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Ex-Ala. governor comes home from prison
Mar 28 2008 11:39PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman returned to his home late Friday, nine months to the day after he was shackled and taken off to federal prison on corruption charges.
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Ex-Ala. governor comes home from prison
Mar 28 2008 11:39PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman returned to his home late Friday, nine months to the day after he was shackled and taken off to federal prison on corruption charges.
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Ex-Ala. governor comes home from prison
Mar 28 2008 11:39PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman returned to his home late Friday, nine months to the day after he was shackled and taken off to federal prison on corruption charges.
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Chemical warehouse ablaze in New York
Mar 28 2008 11:13PM (CT)
PELHAM, N.Y. (AP) - A fire at a chemical warehouse in Mount Vernon released potentially hazardous chemicals into the air Friday, and residents were urged to shut their windows and stay indoors, fire officials said.
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Aging conduit led to fatal LA blast
Mar 28 2008 10:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fire in an aging high-voltage cable caused a series of blasts and led to the death of a firefighter as he investigated the explosions, city authorities said Friday.
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DA's report: Spitzer behind dirty tricks
Mar 28 2008 10:04PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A prosecutor said Friday that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer may have lied when he told investigators he wasn't deeply involved in a plot that used a Republican rival's travel records in an effort to embarrass him. He added that Spitzer could have been indicted had he not resigned in disgrace in a prostitution scandal.
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Search on for missing Indian soldiers
Mar 28 2008 9:40PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - Officials are searching for two soldiers from India who disappeared from a sprawling Marine base in Southern California, the government said Friday.
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Texas DA found in contempt of court
Mar 28 2008 9:36PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A former prosecutor who resigned after the mistaken release of racist and pornographic e-mails was found in contempt of court Friday for deleting 2,500 e-mails which had been subpoenaed for a civil rights lawsuit.
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Colo. town closer to drinkable tap water
Mar 28 2008 9:07PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - High concentrations of chlorine being used to purge salmonella from a southern Colorado town's water system were expected to drop far enough Saturday that residents could use the water for showering.
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End to Ala. foster care oversight upheld
Mar 28 2008 8:55PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY (AP) - Alabama's child welfare system has made tremendous improvements, and no more federal oversight is necessary after a 20-year transformation from national embarrassment to national model, a federal appeals court said.
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Remains ID'd in Iraq kidnapping
Mar 28 2008 8:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI has identified the remains of an Austrian contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq with four Americans.
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Cambodian refugees may testify in Calif.
Mar 28 2008 8:32PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - As a child in Cambodia, Sara Pol-Lim lost her father, three brothers and a cousin to the Khmer Rouge and spent four years in a youth concentration camp.
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Cambodian refugees may testify in Calif.
Mar 28 2008 8:32PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - As a child in Cambodia, Sara Pol-Lim lost her father, three brothers and a cousin to the Khmer Rouge and spent four years in a youth concentration camp.
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Cambodian refugees may testify in Calif.
Mar 28 2008 8:32PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - As a child in Cambodia, Sara Pol-Lim lost her father, three brothers and a cousin to the Khmer Rouge and spent four years in a youth concentration camp.
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Cambodian refugees may testify in Calif.
Mar 28 2008 8:32PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - As a child in Cambodia, Sara Pol-Lim lost her father, three brothers and a cousin to the Khmer Rouge and spent four years in a youth concentration camp.
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Crematorium accused of mixing bones
Mar 28 2008 8:22PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State investigators sifted through a trash bin Friday behind a crematorium whose owner is being investigated on allegations of dumping bones and ashes and, in at least one case, returning the wrong remains to grieving relatives.
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Defense up next in ex-Newark mayor trial
Mar 28 2008 8:19PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The government rested its fraud case against a former Newark mayor Friday, making way for the defense to counter contentions that a former mistress used her relationship with him to buy discounted city-owned land that she sold at a huge profit.
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Homeless man testifies in murder trial
Mar 28 2008 8:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A homeless man testified Friday he was befriended by an elderly woman who is now charged with killing two other homeless men for profit and was pressured to sign documents with his personal information _ papers he now believes involved insurance policies.
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Accused gas station owner is killed
Mar 28 2008 7:45PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man awaiting trial on charges of killing a rival gas station owner has been shot to death in his driveway.
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2 teens arrested in Va. highway gunfire
Mar 28 2008 7:42PM (CT)
CROZET, Va. (AP) - A manhunt for shooters whose potshots at passing cars shut down a mountain highway ended Friday when authorities stormed a central Virginia farm, arresting a teenager and firing at a man carrying a gun.
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2 teens arrested in Va. highway gunfire
Mar 28 2008 7:42PM (CT)
CROZET, Va. (AP) - A manhunt for shooters whose potshots at passing cars shut down a mountain highway ended Friday when authorities stormed a central Virginia farm, arresting a teenager and firing at a man carrying a gun.
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Fiery tanker crash in Mass. burns driver
Mar 28 2008 7:33PM (CT)
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) - A diesel tanker truck rolled over and exploded Friday on a western Massachusetts interstate in a wreck that sent fireballs and thick black smoke billowing up and shut down the highway.
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Calif. pair attacked by tiger file claim
Mar 28 2008 7:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two brothers who were attacked by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo have filed claims against the city alleging negligence and defamation.
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Guilty verdict in LA stomping death
Mar 28 2008 7:08PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who stomped to death a homeless woman on skid row in Los Angeles has been convicted of second-degree murder.
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Miss. justices suspend embattled judge
Mar 28 2008 6:57PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court suspended a prominent judge Friday who is being investigated for his role in a dispute over fees involving attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs.
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Praying parents' other 3 kids removed
Mar 28 2008 6:52PM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - The three siblings of a girl who died of diabetes that went untreated as her parents prayed instead of taking her to a doctor have been removed from the home during an investigation, police said Friday.
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More soil tests planned at Manson ranch
Mar 28 2008 6:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Further forensic tests of the soil at the remote ranch where Charles Manson once lived were ordered Friday before a decision is made on whether to dig for more possible victims of the convicted killer.
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Remains found may be missing cousins
Mar 28 2008 6:45PM (CT)
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A homeless man was charged with murder Friday after workmen clearing a weeded lot discovered remains tentatively identified as those of a pregnant teenager and her 4-year-old cousin, who both vanished in 2005.
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Remains found may be missing cousins
Mar 28 2008 6:45PM (CT)
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A homeless man was charged with murder Friday after workmen clearing a weeded lot discovered remains tentatively identified as those of a pregnant teenager and her 4-year-old cousin, who both vanished in 2005.
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Hearing in alleged murder by Marine
Mar 28 2008 6:43PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine charged with murdering an Iraqi detainee captured during fierce house-to-house fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, said his squad leader asked for help killing captives after weapons were found in their house, a naval investigator testified Friday.
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IMF increases role for poorer countries
Mar 28 2008 6:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The International Monetary Fund's directors approved a major change in its voting mechanism Friday, giving some larger developing countries more of a say in how the 185-nation lending organization operates.
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Wrongly imprisoned NY mother sues
Mar 28 2008 5:56PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A mother recently exonerated in her teenage daughter's death more than a decade ago sued New York state Friday, seeking almost $15 million in damages.
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N.H. settles with ex-guard's victims
Mar 28 2008 5:31PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The state will pay $1.9 million to 30 female inmates and a corrections employee who accused a former prison sergeant of raping or harassing them, state officials said Friday.
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Grandfather defends munitions contractor
Mar 28 2008 5:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The grandfather of a 22-year-old military contractor accused of illegally providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army defended him Friday as a dedicated businessman and legitimate weapons dealer.
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Grandfather defends munitions contractor
Mar 28 2008 5:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The grandfather of a 22-year-old military contractor accused of illegally providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army defended him Friday as a dedicated businessman and legitimate weapons dealer.
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Grandfather defends munitions contractor
Mar 28 2008 5:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The grandfather of a 22-year-old military contractor accused of illegally providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army defended him Friday as a dedicated businessman and legitimate weapons dealer.
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Grandfather defends munitions contractor
Mar 28 2008 5:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The grandfather of a 22-year-old military contractor accused of illegally providing Chinese-made ammunition to the Afghanistan army defended him Friday as a dedicated businessman and legitimate weapons dealer.
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Correction: Tanker Fire story
Mar 28 2008 4:47PM (CT)
EVERETT, Mass. (AP) - In a Dec. 5 story about the explosion of a tanker truck that destroyed 40 cars and two homes, The Associated Press, relying on information from the State Police, reported erroneously that the driver had been cited for speeding and not carrying a medical certificate.
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Va. Tech settlement deadline extended
Mar 28 2008 4:46PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Families of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings have been given an extra week to respond to a settlement the state is proposing to prevent lawsuits, people familiar with the settlement said Friday.
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Yosemite Park blocked from doing repairs
Mar 28 2008 4:34PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Yosemite National Park must halt more than $100 million in planned construction projects because the developments threaten the park's fragile ecosystem, a federal appeals court panel ruled Thursday.
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Mom pleads not guilty in 2 kids' deaths
Mar 28 2008 4:30PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A widowed mother charged with killing her two children and then taking a university counselor hostage at gunpoint alarmed authorities by saying her kids had been "sent to be with their dad," according to a police report.
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Mom pleads not guilty in 2 kids' deaths
Mar 28 2008 4:30PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A widowed mother charged with killing her two children and then taking a university counselor hostage at gunpoint alarmed authorities by saying her kids had been "sent to be with their dad," according to a police report.
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Mom pleads not guilty in 2 kids' deaths
Mar 28 2008 4:30PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A widowed mother charged with killing her two children and then taking a university counselor hostage at gunpoint alarmed authorities by saying her kids had been "sent to be with their dad," according to a police report.
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Baby taken from FL hospital, soon found
Mar 28 2008 4:24PM (CT)
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - A woman abducted a 1-day-old baby from a secure hospital unit Friday and apparently smuggled the child out in a tote bag, police said.
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Reputed Pa. mobster D'Elia pleads guilty
Mar 28 2008 4:13PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - The reputed boss of a northeastern Pennsylvania crime family pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges, a possible sign that he has agreed to testify against a businessman accused of lying to get a casino license.
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Colleges are watching troubled students
Mar 28 2008 4:09PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - On the agenda: A student who got into a shouting match with a faculty member. Another who harassed a female classmate. Someone found sleeping in a car. And a student who posted a threat against a professor on Facebook.
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Ga. town reeling from hospital slayings
Mar 28 2008 4:07PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - Armed with a three-year grudge and more guns than he could hold, a former substitute teacher stormed a west Georgia hospital looking to punish the nurse he blamed for his mother's death.
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Jury deliberates in terrorism case
Mar 28 2008 4:02PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jury began deliberating Friday in the second trial of six men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices.
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A writer battles her genetic destiny
Mar 28 2008 3:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At age 35, Jessica Queller was the kind of woman it's hard not to envy. Bright, funny and attractive, she was a TV writer with a great Hollywood gig and loads of friends.
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Case dropped against Haditha defendant
Mar 28 2008 3:42PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - The Marine Corps dropped charges and gave full immunity Friday to a serviceman who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in a squad's killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005.
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Man arraigned in NJ lover's slaying
Mar 28 2008 3:36PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The married lover of a missing New Jersey woman was ordered held on bail Friday after prosecutors alleged he struck her on the head, stuffed her chopped-up body in a suitcase and dumped it in a pond.
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Man arraigned in NJ lover's slaying
Mar 28 2008 3:36PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The married lover of a missing New Jersey woman was ordered held on bail Friday after prosecutors alleged he struck her on the head, stuffed her chopped-up body in a suitcase and dumped it in a pond.
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School field trip bus overturns in Ala.
Mar 28 2008 2:47PM (CT)
SPRINGVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A charter bus carrying about 40 schoolchildren on a field trip to an aquarium has overturned on a freeway near Birmingham.
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Shooting of gay student sparks outcry
Mar 28 2008 1:40PM (CT)
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - Larry King was a gay eighth-grader who used to come to school in makeup, high heels and earrings. And when the other boys made fun of him, he would boldly tease them right back by flirting with them.
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1 inmate dead in Texas prison riot
Mar 28 2008 11:24AM (CT)
THREE RIVERS, Texas (AP) - One inmate was killed and 15 others were hospitalized after a riot at a federal prison in South Texas early Friday.
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Manhattan high-rise fire injures dozens
Mar 28 2008 11:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities were investigating a fire in a high-rise apartment building on Manhattan's Lower East Side that seriously injured three residents.
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Smoky smell in cabin forces Fla. landing
Mar 28 2008 10:40AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Officials say an American Airlines jet has made a safe emergency landing in West Palm Beach, Fla., after passengers noticed a smoky smell in the cabin.
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NY lawyer bounced from dad's mob case
Mar 28 2008 8:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A defense attorney representing his own father, a reputed gangster, in a high-profile mob prosecution must quit the case, a federal judge ruled.
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Vt. panel hears air breast-feeding case
Mar 28 2008 8:10AM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Human Rights Commission ruled there are grounds to believe Freedom Airlines discriminated against a woman ordered off a plane after refusing to cover up while breast-feeding her child.
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New crane rules in effect in Miami
Mar 28 2008 7:42AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A new ordinance that beefs up safety measures for cranes is in effect in Miami days after a fatal accident.
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Woman forgives son accused of 4 slayings
Mar 28 2008 6:25AM (CT)
SITKA, Alaska (AP) - The mother of a teenager accused of stabbing to death four people, including the mother's parents, said she has forgiven her son and knows her parents would, too.
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California lowers auto emissions rule
Mar 28 2008 6:05AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California regulators have drastically cut the number of zero-emission vehicles required to be sold in the state by the year 2014, a decision that frustrated environmentalists but came as a relief to auto manufacturers.
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California lowers auto emissions rule
Mar 28 2008 6:05AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California regulators have drastically cut the number of zero-emission vehicles required to be sold in the state by the year 2014, a decision that frustrated environmentalists but came as a relief to auto manufacturers.
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Religion in the news
Mar 28 2008 5:50AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An evangelical group that wants to reshape the movement's political reputation for being focused on opposing abortion and same-sex marriage is hoping that a series of meetings stressing its roots in women's suffrage and abolition will help it break out of the mold.
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Controversy follows ex-radical's parole
Mar 28 2008 5:29AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Despite reviewing the file of Sara Jane Olson multiple times since December, prison administrators and clerks failed to catch the miscalculation that led to the premature release of the former 1970s radical, officials said.
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Controversy follows ex-radical's parole
Mar 28 2008 5:29AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Despite reviewing the file of Sara Jane Olson multiple times since December, prison administrators and clerks failed to catch the miscalculation that led to the premature release of the former 1970s radical, officials said.
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Controversy follows ex-radical's parole
Mar 28 2008 5:29AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Despite reviewing the file of Sara Jane Olson multiple times since December, prison administrators and clerks failed to catch the miscalculation that led to the premature release of the former 1970s radical, officials said.
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City police seek ground zero security
Mar 28 2008 4:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Since Sept. 11, 2001, turf wars have flared up between city police and the state-run police force in charge of ground zero security. In recent weeks, the skirmish has heated up.
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City police seek ground zero security
Mar 28 2008 4:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Since Sept. 11, 2001, turf wars have flared up between city police and the state-run police force in charge of ground zero security. In recent weeks, the skirmish has heated up.
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Lava watchers drawn to Hawaii eruption
Mar 28 2008 4:24AM (CT)
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) - Visitors are flocking to witness the spectacular eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, despite explosions and toxic fumes.
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Lava watchers drawn to Hawaii eruption
Mar 28 2008 4:24AM (CT)
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) - Visitors are flocking to witness the spectacular eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, despite explosions and toxic fumes.
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Lava watchers drawn to Hawaii eruption
Mar 28 2008 4:24AM (CT)
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) - Visitors are flocking to witness the spectacular eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, despite explosions and toxic fumes.
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Lava watchers drawn to Hawaii eruption
Mar 28 2008 4:24AM (CT)
VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) - Visitors are flocking to witness the spectacular eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, despite explosions and toxic fumes.
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Rhode Island targets illegal immigrants
Mar 28 2008 4:08AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Linking the presence of undocumented workers to Rhode Island's financial woes, Gov. Don Carcieri signed an executive order that includes a series of steps to combat illegal immigration.
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NYC postpones calorie-posting rule
Mar 28 2008 3:17AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials have pushed back a deadline for national chain restaurants to put calorie counts on their menus in New York City outlets.
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Woman says TSA forced piercings removal
Mar 28 2008 2:53AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.
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Woman says TSA forced piercings removal
Mar 28 2008 2:53AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.
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Web tip leads mom to Asia, abducted son
Mar 28 2008 2:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tiffany Rubin had all but given up hope of ever seeing her abducted child again when she received an anonymous tip through her MySpace page. Someone had spotted her 7-year-old son and her ex-boyfriend in South Korea.
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Web tip leads mom to Asia, abducted son
Mar 28 2008 2:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tiffany Rubin had all but given up hope of ever seeing her abducted child again when she received an anonymous tip through her MySpace page. Someone had spotted her 7-year-old son and her ex-boyfriend in South Korea.
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Web tip leads mom to Asia, abducted son
Mar 28 2008 2:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tiffany Rubin had all but given up hope of ever seeing her abducted child again when she received an anonymous tip through her MySpace page. Someone had spotted her 7-year-old son and her ex-boyfriend in South Korea.
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Web tip leads mom to Asia, abducted son
Mar 28 2008 2:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Tiffany Rubin had all but given up hope of ever seeing her abducted child again when she received an anonymous tip through her MySpace page. Someone had spotted her 7-year-old son and her ex-boyfriend in South Korea.
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