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Prosecutor: Sharpton not tied to scandal
Apr 2 2005 10:33PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An investigation into whether the Rev. Al Sharpton was involved in a scheme to defraud a pension fund was based on misinterpreted wiretaps, a prosecutor said Saturday.
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New evidence frees man imprisoned 13 years
Apr 2 2005 10:30PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A man has been freed after 13 years in prison for a death authorities thought was caused by a blow from a whiskey bottle, but which new evidence suggests happened when the victim was hit by a motor home.
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Widow, father deaths said murder-suicide
Apr 2 2005 10:26PM (CT)
WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) - The deaths of the widow of a Maine National Guard soldier and her father have been ruled a murder-suicide, officials said Saturday.
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King remembered 37 years after his slaying
Apr 2 2005 10:24PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The voice of Martin Luther King Jr. boomed again from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Saturday as dozens of people gathered to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination.
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U.S. forces may have beaten Iraqi general
Apr 2 2005 10:22PM (CT)
FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - Previously secret court testimony indicates an Iraqi general imprisoned by U.S. forces was badly bruised and may have been severely beaten two days before he died of suffocation during interrogation.
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'Minuteman' volunteers protest U.S. policy
Apr 2 2005 10:21PM (CT)
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) - Volunteers for an effort to patrol the Mexican border for illegal immigrants and smugglers marched in southern Arizona on Saturday to draw attention to what they say is the government's failure to control illegal immigration.
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Martha Stewart not shy about sharing
Apr 2 2005 10:20PM (CT)
KATONAH, N.Y. (AP) - Her middle name is Helen. She likes to spend a lot of time with eggs. And she has no use at all for that clunky black gizmo on her ankle. In the month since Martha Stewart was released from prison, after serving five months for her role in a stock-sale scandal, she has not been shy about sharing.
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Terri Schiavo cremated amid family feud
Apr 2 2005 10:18PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Terri Schiavo's body was cremated Saturday as disagreements continued between her husband and her parents, who were unable to have their own independent expert observe her autopsy.
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Church head opens 175th Mormon conference
Apr 2 2005 9:32PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The president of the Mormon Church opened the church's 175th conference Saturday, calling on members to "stand a little taller, lift our eyes and stretch our minds to a greater millennial mission."
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Professor with pro-Nazi ties dismissed
Apr 2 2005 9:26PM (CT)
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) - An adjunct history professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University who hosts a webcast program called "White Viewpoint" has been dismissed for missing too many days of class, school officials said.
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S.C. lawmaker wants Giuliani to repay fee
Apr 2 2005 8:48PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A state lawmaker wants former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to return the $100,000 fee he received to speak at a tsunami relief fund-raiser.
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Orthodox Church installs west U.S. leader
Apr 2 2005 8:31PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Greek Orthodox Church on Saturday installed a new leader for the western United States as about 1,500 faithful watched.
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Nine dead in two close Mich. car crashes
Apr 2 2005 5:25PM (CT)
ALMONT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Two separate traffic accidents within two minutes and 35 miles of each other killed nine people, authorities said Saturday. Police believe speed was likely a factor in both crashes.
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Activists seek info on 1946 Ga. lynchings
Apr 2 2005 4:17PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Activists marched Saturday near the site where four black sharecroppers were killed in 1946, hoping publicity about the lynchings would cause someone to step forward with information so the deaths could join the list of civil rights-era cases being prosecuted.
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Schiavo case evolved into huge news story
Apr 2 2005 3:15PM (CT)
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - When Terri Schiavo collapsed 15 years ago, George H.W. Bush was in the White House and she was just an ordinary insurance company clerk who liked stuffed animals and romance novels, and was desperately trying to have children. By the time she died this past week, Bush's son was president, and she had become the central figure in a national debate on the right to die and on who gets to decide.
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Ukraine's first lady heading to Chicago
Apr 2 2005 1:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - When Kathy Chumachenko left for Europe 14 years ago, she was a young American pursuing a career and adventure overseas. The Chicago native is returning as the first lady of Europe's sixth most populous country, the wife of Ukraine's new president, who survived an apparent assassination attempt by poisoning.
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N.M. man arrested in dragging assault
Apr 2 2005 12:06PM (CT)
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the dragging of a Hispanic man behind a vehicle, which left the victim with burn-like abrasions over half his body.
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Teen killed for a kiss mourned in N.J.
Apr 2 2005 9:56AM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - For Elisa Hernandez, no meant no _ and a tragic death at age 15. When a frustrated suitor named Alfred Bishop asked her for a kiss, she refused him. Again and again, he asked. She said no. When he pulled out a revolver and pointed at her head, she pushed it away.
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Ill. governor orders prescriptions filled
Apr 2 2005 9:55AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved an emergency rule Friday requiring pharmacies to fill birth control prescriptions quickly after a Chicago pharmacist refused to fill an order because of moral opposition to the drug.
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Proposal would allow killing of wild cats
Apr 2 2005 9:41AM (CT)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Wild cats prowl around the bird feeder outside Mark Smith's home, waiting to pounce on a wren or maybe a robin. About all Smith can do right now is watch. But if the La Crosse firefighter has his way, there will soon come a day when he can open his door, take aim and fire _ and not worry about being prosecuted.
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Site of RFK's slaying saved, for now
Apr 2 2005 5:49AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The hotel where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 is safe from the wreckinsg ball, at least until a lawsuit aimed at preserving it can be resolved.
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World Bank president visits S.D.
Apr 2 2005 3:58AM (CT)
KYLE, S.D. (AP) - Angie Reyes and her husband, Jesus, started selling burritos 11 years ago out of a cooler on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Today, the couple runs La India Bonita Burritos, one of three restaurants in town.
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Former Conn. governor reports to prison
Apr 2 2005 3:04AM (CT)
LORETTO, Pa. (AP) - Coming through a back door to avoid reporters, former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland arrived at a federal prison to serve a yearlong sentence for corruption.
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Joan Kennedy in spotlight after fall
Apr 2 2005 1:48AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Once dubbed "The Dish" by brother-in-law John F. Kennedy, Joan Kennedy clearly had the looks to fit right into America's most glamorous political family. Whether she had the legendary Kennedy toughness was another matter.
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Clinton collaborations common among GOP
Apr 2 2005 1:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If collaborating with Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a GOP no-no, then several high-profile Republicans are in trouble _ including House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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