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Police: Teen stabbed newborn 135 times
Apr 12 2007 11:54PM (CT)
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) - A 17-year-old girl stabbed her newborn baby 135 times in a "panic state" and then tossed her body in a garbage can outside her home, authorities said Thursday.
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U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts
Apr 12 2007 11:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday.
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U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts
Apr 12 2007 11:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday.
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U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts
Apr 12 2007 11:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday.
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U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts
Apr 12 2007 11:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday.
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U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts
Apr 12 2007 11:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday.
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U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts
Apr 12 2007 11:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday.
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N.J. governor injured in car crash
Apr 12 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was critically injured Thursday when his motorcade crashed en route to a meeting between radio personality Don Imus and the Rutgers women's basketball team, a doctor said.
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N.J. governor injured in car crash
Apr 12 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was critically injured Thursday when his motorcade crashed en route to a meeting between radio personality Don Imus and the Rutgers women's basketball team, a doctor said.
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N.J. governor injured in car crash
Apr 12 2007 11:50PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was critically injured Thursday when his motorcade crashed en route to a meeting between radio personality Don Imus and the Rutgers women's basketball team, a doctor said.
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Cleared Duke players could sue
Apr 12 2007 11:36PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The disgraced district attorney in the Duke lacrosse rape case apologized to the three athletes in a carefully worded statement Thursday as their lawyers weighed whether to sue him _ and some legal experts say they have a case.
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Don Imus loses job in stunning fall
Apr 12 2007 11:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Don Imus' racist remarks got him fired by CBS on Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.
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Don Imus loses job in stunning fall
Apr 12 2007 11:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Don Imus' racist remarks got him fired by CBS on Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters.
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U.Va. receives $100 million donation
Apr 12 2007 11:17PM (CT)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Retired media executive Frank Batten Sr. has donated $100 million to the University of Virginia _ the largest single gift in the university's history, the school announced Thursday.
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Feds: Illegal torch sparked mine blast
Apr 12 2007 11:15PM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - The improper use of a cutting torch ignited an underground methane gas explosion that killed five coal miners last year, and the mine operator was fined $336,000 for the violations, federal investigators said late Thursday.
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Feds: Illegal torch sparked mine blast
Apr 12 2007 11:15PM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - The improper use of a cutting torch ignited an underground methane gas explosion that killed five coal miners last year, and the mine operator was fined $336,000 for the violations, federal investigators said late Thursday.
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Feds: Illegal torch sparked mine blast
Apr 12 2007 11:15PM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - The improper use of a cutting torch ignited an underground methane gas explosion that killed five coal miners last year, and the mine operator was fined $336,000 for the violations, federal investigators said late Thursday.
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Killer's lawyers want sentence vacated
Apr 12 2007 11:11PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys for a man convicted of murdering a 6-year-old girl when he was 12 years old said Thursday they want his 30-year sentence vacated on the grounds that one of his former attorneys was incompetent.
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Wildfire erupts in Los Angeles hills
Apr 12 2007 10:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles on Thursday, damaging or destroying several homes as dangerous north winds fueled the flames. Farther inland, a blinding sandstorm triggered a deadly highway pileup.
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Wildfire erupts in Los Angeles hills
Apr 12 2007 10:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles on Thursday, damaging or destroying several homes as dangerous north winds fueled the flames. Farther inland, a blinding sandstorm triggered a deadly highway pileup.
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Wildfire erupts in Los Angeles hills
Apr 12 2007 10:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles on Thursday, damaging or destroying several homes as dangerous north winds fueled the flames. Farther inland, a blinding sandstorm triggered a deadly highway pileup.
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Wildfire erupts in Los Angeles hills
Apr 12 2007 10:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles on Thursday, damaging or destroying several homes as dangerous north winds fueled the flames. Farther inland, a blinding sandstorm triggered a deadly highway pileup.
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Wildfire erupts in Los Angeles hills
Apr 12 2007 10:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fires erupted in the hills above Los Angeles on Thursday, damaging or destroying several homes as dangerous north winds fueled the flames. Farther inland, a blinding sandstorm triggered a deadly highway pileup.
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Cops nab dentist convicted of rape
Apr 12 2007 10:39PM (CT)
CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) - A suburban Washington dentist on the run since his 2003 conviction for raping a 15-year-old female patient sedated in his office was arrested this week at a Mexican beach resort, authorities said Thursday.
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U.N. chief buoyed by Darfur agreement
Apr 12 2007 10:28PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. chief said Thursday he's encouraged by an agreement with Sudan to beef up the African Union force in Darfur with U.N. forces and equipment, while Britian's ambassador predicted Sudan would also accept helicopter gunships.
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Holbrooke blasts Bush over Iraq refugees
Apr 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Former United Nations Ambassador Richard Holbrooke blasted the Bush administration Thursday for bringing too few refugees of the Iraq war into the United States.
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Holbrooke blasts Bush over Iraq refugees
Apr 12 2007 10:20PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Former United Nations Ambassador Richard Holbrooke blasted the Bush administration Thursday for bringing too few refugees of the Iraq war into the United States.
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Retailers urged to check pet food again
Apr 12 2007 8:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials still can't give the all clear when it comes to the nation's pet food supply, though they assured lawmakers they're aggressively checking stores and suppliers.
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Remains of servicemen arrive in Hawaii
Apr 12 2007 8:22PM (CT)
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) - The remains of six American servicemen handed over by North Korea to a delegation led by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrived on U.S. soil Thursday.
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Remains of servicemen arrive in Hawaii
Apr 12 2007 8:22PM (CT)
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) - The remains of six American servicemen handed over by North Korea to a delegation led by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrived on U.S. soil Thursday.
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Appeals court blocks militant's release
Apr 12 2007 8:13PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An appeals court Thursday blocked anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carilles' release from jail just as he began the process to be freed on $250,000 bond.
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NAACP plans summit on college racism
Apr 12 2007 8:03PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The NAACP plans a summit Saturday to address racism on college campuses months after white students at Clemson University held a party mocking black stereotypes and after the founder of a white supremacist group spoke there earlier this week.
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Miss. court upholds Killen conviction
Apr 12 2007 8:00PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the manslaughter convictions of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen in the slayings of three civil rights workers in 1964.
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Police talk with office-shooting victim
Apr 12 2007 7:53PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man shot in the chest at his accounting office regained consciousness and talked with investigators for the first time about a former employee who fired at workers and killed one, police said Thursday.
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Auction of King documents called off
Apr 12 2007 7:39PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A small collection of letters, notes and speeches once believed to belong to Martin Luther King Jr. was taken off the auction block on Thursday amid protests from the civil rights leader's family.
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Jury sees video of Tenn. pol taking cash
Apr 12 2007 7:36PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Jurors in a former legislator's bribery and extortion trial saw video Thursday of the politician pocketing a pile of hundred-dollar bills counted out by an undercover FBI agent.
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Duke DA apologizes to players
Apr 12 2007 7:16PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The local prosecutor who charged three Duke lacrosse players with raping a stripper apologized to the athletes Thursday and said the North Carolina attorney general's decision to drop the case was right.
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11 guards charged with inmate abuse
Apr 12 2007 7:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jail guards at a federal lockup have been charged with viciously beating two inmates, and in one case trying to conceal the attack by making it look like a suicide attempt.
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More charges against psychiatrist
Apr 12 2007 6:56PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A prominent psychiatrist accused of fondling his young patients was charged with four additional counts of child molestation on Thursday after two new victims came forward.
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More charges against psychiatrist
Apr 12 2007 6:56PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A prominent psychiatrist accused of fondling his young patients was charged with four additional counts of child molestation on Thursday after two new victims came forward.
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More charges against psychiatrist
Apr 12 2007 6:56PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A prominent psychiatrist accused of fondling his young patients was charged with four additional counts of child molestation on Thursday after two new victims came forward.
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Lindh moved to Supermax prison in Colo.
Apr 12 2007 6:19PM (CT)
FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) - John Walker Lindh, serving a 20-year sentence after fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan, has been transferred to Supermax, the federal government's most secure prison, authorities said Thursday.
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Spring snow blankets northern states
Apr 12 2007 5:52PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More snow fell across the northern states Thursday as a deadly storm that already had grounded hundreds of flights, postponed a baseball game and disappointed those longing for the warmth of spring moved eastward.
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Ky. court considers inmate's death wish
Apr 12 2007 5:43PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether a death row inmate convicted in the brutal slayings of two children can hasten his own execution.
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Interracial marriages surge across U.S.
Apr 12 2007 5:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The charisma king of the 2008 presidential field. The world's best golfer. The captain of the New York Yankees. Besides superstardom, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter have another common bond: Each is the child of an interracial marriage.
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Gillies new AP chief in Canada
Apr 12 2007 5:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Gillies, for nine years a news and sports writer for The Associated Press in Canada, has been appointed chief of bureau in Toronto, AP International Editor John Daniszewski announced Thursday.
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New debate over IDs of sex-case accusers
Apr 12 2007 5:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In hindsight, it seems unfair. For nearly a year, three Duke lacrosse players were publicly identified as alleged sexual assailants, while their accuser _ whose claims are now discredited _ was shielded by anonymity.
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Wife claims abuse in shooting preacher
Apr 12 2007 5:00PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife accused of killing her husband with a shotgun blast had been depositing bad checks and feared he would find out, a prosecutor said as her murder trial opened Thursday.
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Wife claims abuse in shooting preacher
Apr 12 2007 5:00PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife accused of killing her husband with a shotgun blast had been depositing bad checks and feared he would find out, a prosecutor said as her murder trial opened Thursday.
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Wife claims abuse in shooting preacher
Apr 12 2007 5:00PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife accused of killing her husband with a shotgun blast had been depositing bad checks and feared he would find out, a prosecutor said as her murder trial opened Thursday.
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S.C. senators drop mandatory ultrasound
Apr 12 2007 4:37PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A state Senate panel on Thursday dropped a measure from an abortion bill that would have made South Carolina the only state to require women to review an ultrasound image of the fetus before terminating a pregnancy.
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Trial postponed in expectant mother slay
Apr 12 2007 4:36PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A federal judge Thursday postponed the trial of a woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting her fetus from the womb until Oct. 1.
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Suddenly, Rutgers is everywhere
Apr 12 2007 4:30PM (CT)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers. Not long ago, in much of the country, that word would have gotten you little more than a raised eyebrow.
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Gonzales, FBI director mourn slain agent
Apr 12 2007 4:21PM (CT)
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A veteran FBI agent killed a week ago while pursuing a trio of bank robbery suspects in central New Jersey was eulogized Thursday as a dogged investigator and role model to legions of colleagues.
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Gonzales, FBI director mourn slain agent
Apr 12 2007 4:21PM (CT)
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A veteran FBI agent killed a week ago while pursuing a trio of bank robbery suspects in central New Jersey was eulogized Thursday as a dogged investigator and role model to legions of colleagues.
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Gonzales, FBI director mourn slain agent
Apr 12 2007 4:21PM (CT)
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A veteran FBI agent killed a week ago while pursuing a trio of bank robbery suspects in central New Jersey was eulogized Thursday as a dogged investigator and role model to legions of colleagues.
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Gonzales, FBI director mourn slain agent
Apr 12 2007 4:21PM (CT)
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A veteran FBI agent killed a week ago while pursuing a trio of bank robbery suspects in central New Jersey was eulogized Thursday as a dogged investigator and role model to legions of colleagues.
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Gonzales, FBI director mourn slain agent
Apr 12 2007 4:21PM (CT)
POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A veteran FBI agent killed a week ago while pursuing a trio of bank robbery suspects in central New Jersey was eulogized Thursday as a dogged investigator and role model to legions of colleagues.
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`Geek' accused of taping woman in shower
Apr 12 2007 4:08PM (CT)
POMONA, Calif. (AP) - A 22-year-old woman and her mother are suing Best Buy and its "Geek Squad" computer repair team, claiming that a technician dispatched to their home used a cell-phone camera to record the daughter taking a shower.
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Ohio mayors join fight on illegal guns
Apr 12 2007 4:02PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The mayor of Cincinnati, which set a record for homicides last year, has signed on with a national coalition seeking to curb illegal gun sales.
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Ohio mayors join fight on illegal guns
Apr 12 2007 4:02PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The mayor of Cincinnati, which set a record for homicides last year, has signed on with a national coalition seeking to curb illegal gun sales.
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Ohio mayors join fight on illegal guns
Apr 12 2007 4:02PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The mayor of Cincinnati, which set a record for homicides last year, has signed on with a national coalition seeking to curb illegal gun sales.
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S.D. woman guilty in dismemberment case
Apr 12 2007 3:11PM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A woman accused of killing and dismembering her former lover's friend was convicted Thursday of premeditated murder and could become the state's first female defendant to face the death penalty.
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Old marine terminals seen as a danger
Apr 12 2007 2:48PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tanker was unloading a highly flammable chemical when the wake from a passing ship pulled the vessel 20 feet from the dock. The tanker's hoses were stretched almost to the breaking point before the vessel slammed back into its aging berth, splintering more than a dozen beams, state officials say.
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Florida drought forces tough water rules
Apr 12 2007 2:28PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - South Florida residents must cut water use by up to 30 percent under new rules approved Thursday in response to unprecedented drought conditions.
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More guilty pleas in Ala. church fires
Apr 12 2007 2:12PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Three former college students accused of setting a string of church fires last year pleaded guilty to state arson and burglary charges Thursday, three days after they were sentenced on related federal counts.
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22 arrested in L.A. gang crackdown
Apr 12 2007 1:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A two-year probe of a violent South Los Angeles street gang culminated Thursday with 22 arrests and seizures of drugs and guns in a series of raids. One neighborhood was evacuated while police used tear gas to drive a suspect out of a home.
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Kansas gov signs funeral picketing law
Apr 12 2007 1:32PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday signed a law forcing an anti-gay pastor and his followers to keep their distance when protesting military funerals, but the church claims the new rules will have no effect on its demonstrations.
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Woman in affair allowed back sick pay
Apr 12 2007 1:24PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The woman Mayor Gavin Newsom had an affair with was entitled to the $10,000 she collected in sick pay after working at City Hall, the city's lawyer has concluded.
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Shooting suspect says he aimed at target
Apr 12 2007 1:19PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A construction worker accused of fatally shooting a 7-year-old boy bouncing on a nearby trampoline told officers he was firing at a wooden target and had no idea anyone had been hurt.
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Israel, Vatican spar over WWII pope
Apr 12 2007 1:17PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Vatican and Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial got into a public spat Thursday over the wartime conduct of Pope Pius XII during the Nazi genocide, threatening to upset fragile relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish state.
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Israel, Vatican spar over WWII pope
Apr 12 2007 1:17PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Vatican and Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial got into a public spat Thursday over the wartime conduct of Pope Pius XII during the Nazi genocide, threatening to upset fragile relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish state.
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Israel, Vatican spar over WWII pope
Apr 12 2007 1:17PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Vatican and Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial got into a public spat Thursday over the wartime conduct of Pope Pius XII during the Nazi genocide, threatening to upset fragile relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Jewish state.
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States cracking down on drug marketing
Apr 12 2007 12:43PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Pharmaceutical-company sales reps who visit doctors' offices to promote their products know a surprising amount about the physicians before they even walk through the door.
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Police standoff kills retired teacher
Apr 12 2007 12:32PM (CT)
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - A retired grade-school teacher was killed by an officer's stray bullet during a standoff between her ex-husband and officers, authorities said.
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'Band-Aid Bandit' guilty of bank robbery
Apr 12 2007 11:29AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A man known as the Band-Aid Bandit for wearing bandages to hide a distinctive mole was found guilty Thursday of stealing more than $500,000 from Florida banks along with his brother-in-law.
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Deputy charged with sex assault on duty
Apr 12 2007 11:28AM (CT)
NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) - A veteran sheriff's deputy has been charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty, authorities said Thursday.
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Religion news in brief
Apr 12 2007 11:18AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A 19-foot cedar cross commemorating the Crucifixion was set up in the city's downtown for Easter, just months after city officials said they didn't want to offend non-Christians at a holiday fair held in the same location.
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Democrats heat up prosecutor probe
Apr 12 2007 9:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, a powerful Senate chairman said Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.
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Influential author Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 12 2007 9:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound in books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus."
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Influential author Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 12 2007 9:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound in books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus."
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Influential author Vonnegut dies at 84
Apr 12 2007 9:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound in books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus."
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Lawsuit: Body found in jet bathroom
Apr 12 2007 9:00AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An airline passenger died in the restroom during a flight and wasn't found until the cleaning crew boarded the plane after it landed, a federal lawsuit contends.
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LAPD probes possible `Homeless dumping'
Apr 12 2007 8:43AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 70-year-old man who had just been discharged from a hospital was sent by taxi to Skid Row, and police and prosecutors were investigating whether it was the latest case of hospitals dumping patients on the street.
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Orangutans play video games at Ga. zoo
Apr 12 2007 6:53AM (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. The two Sumatran orangutans at Zoo Atlanta are playing computer games while researchers study the cognitive skills of the orange and brown primates.
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Orangutans play video games at Ga. zoo
Apr 12 2007 6:53AM (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. The two Sumatran orangutans at Zoo Atlanta are playing computer games while researchers study the cognitive skills of the orange and brown primates.
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Orangutans play video games at Ga. zoo
Apr 12 2007 6:53AM (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. The two Sumatran orangutans at Zoo Atlanta are playing computer games while researchers study the cognitive skills of the orange and brown primates.
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Official criticized for slavery remark
Apr 12 2007 5:11AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A county commissioner from northern Minnesota has been critized by community members for saying he would go as far as to support slavery if his constituents wanted him to.
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BASE jumper dies when parachute fails
Apr 12 2007 4:26AM (CT)
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A man died when his parachute failed to open after he jumped from a bridge spanning the Snake River Canyon, authorities said.
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Report: Claims reveal toll of U.S. wars
Apr 12 2007 4:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraqi and Afghan civilians have received more than $32 million in compensation from the Army for noncombat-related killings, injuries and property damage, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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Seale hearing to address juror screening
Apr 12 2007 3:15AM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Attorneys for a reputed Ku Klux Klansman are trying to persuade a federal judge to block prosecutors' request for a questionnaire designed to reveal the racial attitudes of potential jurors.
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Experts prepare new nuclear treaty
Apr 12 2007 3:00AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Independent arms control experts from 15 countries are drafting a treaty to ban production of uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons that could rival a U.S. text under consideration by the U.N.'s top disarmament body.
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L.A. police sued over immigrant policy
Apr 12 2007 2:28AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Illegal immigration opponents have sued the Los Angeles Police Department, taking aim at its long-standing policy of ignoring most suspects' immigration status.
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Arrests up in Atlanta airport restrooms
Apr 12 2007 2:23AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - At the world's busiest airport, plainclothes officers patrolling public restrooms in search of luggage thieves have instead uncovered a rash of other, more sordid crimes.
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Padilla team objects to agent testimony
Apr 12 2007 1:22AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Attorneys for suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla have objected to a proposal to have a disguised CIA officer testify for the government using a false name, saying it would violate Padilla's rights and unfairly limit questioning during trial.
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Wash. bunnies being eaten by predators
Apr 12 2007 12:17AM (CT)
EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) - Most of a group of 20 endangered rabbits that were reintroduced to the wild with great fanfare last month have been killed by predators, state officials said.
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