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Houdini kin wants body exhumed, tested
Mar 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn't escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix. But rumors that he was murdered have persisted for decades. Eighty-one years after Houdini's death, his great-nephew wants the escape artist's body exhumed to determine if enemies poisoned him for debunking their bogus claims of contact with the dead.
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Houdini kin wants body exhumed, tested
Mar 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn't escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix. But rumors that he was murdered have persisted for decades. Eighty-one years after Houdini's death, his great-nephew wants the escape artist's body exhumed to determine if enemies poisoned him for debunking their bogus claims of contact with the dead.
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Houdini kin wants body exhumed, tested
Mar 22 2007 11:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn't escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix. But rumors that he was murdered have persisted for decades. Eighty-one years after Houdini's death, his great-nephew wants the escape artist's body exhumed to determine if enemies poisoned him for debunking their bogus claims of contact with the dead.
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Pipe impales driver, who survives
Mar 22 2007 10:47PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A pipe kicked up by another car broke through a driver's windshield and pierced the woman's face and neck, officials said.
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Searchers find 8-year-old's body
Mar 22 2007 10:37PM (CT)
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The body of an 8-year-old boy who was on a boat with his grandfather and uncle when it went over a spillway was recovered Thursday from a creek, authorities said.
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Billionaire opens mansions to homeless
Mar 22 2007 10:28PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Dorie-Ann Kahale and her five daughters moved from a homeless shelter to a mansion Thursday, courtesy of a Japanese real estate mogul who is handing over eight of his multimillion-dollar homes to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
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Billionaire opens mansions to homeless
Mar 22 2007 10:28PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Dorie-Ann Kahale and her five daughters moved from a homeless shelter to a mansion Thursday, courtesy of a Japanese real estate mogul who is handing over eight of his multimillion-dollar homes to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
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Billionaire opens mansions to homeless
Mar 22 2007 10:28PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Dorie-Ann Kahale and her five daughters moved from a homeless shelter to a mansion Thursday, courtesy of a Japanese real estate mogul who is handing over eight of his multimillion-dollar homes to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
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Billionaire opens mansions to homeless
Mar 22 2007 10:28PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Dorie-Ann Kahale and her five daughters moved from a homeless shelter to a mansion Thursday, courtesy of a Japanese real estate mogul who is handing over eight of his multimillion-dollar homes to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
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Iraqi officer disappears from Ala. base
Mar 22 2007 9:51PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Iraqi military officer attending an Air Force training program has disappeared, and federal and local law enforcers are searching for him, a Customs official said Thursday.
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Mississippi passes what-if abortion bill
Mar 22 2007 9:39PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The governor signed a bill Thursday that would criminalize abortion in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 decision that legalized the procedure.
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Law might not protect good Samaritan
Mar 22 2007 8:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman accused of rendering a friend a paraplegic by pulling her out of a wrecked car "like a rag doll" may not be protected by California's good Samaritan law, an appellate court ruled.
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Texas prosecutor disputes case claims
Mar 22 2007 8:07PM (CT)
PECOS, Texas (AP) - A prosecutor who for nearly two years did nothing about a report alleging sexual abuse at a juvenile prison has disputed claims that his office has failed to prosecute other felony cases during that time.
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Surgeons try to fix tiger's deformed leg
Mar 22 2007 7:57PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Bengal tiger that once worked on the carnival circuit was recovering after surgery to correct a badly deformed right front leg.
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Surgeons try to fix tiger's deformed leg
Mar 22 2007 7:57PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Bengal tiger that once worked on the carnival circuit was recovering after surgery to correct a badly deformed right front leg.
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Calif. lawmakers probe secret contracts
Mar 22 2007 7:55PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Lawmakers demanded Thursday that the California Department of Justice provide details about tens of millions of dollars in contracts it erroneously labeled as confidential, shielding them from public view.
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U.S. troops in Kosovo won't see pay cut
Mar 22 2007 7:43PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - U.S. troops on peacekeeping missions in Kosovo won't have their pay cut, the Pentagon said Thursday, ending weeks of speculation officials were considering such a move.
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U.S. troops in Kosovo won't see pay cut
Mar 22 2007 7:43PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - U.S. troops on peacekeeping missions in Kosovo won't have their pay cut, the Pentagon said Thursday, ending weeks of speculation officials were considering such a move.
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U.S. troops in Kosovo won't see pay cut
Mar 22 2007 7:43PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - U.S. troops on peacekeeping missions in Kosovo won't have their pay cut, the Pentagon said Thursday, ending weeks of speculation officials were considering such a move.
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Indicted lawyer says feds overreached
Mar 22 2007 7:22PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A prominent defense attorney charged with destroying evidence in a child pornography investigation said Thursday that authorities are overreaching in a way that could make parents, employers and others vulnerable to such prosecutions.
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Woman charged with abducting Texas baby
Mar 22 2007 7:12PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A woman accused of snatching a newborn from a hospital this month has been indicted on a federal kidnapping charge.
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Texas border DA arrested on new charges
Mar 22 2007 7:11PM (CT)
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) - A South Texas prosecutor who says he's the target of political vendettas was arrested Thursday on numerous corruption charges, despite an appeals court ruling halting an investigation into his office.
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Md.: State workers spread trout disease
Mar 22 2007 7:01PM (CT)
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) - State fishery workers unwittingly spread a fatal fish illness by moving diseased fish from one facility to another, officials said.
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Ex-Chicago sanitation official indicted
Mar 22 2007 6:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former high-ranking city official was indicted Thursday as part of a federal investigation of fraudulent city hiring and promotions.
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Yosemite may continue park construction
Mar 22 2007 6:54PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Yosemite National Park can proceed with $60 million in construction projects while a court hears a lawsuit claiming commercial development threatens the fragile ecosystem, a federal judge said Thursday.
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Bartender-beating threats investigated
Mar 22 2007 6:52PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities are investigating whether anyone tried to bribe or threaten a bartender to dissuade her from pressing charges against an off-duty police officer accused of beating her, police said Thursday.
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Senate blocks move to cut Medicare costs
Mar 22 2007 6:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate easily defeated conservative Republicans' efforts to curb the Medicare program's spiraling growth as debate on a $2.9 trillion budget outline for 2008 entered a third day Thursday.
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Delay expected in '64 slayings case
Mar 22 2007 6:16PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The judge in the case of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman charged with kidnapping in the 1964 slayings of two black men rejected a defense motion to remove himself from the case Thursday.
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2nd election official quits in Ohio
Mar 22 2007 6:13PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A second elections board member in Ohio's most populous county quit Thursday, and a state official filed a complaint to remove the two remaining members because of persistent voting problems.
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Former N.Y. Post scribe sues billionaire
Mar 22 2007 6:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For months, former New York Post scribe Jared Paul Stern was at the center of unseemly accusations that he tried to shake down billionaire Ronald Burkle in exchange for good press in the newspaper's gossip pages.
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Gates gives $122M for D.C. scholarships
Mar 22 2007 6:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $122 million initiative Thursday to send hundreds of the District of Columbia's poorest students to college _ one of the foundation's largest grants for education.
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Complaint targets abortion case judge
Mar 22 2007 6:04PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Abortion opponents filed an ethics complaint Thursday against a judge who dismissed 30 misdemeanor criminal charges against one of the few U.S. doctors to perform late-term abortions.
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Hundreds attend funeral of slain Ga. boy
Mar 22 2007 5:54PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who police say was sexually abused, choked to death and dumped by the side of a road in black plastic trash bags was mourned at a closed-casket funeral Thursday.
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Hundreds attend funeral of slain Ga. boy
Mar 22 2007 5:54PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who police say was sexually abused, choked to death and dumped by the side of a road in black plastic trash bags was mourned at a closed-casket funeral Thursday.
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Hundreds attend funeral of slain Ga. boy
Mar 22 2007 5:54PM (CT)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - A 6-year-old boy who police say was sexually abused, choked to death and dumped by the side of a road in black plastic trash bags was mourned at a closed-casket funeral Thursday.
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S.C. bans gay marriage
Mar 22 2007 5:41PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina officially banned gay marriage Thursday as legislative leaders ratified a constitutional amendment approved by voters in November.
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Boy trapped under concrete discharged
Mar 22 2007 5:29PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Trapped under a slab of concrete and struggling to breathe, a 14-year-old boy confessed his sins to God as he waited for rescue, the teen said Thursday.
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Disguised spy may testify in terror case
Mar 22 2007 5:15PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The CIA wants an agent to testify in disguise and use a fake name at an upcoming terror trial to protect his identity and secret agency locations in Afghanistan, according to court documents filed Thursday.
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Feds drop Yellowstone grizzly from list
Mar 22 2007 5:08PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park no longer need Endangered Species Act protection, the federal government said Thursday.
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WTC staircase debate threatens schedules
Mar 22 2007 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A prolonged debate over whether to preserve a 175-ton staircase that still stands at the World Trade Center site is threatening construction schedules for new office towers, rebuilding officials said this week.
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WTC staircase debate threatens schedules
Mar 22 2007 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A prolonged debate over whether to preserve a 175-ton staircase that still stands at the World Trade Center site is threatening construction schedules for new office towers, rebuilding officials said this week.
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Lost Scout discharged from hospital
Mar 22 2007 5:06PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Boy Scout who was missing for four days in the North Carolina mountains before being found, cold and dehydrated, left the hospital Thursday, officials said.
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Collectors report fake 'Godless' dollars
Mar 22 2007 4:51PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A group of coin experts warned collectors Thursday that some George Washington dollar coins have been altered to look like ones that mistakenly left the U.S. Mint without "In God We Trust" on the edges.
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Hazleton illegal-immigrant trial ends
Mar 22 2007 4:43PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - The city of Hazleton tried to "scapegoat and demonize illegal immigrants," blaming them for crime, overburdened schools and other problems, an ACLU lawyer said Thursday at the close of a federal trial over the town's illegal-immigration crackdown.
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Gates troubled by Taliban prisoner swap
Mar 22 2007 4:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern Thursday over the Afghan government's decision to free five Taliban prisoners in exchange for the freedom of an Italian journalist.
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St. Louis schools face state takeover
Mar 22 2007 4:30PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The state school board voted Thursday to strip accreditation from the St. Louis school district and take control of its struggling schools.
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Chinese-born engineer awaits trial
Mar 22 2007 4:18PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - As a top engineer at a major U.S. defense contractor, Chi Mak helped develop some of the most advanced and closely guarded naval technology in the world, including silent-running propulsion systems that can make submarines virtually undetectable.
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Congressman defends Iraq-Detroit analogy
Mar 22 2007 4:09PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A first-term congressman from Michigan who compared parts of Iraq to Detroit and Harvey, Ill., an economically depressed Chicago suburb, defended the comments Thursday.
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Wis. fire kills 3 children left alone
Mar 22 2007 4:06PM (CT)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - Fire gutted a farmhouse early Thursday morning, killing three children who had been left home alone, authorities said.
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An immigrant's journey from Md. to Gitmo
Mar 22 2007 3:35PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Majid Khan worked the cash register at his dad's gas stations, listened to rap music and went to public high school like many other immigrants. Yet, at a red brick mosque wedged between a busy highway and middle-class cul-de-sacs, the U.S. government says, he found his way to an extreme brand of Islam.
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An immigrant's journey from Md. to Gitmo
Mar 22 2007 3:35PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Majid Khan worked the cash register at his dad's gas stations, listened to rap music and went to public high school like many other immigrants. Yet, at a red brick mosque wedged between a busy highway and middle-class cul-de-sacs, the U.S. government says, he found his way to an extreme brand of Islam.
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An immigrant's journey from Md. to Gitmo
Mar 22 2007 3:35PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Majid Khan worked the cash register at his dad's gas stations, listened to rap music and went to public high school like many other immigrants. Yet, at a red brick mosque wedged between a busy highway and middle-class cul-de-sacs, the U.S. government says, he found his way to an extreme brand of Islam.
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An immigrant's journey from Md. to Gitmo
Mar 22 2007 3:35PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Majid Khan worked the cash register at his dad's gas stations, listened to rap music and went to public high school like many other immigrants. Yet, at a red brick mosque wedged between a busy highway and middle-class cul-de-sacs, the U.S. government says, he found his way to an extreme brand of Islam.
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Detroit attack could spur gay rights law
Mar 22 2007 3:20PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Andrew Anthos had many passions in life, including old movies, legendary Hollywood screen sirens and a 20-year campaign to illuminate the state Capitol dome in red, white and blue one night a year. While he never hid that he was gay, he was no gay rights activist.
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Harvard club promotes abstinence
Mar 22 2007 1:39PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Sometime between the founding of a student-run porn magazine and the day the campus health center advertised "Free Lube," Harvard University seniors Sarah Kinsella and Justin Murray decided to fight back against what they see as too much mindless sex at the Ivy League school.
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Harvard club promotes abstinence
Mar 22 2007 1:39PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Sometime between the founding of a student-run porn magazine and the day the campus health center advertised "Free Lube," Harvard University seniors Sarah Kinsella and Justin Murray decided to fight back against what they see as too much mindless sex at the Ivy League school.
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2 more bodies exhumed from Ind. cemetery
Mar 22 2007 1:23PM (CT)
MADISON, Ind. (AP) - A cemetery exhumed two more bodies from waterlogged graves as state authorities investigate complaints that money paid for crypts, caskets and markers has disappeared from a cemetery trust account.
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Corps contests latest levee report
Mar 22 2007 1:17PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers disputed Thursday a state-commissioned report that said the agency was solely responsible for the decades of mistakes that led to the devastating floods after Hurricane Katrina.
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Fla. man accused of credit card scam
Mar 22 2007 1:07PM (CT)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A man has been charged with scamming more than $12 million from tens of thousands of people who signed up for what authorities allege was a bogus credit card offer.
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Poll: Support for military action down
Mar 22 2007 1:07PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - After four years of an increasingly unpopular war, public support for an assertive military is down sharply, while support for helping the needy and concerns about the stark differences between rich and poor are on the rise, a poll found.
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U.S. suggests cutting Abramoff sentence
Mar 22 2007 12:18PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors took the first steps toward reducing the prison sentence of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently scheduled for release in 2011 for a Florida fraud conviction.
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Teacher's husband says he shot teen
Mar 22 2007 11:41AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man accused of gunning down a teenager over an affair with his teacher wife admitted to the shooting in a jailhouse interview aired Thursday but said it was an accident.
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Fire kills 167 dogs in breeder's barn
Mar 22 2007 11:37AM (CT)
BLAND, Va. (AP) - A kerosene heater that a dog breeder was using to keep puppies warm may be to blame for a fire that killed 167 dogs in a southwest Virginia barn, an official said.
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Family: Cousins' `abduction' was a hoax
Mar 22 2007 11:33AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Two young cousins who disappeared for four days and claimed to have been kidnapped actually were hiding out because they missed their curfew after a night of partying, family members said.
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Religion news in brief
Mar 22 2007 11:19AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - World leaders of Reform Judaism launched a new push Monday for greater support from Israelis despite what they called continuing discrimination at the hands of the Orthodox religious establishment in Israel.
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Religion today
Mar 22 2007 11:18AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Allahu Akbar, the Muslim call for prayer, rings out on a recent Friday and a group of black men and women gather to celebrate the Islamic day of rest.
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Not guilty plea entered for ex-astronaut
Mar 22 2007 11:12AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak's attorneys formally entered a not guilty plea Thursday to charges that she tried to kidnap a rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections.
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Suicides alarm Calif. mental hospital
Mar 22 2007 10:21AM (CT)
ATASCADERO, Calif. (AP) - Two patients have killed themselves at the state's mental hospital in the past two months after more than a year without a suicide, and officials say a severe staff shortage is eroding care.
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Police: Shampoo camera taped roommates
Mar 22 2007 10:17AM (CT)
MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) - A man landed in hot water after police say he hid a tiny camera in a shampoo bottle to watch two of his female roommates as they took showers.
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Book of Clinton tapes due out in 2008
Mar 22 2007 9:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Dozens of taped conversations between then-President Clinton and historian Taylor Branch will be edited into a book, tentatively titled "Wrestling History: The Bill Clinton Tapes," to be published in 2008, Simon & Schuster announced Thursday.
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Judge urges settling Minuteman dispute
Mar 22 2007 9:20AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A judge urged the ousted founder of the Minuteman Project to resolve his power struggle with the anti-illegal immigration group's board of directors out of court, but he indicated he would issue a ruling if necessary.
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$12M deal in Chicago hiring scandal
Mar 22 2007 8:28AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney who has fought City Hall's political patronage hiring for nearly 40 years says a $12 million settlement could finally drive a stake in "Chicago-style politics."
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$12M deal in Chicago hiring scandal
Mar 22 2007 8:28AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney who has fought City Hall's political patronage hiring for nearly 40 years says a $12 million settlement could finally drive a stake in "Chicago-style politics."
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Car headed wrong way crashes, kills 2
Mar 22 2007 7:59AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A car traveling the wrong way on a highway crashed head-on into a sport utility vehicle, killing two people Thursday morning, police said.
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Food recall worries dog and cat owners
Mar 22 2007 7:57AM (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 22 2007 7:57AM (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 22 2007 7:57AM (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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Psychoanalyst Milton Wexler dies at 98
Mar 22 2007 7:52AM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Milton Wexler, a prominent Hollywood psychoanalyst whose efforts to find a cure for the disease that killed his wife led scientists to pinpoint the Huntington's gene, has died. He was 98.
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Bush's nephew chosen for Navy class
Mar 22 2007 7:15AM (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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Fla. community college checkmates Ivys
Mar 22 2007 6:33AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Don't underestimate the grocery store deli worker, the security alarm salesman or the 34-year-old computer science student who anchor the Miami Dade College chess team. The community college undergrads have already faced Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern and beaten them all.
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NASA delays picking next launch date
Mar 22 2007 6:08AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA managers won't decide until April when to reschedule a space shuttle mission that was postponed after hail damaged the craft, officials said.
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Filipino vets in U.S. miss families
Mar 22 2007 6:04AM (CT)
WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) - Manuel S. Pablo crouched in foxholes to defend the Philippines against invading Japanese soldiers in World War II. He says he watched a Japanese guard stab one of his comrades to death with a bayonet during the Bataan Death March when the starving prisoner of war asked for another bowl of rice.
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Filipino vets in U.S. miss families
Mar 22 2007 6:04AM (CT)
WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) - Manuel S. Pablo crouched in foxholes to defend the Philippines against invading Japanese soldiers in World War II. He says he watched a Japanese guard stab one of his comrades to death with a bayonet during the Bataan Death March when the starving prisoner of war asked for another bowl of rice.
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Wal-Mart announces employee bonuses
Mar 22 2007 4:29AM (CT)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has awarded bonuses totaling more than a half-billion dollars to more than half the giant retailer's hourly employees in the U.S., the company said Thursday.
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McKay touted for judgeship before firing
Mar 22 2007 2:20AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A month before putting Washington state's U.S. attorney on a list of prosecutors to be fired, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief deputy tried to help him win a federal judgeship, newly released documents show.
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Lawyer's hoax spurs legal tactics debate
Mar 22 2007 1:19AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - When a prominent lawyer was defending a businessman on charges of sexually assaulting a boy and possessing child pornography, he used a ruse to obtain the boy's computer to aid his case.
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N.D. lawmakers consider blackbird kills
Mar 22 2007 12:08AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Demand for healthier sunflower oil for potato chip frying is spurring a debate about whether millions of blackbirds should die to make it easier to raise the crop.
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