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Former FBI agent missing in Iran
Apr 2 2007 11:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is seeking information from Iran about a former FBI agent who was reported missing while on a business trip there several weeks ago.
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Stradivari violin goes for $2.7M
Apr 2 2007 10:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A centuries-old Stradivari violin sold Monday for more than $2.7 million, well above its estimated worth before the sale, Christie's auction house said.
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Stradivari violin goes for $2.7M
Apr 2 2007 10:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A centuries-old Stradivari violin sold Monday for more than $2.7 million, well above its estimated worth before the sale, Christie's auction house said.
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Police: Escaped Ohio prisoner arrested
Apr 2 2007 10:34PM (CT)
HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) - Police arrested a prison inmate at a house where he holed up Monday with two hostages after overpowering a guard in a hospital, carjacking a vehicle and robbing two banks, authorities said.
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Police: Escaped Ohio prisoner arrested
Apr 2 2007 10:34PM (CT)
HILLIARD, Ohio (AP) - Police arrested a prison inmate at a house where he holed up Monday with two hostages after overpowering a guard in a hospital, carjacking a vehicle and robbing two banks, authorities said.
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L.A. airport opens rebuilt runway
Apr 2 2007 10:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A major runway at Los Angeles International Airport reopened Monday after eight months of construction aimed at improving safety at the world's fifth-busiest passenger airport.
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Cardinal Egan, 75, submits resignation
Apr 2 2007 10:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cardinal Edward Egan, the leader of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York, turned 75 on Monday and offered to resign, following church law for cardinals that age.
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25,000 turkeys slaughtered at W.Va. farm
Apr 2 2007 10:06PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A strain of avian flu different from the one that has infected humans in Africa and Asia was detected at a turkey farm, requiring the slaughter of 25,000 birds, state agriculture officials said Monday.
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NYPD recruit convicted in murder plot
Apr 2 2007 10:02PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A New York police recruit was convicted Monday of conspiring to hire someone to murder his girlfriend, who stood by him throughout the trial and defied a protective order that he not see her.
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Teacher convicted of bomb threats
Apr 2 2007 9:57PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A sixth-grade teacher was convicted Monday of making false bomb threats that targeted five students attending the middle school where she taught.
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Months after rampage, new Amish school
Apr 2 2007 9:56PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - A bell summoned Amish students to a new, more cheerful and more secure one-room schoolhouse Monday, six months to the day after a gunman shot 10 of their classmates, killing five.
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Months after rampage, new Amish school
Apr 2 2007 9:56PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - A bell summoned Amish students to a new, more cheerful and more secure one-room schoolhouse Monday, six months to the day after a gunman shot 10 of their classmates, killing five.
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Months after rampage, new Amish school
Apr 2 2007 9:56PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - A bell summoned Amish students to a new, more cheerful and more secure one-room schoolhouse Monday, six months to the day after a gunman shot 10 of their classmates, killing five.
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Months after rampage, new Amish school
Apr 2 2007 9:56PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - A bell summoned Amish students to a new, more cheerful and more secure one-room schoolhouse Monday, six months to the day after a gunman shot 10 of their classmates, killing five.
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Parents' eviction of couple turns deadly
Apr 2 2007 9:54PM (CT)
ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) - A man and woman trying to kick their grown son and his girlfriend out of the mother's house were shot and killed when the young couple turned on them, police said Monday.
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No charges in water intoxication death
Apr 2 2007 9:31PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors said Monday they will not file criminal charges in the death of a 28-year-old woman who participated in a radio station's water-drinking contest.
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Feds to toss 3 stem cell patents
Apr 2 2007 9:18PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal regulators said they are preparing to toss out three key patents related to human embryonic stem cells, a move that could ease concerns over commercial control of the nascent work.
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Woman sues hospital after infection
Apr 2 2007 9:13PM (CT)
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - A woman who contracted flesh-eating bacteria and had to have all her limbs amputated sued a hospital Monday for medical malpractice.
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Calif. wildfire fully contained
Apr 2 2007 9:09PM (CT)
HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) - Cool weather and calm winds Monday helped firefighters surround a brush fire that prompted the evacuation of 230 homes during the weekend.
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Ban urges patience in peace process
Apr 2 2007 9:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for patience Monday to give rival Fatah and Hamas factions in the new Palestinian unity government time to coordinate their positions and hopefully recognize Israel and renounce violence.
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Supreme Court won't take up farm ban
Apr 2 2007 9:02PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's 25-year-old corporate farming ban, considered one of the most restrictive of its kind in the country, was dealt a fatal blow Monday.
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Sculpture of Obama as Jesus causes stir
Apr 2 2007 8:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - He wears Jesus' robes and a neon blue halo, looks like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and is causing a stir at a Chicago art school.
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Sculpture of Obama as Jesus causes stir
Apr 2 2007 8:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - He wears Jesus' robes and a neon blue halo, looks like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and is causing a stir at a Chicago art school.
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Lawyer: Shaver shot man in self-defense
Apr 2 2007 8:42PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Country singer Billy Joe Shaver shot and wounded a man in self-defense outside a bar, his attorney said Monday.
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2 shot to death on U. Washington campus
Apr 2 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A University of Washington researcher was shot to death in her office Monday morning by a former boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself, police said.
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2 shot to death on U. Washington campus
Apr 2 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A University of Washington researcher was shot to death in her office Monday morning by a former boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself, police said.
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2 shot to death on U. Washington campus
Apr 2 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A University of Washington researcher was shot to death in her office Monday morning by a former boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself, police said.
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Chicago's top cop retires amid scandal
Apr 2 2007 8:40PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's police superintendent said Monday he was stepping down as head of the beleaguered department, but he would not say what role two videotaped beatings involving off-duty officers had in his decision.
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Chicago's top cop retires amid scandal
Apr 2 2007 8:40PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's police superintendent said Monday he was stepping down as head of the beleaguered department, but he would not say what role two videotaped beatings involving off-duty officers had in his decision.
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Texas youth prisons to free 550 inmates
Apr 2 2007 8:39PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas' troubled juvenile prison system plans to release more than 550 inmates who have completed their minimum sentences and haven't caused any trouble behind bars, officials announced Monday.
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More charges loom for player's brother
Apr 2 2007 8:38PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man accused of killing a woman and critically wounding another to get to his brother's University of South Carolina football practice will face more charges in the weekend spree, a sheriff said Monday.
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Ex-Peruvian soldier arrested in Fla.
Apr 2 2007 8:28PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former Peruvian soldier convicted in his homeland for his role in a 1985 massacre has been arrested in Florida and charged with lying on his visa application, authorities said Monday.
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Cardinal blasts assisted-suicide bill
Apr 2 2007 8:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The head of the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese called on his members Monday to defeat a proposal to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill in California.
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Police: Poison attempt on teacher
Apr 2 2007 8:22PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Two students were arrested on felony charges that they tried to poison their science teacher by pouring a fabric freshener into her soda, authorities said Monday.
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Police: Poison attempt on teacher
Apr 2 2007 8:22PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Two students were arrested on felony charges that they tried to poison their science teacher by pouring a fabric freshener into her soda, authorities said Monday.
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Conjoined twins arrive for surgery
Apr 2 2007 8:00PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Two 3-year-old girls joined at the head arrived Monday in a private jet from Dallas, a prelude to weeks of medical tests and possibly months of surgical procedures.
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Army sending units back to Iraq early
Apr 2 2007 7:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For just the second time since the war began, the Army is sending large units back to Iraq without giving them at least a year at home, defense officials said Monday.
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2 new victims' IDs from 9/11 remains
Apr 2 2007 7:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city said Monday it has positively identified two more Sept. 11 victims from thousands of unidentified human remains that have been retested in recent months.
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Pilots press FAA for age 60 waiver
Apr 2 2007 7:24PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Three airline pilots have asked an appeals court to let them keep flying past the mandatory retirement age of 60, a limit federal regulators plan to raise to 65.
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WTO protesters to get $1M settlement
Apr 2 2007 6:46PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The city's insurance company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims from about 175 people who were wrongly arrested during a peaceful World Trade Organization protest in 1999.
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Ohio elections chief takes over board
Apr 2 2007 6:26PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state's elections chief took control of the elections board in Ohio's most populous county Monday as part of her ongoing effort to change how the troubled panel is run.
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Authorities: Mom caught in sex sting
Apr 2 2007 5:50PM (CT)
TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) - A woman's five children were in protective custody after she was charged with offering to let an undercover investigator have sex with her 7-year-old daughter.
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Gonzales preps for showdown with Senate
Apr 2 2007 5:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - His job on the line, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales shelved plans for a family vacation and began prepping Monday for a showdown with senators over the firings of federal prosecutors.
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High Court rebukes Bush on car pollution
Apr 2 2007 5:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court rebuked the Bush administration Monday for its inaction on global warming in a decision that could lead to more fuel-efficient cars as early as next year.
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Plea in NYC terrorism-support case
Apr 2 2007 5:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A cabdriver from Maryland pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to help a terrorist organization after admitting he attended training camps in Pakistan.
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Yoko Ono dedicates 'wish' tree for art
Apr 2 2007 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Artist Yoko Ono hung a wish for love and peace in the world from a tree she dedicated Monday at the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden.
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Yoko Ono dedicates 'wish' tree for art
Apr 2 2007 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Artist Yoko Ono hung a wish for love and peace in the world from a tree she dedicated Monday at the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden.
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Yoko Ono dedicates 'wish' tree for art
Apr 2 2007 5:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Artist Yoko Ono hung a wish for love and peace in the world from a tree she dedicated Monday at the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden.
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Md. approves Electoral College change
Apr 2 2007 5:17PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland is poised to become the first state to approve giving its electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than to the candidate chosen by state voters.
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Man cleared after 22 years in prison
Apr 2 2007 5:01PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Rape convictions that put a man in prison for 22 years were erased Monday because of recently found DNA evidence that tied the crimes to another man.
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Missing mother had alias, police say
Apr 2 2007 4:58PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Three young sisters found last week in a home with their father's hanging corpse had been suffocated, and their 3-year-old brother died from skull fractures, police said Monday as they searched for the children's mother.
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Missing mother had alias, police say
Apr 2 2007 4:58PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Three young sisters found last week in a home with their father's hanging corpse had been suffocated, and their 3-year-old brother died from skull fractures, police said Monday as they searched for the children's mother.
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Fire destroys ultra-Orthodox synagogue
Apr 2 2007 4:48PM (CT)
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) - A synagogue of ultra-Orthodox Jews was destroyed by fire on the eve of Passover, raising suspicions Monday that the blaze was deliberately set to target members who participated in an Iranian-led conference on the denial of the Holocaust.
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Fire destroys ultra-Orthodox synagogue
Apr 2 2007 4:48PM (CT)
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) - A synagogue of ultra-Orthodox Jews was destroyed by fire on the eve of Passover, raising suspicions Monday that the blaze was deliberately set to target members who participated in an Iranian-led conference on the denial of the Holocaust.
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Fire destroys ultra-Orthodox synagogue
Apr 2 2007 4:48PM (CT)
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) - A synagogue of ultra-Orthodox Jews was destroyed by fire on the eve of Passover, raising suspicions Monday that the blaze was deliberately set to target members who participated in an Iranian-led conference on the denial of the Holocaust.
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Gas explosion injures 4 in Las Vegas
Apr 2 2007 4:13PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A natural gas line ignited Monday at a construction site on the Las Vegas Strip, setting off an explosion that injured four workers, authorities said.
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First woman faces death penalty in S.D.
Apr 2 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Jealousy drove a woman to kill her lover's friend, then dismember her body with a chain saw and burn it, a prosecutor said Monday as he opened South Dakota's first death penalty trial against a female.
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Judge: District can't ban student speech
Apr 2 2007 3:14PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A school district violated a fourth-grader's constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection by refusing to allow her to distribute "personal statement" fliers carrying a religious message, a federal judge has ruled.
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BYU campus protests Dick Cheney speech
Apr 2 2007 1:49PM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Some students and faculty on one of the nation's most conservative campuses want Brigham Young University to withdraw an invitation for Vice President Dick Cheney to speak at commencement later this month.
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Airline flyers suffer delays, lost bags
Apr 2 2007 1:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Airline hassles are on the rise: More passengers found themselves bumped, their flights delayed or their bags lost last year than in 2005, according to the annual Airline Quality Rating report released Monday.
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TB victim is locked up in Arizona
Apr 2 2007 1:22PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Behind the county hospital's tall cinderblock walls, a 27-year-old tuberculosis patient sits in a jail cell equipped with a ventilation system that keeps germs from escaping.
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John Paul a step closer to sainthood
Apr 2 2007 1:02PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he can already hear the voice of John Paul II among the saints, indicating on the second anniversary of his predecessor's death that he too was fully in favor of canonization.
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John Paul a step closer to sainthood
Apr 2 2007 1:02PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he can already hear the voice of John Paul II among the saints, indicating on the second anniversary of his predecessor's death that he too was fully in favor of canonization.
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John Paul a step closer to sainthood
Apr 2 2007 1:02PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he can already hear the voice of John Paul II among the saints, indicating on the second anniversary of his predecessor's death that he too was fully in favor of canonization.
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John Paul a step closer to sainthood
Apr 2 2007 1:02PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he can already hear the voice of John Paul II among the saints, indicating on the second anniversary of his predecessor's death that he too was fully in favor of canonization.
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John Paul a step closer to sainthood
Apr 2 2007 1:02PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he can already hear the voice of John Paul II among the saints, indicating on the second anniversary of his predecessor's death that he too was fully in favor of canonization.
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Orleans DA fights discrimination ruling
Apr 2 2007 12:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A lawyer for the city's first black district attorney told a federal appeals court Monday that jurors who decided he discriminated in firing dozens of white employees had too little evidence to reach that conclusion.
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2 missing boys found encased in lake ice
Apr 2 2007 12:32PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The tiny bodies of two young brothers who disappeared while playing outside their home on the Red Lake Indian Reservation were found encased in ice in nearby First Thunders Lake, four months after the search for them began.
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2 missing boys found encased in lake ice
Apr 2 2007 12:32PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The tiny bodies of two young brothers who disappeared while playing outside their home on the Red Lake Indian Reservation were found encased in ice in nearby First Thunders Lake, four months after the search for them began.
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FDA blocks Chinese gluten
Apr 2 2007 12:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has blocked imports of wheat gluten from a company in China because of contamination, acting after the recent pet-food deaths of cats and dogs in the U.S.
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28 arrested in Fla. online sex sting
Apr 2 2007 11:50AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Three Walt Disney Co. employees were among 28 men charged with soliciting sex from a minor amid a weeklong sting operation in the Orlando area, authorities said.
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NYC mayor to veto ban on aluminum bats
Apr 2 2007 11:37AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The mayor said Monday he would veto a bill to ban metal bats from high school baseball in the nation's largest school system, a change that supporters say would make the game safer.
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Police hunt suspects in mall shooting
Apr 2 2007 9:41AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Police on Monday searched for suspects in a mall shooting as the conditions of three people wounded in the attack improved.
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Workers strike hospitals in W.Va., Ky.
Apr 2 2007 9:36AM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - Union workers at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals went on strike in two states amid a contract dispute already marred by one picket line scuffle.
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Workers strike hospitals in W.Va., Ky.
Apr 2 2007 9:36AM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - Union workers at Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospitals went on strike in two states amid a contract dispute already marred by one picket line scuffle.
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Former football player accused of murder
Apr 2 2007 8:40AM (CT)
LOMBARD, Ill. (AP) - A former football player was charged with murder for allegedly throwing a neighbor to his death from a third-floor balcony at their apartment building in suburban Chicago.
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Pet owners likely to get little in suits
Apr 2 2007 7:16AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Pet owners might fare better if they join forces in a class action suit against pet food-maker Menu Foods over the death of a dog or cat, legal experts say.
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Gay youth become movement's ambassadors
Apr 2 2007 3:06AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The half-dozen lobbyists who crowded into a lawmaker's office here recently didn't come bearing campaign cash or votes to swap.
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