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Virginia shooter spoke little as child
Apr 19 2007 11:58PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Cho Seung-Hui was a worry to his family because he did not speak much as a child, and after the family emigrated to the United States doctors thought he might be autistic, relatives in South Korea said Thursday.
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Man sets self ablaze in Calif. city hall
Apr 19 2007 11:53PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A man set himself on fire inside City Hall on Thursday and was in critical but stable condition at a hospital, police said.
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School threats sweep country
Apr 19 2007 11:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Web designer was charged Thursday with posting on his own site a bogus threat to kill 50 San Diego State University students, then alerting a TV station to try to draw publicity, the FBI said.
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Woman pleads not guilty in fatal fire
Apr 19 2007 11:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A woman who told police a deadly apartment building fire began when she tried to light a dollar bill to warm her feet pleaded not guilty to murder and arson charges on Thursday.
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Gaunt baby found dead; parents arrested
Apr 19 2007 11:41PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Two parents were arrested in the death of their 4-month old son, whose gaunt body was found in a swing inside their filthy apartment, authorities said.
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Gaunt baby found dead; parents arrested
Apr 19 2007 11:41PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Two parents were arrested in the death of their 4-month old son, whose gaunt body was found in a swing inside their filthy apartment, authorities said.
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McGreevey's wife seeks primary custody
Apr 19 2007 11:38PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey had little time for his daughter while he was running the state, and exposed her to a picture of a nude male model at his home, his wife said in divorce papers Thursday.
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Tenn. preacher's wife convicted
Apr 19 2007 11:36PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife who claimed her husband abused her was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday for killing him with a shotgun she said fired accidentally as she aimed at him. Mary Winkler showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
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Tenn. preacher's wife convicted
Apr 19 2007 11:36PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife who claimed her husband abused her was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday for killing him with a shotgun she said fired accidentally as she aimed at him. Mary Winkler showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
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Tenn. preacher's wife convicted
Apr 19 2007 11:36PM (CT)
SELMER, Tenn. (AP) - A preacher's wife who claimed her husband abused her was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday for killing him with a shotgun she said fired accidentally as she aimed at him. Mary Winkler showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
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Va. Tech shooter a 'textbook killer'
Apr 19 2007 11:35PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - In high school, Cho Seung-Hui almost never opened his mouth. When he finally did, his classmates laughed, pointed at him and said: "Go back to China."
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Va. Tech shooter a 'textbook killer'
Apr 19 2007 11:35PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - In high school, Cho Seung-Hui almost never opened his mouth. When he finally did, his classmates laughed, pointed at him and said: "Go back to China."
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Rules should have barred weapon purchase
Apr 19 2007 11:33PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A judge's ruling on Cho Seung-Hui's mental health should have barred him from purchasing the handguns he used in the Virginia Tech massacre, according to federal regulations. But it was unclear Thursday whether anybody had an obligation to inform federal authorities about Cho's mental status because of loopholes in the law that governs background checks.
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Rules should have barred weapon purchase
Apr 19 2007 11:33PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A judge's ruling on Cho Seung-Hui's mental health should have barred him from purchasing the handguns he used in the Virginia Tech massacre, according to federal regulations. But it was unclear Thursday whether anybody had an obligation to inform federal authorities about Cho's mental status because of loopholes in the law that governs background checks.
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Wildfires damage 18 homes in Georgia
Apr 19 2007 11:13PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Firefighters made slow progress Thursday against a pair of wildfires that covered nearly 50 square miles of tinder-dry forest and destroyed 18 homes. Authorities asked approximately 6,000 people to evacuate.
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Wildfires damage 18 homes in Georgia
Apr 19 2007 11:13PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Firefighters made slow progress Thursday against a pair of wildfires that covered nearly 50 square miles of tinder-dry forest and destroyed 18 homes. Authorities asked approximately 6,000 people to evacuate.
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Wildfires damage 18 homes in Georgia
Apr 19 2007 11:13PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Firefighters made slow progress Thursday against a pair of wildfires that covered nearly 50 square miles of tinder-dry forest and destroyed 18 homes. Authorities asked approximately 6,000 people to evacuate.
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Wildfires damage 18 homes in Georgia
Apr 19 2007 11:13PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Firefighters made slow progress Thursday against a pair of wildfires that covered nearly 50 square miles of tinder-dry forest and destroyed 18 homes. Authorities asked approximately 6,000 people to evacuate.
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Giuliani: Nation learned from Okla. City
Apr 19 2007 11:04PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Rudy Giuliani told mourners gathered at the former site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on Thursday that the strength they showed after the bombing 12 years ago is an inspiration for survivors of Sept. 11 and the Virginia Tech shootings.
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Giuliani: Nation learned from Okla. City
Apr 19 2007 11:04PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Rudy Giuliani told mourners gathered at the former site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on Thursday that the strength they showed after the bombing 12 years ago is an inspiration for survivors of Sept. 11 and the Virginia Tech shootings.
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Men charged for roles in bird deaths
Apr 19 2007 10:43PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Three men have been charged with contributing to the deaths of hundreds of baby seabirds that fell out of their nest on an abandoned barge and drowned, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Search for Md. miners turns up vehicle
Apr 19 2007 10:30PM (CT)
BARTON, Md. (AP) - Crews trying to free two miners buried for more than two days beneath a huge mound of rocks and dirt reached a backhoe and a bulldozer that the men were using, a federal official said late Thursday.
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FBI snitch: Ford boasted of guns in desk
Apr 19 2007 10:17PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - An FBI informant who accuses a former state senator at the center of a public corruption investigation of threatening to shoot him testified Thursday that the lawmaker boasted about keeping two pistols in his desk.
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NY judge guilty in bribes case
Apr 19 2007 10:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An ex-judge was convicted on Thursday of accepting expensive cigars and other gifts in exchange for helping fix divorce cases _ crimes captured on hidden-camera videos made in his chambers.
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NYPD replaces crime lab boss over lapse
Apr 19 2007 10:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The police crime lab commander was transferred after his unit never reported that two technicians had failed tests of their work, Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday.
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4 bodies found in Michigan home
Apr 19 2007 10:00PM (CT)
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - A man fatally shot a woman and two boys before killing himself in an apparent domestic dispute, authorities said Thursday.
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Police: Suspect admitted starting fire
Apr 19 2007 9:57PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A parolee admitted setting an Illinois house fire that killed five children and said he was "sorry" about it, according to a police report.
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Boy pleads no contest in vet's beating
Apr 19 2007 9:48PM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A 10-year-old boy charged with beating a homeless Army veteran pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor battery.
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Skakel lawyer: I didn't have all info
Apr 19 2007 8:38PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The trial attorney for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel testified Thursday that he was not told about a claim implicating two other men until after Skakel was convicted of murder.
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Storm damage count, cleanup continues
Apr 19 2007 8:29PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Damage from a brutal nor'easter will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair, authorities said Thursday.
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Storm damage count, cleanup continues
Apr 19 2007 8:29PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Damage from a brutal nor'easter will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair, authorities said Thursday.
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Storm damage count, cleanup continues
Apr 19 2007 8:29PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Damage from a brutal nor'easter will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to repair, authorities said Thursday.
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Firefighters use diamond saw in rescue
Apr 19 2007 8:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Firefighters used a new diamond-studded saw to slice through glass and rescue two window washers trapped outside the 37th floor of an office building Thursday.
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Ga. dad gets 5 years for poisoning soup
Apr 19 2007 7:57PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man who admitted that he poisoned his children's soup in an attemt to get money from the Campbell Soup Co. was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes also ordered William Allen Cunningham, 41, of Stockbridge to have no further contact with the children or his ex-wife.
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Cuban militant released on U.S. bond
Apr 19 2007 7:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, an aging ex-CIA operative suspected in a decades-old Cuban airliner bombing, was released from U.S. custody Thursday and flew to Miami as he awaits trial on immigration fraud charges.
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Cuban militant released on U.S. bond
Apr 19 2007 7:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, an aging ex-CIA operative suspected in a decades-old Cuban airliner bombing, was released from U.S. custody Thursday and flew to Miami as he awaits trial on immigration fraud charges.
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Cuban militant released on U.S. bond
Apr 19 2007 7:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, an aging ex-CIA operative suspected in a decades-old Cuban airliner bombing, was released from U.S. custody Thursday and flew to Miami as he awaits trial on immigration fraud charges.
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Cuban militant released on U.S. bond
Apr 19 2007 7:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, an aging ex-CIA operative suspected in a decades-old Cuban airliner bombing, was released from U.S. custody Thursday and flew to Miami as he awaits trial on immigration fraud charges.
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N.H. governor says he'll OK civil unions
Apr 19 2007 7:10PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Gov. John Lynch said Thursday he will sign legislation establishing civil unions for gay couples in New Hampshire.
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Columbine memories strained by Tech link
Apr 19 2007 6:53PM (CT)
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui's homage to the Columbine High School killers has made preparations for Friday's eighth anniversary of the Colorado rampage all the more devastating, survivors and victims' relatives said.
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Ex-prison bosses deny sex abuse charges
Apr 19 2007 6:43PM (CT)
MONAHANS, Texas (AP) - Two former youth prison administrators pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they sexually abused inmates at the juvenile detention facility they managed.
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Feds: 29 ran drugs through Miami airport
Apr 19 2007 6:20PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A drug ring based at Miami International Airport used cargo workers to smuggle cocaine and heroin for the past five years, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges against 29 people.
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Virginia Tech explains, defends response
Apr 19 2007 6:07PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Eight months ago, the mere possibility that a gunman was headed to Virginia Tech was enough for school officials to cancel classes and order a campus-wide lockdown. This week, the response was much different: Authorities waited more than two hours to alert the school's nearly 26,000 students that two of their classmates had been shot dead in a dormitory.
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Virginia Tech explains, defends response
Apr 19 2007 6:07PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Eight months ago, the mere possibility that a gunman was headed to Virginia Tech was enough for school officials to cancel classes and order a campus-wide lockdown. This week, the response was much different: Authorities waited more than two hours to alert the school's nearly 26,000 students that two of their classmates had been shot dead in a dormitory.
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Troops have mixed reaction to leave rule
Apr 19 2007 6:01PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - Military family members, troops and advocates welcomed a Pentagon announcement this week that long or frequent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan will earn them extra vacation, but some questioned if the policy went far enough. Others said troops would rather have cash.
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Bush: Be sure to question odd behavior
Apr 19 2007 5:03PM (CT)
TIPP CITY, Ohio (AP) - President Bush said on Thursday that mass shootings are a reminder that people must be willing to raise a red flag about others' disturbing behavior.
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WHO says cars biggest killer of young
Apr 19 2007 4:38PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Car crashes are the leading cause of death worldwide for people between 10 and 24, the U.N. health agency said Thursday, adding that most such fatalities occur in developing countries with poor road safety conditions.
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Colleges face surge of troubled students
Apr 19 2007 4:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Across America, college counseling centers are strained by rising numbers of mentally ill students and surging demand for mental health services _ a challenging trend as campus officials try to identify potential threats like the unstable Virginia Tech gunman.
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Court rejects suit over military base
Apr 19 2007 4:13PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Pentagon of improperly trying to shut down a state National Guard unit by pulling its planes when its home base closes.
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Calif. Senate OKs gambling expansion
Apr 19 2007 4:01PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The state Senate on Thursday approved adding 22,500 slot machines to Indian casinos, which would be a 50 percent bump from the current number and the state's largest such expansion since tribes gained gaming rights.
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VT killer's hammer pose resembles movie
Apr 19 2007 3:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the photographs in the Virginia Tech killer's "multimedia manifesto" may have been inspired by a bloody South Korean movie, adding to the debate over the influence of pop culture on heinous crimes.
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Tribe leader's son charged in drug sweep
Apr 19 2007 3:42PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Police acting on Shinnecock Indian Nation leaders' request for a probe into drug dealing arrested the son of a tribal trustee Thursday, and accused him of being the main source of cocaine on the reservation.
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Ky. judge rebuked for jailing immigrants
Apr 19 2007 3:42PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky judge was suspended without pay for 15 days for jailing 17 Hispanic immigrants for traffic infractions and then denying them bail.
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NYC police search for torturer-rapist
Apr 19 2007 3:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was an ordeal that lasted 19 hours. In that span, a man bound a Columbia University graduate student in her apartment, raped her, doused her with hot water and bleach, slit her eyelids and finally set a fire before fleeing, police said.
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Foley paying bills with campaign cash
Apr 19 2007 3:10PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is using leftover campaign cash to pay for the huge legal bills he's racking up defending himself in the congressional page scandal that led to his resignation.
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Russian teen brain dead after surgery
Apr 19 2007 3:01PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A 16-year-old Russian boy found a hospital halfway around the world willing to remove his brain tumor for free.
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Concern over focus on VT shooter's race
Apr 19 2007 2:42PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Before his age, his hometown or his name, America learned one thing about the Virginia Tech shooter _ he was Asian. That characterization has bristled activists who say the swift focus on ethnicity shows decades-old suspicions of Asian-Americans linger.
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Magnetic toys recalled after injuries
Apr 19 2007 2:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A recall of Magnetix building sets has been expanded after more children swallowed the tiny magnets in them and were seriously injured, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday.
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Opera tells how Georgia racism backfired
Apr 19 2007 1:44PM (CT)
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - At the end of Act One, the tenor wearing a white suit and trademark red suspenders clutches his fat cigar in a smoldering rage.
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Opera tells how Georgia racism backfired
Apr 19 2007 1:44PM (CT)
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - At the end of Act One, the tenor wearing a white suit and trademark red suspenders clutches his fat cigar in a smoldering rage.
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Opera tells how Georgia racism backfired
Apr 19 2007 1:44PM (CT)
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) - At the end of Act One, the tenor wearing a white suit and trademark red suspenders clutches his fat cigar in a smoldering rage.
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VT case typical of many school attacks
Apr 19 2007 1:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A 2002 U.S. Secret Service report on school shootings drew up a list of 10 key findings based on analysis of about three dozen attacks dating to 1974. Many of these _ but not all _ seem to fit the Virginia Tech shootings by Cho Seung-Hui. Exceptions and uncertainties are noted:
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School says mom 'fired' toy gun in class
Apr 19 2007 12:46PM (CT)
CHURCH HILL, Tenn. (AP) - The mother of a kindergartner was charged with assault Thursday and banned from school after officials said she walked into the child's classroom, pointed a toy cap gun at students and pulled the trigger several times.
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Gunman's uncle indicates family is OK
Apr 19 2007 12:32PM (CT)
WEST RIVER, Md. (AP) - While the parents of the Virginia Tech gunman have kept silent and out of public view, his uncle met with an official from a Korean-American association and said he assumes the parents are doing fine.
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Gunman's uncle indicates family is OK
Apr 19 2007 12:32PM (CT)
WEST RIVER, Md. (AP) - While the parents of the Virginia Tech gunman have kept silent and out of public view, his uncle met with an official from a Korean-American association and said he assumes the parents are doing fine.
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Gunman's uncle indicates family is OK
Apr 19 2007 12:32PM (CT)
WEST RIVER, Md. (AP) - While the parents of the Virginia Tech gunman have kept silent and out of public view, his uncle met with an official from a Korean-American association and said he assumes the parents are doing fine.
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Massacre plunges Va. town into mourning
Apr 19 2007 12:24PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Yellow bows are wrapped around lamp posts on Main Street, and some deputies have pinned ribbons to their uniforms. Flower shops are overwhelmed with orders.
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Doctors: Corzine still needs ventilator
Apr 19 2007 12:21PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was still breathing with the help of a ventilator on Thursday, a week after a high-speed crash left him in critical condition.
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Religion news in brief
Apr 19 2007 11:05AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to remove religion's influence from the public square will fail, in large part because faith plays such a major role in most Americans' lives, the recently appointed Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington said.
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Religion today
Apr 19 2007 11:05AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Twenty young women who want to become nuns will arrive this fall at the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Michigan _ so many candidates that there aren't enough beds.
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S.C. mom who smothered twins gets prison
Apr 19 2007 10:24AM (CT)
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) - A mother who smothered her crying 9-month-old twins with a pillow then went back to sleep was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Schools examine safety warning systems
Apr 19 2007 9:48AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Colleges and universities are looking at cell phone text messages, warning sirens and other ways to quickly alert students across their campuses of emergencies in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre.
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Jury gives S.D. woman life in prison
Apr 19 2007 9:37AM (CT)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A woman who killed an acquaintance and dismembered her body with a chainsaw has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, after a jury decided to spare her life.
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Chicago suburb's first, only mayor dies
Apr 19 2007 9:32AM (CT)
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Donald Stephens, who saw this Chicago suburb develop into a commercial haven during his half-century as its only mayor, has died, a city spokesman said. He was 79.
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$950K settlement in Illinois jail death
Apr 19 2007 9:25AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Cook County Board agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a claim that an inmate's requests for medical attention were ignored before she died in jail.
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Preacher plans Branch Davidian memorial
Apr 19 2007 7:45AM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - In the ashes of the Branch Davidian site where nearly 80 people died in a 1993 blaze after an armed standoff with federal agents, a new religious community is slowly taking shape.
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Campus community reacts to Cho's words
Apr 19 2007 7:40AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The chilling images of the gunman who was responsible for the massacre at Virginia Tech silenced crowds near campus as they played on television screens.
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A sick package brings story to NBC News
Apr 19 2007 7:26AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - NBC News' decision to air some of the video and pictures sent by Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui had immediate repercussions Thursday, with family members of victims canceling their plans to appear on the "Today" show.
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Head of shooting probe won't pre-judge
Apr 19 2007 3:12AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A state panel's inquest into the Virginia Tech massacre will examine far more than what happened during the two hours between slayings on the campus, an official picked to head the panel said.
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Naming school after Hmong leader debated
Apr 19 2007 1:29AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A plan to name a new elementary school after a Hmong military leader is winning praise from Hmong but criticism by some who question his past, particularly his ties with the CIA.
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Pet food recall expanded
Apr 19 2007 12:35AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An industrial chemical that led to the nationwide recall of more than 100 brands of cat and dog food has turned up in a second pet food ingredient imported from China.
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Activist to seek Oregon Senate seat
Apr 19 2007 12:14AM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Democratic activist announced Wednesday he will run against U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith in 2008 and focus on the Republican's changed stance on the Iraq war.
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