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Honolulu evicts homeless from beach
Mar 27 2007 11:22PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - City workers watched Tuesday as the last of hundreds of homeless people left tents where they had camped out on a stretch of beach, and many of the homeless moved into a new government-sponsored emergency shelter.
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Honolulu evicts homeless from beach
Mar 27 2007 11:22PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - City workers watched Tuesday as the last of hundreds of homeless people left tents where they had camped out on a stretch of beach, and many of the homeless moved into a new government-sponsored emergency shelter.
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Honolulu evicts homeless from beach
Mar 27 2007 11:22PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - City workers watched Tuesday as the last of hundreds of homeless people left tents where they had camped out on a stretch of beach, and many of the homeless moved into a new government-sponsored emergency shelter.
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Man killed by falling mast on boat
Mar 27 2007 11:06PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A man who was killed when the mast broke on a whale-watching catamaran, sinking the boat, died of blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy found Tuesday.
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Energy Department fined $1 million
Mar 27 2007 11:02PM (CT)
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday fined the federal Energy Department $1.1 million over violations of an agreement to clean up the Hanford nuclear reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear site.
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Texas governor signs deadly force bill
Mar 27 2007 11:01PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texans will be able to use deadly force to defend themselves in their homes, cars and workplaces under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Rick Perry.
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Federal suit filed over Calif. hatchery
Mar 27 2007 10:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An environmental group sued an energy company and California's wildlife agency Tuesday over claims that a fish hatchery is releasing pollution that is deadly to fish downstream in a river that was once brimming with salmon.
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U.N. extends probe of Lebanon PM's death
Mar 27 2007 10:46PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri until June 15, 2008.
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Iowa diocese settles abuse claims
Mar 27 2007 10:19PM (CT)
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque has settled claims with nine people who claimed they were sexually abused by priests, attorneys for the accusers announced Tuesday.
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Charge dropped in taped bartender attack
Mar 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The police superintendent said Tuesday he is changing the way the department responds to allegations of misconduct after videotapes of violent confrontations involving off-duty officers surfaced twice in a week.
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Couple plead not guilty in girl's death
Mar 27 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - Parents accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs had concocted symptoms of mental illnesses to qualify the girl for government benefits, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Michael and Carolyn Riley pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges Tuesday and were ordered to remain in custody without bail.
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Couple plead not guilty in girl's death
Mar 27 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - Parents accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs had concocted symptoms of mental illnesses to qualify the girl for government benefits, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Michael and Carolyn Riley pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges Tuesday and were ordered to remain in custody without bail.
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Couple plead not guilty in girl's death
Mar 27 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - Parents accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs had concocted symptoms of mental illnesses to qualify the girl for government benefits, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Michael and Carolyn Riley pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges Tuesday and were ordered to remain in custody without bail.
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S.F. leaders OK plastic grocery bag ban
Mar 27 2007 10:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. If Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected, San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule.
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S.F. leaders OK plastic grocery bag ban
Mar 27 2007 10:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. If Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected, San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule.
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S.F. leaders OK plastic grocery bag ban
Mar 27 2007 10:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. If Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected, San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to adopt such a rule.
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Final report released on Colo. standoff
Mar 27 2007 10:06PM (CT)
BAILEY, Colo. (AP) - A gunman who took over a high school classroom last fall and sexually assaulted some students held a gun to at least one girl's neck and threatened to kill her if she resisted, investigators said in a chilling final report.
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Shootings at Fla. home leave 3 dead
Mar 27 2007 9:58PM (CT)
LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) - Shootings at a home in Palm Beach County on Tuesday left three people dead and at least three others critically injured, authorities said.
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Anna Nicole Smith son inquest stalls
Mar 27 2007 9:45PM (CT)
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - An inquest into the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, who died in September while visiting her after she gave birth in a Bahamas hospital, stalled Tuesday before a court could even pick a jury.
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Agent who killed immigrant back on duty
Mar 27 2007 9:43PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A Border Patrol agent who fatally shot an illegal immigrant in January has returned to active duty, though authorities still haven't determined whether he should be charged.
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Wild weather in Southern California
Mar 27 2007 9:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volatile weather swept through Southern California on Tuesday, delivering downpours, hail, snow, and fierce winds that capsized boats and toppled power lines and trees. Nearly 160,000 customers lost power.
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Wild weather in Southern California
Mar 27 2007 9:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volatile weather swept through Southern California on Tuesday, delivering downpours, hail, snow, and fierce winds that capsized boats and toppled power lines and trees. Nearly 160,000 customers lost power.
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Wild weather in Southern California
Mar 27 2007 9:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Volatile weather swept through Southern California on Tuesday, delivering downpours, hail, snow, and fierce winds that capsized boats and toppled power lines and trees. Nearly 160,000 customers lost power.
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Huge Texas mulch fire is out
Mar 27 2007 9:39PM (CT)
HELOTES, Texas (AP) - An enormous mulch fire that had burned since late December, layering this hill town in smoke and raising concerns about drinking water safety, has been extinguished, state officials said Tuesday.
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Ky. passes social worker safeguards
Mar 27 2007 9:32PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Reacting to the slaying of a social worker, the Legislature approved a bill Tuesday to lessen the dangers faced by others doing the job.
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Utah judge won't move Jeffs trial
Mar 27 2007 9:28PM (CT)
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday he would only move the trial of a polygamous-sect leader to Salt Lake City if he cannot seat a fair-minded jury. Judge James Shumate said the trial of Warren Jeffs will stay in southern Utah, but pledged to move it "immediately" if too many prospective jurors can't be impartial.
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Utah judge won't move Jeffs trial
Mar 27 2007 9:28PM (CT)
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday he would only move the trial of a polygamous-sect leader to Salt Lake City if he cannot seat a fair-minded jury. Judge James Shumate said the trial of Warren Jeffs will stay in southern Utah, but pledged to move it "immediately" if too many prospective jurors can't be impartial.
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Utah judge won't move Jeffs trial
Mar 27 2007 9:28PM (CT)
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - A judge ruled Tuesday he would only move the trial of a polygamous-sect leader to Salt Lake City if he cannot seat a fair-minded jury. Judge James Shumate said the trial of Warren Jeffs will stay in southern Utah, but pledged to move it "immediately" if too many prospective jurors can't be impartial.
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Elderly woman's death changes Atlanta PD
Mar 27 2007 9:25PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The police chief announced a wave of policy changes Tuesday, including closer supervision of no-knock warrants, in response to the shooting death of an elderly woman in a drug raid last fall.
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Setback for Ark. gay foster parent ban
Mar 27 2007 8:49PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An attempt to reinstate a ban on gays and unmarried couples adopting or fostering children faced a potentially lethal setback Tuesday after a legislative panel rejected it.
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4 officers charged in tourist's beating
Mar 27 2007 8:42PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - The acting police chief and three part-time officers from a popular Long Island vacation spot were indicted Tuesday on charges they beat a tourist after he was accused of littering.
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8 female workers sue Calif. youth prison
Mar 27 2007 8:29PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Eight women who work at California's largest youth correctional facility sued the state Tuesday, claiming officials failed to take action after the women reported rampant sexual harassment by male inmates.
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Report: Some unjustly labeled terrorists
Mar 27 2007 8:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Businesses checking customers' names against a Treasury Department terrorist watch list sometimes deny services to innocent people, according to a report released Tuesday by civil rights lawyers.
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Lawmaker charged with perjury over gun
Mar 27 2007 8:22PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A state senator was charged Tuesday with improperly storing a handgun and then lying about it to authorities after a 14-year-old neighbor used the firearm to kill himself.
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Lawmaker charged with perjury over gun
Mar 27 2007 8:22PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A state senator was charged Tuesday with improperly storing a handgun and then lying about it to authorities after a 14-year-old neighbor used the firearm to kill himself.
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Uproar over Texas teen's imprisonment
Mar 27 2007 8:20PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A teenager has been jailed for more than a year for shoving a teacher's aide at her high school, a case that has sparked anger and heightened racial tensions in rural East Texas.
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Colo. bus driver snubs preschoolers
Mar 27 2007 8:19PM (CT)
BASALT, Colo. (AP) - No fare! A driver for a popular bus service refused to take 13 preschoolers who she said did not pay to board. Usually, children 5 and under ride free, making the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority buses popular with preschools taking summer and spring outings.
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Baby is emasculated; mother blames dog
Mar 27 2007 8:18PM (CT)
WEBSTER, Texas (AP) - A woman with a history of drug abuse says she woke up from a nap to find her miniature dachshund had torn off her baby boy's genitals. Authorities have doubts about her story, but exactly how the newborn was maimed is still a mystery.
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Houdini relatives against exhumation
Mar 27 2007 8:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The family of Harry Houdini's widow wants to block a plan to exhume the escape artist's remains, saying a disinterment to determine whether he was murdered smacks of sensationalism.
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Trial begins in military secrets case
Mar 27 2007 8:02PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A jury was selected Tuesday for the federal trial of a former top engineer at a major U.S. defense contractor accused of stealing military secrets for the Chinese.
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Report released on Pa. storm response
Mar 27 2007 7:57PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Inexperienced staff, miscommunication and a shortage of plows and drivers hindered the response to a winter storm last month that stranded some highway motorists for nearly a day, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Ariz. veterans services chief resigns
Mar 27 2007 7:46PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The head of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services resigned in the wake of an inspection that found shortcomings in care provided by the state's nursing home for military veterans, Gov. Janet Napolitano said Tuesday.
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Delaware lawmaker resigns
Mar 27 2007 7:31PM (CT)
DOVER, Del. (AP) - A lawmaker charged in a domestic dispute hours after using his position to avoid a drunken driving arrest last year resigned from the state House on Tuesday.
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Snowmobiles proposed for Yellowstone
Mar 27 2007 7:24PM (CT)
LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) - Snowmobiles would become a permanent winter fixture in Yellowstone National Park under a proposal, drafted by park administrators and released Tuesday, that would allow 720 lower-polluting machines daily.
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3rd member of Ohio elections board quits
Mar 27 2007 7:22PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A third member of the embattled elections board of Ohio's most populous county quit Tuesday under pressure from the state's top elections official, leaving Ohio's Republican chairman as the lone holdout.
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Caller makes threat in Fla. heist twist
Mar 27 2007 7:13PM (CT)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A SWAT team poured into an office building across from a just-robbed bank Tuesday after someone called the bank threatening to shoot people if a suspect arrested there wasn't released.
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Cop charged with assaulting teen girl
Mar 27 2007 7:08PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A narcotics officer sexually assaulted a teenage girl at least three times and had other sexual contact with her, police said Tuesday.
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$2.4M settlement in Fla. boot camp death
Mar 27 2007 7:03PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - County authorities have agreed to pay $2.4 million to the family of a teenager who died after being roughed up by guards at a state-supervised boot camp, an attorney for the family said Tuesday.
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Wandering sheep seized in N.C. town
Mar 27 2007 6:33PM (CT)
APEX, N.C. (AP) - About 30 sheep being kept at a suburban home were euthanized Tuesday after some of the flock were found grazing on floral arrangements in a cemetery, authorities said. Animal cruelty charges were pending against the owner.
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Naval Academy looking at cruise behavior
Mar 27 2007 6:28PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Naval Academy said Tuesday it is investigating allegations of lewd behavior and heavy drinking by a group of midshipmen on a spring break Caribbean cruise.
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Husband arrested, Judd files for divorce
Mar 27 2007 6:08PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Wynonna Judd filed for divorce Tuesday from her estranged husband, less than a week after his arrest in Texas on sex charges involving a minor.
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Offender who attended schools ruled fit
Mar 27 2007 5:48PM (CT)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - A youthful-looking sex offender who posed as a boy and enrolled in several charter schools is competent to stand trial for numerous crimes, a judge has ruled.
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Tillman's mother finds reports lacking
Mar 27 2007 5:37PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Pat Tillman's mother said Tuesday that her greatest disappointment in the latest investigations into her son's death in Afghanistan was that "horrific" acts by the Army Rangers who shot him were not adequately acknowledged or punished.
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Webb aide pleads not guilty to charges
Mar 27 2007 5:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb pleaded not guilty to weapons charges Tuesday after he allegedly entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol.
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Webb aide pleads not guilty to charges
Mar 27 2007 5:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb pleaded not guilty to weapons charges Tuesday after he allegedly entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol.
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Webb aide pleads not guilty to charges
Mar 27 2007 5:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb pleaded not guilty to weapons charges Tuesday after he allegedly entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol.
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Ohio death row inmate gets 6th reprieve
Mar 27 2007 4:42PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Ted Strickland granted a death row inmate a sixth reprieve Tuesday to allow more time for DNA testing in a 1982 murder.
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N.M. woman dies of tornado injuries
Mar 27 2007 4:31PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 90-year-old woman whose mobile home was flattened when tornadoes swept through the state over the weekend died of her injuries Tuesday, becoming the storm's only known fatality.
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Job fair caters to vets wounded in Iraq
Mar 27 2007 4:29PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Job applicants with missing limbs and severe burns arrived on crutches and in wheelchairs Tuesday at a job fair designed to help veterans rebuild their lives after being severely wounded in Iraq.
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Snow's cancer spreads to liver
Mar 27 2007 4:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's cancer has returned and spread to his liver and elsewhere in his body, shaken White House colleagues announced Tuesday. They said he told them he planned to fight the disease and return to work.
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Group says pet food deaths underreported
Mar 27 2007 4:04PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - At least 471 cases of pet kidney failure have been reported in the 10 days since a nationwide recall of dog and cat food and about a fifth of those pets have died, a veterinarians' information service said Tuesday.
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Ga. parents sentenced in boy's death
Mar 27 2007 3:36PM (CT)
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - A suburban Atlanta couple was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 30 years in prison in the beating death of their 8-year-old son, a case that prompted authorities to raid the family's church because it supports corporal punishment.
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The South has the sniffles from pollen
Mar 27 2007 3:21PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A yellow haze of pollen descended on the Southeast in the past week, coating cars and porch furniture and making people miserable in one of the worst allergy seasons in years.
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Court rules against whistle-blower
Mar 27 2007 3:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court left an 81-year-old retired engineer without a penny to show for his role in exposing fraud at a former nuclear weapons plant in a ruling that makes it harder for whistle-blowers to claim cash rewards.
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Nun a mystery in John Paul sainthood
Mar 27 2007 2:32PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - It's one of the Roman Catholic Church's closely guarded secrets: the identity of the French nun whose testimony of an inexplicable cure from Parkinson's disease is likely to be accepted as the miracle the Vatican needs to beatify Pope John Paul II.
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Nun a mystery in John Paul sainthood
Mar 27 2007 2:32PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - It's one of the Roman Catholic Church's closely guarded secrets: the identity of the French nun whose testimony of an inexplicable cure from Parkinson's disease is likely to be accepted as the miracle the Vatican needs to beatify Pope John Paul II.
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Salmon fishermen are trying to hang on
Mar 27 2007 2:27PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, Ore. (AP) - Don Yost, harbormaster in Coos Bay for the past 18 years, was handed a list of seven salmon fishermen and instructed to seize their boats because they had fallen months behind in paying their mooring fees.
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Man who recorded his meth addiction dies
Mar 27 2007 1:55PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A former trucker whose documentary chronicled an agonizing descent as methamphetamine ravaged his body has died, optimistic to the end that his story would keep others from the highly addictive stimulant.
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Man who recorded his meth addiction dies
Mar 27 2007 1:55PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A former trucker whose documentary chronicled an agonizing descent as methamphetamine ravaged his body has died, optimistic to the end that his story would keep others from the highly addictive stimulant.
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Police are pressed to search for adults
Mar 27 2007 1:11PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - When Janice Smolinski's 31-year-old son Billy disappeared in 2004, there were no Amber Alerts, no urgent police investigations.
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Marketers hope Twin Cities can get along
Mar 27 2007 1:09PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - They are called the Twin Cities, but Minneapolis has been more like St. Paul's bigger, more glamorous brother for generations.
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Threat prompts security increase at UN
Mar 27 2007 12:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A bomb threat at U.N. headquarters on Tuesday prompted increased security at the landmark 39-story building, a U.N. spokesman said.
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Husband got gun 2 weeks before teen shot
Mar 27 2007 11:43AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A husband charged with killing his wife's teenage lover got a rifle two weeks before the boy was shot to death outside his home, investigators testified Tuesday.
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Antifreeze killer spared death penalty
Mar 27 2007 10:59AM (CT)
DALTON, Ga. (AP) - Jurors Tuesday spared the life of a former 911 dispatcher convicted of poisoning her boyfriend with antifreeze _ the same way she had killed her husband six years earlier.
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Colo. Episcopal church battles diocese
Mar 27 2007 10:36AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's largest Episcopal congregation was left in turmoil Tuesday after leaders voted to leave the denomination and the bishop responded by dismissing the parish's leadership.
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Police brass get street duty in Philly
Mar 27 2007 9:40AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police brass are going back on patrol to help increase police presence in high crime neighborhoods as the city's homicide rate climbs.
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Coroner faces trial in password case
Mar 27 2007 8:28AM (CT)
MANHEIM, Pa. (AP) - An elected coroner has been ordered to stand trial after a newspaper reporter testified that the coroner, trying to keep reporters from calling him, gave her the password to a confidential government Web site.
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LA Times cancels guest editor program
Mar 27 2007 8:17AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Times said Tuesday it is scrapping its program of selecting prominent people to occasionally oversee the Sunday opinion section, days after it canceled the debut section over concerns about a conflict of interest.
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Smith died from accidental drug overdose
Mar 27 2007 8:04AM (CT)
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - For weeks, the rumors swirled, of a murder, a suicide, or some other desperate, dramatic end to an over-the-top life.
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Smith died from accidental drug overdose
Mar 27 2007 8:04AM (CT)
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - For weeks, the rumors swirled, of a murder, a suicide, or some other desperate, dramatic end to an over-the-top life.
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Smith died from accidental drug overdose
Mar 27 2007 8:04AM (CT)
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - For weeks, the rumors swirled, of a murder, a suicide, or some other desperate, dramatic end to an over-the-top life.
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Smith died from accidental drug overdose
Mar 27 2007 8:04AM (CT)
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - For weeks, the rumors swirled, of a murder, a suicide, or some other desperate, dramatic end to an over-the-top life.
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Mont. tribes hope to tap Missouri River
Mar 27 2007 5:44AM (CT)
POPLAR, Mont. (AP) - Though the Fort Peck Reservation fronts more than 100 miles of the Missouri River, the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes have scarcely tapped the waters for economic gain.
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Ex-Reagan official charged in fraud case
Mar 27 2007 2:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - David Stockman rose to prominence as former President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985, grabbing attention early in his tenure when he told an interviewer that he thought Reaganomics was a "Trojan horse" for the rich and predicted huge budget deficits.
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Ex-Reagan official charged in fraud case
Mar 27 2007 2:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - David Stockman rose to prominence as former President Reagan's budget director from 1981 to 1985, grabbing attention early in his tenure when he told an interviewer that he thought Reaganomics was a "Trojan horse" for the rich and predicted huge budget deficits.
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Teen killed at same spot as friend
Mar 27 2007 2:18AM (CT)
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - A teenager was killed by a hit-and-run driver at the same spot where his 14-year-old friend had died in a car crash just hours earlier.
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NY subway hero sues lawyer over contract
Mar 27 2007 1:46AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man cheered as a hero for jumping onto a subway track to rescue a stranger has sued a lawyer he claims manipulated him into an unfair contract meant to profit on his fame.
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Ship passengers who fell seek privacy
Mar 27 2007 1:36AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A man who fell about 50 feet from a cruise ship was released from the ship's medical center Monday, and a woman who also fell plans to have follow-up testing on land, the cruise line said.
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Ship passengers who fell seek privacy
Mar 27 2007 1:36AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A man who fell about 50 feet from a cruise ship was released from the ship's medical center Monday, and a woman who also fell plans to have follow-up testing on land, the cruise line said.
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Mo. man who documented meth use dies
Mar 27 2007 12:05AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southeast Missouri man who drew global attention for his documentary about how methamphetamine hopelessly ravaged his body died Monday still optimistic his film steers others from the highly addictive stimulant.
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Mo. man who documented meth use dies
Mar 27 2007 12:05AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southeast Missouri man who drew global attention for his documentary about how methamphetamine hopelessly ravaged his body died Monday still optimistic his film steers others from the highly addictive stimulant.
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