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Ill. town council OKs gay athletes event
Apr 4 2006 11:58PM (CT)
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - The city council agreed to host a rowing event for gay athletes this summer, despite opposition from residents who see it as a threat to their small-town way of life.
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Homeland deputy arrested in seduction case
Apr 4 2006 11:43PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.
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Hundreds rally to protest immigration bills
Apr 4 2006 10:50PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Waving American and Mexican flags, hundreds of Hispanics rallied downtown Tuesday to oppose immigration reform proposed by Congress.
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Wisc. communities vote on Iraq withdrawal
Apr 4 2006 10:49PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Eighteen Wisconsin communities approved referendums Tuesday calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, while six others voted against such measures in early returns from 32 communities weighing in on the war.
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Family of Carroll's slain translator speaks
Apr 4 2006 10:36PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The parents of a translator killed when Jill Carroll was kidnapped in Iraq said Tuesday in a television interview they told the journalist they do not blame her for their son's death.
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Red River crests in Fargo
Apr 4 2006 10:34PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Intensive preparations that included massive sandbagging protected all but a few homes threatened by the rising waters of the Red River, which began cresting here Tuesday at 19 feet above flood stage.
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Homeland deputy press secretary arrested
Apr 4 2006 10:29PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The deputy press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was arrested Tuesday for using the Internet to seduce what he thought was a teenage girl, authorities said.
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Katherine Harris hires new campaign team
Apr 4 2006 10:24PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Rep. Katherine Harris named her new U.S. Senate campaign team Tuesday, after her core staff resigned over the weekend.
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U.N.: Rich nations seek more workers
Apr 4 2006 10:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Rich countries have changed their attitude toward would-be immigrants and are adopting or changing laws to allow in skilled and low-skilled workers to meet specific workplace demands, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.
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Calif. levees break, flooding trailer park
Apr 4 2006 10:18PM (CT)
MERCED, Calif. (AP) - Two levees broke Tuesday in California's chief agricultural region, flooding a trailer park, threatening other homes in Merced and inundating farmland near Sacramento.
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Mass. lawmakers OK mandatory health bill
Apr 4 2006 10:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that would make Massachusetts the first state to require that all its citizens have some form of health insurance.
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Porn victim: U.S. too slow on pedophiles
Apr 4 2006 10:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justin Berry, who for five years starred in his own Web cam child pornography business, told a House panel Tuesday that the Justice Department is moving too slowly to round up 1,500 pedophiles whose information he surrendered last year.
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Team collects evidence from military crash
Apr 4 2006 9:12PM (CT)
DOVER, Del. (AP) - An interim investigation team has recovered all the data it can from a military cargo plane that crashed and broke up shortly after takeoff from Dover Air Force Base, officials said Tuesday.
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Colo. gov. won't intervene in strike
Apr 4 2006 8:51PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Gov. Bill Owens rejected a request from Denver's mass transit workers to intervene in their two-day-old strike, blaming union officials for the walkout.
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Brother of 'Milkshake murder' victim dies
Apr 4 2006 8:51PM (CT)
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - The brother of an investment banker poisoned in Hong Kong in what became known as the "milkshake murder" was found stabbed to death in his home, police said.
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9/11 commissioner eyes more anti-terror
Apr 4 2006 7:59PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The country is less vulnerable to terrorists since the 2001 attacks, but billions more must be spent to be prepared for another assault, Sept. 11 commissioner Bob Kerrey said Tuesday.
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Abuse and neglect cases slightly decrease
Apr 4 2006 6:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 872,000 American children faced abuse or neglect in 2004, a statistic the government said shows improvement, but brought little cheer to child advocacy groups.
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Paperweight severs Calif. teacher's hand
Apr 4 2006 6:05PM (CT)
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A teacher who kept a 40 mm shell on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently used the object to try to squash a bug, authorities say.
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AP, ABC reporters win Merriman Awards
Apr 4 2006 5:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deb Riechmann of The Associated Press and Terry Moran of ABC News have won Merriman Smith Awards, the top journalism award for White House reporting under deadline pressure.
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Buchwald's goodbye: writing, reminiscing
Apr 4 2006 5:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Columnist Art Buchwald is dying and enjoying every minute of it. Death was expected within weeks of his decision to reject blood-cleansing treatments that could prolong his life, yet he lives on. Neither Buchwald nor his doctors know why, he says.
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Prosecutors outline Moussaoui damage
Apr 4 2006 4:59PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Prosecutors proposed on Tuesday that the jury rule on 27 pages of questions about the impact of Zacarias Moussaoui and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks before deciding whether the al-Qaida conspirator should be executed.
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Four children die in Ohio apartment fire
Apr 4 2006 4:44PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Four young brothers and sisters died in an apartment fire early Tuesday while their mother and her boyfriend waited for firefighters to bring a truck with a ladder long enough to reach the children.
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Winfield elected World Press Freedom chair
Apr 4 2006 4:34PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Richard N. Winfield has been elected chairman of the World Press Freedom Committee. Winfield succeeds James H. Ottaway Jr., who was chairman for 10 years.
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Storm sirens ignored by some
Apr 4 2006 4:23PM (CT)
NEWBERN, Tenn. (AP) - Jackey Reynolds heard the tornado sirens and saw storm warnings on television, but he figured odds were good that the twisters would miss his home, so he didn't take shelter.
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Washington subway debuts animated ads
Apr 4 2006 4:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Metrorail riders on Tuesday got their first glimpses at animated tunnel advertisements that transit system officials hope will generate millions of dollars in revenue.
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Conscientious objector gets honored burial
Apr 4 2006 4:06PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - The only conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor in World War II has been buried at a national cemetery with a 21-gun salute, although he refused to carry a weapon while serving as an Army medic.
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Sledgehammer-wielding thieves steal jewels
Apr 4 2006 3:27PM (CT)
PLEASANTON, Calif. (AP) - Two sledgehammer-wielding thieves smashed a jewelry store display case and stole more than $200,000 in engagement rings and diamonds in a brazen daytime heist at a shopping mall, police say.
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Gettysburg council votes for gambling
Apr 4 2006 3:18PM (CT)
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gettysburg's borough council voted Monday to support a proposed slot-machine gambling parlor near the historic Civil War battlefield in exchange for a $1 million-per-year revenue guarantee.
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Fla. officials to buy Indian battle site
Apr 4 2006 3:07PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - State officials announced plans Tuesday to spend $3.2 million to buy and preserve the battlefield where Seminole and Miccosukee Indians and escaped slaves fought hand-to-hand with the U.S. Army in 1837.
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School is told to restore 'Jesus' bricks
Apr 4 2006 2:58PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a public high school to return bricks inscribed with Christian messages to a walkway, concluding their removal violated the free speech rights of the people who paid for them.
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Seattle to allow taller buildings
Apr 4 2006 2:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - City officials are yanking a voter-approved rule that has stunted Seattle's vertical growth for 15 years, but developers say there isn't much downtown space left for new skyscrapers.
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Schools that axed proms offer compromise
Apr 4 2006 2:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two Long Island high schools that canceled their senior proms after years of burgeoning excess that included limos and weekend house rentals in the Hamptons announced a cut-rate compromise Tuesday that will involve bus rides and other more modest arrangements.
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Colombians arrested on U.S. drug charges
Apr 4 2006 1:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Five current or former Colombian police officers and an airline employee have been arrested on charges that they helped smuggle more than $10 million in cocaine aimed for the United States, authorities announced Tuesday.
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Schools adopting security lockdown drills
Apr 4 2006 1:14PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Melissa Galarneault's fourth-grade class at Indian Mounds Elementary had just started a math quiz when the alert came over the loudspeaker: "Attention staff, this is a lockdown."
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Online ads ask for sex in lieu of rent
Apr 4 2006 1:11PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In Atlanta, an online ad offers a room in exchange for "sex and light office duty." In Los Angeles, a one-bedroom pool house is free "to a girl that is skilled and willing." And in New York City, a $700-a-month room is available at a discount to a fit female willing to provide sex.
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Nevada governor undergoes hip surgery
Apr 4 2006 12:29PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn underwent hip replacement surgery Tuesday and temporarily ceded power to the lieutenant governor, an aide said.
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Students injured in W.Va. bus collision
Apr 4 2006 12:15PM (CT)
LENORE, W.Va. (AP) - A school bus collided head-on with a tree-trimming truck early Tuesday, injuring 18 people, most of them students who were treated at a hospital and released.
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New bishop named for Cleveland diocese
Apr 4 2006 11:23AM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - An auxiliary bishop who helped guide the Archdiocese of Boston through the height of the clergy sex abuse scandal has been named to lead the Cleveland Diocese's 800,000 Catholics.
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Judge censured for mocking victim
Apr 4 2006 11:05AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A municipal judge has accepted censure as punishment for mocking an assault victim by comparing him to a lying character on "Saturday Night Live."
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Judge censured for mocking victim
Apr 4 2006 11:05AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A municipal judge has accepted censure as punishment for mocking an assault victim by comparing him to a lying character on "Saturday Night Live."
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Chronological oddity to hit digital clock
Apr 4 2006 10:51AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it a coincidental sign of our digital times or a reason to stay up late and stare at the clock. Either way, early Wednesday morning the time and date will be 01-02-03-04-05-06.
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5 jurors in Blake trial deny misconduct
Apr 4 2006 10:45AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some of the jurors who found Robert Blake liable in a civil case in his wife's death are denying allegations of juror misconduct by the actor's attorneys.
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Film director accused of lying to FBI
Apr 4 2006 10:30AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Die Hard" director John McTiernan was charged Monday with making a false statement to the FBI about his knowledge of wiretapping by an indicted Hollywood private detective, authorities said.
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Prof. criticized for overpopulation view
Apr 4 2006 9:50AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Talk radio and blogs are taking aim at a University of Texas biology professor because of a published report suggesting he advocates death for most of the human population as a means of saving the Earth.
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Mich. officer charged in false report
Apr 4 2006 9:47AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) - A sheriff's sergeant who claimed a man shot him in the arm while on patrol has been charged with filing a false report after prosecutors say he actually shot himself.
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Calif. candidate sentenced for tax fraud
Apr 4 2006 9:24AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An anti-tax crusader who ran for California governor in 2002 has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for tax fraud.
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L.I. officer charged with cyberstalking
Apr 4 2006 6:03AM (CT)
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island police officer has been charged with hacking into the e-mail account of a woman he met through an online dating service and posing as her in messages sent to himself and to other men.
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Judge rules Mich. video game law illegal
Apr 4 2006 5:17AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a Michigan law that bars retailers from selling or renting violent video games to minors is unconstitutional.
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Alleged gunman in California spree charged
Apr 4 2006 5:10AM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A man who police say went on a shooting spree with a 12-gauge shotgun last month has been charged with the slaying of two men and the attempted murders of several others.
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Alleged gunman in California spree charged
Apr 4 2006 5:10AM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - A man who police say went on a shooting spree with a 12-gauge shotgun last month has been charged with the slaying of two men and the attempted murders of several others.
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Prosecutor: NYC detectives betrayed badges
Apr 4 2006 4:45AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were cruising in an unmarked car one night in 1990 when they pulled over a Gambino crime family captain driving a Mercedes-Benz.
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U.N.: Decade to rid world of land mines
Apr 4 2006 3:23AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations said it will take perhaps a decade, not hundreds of years, to rid the world of land mines _ a scourge in mainly developing countries that kills up to 20,000 people annually.
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Jill Carroll visits newsroom, thanks staff
Apr 4 2006 3:11AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Jill Carroll made quite an impression on her first day at the office. The 28-year-old journalist who spent 82 days in captivity in Iraq visited the staff of The Christian Science Monitor for the first time on Monday, thanking them for their support during her ordeal.
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Mysterious dog deaths jar Mich. community
Apr 4 2006 2:29AM (CT)
SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - At first, piles of skinned animals, mostly foxes and coyotes, turned up on the edges of dirt roads in this semi-rural community outside Ann Arbor.
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Women say slay, rape suspect called them
Apr 4 2006 1:44AM (CT)
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Hours after a suburban housewife was raped and killed, her sister received a call made from the victim's cell phone in which a man lewdly described having sex with her, the sister testified.
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2 air marshals plead guilty to smuggling
Apr 4 2006 12:57AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two U.S. air marshals pleaded guilty Monday to accepting money to smuggle cocaine on a flight to Las Vegas and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
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3 people die in Boston crane collapse
Apr 4 2006 12:33AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A 10-ton construction platform collapsed and crashed 13 stories onto a busy downtown street Monday, killing three people and crushing cars stopped in midday traffic.
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Judge OKs limit on NYC jail guards' force
Apr 4 2006 12:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Monday approved a class-action settlement requiring the installation of hundreds of video cameras in jails and better training of guards, saying it shows the city wants to reduce the use of force against inmates.
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