized case.
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Louisiana's next leader has a full plate
Mar 21 2007 6:04PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - By dropping her bid for re-election, Gov. Kathleen Blanco has triggered discussions about how her replacement should lead the stumbling hurricane recovery.
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Ex-sailor indicted on terror charges
Mar 21 2007 6:02PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A former Navy sailor arrested two weeks ago was indicted Wednesday on charges of supporting terrorism by giving a suspected terrorism financier secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them.
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3 refuse to quit Ohio election board
Mar 21 2007 5:58PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Three of four elections board members in the state's most populous county defied a demand by Ohio's chief elections officer to resign by Wednesday.
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Man exonerated of rape sues Miami
Mar 21 2007 5:44PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - A man who spent 26 years in prison for rapes he didn't commit sued Miami-Dade County and police Wednesday, accusing them of falsifying records and other illegal actions.
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Man exonerated of rape sues Miami
Mar 21 2007 5:44PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - A man who spent 26 years in prison for rapes he didn't commit sued Miami-Dade County and police Wednesday, accusing them of falsifying records and other illegal actions.
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Lover testifies in suitcase murder trial
Mar 21 2007 5:27PM (CT)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - The former lover of a woman accused of killing her husband and stuffing his remains into luggage testified Wednesday that they had both planned to leave their spouses and start a life together.
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Blast on British sub in Arctic kills 2
Mar 21 2007 5:08PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An explosion aboard a nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine under an Arctic ice cap killed two British sailors and injured a crewmember, officials said Wednesday.
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Episcopal bishops reject ultimatum
Mar 21 2007 5:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Episcopal bishops risked losing their place in the global Anglican family Wednesday by affirming their support for gays and rejecting a key demand that they give up some authority to theological conservatives outside the U.S. church.
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Police: N.J. mom fatally stabs son
Mar 21 2007 4:37PM (CT)
MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) - A mother stabbed her 9-year-old son to death before trying to kill herself, police said Wednesday.
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Police charge woman was family's slave
Mar 21 2007 4:35PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A couple and their three teenage children held a woman captive for six months, referring to her as their "slave" as they beat her, forced her to do chores and threatened her life and the lives of her relatives, police said Wednesday.
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Panel OKs subpoenas for Rove, others
Mar 21 2007 4:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House panel on Wednesday approved subpoenas for President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove and other top White House aides, setting up a constitutional showdown over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.
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Schwarzenegger appears on Limbaugh show
Mar 21 2007 3:54PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made nice with Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday, calling in to his radio program a day after dismissing the conservative host as "irrelevant."
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Fed holds the line on interest rates
Mar 21 2007 3:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and raised the possibility they could be cut in the months ahead, igniting a rally on Wall Street where investors are thirsting for a reduction.
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Bloomberg to Congress: Reopen 9/11 fund
Mar 21 2007 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked Congress on Wednesday to reopen a compensation fund to cover more Sept. 11 terrorism attack victims, saying the city could otherwise lose billions of dollars to lawsuits.
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Bloomberg to Congress: Reopen 9/11 fund
Mar 21 2007 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked Congress on Wednesday to reopen a compensation fund to cover more Sept. 11 terrorism attack victims, saying the city could otherwise lose billions of dollars to lawsuits.
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Bloomberg to Congress: Reopen 9/11 fund
Mar 21 2007 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked Congress on Wednesday to reopen a compensation fund to cover more Sept. 11 terrorism attack victims, saying the city could otherwise lose billions of dollars to lawsuits.
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Jeep runs over Va. man while he's in bed
Mar 21 2007 3:10PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The underside of a car is a familiar sight to auto mechanic Dean Blevins. Seeing one on top of him at 2:30 in the morning, while he was in bed _ that was new. A Jeep crashed through a wall of Blevins' apartment early Tuesday and pinned him in his bed. It took firefighters an hour to free him, but he suffered only minor bruises and scrapes.
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Mennonites leaving Mo. over photo law
Mar 21 2007 2:50PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - The grocer, the butcher, a cabinet maker and several other members of the town's Mennonite community are planning to move to Arkansas over a Missouri requirement that all drivers be photographed if they want a license.
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`Teddy Bear Master' expulsions dropped
Mar 21 2007 2:33PM (CT)
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Three students expelled for making a movie in which evil teddy bears attack a teacher will share $69,000 in a settlement of their civil rights lawsuit.
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Man pleads not guilty in terror case
Mar 21 2007 2:21PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A Chicago man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges that he plotted to recruit and train terrorists to attack U.S. and allied troops.
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Second Ill. judge sentenced in DUI case
Mar 21 2007 1:32PM (CT)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A judge accused of trying to hide a beer after a drunk colleague he was riding with got into a car crash has pleaded guilty to illegally transporting alcohol.
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Hot enough? Dating site mimics Studio 54
Mar 21 2007 1:17PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Jason Pellegrino (an 8.2 on the attractiveness scale) says the problem with Internet dating services is not enough really hot-looking people. So he and a business partner have created HotEnough.org, a sort of online version of Studio 54, the exclusive '70s disco where gaining admission was a pitiless Darwinian exercise.
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Legislatures look at employer sanctions
Mar 21 2007 12:41PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Frustrated by what they see as a lack of aggressiveness on the federal government's part, lawmakers in several states want to start doing something that has long been Washington's job: cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants.
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Charged astronaut gets new Navy job
Mar 21 2007 12:17PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - The former astronaut fired by NASA after she was charged with trying to kidnap a romantic rival will develop flight lesson plans as part of her new military assignment.
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Miss. defense: No secret jury selection
Mar 21 2007 12:01PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Attorneys for a reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged with kidnapping in the 1964 slayings of two black men are opposing the government's efforts to keep jury selection secret and to sequester jurors during trial.
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Harvard to return bells to Moscow
Mar 21 2007 11:29AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Eighteen massive brass bells rescued from a Moscow monastery nearly 80 years ago during a Soviet-era crackdown on religion and donated to Harvard University are being returned to Russia.
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Woody Harrelson's father dies in prison
Mar 21 2007 11:15AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Actor Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, died of a heart attack in the Supermax federal prison where he was serving two life sentences for the murder of a federal judge, officials said Wednesday.
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Virginia city's new fire boat sinks
Mar 21 2007 11:04AM (CT)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - The city's $385,000, state-of-the-art fire boat sank Wednesday, still tied up at a dock and without ever being put to use.
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Fla. woman charged in grandson's death
Mar 21 2007 9:24AM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A woman was arrested on manslaughter charges for failing to take her 2-month-old grandson to a doctor for treatment that could have saved his life, police said.
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Navy won't list sonar use for whale case
Mar 21 2007 8:47AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The Navy is refusing to detail its sonar use for a federal court in a case involving potential harm to whales, saying the information could jeopardize national security.
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Advocates urge change in teen justice
Mar 21 2007 8:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Young offenders end up in adult jails too often, increasing the odds they will be repeat offenders and move on to more serious crimes, say advocates pushing for changes in how teens are treated by the justice system.
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Border agents under fire at Rio Grande
Mar 21 2007 8:26AM (CT)
DONNA, Texas (AP) - Two Border Patrol agents investigating bundles of marijuana left along the Rio Grande exchanged gunfire with unseen assailants shooting from the Mexican side of the river, officials said.
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Butcher guilty in Manhattan knife murder
Mar 21 2007 8:23AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A butcher who hacked his wife to death on a Manhattan street with a boning knife because he believed she was cheating on him could now face life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder.
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First visitors step onto canyon skywalk
Mar 21 2007 8:18AM (CT)
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - Walking gingerly across the translucent surface, visitors hear the glass layers creak. Far below, they see the Colorado River as a pea-green ribbon.
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Police: Man kills accuser in rape case
Mar 21 2007 7:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man charged with raping a woman in 2005 is now accused of killing her by slashing her throat because she had agreed to testify against him.
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Bolton: Iran won't give up nuke ambition
Mar 21 2007 5:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - President Bush's former envoy to the United Nations says using military force against Iran would be preferable to allowing the country to acquire nuclear weapons.
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Probe of fatal blast cites lax oversight
Mar 21 2007 2:53AM (CT)
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - Overly lax federal oversight and cost-cutting by BP were factors in a 2005 explosion at the oil giant's Texas City refinery that killed 15 people and injured 170, the worst U.S. industrial accident since 1990, a government report found.
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