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Report cites 103 Taser-related deaths
Mar 31 2005 11:26PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - There were 103 Taser stun gun-related deaths in the United States and Canada between June 2001 and March 2005, according to an Amnesty International report released Friday.
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Snowplaners sue over Grand Teton lake ban
Mar 31 2005 11:07PM (CT)
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A group of snowplane operators has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to lift a ban on the craft in Grand Teton National Park.
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FBI search former home of Terry Nichols
Mar 31 2005 10:45PM (CT)
HERINGTON, Kan. (AP) - FBI agents Thursday searched a home where Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols used to live after receiving a report that there were explosives inside.
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Jeb Bush won't feel impact from Schiavo
Mar 31 2005 10:34PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - It seemed like Jeb Bush was in a no-win situation by taking up the cause of trying to keep Terri Schiavo alive.
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Giuliani hasn't ruled out run for office
Mar 31 2005 10:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Thursday that he has not ruled out running for governor or president, but he offered no specifics on what his political future might hold.
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Idling truck may have sparked Texas blast
Mar 31 2005 10:30PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A contractor's idling diesel truck may have sucked in a hydrocarbon liquid and vapor cloud, sparking last week's fiery explosion at a Texas refinery that killed 15 and injured more than 100, investigators said Thursday.
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Witness sues over Chicago porch collapse
Mar 31 2005 10:30PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A man whose brother died in a porch collapse along with 12 others sued the city Thursday, alleging that officials accused him of contributing to the collapse only because he had criticized Chicago's construction permit and inspection process.
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Guards, father charged in alleged abuse
Mar 31 2005 10:27PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Five guards at a juvenile detention center abused a 13-year-old boy and forced him to strip in a supposed "scared straight" attempt, authorities charged.
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Terri Schiavo dies, but debate lives on
Mar 31 2005 10:10PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - With her husband and parents feuding to the bitter end and beyond, Terri Schiavo died Thursday, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute that engulfed the courts, Capitol Hill and the White House and divided the country.
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Rape lawsuit against U. of Colo. tossed
Mar 31 2005 10:09PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Colorado filed by two women whose allegations of sexual abuse sparked a scandal last year over its football team's recruiting practices.
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Wis. tavern industry event prompts probe
Mar 31 2005 9:46PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Ethics Board is investigating tavern industry lobbyists for charging Wisconsin lawmakers $5 for unlimited beer the night a senator was arrested for drunken driving.
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Clinton steps back into public spotlight
Mar 31 2005 9:41PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Three weeks at home was apparently enough rest for former President Clinton, who stepped back into the public arena Thursday night with a call for more action to fight AIDS. He also couldn't resist a few joking jabs at Republicans.
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Ex-Dallas cop convicted in fake drug case
Mar 31 2005 9:30PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A jury on Thursday took less than an hour to convict a former police officer in the fake drugs scandal that has plagued the Dallas Police Department since 2001.
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Man pleads guilty to buying snipers rifle
Mar 31 2005 9:21PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Thursday to buying a rifle for the Washington, D.C.-area snipers _ though not the weapon used in the 2002 random shooting spree.
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Governor of Maine signs gay rights bill
Mar 31 2005 8:47PM (CT)
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Gov. John Baldacci on Thursday signed legislation that protects gays and lesbians from discrimination. Within hours, a religious group launched a campaign to overturn the new law.
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NY meets first budget deadline in 20 years
Mar 31 2005 8:32PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state Legislature passed a $105 billion budget Thursday that increases school funding, makes university tuition cheaper and puts transportation projects in the hands of voters.
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Terri Schiavo relatives feud over burial
Mar 31 2005 8:20PM (CT)
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Terri Schiavo's ashes will be buried in an undisclosed location near Philadelphia so that her immediate family doesn't show up and turn the burial into a media spectacle, a member of the Schiavo family said Thursday.
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Teen suspect saw film on school shooting
Mar 31 2005 8:16PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - A troubled teen who went on a killing spree at Red Lake High School recently watched a film clearly influenced by the Columbine High School shootings in 1999, according to a friend of the gunman.
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Three brothers on trial for aiding Hamas
Mar 31 2005 8:08PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Three brothers went on trial Thursday on charges of aiding terrorists by funneling money to a high-ranking official in the militant Palestinian group Hamas.
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Man convicted in LAX plot to be sentenced
Mar 31 2005 7:43PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Ahmed Ressam, convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the millennium, is to be sentenced April 27 in a hearing that has been repeatedly delayed to ensure his cooperation in other terrorism cases.
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Fla. launches faith-based mentor program
Mar 31 2005 7:33PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The nation's first federally funded faith-based mentor program for juvenile offenders is getting started in Florida, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings announced Thursday.
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Social Security protesters target banks
Mar 31 2005 7:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Demonstrators rallied outside Wall Street firms in dozens of cities Thursday to protest what they say is a conspiracy between politicians and bankers to privatize Social Security.
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Lawyers: Army backed interrogation methods
Mar 31 2005 7:10PM (CT)
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Attorneys for four soldiers charged with murder in the smothering death of an Iraqi general they were interrogating said Thursday their commanders had approved their methods.
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Rudolph hearing shows ATF standards absent
Mar 31 2005 6:45PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A government explosives expert testified Thursday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms lacked written testing standards when it investigated a deadly abortion clinic blast allegedly carried out by Eric Rudolph.
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Boston archbishop lets parishes to reopen
Mar 31 2005 6:19PM (CT)
WEYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The Roman Catholic parish that sparked a wave of protests against church closings in the Boston Archdiocese will reopen, the archbishop announced Thursday.
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Terri Schiavo's final moments with husband
Mar 31 2005 6:15PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Her breathing labored and quick, her skin mottled with red splotches, Terri Schiavo spent her final moments clinging to one of her beloved stuffed animals. Michael Schiavo was at her side, in the same hospice where he has spent every night since his wife's feeding tube was removed two weeks ago.
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Student arrested in plot to blow up school
Mar 31 2005 5:59PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy who had shown strong interest in the Columbine school shootings has been arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up his high school, authorities said Thursday.
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U.N. reveals accusations against official
Mar 31 2005 5:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations launched disciplinary action Thursday against the U.N. official responsible for upholding the integrity of the world body after he was accused of violating regulations that cover integrity and competence, a U.N. spokesman said Thursday.
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Conn.'s ex-gov. Rowland expected at prison
Mar 31 2005 5:08PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Former Gov. John G. Rowland, who resigned in disgrace and pleaded guilty to corruption, was due to report Friday to a federal prison camp in Pennsylvania to serve his yearlong sentence.
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Henry Kissinger undergoes heart procedure
Mar 31 2005 4:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was reported "resting comfortably" at home Thursday after an angioplasty procedure, a hospital and a spokeswoman for his office said. Neither would provide further details.
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L.A. police settlement to reach $70M
Mar 31 2005 4:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city said Thursday it would pay about $70 million to settle lawsuits that alleged misconduct or brutality by corrupt police officers in an anti-gang unit.
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Falwell says he's 'making progress'
Mar 31 2005 4:43PM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, hospitalized in serious condition, is on the mend from his latest health crisis, able to sit in an armchair, take a call from the White House and visit with his grandchildren, officials said Thursday.
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Terri Schiavo Dies But Feud Continues
Mar 31 2005 4:20PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - With her husband and parents feuding to the bitter end and beyond, Terri Schiavo died Thursday, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute that engulfed the courts, Capitol Hill and the White House and divided the country.
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Fred Korematsu dies at age 86
Mar 31 2005 3:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Fred Korematsu, who became a symbol of civil rights for challenging the World War II internment orders that sent 120,000 Japanese Americans to government camps, has died. He was 86.
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Some not cooperating in oil-for-food probe
Mar 31 2005 3:25PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and other U.N. member states have refused to fully cooperate with investigators looking into corruption in the oil-for-food program in Iraq, blocking access to information about politically sensitive actions of Security Council nations, say leaders of the probe.
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Schiavo case sparked national discourse
Mar 31 2005 3:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A brain-damaged woman in bed, slowly dying: The quintessential image of the Terri Schiavo case riveted millions of Americans who were deeply moved by its pathos. From any vantage point, the situation was heartbreaking and compelling _ testing an ordinary family with dilemmas that everyone fears.
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Mother of child who shot toddler charged
Mar 31 2005 2:29PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The mother of a 4-year-old boy who shot his 2-year-old brother in the head with a handgun has been charged with a weapons count, police said Thursday.
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Brain-damaged child's family mulls Schiavo
Mar 31 2005 2:13PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Spencers chose the study with the cheery rose-covered wallpaper border and their grandkids' crayoned drawings as the setting for their discussion about death.
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Bags of dead dogs discovered in Virginia
Mar 31 2005 12:40PM (CT)
GATE CITY, Va. (AP) - A construction worker checking a remote Virginia road found carcasses and body parts of about 150 dogs, sheriff's officials said Thursday.
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Agency backs plan for Jets stadium in NYC
Mar 31 2005 12:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A plan for a $1.7 billion stadium that could serve as the centerpiece of the 2012 Olympics cleared a major hurdle Thursday with approval of the New York Jets' bid by the state agency that owns the proposed site.
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Co. recalls about 55,000 portable heaters
Mar 31 2005 11:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Cleveland company is recalling about 55,000 portable heaters after receiving more than two dozen reports of propane leaks, the government said Thursday.
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Mourning and prayers mark Schiavo's death
Mar 31 2005 11:41AM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Terri Schiavo's death was met with sadness, anger, despair _ and prayers _ by supporters of her parents who had held a 13-day vigil outside her hospice.
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Joan Kennedy remains hospitalized
Mar 31 2005 11:35AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The neighbor who found Joan Bennett Kennedy lying on a sidewalk this week said she had no idea the woman she helped was a member of one of America's best-known families.
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Religion news in brief
Mar 31 2005 11:13AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales rejected what he called the "specter" of an American-style mixing of religion and politics on an Easter Sunday TV program.
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1.3 million Mercedes being recalled
Mar 31 2005 10:53AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - DaimlerChrysler AG said Thursday it is recalling some 1.3 million Mercedes-Benz cars worldwide to fix problems with their alternators and batteries.
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Columbia finds no anti-Semitic remarks
Mar 31 2005 10:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A special committee found no evidence that professors at Columbia University made anti-Semitic statements to intimidate Jewish students in classes, according to a university report released Thursday.
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Activists want arrests in '46 lynching
Mar 31 2005 10:49AM (CT)
MONROE, Ga. (AP) - Where the old Moore's Ford bridge once stood, there are no reminders of the atrocities committed here almost 59 years ago _ other than a crude, black "KKK" spray-painted on the underside of a modern bridge nearby.
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Schiavo attorney focuses on right-to-die
Mar 31 2005 10:37AM (CT)
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - As a hospice volunteer, George Felos has sat with people as they took their last breaths. As an attorney, he has guided dozens of families through the painful legal process of honoring their loved one's last wishes.
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1.3 million Mercedes being recalled
Mar 31 2005 9:05AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - DaimlerChrysler AG said Thursday it is recalling some 1.3 million Mercedes-Benz models worldwide to fix a problem with alternators and batteries.
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Fla. child tells 911 her parents are dead
Mar 31 2005 8:57AM (CT)
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - As her parents lay mortally wounded, a 5-year-old girl called 911, telling an emergency dispatcher, "I think they're dead." Police said Aeneas and Julie Hernlen were shot to death early Monday by a man who mistakenly believed the couple had turned him in for drug possession. Their daughter, Tia, was not harmed.
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Senator from Texas expects fight on FOI
Mar 31 2005 8:13AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Republican Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday there is broad support for a bill to create a panel to study the federal Freedom of Information Act, but real reforms could run into trouble.
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4 sentenced in San Antonio City Hall case
Mar 31 2005 8:12AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Two former city councilmen and two attorneys were sentenced to prison for using bribery to secure a city contract for a law firm to collect parking fines, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
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Pope accepts resignation of bishop
Mar 31 2005 6:04AM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The pope on Thursday accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Mulvee as leader of the Providence, R.I., Diocese, submitted for reason of age, the Vatican said.
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Poll: Most in U.S. oppose nuclear weapons
Mar 31 2005 6:02AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans surveyed in a poll say they do not think any country, including the United States, should have nuclear weapons. That sentiment is at odds with current efforts by some nations that are trying to develop the weapons and by terrorists seeking to add them to their arsenal.
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Elephant to trim fat on treadmill
Mar 31 2005 5:15AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - It's not easy being a pudgy pachyderm. Everyone _ from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to the U.S. Department of Agriculture _ seems to want to weigh in with opinions on trimming Maggie the elephant's waistline.
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Archaeologists seek prison break site
Mar 31 2005 5:10AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - While searching for the tunnel used during an infamous 1945 prison break, archaeologists found an intriguing potential clue: a nickel from that very year.
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Confused cops 'bust' woman after birth
Mar 31 2005 5:06AM (CT)
KETTERING, Ohio (AP) - A woman rushing to a hospital to give birth hit a few stops along the way _ first at a gas station where she delivered the baby herself, then when confused police ordered her out of the car at gunpoint.
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Widows study refinery's cancer cases
Mar 31 2005 4:30AM (CT)
LINDEN, N.J. (AP) - Before Bill Kearney died of esophageal cancer three years ago at 49, he left his wife, Betty Ann, with a haunting suspicion in his final moments about why he thought he was dying. The shift supervisor at the Bayway Refinery, who never smoked, told his wife to subpoena the company's maintenance records. It was the last conversation the two had together.
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North Carolina remains lottery holdout
Mar 31 2005 4:26AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has held out for years against joining the nation's lottery boom, but with a billion-dollar budget gap and the knowledge that millions of dollars are being lost to other states' lotteries that could soon change.
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Jury says New Orleans DA guilty of bias
Mar 31 2005 4:11AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Days after taking office in 2003, New Orleans' first black district attorney fired 53 white employees and replaced them with blacks.
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Teeth symbolize Sudanese refugees' plight
Mar 31 2005 3:49AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - As a 9-year-old in Sudan, Dhalbang Malua longed to have some of his teeth taken out so girls would notice him. As a 36-year-old in America, he'd like to have them back.
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1 killed in blast at S.C. duct-tape plant
Mar 31 2005 2:03AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An explosion late Wednesday rocked a plant that makes duct tape, shooting a fireball into the air and shaking homes a mile away. One employee was killed, officials said.
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GOP agenda conflicting with states' rights
Mar 31 2005 12:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans who swear by the principle of states' rights are having to make some exceptions when it comes to saving Terri Schiavo, or reining in trial lawyers, protecting the sanctity of marriage and advancing the party's other priorities.
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1 killed in blast at S.C. duct-tape plant
Mar 31 2005 12:31AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - An explosion late Wednesday rocked a plant that makes duct tape, shooting a fireball into the air and shaking homes a mile away. One employee was killed, officials said.
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Hundreds of volunteers plan border patrol
Mar 31 2005 12:29AM (CT)
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) - Hundreds of volunteers, some of them armed, are expected to take up positions along the Mexican border Friday and begin patrolling for illegal immigrants _ an exercise some fear could attract racist crackpots and lead to vigilante violence.
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