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Virginia Tech students return to campus
Apr 22 2007 11:49PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Still grieving and increasingly wary of the media spotlight, Virginia Tech students returned to their beleaguered campus Sunday, preparing to salvage the final weeks of a semester eclipsed by violence.
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Virginia Tech students return to campus
Apr 22 2007 11:49PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Still grieving and increasingly wary of the media spotlight, Virginia Tech students returned to their beleaguered campus Sunday, preparing to salvage the final weeks of a semester eclipsed by violence.
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Rep. Millender-McDonald dies of cancer
Apr 22 2007 11:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, a seven-term congresswoman from Southern California described as a trailblazer and a leader in election reform, died late Saturday of cancer. She was 68.
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Navy sifts Blue Angels wreck for clues
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Investigators looked through wreckage Sunday to determine what caused a Navy Blue Angel jet to crash during a maneuver, while the military identified the fallen pilot as a 32-year-old who was performing in one of his first air shows with the team.
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Navy sifts Blue Angels wreck for clues
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Investigators looked through wreckage Sunday to determine what caused a Navy Blue Angel jet to crash during a maneuver, while the military identified the fallen pilot as a 32-year-old who was performing in one of his first air shows with the team.
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Navy sifts Blue Angels wreck for clues
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Investigators looked through wreckage Sunday to determine what caused a Navy Blue Angel jet to crash during a maneuver, while the military identified the fallen pilot as a 32-year-old who was performing in one of his first air shows with the team.
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Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was as mysterious in death as he was in life, leaving behind few clues for medical examiners. Dr. William Massello, the assistant state medical examiner based in Roanoke, said Sunday that Cho died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his temple after firing enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 times.
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Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was as mysterious in death as he was in life, leaving behind few clues for medical examiners. Dr. William Massello, the assistant state medical examiner based in Roanoke, said Sunday that Cho died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his temple after firing enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 times.
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Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was as mysterious in death as he was in life, leaving behind few clues for medical examiners. Dr. William Massello, the assistant state medical examiner based in Roanoke, said Sunday that Cho died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his temple after firing enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 times.
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Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was as mysterious in death as he was in life, leaving behind few clues for medical examiners. Dr. William Massello, the assistant state medical examiner based in Roanoke, said Sunday that Cho died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his temple after firing enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 times.
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Tech gunman shot victims over 100 times
Apr 22 2007 11:45PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho was as mysterious in death as he was in life, leaving behind few clues for medical examiners. Dr. William Massello, the assistant state medical examiner based in Roanoke, said Sunday that Cho died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his temple after firing enough shots to wound his 32 victims more than 100 times.
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Virginia Tech student dies in car crash
Apr 22 2007 10:43PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A Virginia Tech freshman who returned home with his family after last week's campus massacre was killed in a car crash, his father said Sunday.
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Sierras get up to 18 inches of snow
Apr 22 2007 10:08PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A spring storm left up to 18 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada on Sunday, snarling traffic but causing excitement at the few ski areas still open.
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Couple shot and killed at Calif. resort
Apr 22 2007 9:29PM (CT)
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A man and a woman were found dead in a hotel room at a luxury oceanfront resort Sunday after police were called to intervene in a domestic dispute, authorities said.
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Vignettes from Virginia Tech campus
Apr 22 2007 9:00PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Almost a week after the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, students who fled the Virginia Tech campus started to return Sunday as victims were remembered at church services and memorials on campus. Here is what some of them had to say.
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Tornado levels houses in Texas Panhandle
Apr 22 2007 8:59PM (CT)
CACTUS, Texas (AP) - Downed power lines, flattened houses and roads littered with debris kept many residents from returning to their homes Sunday in this rural Panhandle town hit hard by what appeared to be a group of tornadoes.
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McGreevey's wife tells all in new book
Apr 22 2007 8:44PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The wife of former governor James E. McGreevey describes him in her upcoming memoir as self-absorbed and controlling and says that, among other demands, he insisted she move out of the governor's mansion before his official resignation.
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E. coli scare blamed on slaughterhouse
Apr 22 2007 7:58PM (CT)
MERCED, Calif. (AP) - The company that distributed hamburger patties believed to have sickened at least three children with E. coli bacteria is blaming the contamination on the slaughterhouse that processed the meat.
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Report: Mass. help 14 prisoners too long
Apr 22 2007 7:29PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The state Department of Correction held at least 14 inmates beyond their release dates, including one man who was kept in prison four years too long, according to a published report.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Virginia Korean community still reeling
Apr 22 2007 6:27PM (CT)
CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) - Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors.
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Wind drives smoke through Atlanta
Apr 22 2007 6:13PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - An overnight wind shift drove smoke from the wildfire in southeast Georgia to Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn., officials said Sunday.
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Man accused of 'dungeon' rape testifies
Apr 22 2007 5:56PM (CT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - A convicted sex offender insisted on the witness stand Sunday that he was telling the truth and denied raping two teenage girls in an underground room he built behind his home.
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Those closest to Cho return to school
Apr 22 2007 5:24PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - When Andy Koch last saw Seung-Hui Cho in a dining hall a week ago, his former suitemate pretended he didn't see him and simply walked the other way.
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Those closest to Cho return to school
Apr 22 2007 5:24PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - When Andy Koch last saw Seung-Hui Cho in a dining hall a week ago, his former suitemate pretended he didn't see him and simply walked the other way.
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Teen pockets $25,000 in texting contest
Apr 22 2007 5:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - OMG! Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar, of Claysburg, Pa., was crowned LG National Texting champion on Saturday after she typed "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from "Mary Poppins" in 15 seconds.
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Forgiveness emerges in Va. Tech memorial
Apr 22 2007 4:56PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - On the edge of the Virginia Tech Drillfield stands a semicircle of stones _ 33 chunks of locally quarried rust-grey "Hokie" limestone.
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Forgiveness emerges in Va. Tech memorial
Apr 22 2007 4:56PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - On the edge of the Virginia Tech Drillfield stands a semicircle of stones _ 33 chunks of locally quarried rust-grey "Hokie" limestone.
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NYC pledges 1 million new trees by 2017
Apr 22 2007 4:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One million new trees will join the urban landscape of New York City by the year 2017 to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures and help improve the city's long term sustainability, officials said Saturday.
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NYC pledges 1 million new trees by 2017
Apr 22 2007 4:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One million new trees will join the urban landscape of New York City by the year 2017 to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures and help improve the city's long term sustainability, officials said Saturday.
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Teacher's job on line for student column
Apr 22 2007 1:10PM (CT)
WOODBURN, Ind. (AP) - The column in the student newspaper seemed innocent enough: advocating tolerance for people "different than you."
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N.H. retiree a Rock, Paper, Scissors ace
Apr 22 2007 1:06PM (CT)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A burly 64-year-old retiree who resembles jolly old St. Nick will be going mano a mano with other contestants in a national title bout _ in Rock, Paper, Scissors.
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Hands-on mayor bets on dying mill town
Apr 22 2007 1:05PM (CT)
BRADDOCK, Pa. (AP) - Mayor John Fetterman worked alongside a team of volunteers pulling broken furniture and other debris out of an abandoned church, its ceilings sagging and its belfry thick with pigeon droppings.
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Diets fail in the long run, study says
Apr 22 2007 12:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roberta Perry has tried it all to lose the pounds _ organized diet programs, prescription pills, psychotherapy, even hypnosis.
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Ex-conjoined twin home after transplant
Apr 22 2007 12:49PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A former conjoined twin has been discharged from a hospital less than three weeks after receiving a kidney from her mother, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Settlements reached in spinach deaths
Apr 22 2007 12:42PM (CT)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - The companies that grew, processed and marketed contaminated spinach that led to a nationwide E. coli outbreak last year have settled lawsuits in the deaths of three women.
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British man arrested after news report
Apr 22 2007 9:40AM (CT)
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A British national was arrested after he told a newspaper that he was "lucky" to have escaped the notice of immigration authorities despite a drug conviction.
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5 crash victims all Fla. residents
Apr 22 2007 8:17AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - All five people killed in the crash of a small plane off the coast of Fort Lauderdale were Florida residents, federal authorities said.
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Jury awards $9 million in beating case
Apr 22 2007 7:43AM (CT)
LINDEN, Texas (AP) - A jury awarded $9 million to a black man who suffered permanent brain damage after being beaten and dumped in a field by four white men in 2003.
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Police: Poor review set off NASA gunman
Apr 22 2007 3:45AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The gunman in an apparent murder-suicide at the Johnson Space Center targeted a NASA worker he feared could get him fired, police said Saturday.
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Duquesne ending student loan commissions
Apr 22 2007 3:43AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Duquesne University, one of 60 schools targeted by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for allegedly accepting commissions from private loan providers, has announced that it will stop the practice.
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Official takes risks warning on pet drug
Apr 22 2007 3:42AM (CT)
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - The first hints of trouble came with vague warnings from the outer reaches of the bureaucracy. She was "pushing too hard." She was "alarmist."
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2 small planes crash off Florida coast
Apr 22 2007 3:18AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Two small planes carrying a total of eight people crashed in separate incidents off the coast of Florida, authorities said. No survivors had been found by late Saturday.
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Tornado wrecks Neb. homes, several hurt
Apr 22 2007 1:06AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A tornado ripped up farmsteads in western Nebraska and injured several people as thunderstorms rippled across the Plains.
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