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Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 11 2007 11:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.
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Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 11 2007 11:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.
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Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 11 2007 11:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," died Wednesday. He was 84.
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Prosecutors drop charges in Duke case
Apr 11 2007 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina's top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a "tragic rush to accuse."
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Prosecutors drop charges in Duke case
Apr 11 2007 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina's top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a "tragic rush to accuse."
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Prosecutors drop charges in Duke case
Apr 11 2007 11:51PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina's top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a "tragic rush to accuse."
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Wrongfully convicted men win settlement
Apr 11 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two men who spent more than 12 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the rape and murder of a medical student will split an $8 million settlement from the city.
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MSNBC drops Imus simulcast
Apr 11 2007 11:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.
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MSNBC drops Imus simulcast
Apr 11 2007 11:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.
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MSNBC drops Imus simulcast
Apr 11 2007 11:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host's racial slur against the Rutgers women's basketball team.
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DNA links WTC remains to NY woman
Apr 11 2007 11:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The remains of a woman who died in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack have been identified through DNA analysis, the medical examiner's office said Wednesday.
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Ark. school chief to face hearing
Apr 11 2007 11:36PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Little Rock School Board voted Wednesday to have an independent examiner decide whether its superintendent violated his contract _ a racially charged vote that comes weeks after its school integration efforts were freed of nearly 50 years of federal monitoring.
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Snow closes schools, grounds airlines
Apr 11 2007 10:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of airline flights were grounded Wednesday, a major league baseball game was called and six people were killed in accidents on icy roads as yet another spring snowstorm hit the upper Midwest.
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Snow closes schools, grounds airlines
Apr 11 2007 10:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of airline flights were grounded Wednesday, a major league baseball game was called and six people were killed in accidents on icy roads as yet another spring snowstorm hit the upper Midwest.
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Snow closes schools, grounds airlines
Apr 11 2007 10:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of airline flights were grounded Wednesday, a major league baseball game was called and six people were killed in accidents on icy roads as yet another spring snowstorm hit the upper Midwest.
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Snow closes schools, grounds airlines
Apr 11 2007 10:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Hundreds of airline flights were grounded Wednesday, a major league baseball game was called and six people were killed in accidents on icy roads as yet another spring snowstorm hit the upper Midwest.
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Judge orders external audit for church
Apr 11 2007 10:20PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday ordered an external audit of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego amid accusations church leaders are trying to hide assessts to avoid payment to sex abuse victims.
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Teen charged in Chicago school shooting
Apr 11 2007 10:07PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Police charged a 15-year-old boy as an adult Wednesday after a handgun he allegedly got past school security went off in a classroom, injuring him and another boy playing with it.
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Man executed in slaying of girl
Apr 11 2007 10:06PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Convicted killer James Lee Clark was executed Wednesday for the 1993 slaying of a high school honors student just days after he was paroled from prison.
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N.C. House passes slavery apology
Apr 11 2007 9:49PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina House formally apologized Wednesday "for the injustice, cruelty and brutality of slavery," becoming the latest state to offer its regret.
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U.N. wants NYC cops for peacekeeping
Apr 11 2007 9:43PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday whether some of the city's police officers could be deployed with U.N. peacekeeping missions.
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Pa. DJ fired for repeating Imus comments
Apr 11 2007 9:30PM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A radio station fired its longtime morning DJ Wednesday after he encouraged listeners to repeat talk-show host Don Imus' racially charged comments in an on-air contest.
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Murder-suicide suspected in Calif. arson
Apr 11 2007 8:48PM (CT)
HAPPY VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A fire that engulfed a rural Northern California home, severely burning the six family members found dead inside, appears to have been arson and may have been set by one of those killed, investigators said Wednesday.
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Expert: Seized disk had encrypted files
Apr 11 2007 8:36PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Navy investigator testified Wednesday that a computer disk seized from the brother of a Chinese-born engineer accused of stealing U.S. defense technology secrets contained encrypted files.
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Expert: Seized disk had encrypted files
Apr 11 2007 8:36PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Navy investigator testified Wednesday that a computer disk seized from the brother of a Chinese-born engineer accused of stealing U.S. defense technology secrets contained encrypted files.
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Student in hedge fund scam gets 3 1/2 years
Apr 11 2007 8:32PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A former New York University whiz kid who posed as a Turkish heir and persuaded sophisticated investors to pour millions into a nonexistent hedge fund was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison.
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Pol invokes Imus slur over King portrait
Apr 11 2007 8:31PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A bid to hang Coretta Scott King's portrait in the state Capitol died in a legislative committee Wednesday, with the chief supporter comparing the failure to Don Imus' slur against the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
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Ohio county voting head steps down
Apr 11 2007 8:12PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Republican chairman of the embattled Cuyahoga County elections board resigned Wednesday, days before he was to face a removal hearing.
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New deal for dumping nerve agent waste
Apr 11 2007 7:54PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Army, thwarted in two previous bids to dispose of chemical waste from the destruction of Indiana's deadly VX nerve agent stockpile, has contracted with a French company to incinerate the waste at a Texas plant, but environmentalists said they will fight that effort as well.
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N.C. attorney general shuns politics
Apr 11 2007 7:38PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When Roy Cooper took over the case of three Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a team party, he proceeded quietly, saying little even as the case dominated the headlines.
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N.C. attorney general shuns politics
Apr 11 2007 7:38PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When Roy Cooper took over the case of three Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a team party, he proceeded quietly, saying little even as the case dominated the headlines.
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N.C. attorney general shuns politics
Apr 11 2007 7:38PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When Roy Cooper took over the case of three Duke University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a team party, he proceeded quietly, saying little even as the case dominated the headlines.
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Classmate slaying suspect called erratic
Apr 11 2007 7:30PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A map in the Ada County sheriff's office shows the path of a violent 6,500-mile road trip across the West marked in a jagged erratic line.
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Classmate slaying suspect called erratic
Apr 11 2007 7:30PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A map in the Ada County sheriff's office shows the path of a violent 6,500-mile road trip across the West marked in a jagged erratic line.
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Classmate slaying suspect called erratic
Apr 11 2007 7:30PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A map in the Ada County sheriff's office shows the path of a violent 6,500-mile road trip across the West marked in a jagged erratic line.
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2 die as 3 semis crash in Wisconsin
Apr 11 2007 7:18PM (CT)
ROSENDALE, Wis. (AP) - Three tractor-trailer rigs crashed at a rural intersection, killing two people and spilling liquid nitrogen and diesel fuel that shut down a state highway for hours.
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More charges due against psychiatrist
Apr 11 2007 7:14PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - More charges will be filed Thursday against a noted child psychiatrist already charged with molesting three former patients, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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More charges due against psychiatrist
Apr 11 2007 7:14PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - More charges will be filed Thursday against a noted child psychiatrist already charged with molesting three former patients, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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More charges due against psychiatrist
Apr 11 2007 7:14PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - More charges will be filed Thursday against a noted child psychiatrist already charged with molesting three former patients, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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More charges due against psychiatrist
Apr 11 2007 7:14PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - More charges will be filed Thursday against a noted child psychiatrist already charged with molesting three former patients, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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'Girls Gone Wild' boss indicted in Reno
Apr 11 2007 6:59PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joseph Francis was indicted Wednesday on charges that his companies, which sell videos of topless young women, claimed more than $20 million in false business expenses.
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Strong words from cleared Duke players
Apr 11 2007 6:16PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Friends applauded. Dozens of teammates cheered. Mothers and father looked on with pride. It felt, for a moment, like a pep rally.
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Strong words from cleared Duke players
Apr 11 2007 6:16PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Friends applauded. Dozens of teammates cheered. Mothers and father looked on with pride. It felt, for a moment, like a pep rally.
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Strong words from cleared Duke players
Apr 11 2007 6:16PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Friends applauded. Dozens of teammates cheered. Mothers and father looked on with pride. It felt, for a moment, like a pep rally.
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Fired accountant charged with murder
Apr 11 2007 5:58PM (CT)
TROY, Mich. (AP) - A fired accountant bought a shotgun the day after he lost his job, then returned to the office the following week and opened fire on his bosses, wounding both and killing a receptionist, police said Wednesday at his arraignment.
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Fired accountant charged with murder
Apr 11 2007 5:58PM (CT)
TROY, Mich. (AP) - A fired accountant bought a shotgun the day after he lost his job, then returned to the office the following week and opened fire on his bosses, wounding both and killing a receptionist, police said Wednesday at his arraignment.
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Ohio baseball student coach improving
Apr 11 2007 5:20PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A student coach for an Ohio college baseball team who barely survived a deadly bus crash over a month ago has been upgraded to fair condition, hospital officials said Wednesday.
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Analysis: No winners in Duke case
Apr 11 2007 5:10PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A year stolen from the lives of the accused. An accuser humiliated and discredited as the world watched. A prosecutor's career in tatters, an elite university's reputation tarnished.
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Texas panel OKs youth prison overhaul
Apr 11 2007 4:51PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The state's troubled juvenile justice system would undergo a sweeping overhaul under a bill approved Wednesday by a key Senate panel.
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Schwarzenegger touts environmental goals
Apr 11 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted Wednesday that California's leadership is making environmentalism both sexy and mainstream, not a guilt-driven movement for "tree-huggers" and "fanatics."
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Schwarzenegger touts environmental goals
Apr 11 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted Wednesday that California's leadership is making environmentalism both sexy and mainstream, not a guilt-driven movement for "tree-huggers" and "fanatics."
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Schwarzenegger touts environmental goals
Apr 11 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted Wednesday that California's leadership is making environmentalism both sexy and mainstream, not a guilt-driven movement for "tree-huggers" and "fanatics."
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Schwarzenegger touts environmental goals
Apr 11 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted Wednesday that California's leadership is making environmentalism both sexy and mainstream, not a guilt-driven movement for "tree-huggers" and "fanatics."
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Manatee review may recommend new status
Apr 11 2007 4:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday it is considering reclassifying the manatee as threatened instead of endangered, a move that would indicate the animal has rebounded from the brink of extinction.
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Man held in Va. minister's slaying
Apr 11 2007 4:19PM (CT)
ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (AP) - A man was ordered held without bond Wednesday on a first-degree murder charge in the beating death of a minister found in her rural parsonage.
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Chicago council approves $12M settlement
Apr 11 2007 4:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a $12 million settlement that could signal the end of a nearly 40-year-long legal battle to stop political hiring at City Hall.
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Indiana U. gym could be renamed
Apr 11 2007 4:03PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Indiana University officials are considering whether to keep the name of a longtime school trustee on a gymnasium following a student newspaper article about 1940s letters in which he advocated racial segregation.
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Fla. apartment explosion kills baby, dad
Apr 11 2007 3:59PM (CT)
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - An explosion tore apart an apartment complex early Wednesday, killing a father and his 8-month-old daughter and injuring seven other people, officials said.
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Panel rules homicide in fetus slaying
Apr 11 2007 3:46PM (CT)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A baby sitter charged with murder clubbed a pregnant woman in the head repeatedly with a table leg, then cut her fetus from the womb in a bathtub where she later drowned the victim's three young children, an investigator testified Wednesday.
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AP photographer still held in Iraq
Apr 11 2007 3:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One year after his arrest, an Associated Press photographer is still being held at a prison camp in Iraq by U.S. military officials who have neither formally charged him with a crime nor made public any evidence of wrongdoing.
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AP photographer still held in Iraq
Apr 11 2007 3:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One year after his arrest, an Associated Press photographer is still being held at a prison camp in Iraq by U.S. military officials who have neither formally charged him with a crime nor made public any evidence of wrongdoing.
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AP photographer still held in Iraq
Apr 11 2007 3:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One year after his arrest, an Associated Press photographer is still being held at a prison camp in Iraq by U.S. military officials who have neither formally charged him with a crime nor made public any evidence of wrongdoing.
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States encourage docs to apologize
Apr 11 2007 3:43PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The problem was obvious to anyone who looked at the middle-aged woman: After surgery to correct a drooping eyelid, her eyelid was too high. After a second operation, it was too low.
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States encourage docs to apologize
Apr 11 2007 3:43PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The problem was obvious to anyone who looked at the middle-aged woman: After surgery to correct a drooping eyelid, her eyelid was too high. After a second operation, it was too low.
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Orangutans play video games at Ga. zoo
Apr 11 2007 2:47PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Four-year-old Bernas isn't the computer wizard his mom is, but he's learning. Just the other day he used his lips and feet to play a game on the touch-screen monitor as his mom, Madu, swung from vines and climbed trees.
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Orangutans play video games at Ga. zoo
Apr 11 2007 2:47PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Four-year-old Bernas isn't the computer wizard his mom is, but he's learning. Just the other day he used his lips and feet to play a game on the touch-screen monitor as his mom, Madu, swung from vines and climbed trees.
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Orangutans play video games at Ga. zoo
Apr 11 2007 2:47PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Four-year-old Bernas isn't the computer wizard his mom is, but he's learning. Just the other day he used his lips and feet to play a game on the touch-screen monitor as his mom, Madu, swung from vines and climbed trees.
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Gonzales, Mueller to attend FBI funeral
Apr 11 2007 1:25PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III will attend a funeral Thursday for a federal agent killed while trying to capture a group of suspected bank robbers, officials said.
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Catholic abuse claims drop for 2nd year
Apr 11 2007 1:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the second consecutive year, the number of clergy sex abuse claims received by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops and religious orders has dropped, according to a new report on the church's child protection reforms. The vast majority of allegations date back decades.
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Kluge gives $400M to Columbia University
Apr 11 2007 1:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Billionaire media entrepreneur John Werner Kluge is giving $400 million to Columbia University for financial aid, one of the largest gifts ever to an American university, the university announced Wednesday.
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Ark. governor criticizes Guard call-up
Apr 11 2007 12:14PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Sending Arkansas' largest National Guard combat unit back to Iraq for a second wartime tour amounts to "changing the rules" for its soldiers, Gov. Mike Beebe said through a spokesman. He's one of several governors voicing concern about the military's heavy use of Guard troops.
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Airlines lose over breast-feeding claim
Apr 11 2007 11:42AM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The state Human Rights Commission refused to dismiss a complaint from a woman who says she was thrown off a flight because she was breast-feeding her baby.
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Gun rentals are easy at firing ranges
Apr 11 2007 11:29AM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The 35-year-old woman handled her 9 mm Glock with ease. For three straight days, she honed her aim and hit bull's-eye after bull's-eye from the firing line at the Boston Gun Range.
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Whale carcass buried on Calif. beach
Apr 11 2007 11:18AM (CT)
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - After three days of alleged poaching attempts, the carcass of a 30-foot sperm whale was buried on the beach where it washed ashore.
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Williams jury can hear cover-up evidence
Apr 11 2007 10:25AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Prosecutors can tell a jury that former NBA star Jayson Williams wiped down a shotgun and jumped into a swimming pool to conceal evidence after a man was killed in his bedroom, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Texas 7-year-old killed by stray bullet
Apr 11 2007 8:55AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A 7-year-old boy jumping on a trampoline with friends was killed by a stray bullet, and a man living two houses away was arrested, authorities said.
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E-mails may aid Katrina homeowners' case
Apr 11 2007 8:22AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - E-mails sent by officials of an engineering firm that assessed Hurricane Katrina claims suggest that State Farm Insurance Co. wanted engineers to blame damage on flooding so that it could make minimum settlements with policyholders.
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One man sought in 19 Dallas-area attacks
Apr 11 2007 8:16AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Police believe the man who brutally raped and stabbed a woman in her apartment is also responsible for 18 other home invasions across the Dallas area over the last two years.
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Bar sued over alleged police beating
Apr 11 2007 7:49AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Four men who claim they were beaten by off-duty police officers at a Chicago bar sued the establishment, accusing it of serving alcohol to intoxicated officers who "assaulted and battered" them "without provocation."
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Stolen charity wedding gowns recovered
Apr 11 2007 7:05AM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - About half of the 2,000 wedding gowns stolen before they could reach a California fundraiser last year have been recovered at the Mexico border, officials said.
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Report: FBI hasn't replaced agents moved
Apr 11 2007 5:28AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Bush administration's refocusing of the FBI in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks has left far fewer agents to target certain white-collar crime cases the bureau has traditionally pursued, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday.
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Partnership bill passes in Wash. state
Apr 11 2007 4:46AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Nearly a year after the state Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on same-sex marriage, the state Legislature passed a measure to give gay and lesbian couples some of the rights that come with marriage.
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Youth foils coyote attack on boy in N.J.
Apr 11 2007 4:34AM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Wildlife officials are investigating what could be the first coyote attack on a human in New Jersey following a backyard attack on a toddler that was foiled by an 11-year-old.
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NYC hopes new subway line will happen
Apr 11 2007 4:10AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - On Thursday, shovel- and pickax-wielding officials are to turn over the first ceremonial clods of dirt to mark the start of construction of the city's Second Avenue subway line.
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N.D. city tracks registered sex convicts
Apr 11 2007 2:37AM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Pedophiles, rapists and other registered sex offenders who live here can expect the law to come knocking on a fairly regular basis.
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Far from CIA scandal, Wilsons settle in
Apr 11 2007 2:23AM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - In this liberal-leaning tourist town known for its handmade turquoise-and-silver jewelry, Joseph Wilson has just bought his wife something special in a downtown shop: a red-and-blue pin that reads, "I'm not anti-Bush. I'm pro-intelligence."
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People living longer in poor countries
Apr 11 2007 1:01AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Nations with graying populations must do more to help their elderly stay healthy and ensure their social well-being, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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FBI: Grudge let to S.C. meat poisoned
Apr 11 2007 12:05AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A former Kmart employee accused of putting rat poison in packages of ground beef told authorities she was upset about the way the store treated its workers.
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