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Feds: School shooter slew victims quickly
Apr 18 2005 11:05PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Student gunman Jeff Weise fired 45 times during his rampage through the halls of Red Lake High School last month, killing all seven of his victims in three short minutes, investigators said Monday in providing new details about the worst school shooting since Columbine.
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Two Wyo. firefighters killed in house fire
Apr 18 2005 11:03PM (CT)
EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP) - Two firefighters died and three were injured Monday from a blast inside a burning home where they were searching for trapped children, authorities said.
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N.M. gov.: Dems must connect with values
Apr 18 2005 10:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, often mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential candidate, said Monday the Democratic Party must reconnect with voters' core values if it hopes to regain congressional seats and perhaps even the presidency.
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RNC raises $32 million in three months
Apr 18 2005 10:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican National Committee raised a record $32.3 million from January through March, more than double the Democrats' total.
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Amtrak says no Acela service this week
Apr 18 2005 10:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - After running one Acela Express train on Monday, Amtrak decided to once again suspend its high-speed rail service as it works to repair damaged brakes and determine the cause, a spokeswoman said.
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Soldier testifies at court-martial
Apr 18 2005 10:44PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Weeks before launching a deadly grenade attack on his comrades, Sgt. Hasan Akbar attended a camp showing of the movie "Apocalypse Now" and laughed at a scene of U.S. troops being hit by a grenade, a soldier testified Monday.
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Child killed in Va. school bus crash
Apr 18 2005 10:38PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A school bus carrying children to an elementary school collided with a trash truck Monday, killing one child and injuring 14 others.
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Ex-U.N. chief said tied to scandal figure
Apr 18 2005 10:32PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was good friends with South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, who has been accused of accepting millions of dollars from Iraq in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, former U.N. officials said Monday.
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Suspect allegedly admitted to Fla. killing
Apr 18 2005 9:52PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The sheriff who led the search for a 13-year-old girl found slain over the weekend said Monday that investigators had a "gut feeling" from the first that Sarah Lunde was in trouble and had not simply run away as she had in the past.
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Cruise ship returns after wave damage
Apr 18 2005 9:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When a "Boom!" on a cruise ship awoke him, the first thing that crossed passenger Robert Clark's mind was "the Titanic."
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Bush supporter sues RNC over 'W' logo
Apr 18 2005 9:45PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A supporter of President Bush is suing the Republican National Committee and one of its suppliers, claiming they stole his design for the ubiquitous "W" bumper sticker logo in the 2004 campaign.
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Race for New York City mayor heats up
Apr 18 2005 9:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey's musings about running for mayor of New York against Republican Michael Bloomberg have suddenly injected some excitement into the race and underscored what is widely seen as the weakness of the Democratic field of four.
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'Marlboro Country' gov. OKs smoking ban
Apr 18 2005 9:41PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed into law Monday a compromise smoking ban between public health groups and Montana tavern owners in "Marlboro Country."
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Smart's uncle blasts police in new book
Apr 18 2005 9:41PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Elizabeth Smart's uncle has faulted the police investigation into her disappearance in a new book, claiming the teen would still be a kidnap victim if the family had not gotten involved.
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Daughter of missing D.A. pleads for clues
Apr 18 2005 9:41PM (CT)
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Her voice cracking at times, the daughter of a missing district attorney made an impassioned plea for her father to call home Monday and asked for fresh clues from the public to find the man.
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Prison guard faces former captor in court
Apr 18 2005 9:40PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A prison guard who was held captive for 15 days by two inmates last year faced one of her of captors again Monday, giving sometimes-heated responses as he questioned her in court.
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Search for pilots in Rockies suspended
Apr 18 2005 9:29PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Authorities have suspended their search for two elderly pilots who disappeared while taking a leisurely plane trip along the Continental Divide nearly two weeks ago.
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Colo. court orders life sentences for two
Apr 18 2005 8:56PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that two convicted killers should serve life in prison without parole, saying the Legislature's attempts to ensure their executions were unconstitutional.
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Minuteman founder leaving Mexico border
Apr 18 2005 8:23PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The chief organizer of the Minuteman Project, which attracted hundreds of volunteers to watch for illegal immigrants and smugglers along the Mexican border, said Monday he's leaving his post early.
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Holocaust case against Vatican Bank revived
Apr 18 2005 8:05PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court Monday reinstated a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Holocaust who allege the Vatican Bank accepted millions of dollars worth of their valuables stolen by Nazi sympathizers.
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R.I. detective slaying suspect arraigned
Apr 18 2005 7:36PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A man charged with killing a detective with the officer's own gun inside police headquarters was ordered held without bail Monday.
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F-16 fighter crashes in S.C.; airmen eject
Apr 18 2005 7:13PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - An F-16 jet fighter crashed during a training mission Monday, an Air Force official said. Two airmen on board safely ejected before the crash.
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Truman carrier group returns from Iraq
Apr 18 2005 6:58PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman returned home Monday after a six-month deployment for the war in Iraq, and sailors were greeted by thousands of family members who wept, cheered and waved red, white and blue pompoms.
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Jury nixes death penalty in grill killing
Apr 18 2005 6:10PM (CT)
NORWALK, Calif. (AP) - A man who killed five of his children by lighting a charcoal grill inside his home and closing all the doors and windows was spared the death penalty by a jury Monday.
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Judge backs ban on train hazards in D.C.
Apr 18 2005 6:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge Monday rejected an attempt by CSX Transportation Inc. to stop the District of Columbia's ban on hazardous rail shipments from taking effect this week.
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Kraft recalls Jell-O vanilla pudding mix
Apr 18 2005 5:49PM (CT)
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Kraft Foods Inc. said Monday it is recalling more than 1,200 packages of Jell-O brand vanilla pudding mix because the label does not say the product may contain pistachio nuts.
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Peter Flaherty, ex-Pittsburgh mayor, dies
Apr 18 2005 5:45PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Peter F. Flaherty, a former Pittsburgh mayor and deputy U.S. attorney general under President Carter, died Monday. He was 80.
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Men plead innocent to oil-for-food charge
Apr 18 2005 5:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two Houston oilmen pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that they cheated the United Nations oil-for-food program out of humanitarian aid funds by paying millions of dollars in secret kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime.
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Faculty salaries rise but behind inflation
Apr 18 2005 4:05PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - For the first time in eight years, increases in college faculty salaries failed to keep up with inflation, according to a new survey.
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Ivy league teaching assistants strike
Apr 18 2005 3:50PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Graduate teaching assistants at Yale and Columbia universities kicked off a five-day strike Monday, an effort organizers hope will force Ivy League administrators to recognize them as a union.
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Woman convicted in Pa. hatchet slaying
Apr 18 2005 3:46PM (CT)
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) - A woman was convicted Monday of murdering her neighbor with a hatchet, striking the 83-year-old Pearl Harbor veteran nearly 70 times as he begged for his life.
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Jury nixes death penalty in grill killing
Apr 18 2005 3:40PM (CT)
NORWALK, Calif. (AP) - A man who killed five of his children by lighting a charcoal grill inside his home and closing all the doors and windows was spared the death penalty by a jury Monday.
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Jury: Investment group wasn't wrong
Apr 18 2005 3:36PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - An investment company did nothing wrong when it put state employee pension fund money in falling Enron stock and lost more than $280 million, a jury said Monday.
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$17.1M awarded in malpractice case
Apr 18 2005 2:46PM (CT)
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A jury awarded $17.1 million to a woman who sued a hospital and two doctors after her son nearly bled to death in the womb, one of the largest malpractice verdicts in Washington history.
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Authors want improved history education
Apr 18 2005 2:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pulitzer Prize winners Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., David McCullough and Gordon Wood are among the historians and scholars who have signed a petition condemning the "inadequate time given to history instruction" and calling on Congress to amend the "No Child Left Behind" act.
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N.D. approve smoking ban for restaurants
Apr 18 2005 2:02PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The state House approved an indoor smoking ban for restaurants, government buildings and most businesses on Monday.
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Thrift agency director Gilleran resigning
Apr 18 2005 1:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the Office of Thrift Supervision since 2001 is resigning at the end of this month, the agency announced Monday.
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Highway shooting suspect fired gun
Apr 18 2005 1:10PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Attorneys for the man charged in a string of highway shootings, including one that killed a 62-year-old woman, conceded Monday their client is the one who fired the shots in the 5-month crime spree.
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Powdery substance found at IRS center
Apr 18 2005 12:55PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A powdery substance was found in an envelope at a regional Internal Revenue Service facility, and 10 workers who complained of itchy eyes and runny noses were taken to hospitals as a precaution, police said.
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AP to impose online licensing fees
Apr 18 2005 12:55PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Associated Press will begin charging newspapers and broadcasters to post its stories, photos and other content online, a pricing shift that reflects the growing power of the Internet to lure audiences and advertisers from more established media.
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Five members are elected to AP board
Apr 18 2005 12:54PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Four incumbents and one new member were elected to the board of directors of The Associated Press in results announced Monday at the annual meeting of the news cooperative.
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States frustrated by illegal immigrants
Apr 18 2005 12:43PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Frustrated by the influx of illegal immigrants, some states are trying to make this country less inviting to those who sneak across the border. Other states are moving in the opposite direction, trying to offer illegals many of the privileges citizens enjoy.
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New Orleans' school system in disarray
Apr 18 2005 12:41PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dozens of employees indicted or convicted on corruption charges. Tens of millions of dollars unaccounted for. Eight superintendents in seven years. Rock-bottom test scores. Shootings, sirens and police uniforms, often. The threat of bankruptcy and bounced checks, constantly.
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Evacuees return to town after wildfire
Apr 18 2005 11:20AM (CT)
FORT WASHAKIE, Wyo. (AP) - Firefighters mopped up Monday after a 500-acre wildfire that burned three miles of river bottom and forced some people to evacuate a small town.
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Harper's accuses MIT scholar of plagiarism
Apr 18 2005 10:32AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts Institute of Technology literary scholar said he regrets failing to credit some passages in his biography of the poet E.E. Cummings, but denied charges of plagiarism.
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Man fatally stabbed in Los Angeles temple
Apr 18 2005 10:05AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death during a Cambodian New Year celebration at a Buddhist temple, police said Monday.
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Woman selling flowers abducted in Maryland
Apr 18 2005 9:25AM (CT)
WHEATON, Md. (AP) - Police were searching Monday for a flower vendor abducted from a busy streetcorner in the middle of the day in front of her husband.
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Mexican among winners of Goldman Prize
Apr 18 2005 8:27AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Mexican farmer who fought for land rights and forest protection for the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico is one of six activists who won the prestigious $125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize.
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Historians defend book on Abraham Lincoln
Apr 18 2005 7:29AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - It must have been the first conference in the history of Abraham Lincoln scholarship to call the Great Emancipator "a terrifically sexual guy." Addressing the nation's top Lincoln scholars on Sunday, two historians defended a new book that claims Lincoln was gay and called for more research into his sexuality.
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Wendy's trying to solve mystery of finger
Apr 18 2005 7:19AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Somewhere out there is a woman, dead or alive, who is missing a well-manicured finger about 1 1/2 inches long. Authorities know where the finger ended up _ in a bowl of Wendy's chili _ but just who it belongs to is a mystery.
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Columbine community marks school shooting
Apr 18 2005 6:56AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Joe Higgins remembers walking back into Columbine High School, weeks after two teenage gunmen slaughtered 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves. His math lessons were still on the chalkboard. His calendar was on the same page, April 20, and his students' calculators and books were still on the desks, left behind during what they thought was a fire drill. "It was like time had frozen," Higgins said.
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Sen. Clinton wants to talk about re-election
Apr 18 2005 4:00AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - She is leading in the polls for her party's White House nod in 2008. Republican Newt Gingrich ranks her as a formidable presidential candidate. Longtime critics are amassing money and manpower to derail her political career.
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Population of Chesapeake rockfish rebounds
Apr 18 2005 3:56AM (CT)
OFF CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md. (AP) - After a 15-minute fight, the telltale dark stripes of a rockfish show through the murky waters of the Chesapeake Bay, hooked on one of the 16 lines trailing behind a charter boat.
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Sex offender charged in Fla. girl's death
Apr 18 2005 12:12AM (CT)
RUSKIN, Fla. (AP) - A registered sex offender confessed to killing a 13-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago, saying he got into an argument with her and he choked her to death in her home, the sheriff said Sunday.
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