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Podiatrist sentenced to death fro murder
Apr 27 2006 11:45PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A foot doctor convicted of fatally shooting a patient to keep her from telling a federal grand jury how he defrauded Medicare was sentenced to death on Thursday.
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Man found guilty in Milwaukee bomb plot
Apr 27 2006 11:43PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A man who authorities say idolized Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was found guilty Thursday of threatening to blow up a federal building in downtown Milwaukee.
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Philly drug kingpin sentenced to 30 years
Apr 27 2006 11:37PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A drug kingpin whose retaliation against witnesses rocked the judicial system in Philadelphia was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison on drug, witness intimidation and other charges.
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Man tries to parachute from NYC skyscraper
Apr 27 2006 11:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The host of a cable television show _ who passed through security at the Empire State Building wearing a rubber mask and a foam fat suit _ was arrested Thursday when he tried to parachute from the skyscraper, authorities said.
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King family honors civil rights widow
Apr 27 2006 11:32PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Flanked by his two sisters, Martin Luther King III laid a wreath of orange roses and lilies and wished his mother a happy 79th birthday at her crypt, not far from their father's.
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Connecticut lawmakers pass school soda ban
Apr 27 2006 11:10PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's public schools will be banned from selling soda and other sugary beverages under a bill given final legislative approval Thursday.
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Woman pleads no contest in baby's death
Apr 27 2006 11:09PM (CT)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - A woman accused of smothering her infant after she drunkenly fell asleep atop the 4-month-old while breast-feeding pleaded no contest Thursday to child neglect resulting in death.
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Battle over U.N. reform heats up
Apr 27 2006 11:03PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Rich and poor nations battled Thursday over the fate of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's proposals to overhaul the United Nations, sharply divided on how much new authority to give him.
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Panel vows to fight for access to records
Apr 27 2006 10:51PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Newspapers need to find more allies in their fight to get access to public records, since government agencies keep coming up with more ways to keep them secret, a panel of news executives said Thursday.
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U.N.: Child growth rates the same worldwide
Apr 27 2006 10:38PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - It doesn't matter whether you are born in India or the United States, if you are breast fed, vaccinated and get proper health care, you will grow up to be the same height and weight, a U.N. study released Thursday said.
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Five relatives of terror suspect arrested
Apr 27 2006 10:37PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Five relatives of a U.S. citizen suspected of being a senior al-Qaida operative were arrested in California and Utah on charges of defrauding banks of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Federal jury clears Miss. court justice
Apr 27 2006 10:24PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal jury acquitted a Mississippi Supreme Court justice Thursday of tax evasion, part of a legal saga that has kept him off the bench for more than two years.
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Ala. gov. signs bill to pardon Rosa Parks
Apr 27 2006 10:24PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley has signed legislation that sets up a process to pardon civil rights icon Rosa Parks and hundreds of others arrested for violating segregation-era laws.
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Convicted Murderer executed in Virginia
Apr 27 2006 10:13PM (CT)
JARRATT, Va. (AP) - A man convicted of mutilating and murdering his former girlfriend was executed by lethal injection Thursday after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine rejected a plea for clemency.
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Construction begins at ground zero
Apr 27 2006 9:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After months of disputes over the future of ground zero, state and city officials finally brought in the heavy equipment and began construction Thursday on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that will rise at the World Trade Center site.
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Mine survivor says air packs didn't work
Apr 27 2006 9:58PM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Trapped deep below ground by poisonous gases, the Sago miners realized at least four of their air packs did not work, and they were forced to share the devices as they desperately pounded away with a sledgehammer in hopes of getting rescuers' attention, the sole survivor says.
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Man going to court to leave nursing home
Apr 27 2006 9:55PM (CT)
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - A longtime Nashua resident will get his day in court on his claim that he doesn't need to be in a nursing home and is being held there against his will.
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N.Y. court upholds Giuliani float firings
Apr 27 2006 9:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city was within its rights to fire a police officer and two firefighters who rode a parade float featuring mocking stereotypes of blacks, a federal appeals panel said Thursday.
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Officials weigh charges in Ark. bat caper
Apr 27 2006 9:34PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A joker who made a bat cave out of a dorm room, and three other students believed to have stolen the dozen or so nocturnal critters used in the caper, could be in for criminal charges, officials said Thursday.
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Sago air equipment has history of problems
Apr 27 2006 9:17PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The emergency air packs that were said to have failed at the Sago Mine are among the most widely used emergency devices in the nation's underground mines, but also have a history of problems.
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NTSB: Crossfield's plane broke up in storm
Apr 27 2006 9:11PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The wreckage of famed test pilot Scott Crossfield's single-engine plane indicates it broke apart during a severe thunderstorm, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.
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Soldier found dead after apparent suicide
Apr 27 2006 9:10PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A 20-year-old soldier was found dead in his barracks the day after an apparent suicide note was posted on his MySpace.com Web page.
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Officer shot, man killed at Ohio airport
Apr 27 2006 8:09PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A man who argued with workers at an airport ticket counter grabbed a police officer's gun and shot a patrolman before he was killed by another officer Thursday, authorities said.
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2 teens charged in attack at Texas party
Apr 27 2006 8:08PM (CT)
SPRING, Texas (AP) - Two white teenagers severely beat and sodomized a Hispanic 16-year-old boy who they believed had tried to kiss a Hispanic 12-year-old girl at a party, authorities said.
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Liquor chief charged with drunken driving
Apr 27 2006 7:59PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The director of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission abruptly resigned Thursday after she was charged with drunken driving.
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Forensic expert may tie priest, nun, stains
Apr 27 2006 7:08PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A renowned forensic expert testified Thursday that a bloody stain on an altar cloth might link a priest to the death of a nun in 1980.
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82nd Airborne paratrooper pleads guilty
Apr 27 2006 6:57PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - An Army paratrooper pleaded guilty Thursday to engaging in sex acts on a military-themed gay pornographic Web site and was sentenced to prison.
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A 2nd Ind. college suffers tragic crash
Apr 27 2006 5:37PM (CT)
UPLAND, Ind. (AP) - A week of celebrations turned to mourning on a university campus Thursday after a highway crash killed five students and staff as they headed home after setting up for a scholarship banquet.
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Ethics panel fines Kan. governor $1,500
Apr 27 2006 5:02PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was fined $1,500 by the state ethics commission Thursday for illegally soliciting campaign contributions from lobbyists.
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Man charged with murder for tossing baby
Apr 27 2006 3:12PM (CT)
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man was charged Thursday with murder after police said he tossed his 9-month-old son from a car, slammed the baby onto the vehicle's hood and then threw him into a canal.
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Fla. gets sales tax break on storm gear
Apr 27 2006 2:36PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida is giving its shoppers a 12-day break this spring from sales taxes on flashlights, generators and other items they might need for the coming hurricane season.
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Fewer than 1 in 5 attend Mass in Boston
Apr 27 2006 2:19PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Church on Sundays was a habit for Frank Gaul growing up Roman Catholic in the coastal Massachusetts town of Hingham in the 1980s. Now, it's Mass on holidays, at most.
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Teen pleads guilty to murder of schoolmate
Apr 27 2006 1:59PM (CT)
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - A teenager accused of helping his ex-girlfriend kill and dismember a 16-year-old classmate pleaded guilty Thursday to murder.
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D.C.-area sniper's trial returns to Md.
Apr 27 2006 1:30PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Maryland prosecutors were the first to announce murder charges against Washington-area snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo in 2002, but they were near the back of the line when it came to putting the two men on trial.
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Md. high schoolers suspended after protest
Apr 27 2006 1:28PM (CT)
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Five high school students were suspended after staging a "die-in" in front of a Marine Corps recruiting booth during an on-campus job fair, one of the students said.
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Granny Peace Brigade members acquitted
Apr 27 2006 1:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Eighteen anti-war activists who call themselves the Granny Peace Brigade were acquitted Thursday of disorderly conduct charges stemming from a protest outside a Times Square military recruiting center last fall.
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Minn. gay marriage ban could prompt exodus
Apr 27 2006 12:59PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - When the economy in Dallas went bust in the 1990s, Chris Everett started looking around for a new place to take his skills in advertising. He settled on Minneapolis _ attracted, he says, by the city's creative vibe.
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NY bouncer arraigned in woman's abduction
Apr 27 2006 12:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bar bouncer accused of killing a graduate student in February was charged Thursday with abducting another college student last fall while posing as a law enforcement officer.
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Nev. man accused of killing 3-year-old
Apr 27 2006 12:16PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing a 3-year-old girl whose death drew widespread attention as authorities tried to identify her body.
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Banking expansion poses security problem
Apr 27 2006 12:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Going to the bank has never been easier, but the convenience of having a teller on virtually every street corner here has also given potential robbers more choices to pick from.
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2nd man won't be charged in boy's death
Apr 27 2006 11:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man sought for questioning after the stray-bullet death of a 2-year-old boy on Easter Sunday will not be charged, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Asbestos delays WTC search for remains
Apr 27 2006 11:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Officials suspended the search for human remains on the roof of an empty building near the World Trade Center site after asbestos was discovered there.
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Religion news in bBrief
Apr 27 2006 11:01AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A broad coalition of religious leaders is appealing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage nationwide as "the exclusive union of one man and one woman."
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Religion today
Apr 27 2006 11:00AM (CT)
LURIN, Peru (AP) - Father Joe has come home to the place he picked for his eternal rest _ a burial niche on a barren hill, looking down on the orphanage he founded two decades ago.
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Chicago man gets life in bizarre plot
Apr 27 2006 10:46AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man was sentenced to life in prison for a bizarre murder plot in which a homeless man was killed so his body could be passed off as a federal defendant, who was trying to fake his own death.
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Jury weighs perjury for Sept. 11 witness
Apr 27 2006 10:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In the feverish days following the Sept. 11 attacks, a young immigrant named Osama Awadallah looked like an important lead for investigators.
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Coyote bites 2 boys in Seattle suburb
Apr 27 2006 9:36AM (CT)
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) - Two small boys were nipped by a coyote in this suburb east of Seattle, and state wildlife officers were setting traps to try to catch the animal.
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7 charged for dismantling campus display
Apr 27 2006 8:41AM (CT)
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) - A professor and six students at Northern Kentucky University were charged with uprooting 400 crosses meant to represent fetuses in an anti-abortion display, prosecutors said.
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Fla. woman finds grenade in her yard
Apr 27 2006 6:47AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A woman raking her yard discovered a military training grenade in a pile of leaves, forcing the evacuation of several neighboring homes while a bomb squad removed the device.
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Golden Venture passengers still drifting
Apr 27 2006 6:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - On a journey from his Chinese homeland, Arming He escaped across a mountainous border, traveled by ship to Africa and crammed into a rusted freighter carrying 295 other refugees.
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Tanker runs aground in Puerto Rico
Apr 27 2006 5:35AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A tanker filled with more than 308,000 barrels of crude oil ran aground in Puerto Rico early Thursday, Coast Guard officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or leaks.
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U.S. commitment to U.N. reform questioned
Apr 27 2006 3:34AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Congressional investigators have raised questions about the United States' commitment to U.N. reform, saying the State Department didn't fill a senior-level job connected to the issue for more than a year, according to a report obtained Thursday.
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Missile defense radar returns to Hawaii
Apr 27 2006 2:37AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A powerful floating radar that will be part of the national missile defense system had to be shipped back to Hawaii for repairs to its platform, delaying arrival at its home port of Alaska.
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Nev. executes convicted rapist, murderer
Apr 27 2006 12:20AM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A man convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1988 was executed by injection Wednesday night. Authorities said he was the first Nevada convict to be sentenced to death based solely on DNA evidence.
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