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Suspect arrested in Minnesota shootings
Mar 28 2005 11:35PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - The teenage son of the tribal chairman has been arrested in connection with last week's shootings on a Minnesota Indian reservation, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said Monday.
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University of Georgia to alter mural
Mar 28 2005 11:14PM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - University of Georgia officials said Monday they would alter a wall-sized mural commemorating the school's integration because of complaints it contained a racial slur.
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Some counties opted out of Social Security
Mar 28 2005 10:45PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - When county employees in Galveston learned 25 years ago that Social Security could be in trouble, they took a gamble on their retirement and opted out of the federal system.
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Death penalty tossed over bible verses
Mar 28 2005 10:44PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in a rape-and-murder case because jurors had studied Bible verses such as "eye for eye, tooth for tooth" during deliberations.
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New murder trial ordered for Colo. woman
Mar 28 2005 10:44PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a life sentence and ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of murder in the slaying of a police officer shot by a man she allegedly recruited to break into her ex-boyfriend's apartment.
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Woman survives fall from bridge in SUV
Mar 28 2005 10:44PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A woman was left amazed, but only slightly injured, after her sport utility vehicle fell 60 feet off a bridge and sank another 55 feet to the bottom of a river.
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Calif. man gets 20 years in sex-tour sting
Mar 28 2005 10:32PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - An 87-year-old man convicted of attempting to travel to the Philippines to molest young girls was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison under a 2003 federal law aimed at fighting so-called sex tourism.
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Father says Schiavo weak but responding
Mar 28 2005 10:13PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Described by her father as weak and emaciated, Terri Schiavo clung to life Monday, as police guarded her hospice room and demonstrators prayed outside for last-minute government intervention in the case.
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'Va. jihad' trial may focus on free speech
Mar 28 2005 9:59PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge indicated Monday that the defense believes First Amendment issues may play a significant role in the trial of an Islamic scholar accused of exhorting followers to fight U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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N.Y. raises age of child booster seats
Mar 28 2005 8:47PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - As a registered nurse in a hospital emergency room, Frank Coolidge has seen firsthand the suffering an automobile accident can cause. As a parent of two children ages 5 and 3, he and his wife take every precaution possible to ensure their kids are safe when their family travels.
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Guard killed at Minn. school remembered
Mar 28 2005 8:40PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - A security guard credited with saving lives at Red Lake High School by confronting a teenage gunman was remembered Monday as a hero and a warrior.
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Investigators will criticize U.N. chief
Mar 28 2005 8:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A new report by investigators probing the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq will not accuse Secretary-General Kofi Annan of corruption but will criticize him for failure to deal with a conflict of interest posed by his son's employment by a contractor, officials said Monday.
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Arson suspected in Colo. retirement home
Mar 28 2005 6:45PM (CT)
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - A suspected arson fire erupted before dawn Monday at an apartment complex for elderly retirees, killing a man authorities said was facing eviction and who is now the focus of their investigation.
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Judge: Moussaoui trial date to be set soon
Mar 28 2005 6:25PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge said Monday she would soon set a trial date for Zacarias Moussaoui, the only U.S. defendant charged in connection with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Nuke plants use dry casks for spent fuel
Mar 28 2005 5:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 40 percent of the nation's nuclear power plants have begun moving spent fuel out of cooling pools and into massive dry casks, embracing a storage approach that a National Academy of Sciences panel said offers safety advantages.
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Two charged for forcibly tattooing boy
Mar 28 2005 5:25PM (CT)
NORWICH, N.Y. (AP) - A man and a teenager have been charged with forcibly tattooing an obscenity on the forehead of a 17-year-old boy, police said Monday.
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New Orleans DA case has closing arguments
Mar 28 2005 4:25PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A jury began deliberating Monday in a lawsuit accusing New Orleans' first black district attorney of racial discrimination for dismissing dozens of white employees upon taking office.
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Soldier defends reason for avoiding war
Mar 28 2005 3:13PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - As one of eight American soldiers who fled to Canada instead of going to Iraq, Cliff Cornell hopes he will be granted political asylum rather than be forced to fight a war he objects.
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Candles recalled because of flame risk
Mar 28 2005 3:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Texas company is recalling about 727,000 candles because the gel used in them can catch fire and create dangerously high flames, the government said Monday.
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Charged N.J. baby sitter appears in court
Mar 28 2005 2:03PM (CT)
SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A baby sitter who prosecutors said took off with a 5-month-old in her care made her first court appearance Monday, shaking her head no as she was accused of trying to keep the boy from his parents.
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Police arrest Bible-toting, armed motorist
Mar 28 2005 11:50AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A man dressed like an old-time pioneer and parked along Interstate 70 puzzled deputies with his claim that he was headed to South Dakota with Bibles and "supplies" for American Indian children.
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N.M. man bound, dragged behind vechicle
Mar 28 2005 10:37AM (CT)
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - A man who was bound by the ankles, tied to a vehicle and dragged more than a mile was in critical condition Monday, police said.
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Charges filed in death of Iowa girl
Mar 28 2005 10:03AM (CT)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A registered sex offender accused in the abduction and slaying of a 10-year-old girl was charged Monday with first-degree murder and kidnapping.
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Hail and heavy rain pounds the Southeast
Mar 28 2005 9:03AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Storms packing large hail, lightning and up to 8 inches of rain pounded the Southeast, forcing some people from their homes, washing out roads and flooding rivers.
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Teacher killed in Minn. shootings praised
Mar 28 2005 6:06AM (CT)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) - English teacher Neva Rogers finally had found a place where she felt needed, where she could give opportunities to poverty-stricken children who struggled with teen pregnancies, drugs and alcohol.
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Churchgoers remember Texas blast victims
Mar 28 2005 6:03AM (CT)
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - Churchgoers at Easter Sunday services were urged to support friends and neighbors who are grieving for loved ones lost in last week's deadly explosion at a BP oil refinery.
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Family acrimony marks long Schiavo case
Mar 28 2005 6:02AM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - So bitter and vindictive is the family feud over whether Terri Schiavo lives or dies that her husband and parents couldn't even agree on what priest should administer last rites or what should happen to her body after death. Once embraced by them, Michael Schiavo hasn't spoken to his in-laws, Bob and Mary Schindler, since 1993.
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Some truckers to undergo background checks
Mar 28 2005 6:02AM (CT)
CRANBURY, N.J. (AP) - The truck drivers who haul cargo labeled as flammable, combustible, radioactive or poisonous are now going to be scrutinized as closely as the hazardous materials that fill their tankers and trailers.
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Black, Asian women with degrees earn more
Mar 28 2005 5:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black and Asian women with bachelor's degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else.
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Plan to wipe out exotic deer sparks debate
Mar 28 2005 4:03AM (CT)
POINT REYES STATION, Calif. (AP) - They are easily spotted from the road here, lounging in fields and munching grass with little fear of predators.
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