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Gonzales heckled at Harvard reunion
Apr 28 2007 11:22PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A small group of student protesters, including one wearing a black hood and an orange jumpsuit, heckled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he posed with old classmates Saturday during their 25-year Harvard Law School reunion.
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Debaters question if hip-hop hates women
Apr 28 2007 10:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A panel discussion titled "Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?" drew more than 400 people Saturday _ a sign that the furor that erupted over Don Imus' comments isn't over yet.
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Ex-senator injured in Chicago mugging
Apr 28 2007 10:17PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun suffered a broken wrist when a mugger tried to steal her purse, authorities said Saturday.
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Lightning starts fire at Okla. refinery
Apr 28 2007 9:49PM (CT)
WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (AP) - Flames and smoke poured into the sky Saturday over an oil refinery where lightning set off a fire and an explosion that was felt miles away, authorities said.
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Archivists work to save 9/11 history
Apr 28 2007 9:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It started with a clogged dust mask that fell onto the desk of Jan Ramirez on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001. A friend had used the paper mask to breathe while fleeing downtown Manhattan as the air was filled with grit and smoke from the World Trade Center towers.
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Future of post-riot Leimert Park unsure
Apr 28 2007 9:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - With rows of Afro-centric boutiques, cafes and soul food restaurants shaded by tall old trees, Leimert Park has become a serene enclave in the 15 years since a race riot tore apart its neighborhood in south-central Los Angeles.
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Ga. wildfire approaches 100 square miles
Apr 28 2007 8:47PM (CT)
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - A few spot fires ignited Saturday afternoon across a highway from a massive wildfire and firefighters struggled to put them out before they could spread in the miles of tinder-dry forest beyond.
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Site of Colo. Indian massacre honored
Apr 28 2007 8:34PM (CT)
SAND CREEK MASSACRE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, Colo. (AP) - More than 142 years after a band of state militia volunteers massacred 150 sleeping Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians in a misdirected act of vengeance, a memorial to the tragic event was officially dedicated Saturday.
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NY man charged in attack on 101-year-old
Apr 28 2007 8:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man accused of beating and mugging a 101-year-old woman and two others was arraigned Saturday on charges that included hate crimes, authorities said.
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Hundreds march in Houston on immigration
Apr 28 2007 6:40PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Hundreds of immigrants and their supporters marched through a Mexican-American neighborhood on Saturday calling for lawmakers to create a far-reaching immigration policy that allows undocumented workers to keep their families intact.
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Ashes of Star Trek's Scotty fly to space
Apr 28 2007 6:25PM (CT)
UPHAM, N.M. (AP) - The cremated remains of actor James Doohan, who portrayed engineer "Scotty" on "Star Trek," and of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper soared into suborbital space Saturday aboard a rocket.
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Va. Tech wounded may heal slowly
Apr 28 2007 5:34PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Senior Kevin Sterne will see the scar on his thigh every time he pulls on his pants. Freshman Hilary Strollo will have to decide whether to bare her stomach in a swimsuit. And on the day someone slips a wedding band on her finger, junior Katelyn Carney will see the healed-up hole that a Virginia Tech gunman put in her left hand.
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Va. Tech wounded may heal slowly
Apr 28 2007 5:34PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Senior Kevin Sterne will see the scar on his thigh every time he pulls on his pants. Freshman Hilary Strollo will have to decide whether to bare her stomach in a swimsuit. And on the day someone slips a wedding band on her finger, junior Katelyn Carney will see the healed-up hole that a Virginia Tech gunman put in her left hand.
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Va. Tech wounded may heal slowly
Apr 28 2007 5:34PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Senior Kevin Sterne will see the scar on his thigh every time he pulls on his pants. Freshman Hilary Strollo will have to decide whether to bare her stomach in a swimsuit. And on the day someone slips a wedding band on her finger, junior Katelyn Carney will see the healed-up hole that a Virginia Tech gunman put in her left hand.
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School sued over MySpace photo response
Apr 28 2007 4:45PM (CT)
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A woman denied a teaching degree on the eve of graduation because of a MySpace photo has sued the university.
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Jackson, Nagin march to Lower 9th Ward
Apr 28 2007 4:20PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Mayor Ray Nagin led hundreds of marchers Saturday to the crumbling houses that still dominate the Lower 9th Ward to draw attention to the area's slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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N.J. gov. crash shows travel practices
Apr 28 2007 3:59PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The high-speed automobile accident that critically injured Gov. Jon S. Corzine has focused attention on the practices of governors' official drivers across the nation.
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Mich. woman rescued 2 days after crash
Apr 28 2007 3:46PM (CT)
RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A badly hurt woman spent two days inside her partially submerged sport utility vehicle before a passing motorist spotted the wreck in a pond, authorities said.
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Trial set for alleged phony fireman
Apr 28 2007 2:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - On Halloween 2005, prosecutors say, Peter Braunstein dressed in full firefighting regalia _ but his outfit had nothing to do with the holiday.
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Panel: Lighten crack cocaine sentences
Apr 28 2007 1:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A first-time crack-cocaine conviction should mean a lower federal minimum sentence than under current guidelines, according to a judicial agency that has raised concerns about a disparity in punishment for people caught with crack or powder cocaine.
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Kent State to remember Va. Tech victims
Apr 28 2007 12:43PM (CT)
KENT, Ohio (AP) - Kent State plans to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre along with the four anti-war protesters shot and killed by Ohio National Guard troops during its annual memorial this week.
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No burial yet for boy left in closet
Apr 28 2007 11:16AM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The remains of a 3-year-old boy who died after his foster parents bound him in a blanket and packing tape and left him in a closet have yet to be claimed and buried, a prosecutor says.
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Woman won't be charged in school crash
Apr 28 2007 10:48AM (CT)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An 85-year-old woman whose car plowed through an elementary school cafeteria, killing a boy and injuring two other students, won't face criminal charges, a prosecutor said.
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Lawmakers seek files on Tillman's death
Apr 28 2007 5:32AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A congressional committee on Friday requested documents from the White House and Pentagon describing how and when the Bush administration learned the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death.
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Lawmakers seek files on Tillman's death
Apr 28 2007 5:32AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A congressional committee on Friday requested documents from the White House and Pentagon describing how and when the Bush administration learned the circumstances of Pat Tillman's death.
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Judge to McGreeveys: Use 'common sense'
Apr 28 2007 4:40AM (CT)
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - A judge handling the contentious divorce of the nation's first openly gay governor and his estranged wife urged them on Friday to use "common sense" during their split.
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Ind. man jailed over explicit fliers
Apr 28 2007 3:38AM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A 57-year-old man is accused of passing out sexually explicit fliers that included images of two ex-wives.
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American still held in Ethiopian prison
Apr 28 2007 3:19AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The family of a man being held in Ethiopia for alleged ties to Islamic militants is growing increasingly frustrated that he is still being detained despite reports that he would be released.
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Flight 93 fundraising short of goal
Apr 28 2007 3:14AM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A two-year campaign to raise $30 million for a permanent memorial for the victims of Flight 93 has fallen far short of its goal, and organizers say they are shifting their strategy to close the gap.
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Flight 93 fundraising short of goal
Apr 28 2007 3:14AM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A two-year campaign to raise $30 million for a permanent memorial for the victims of Flight 93 has fallen far short of its goal, and organizers say they are shifting their strategy to close the gap.
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Flight 93 fundraising short of goal
Apr 28 2007 3:14AM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A two-year campaign to raise $30 million for a permanent memorial for the victims of Flight 93 has fallen far short of its goal, and organizers say they are shifting their strategy to close the gap.
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Va.Tech gunman's motives still a mystery
Apr 28 2007 3:13AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Since Seung-Hui Cho killed himself after slaughtering 32 classmates and professors, busy investigators are not preparing a prosecution but simply seeking answers. And yet, nearly two weeks after his rampage at Virginia Tech, the student who signed himself with a question mark remains one.
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Va.Tech gunman's motives still a mystery
Apr 28 2007 3:13AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Since Seung-Hui Cho killed himself after slaughtering 32 classmates and professors, busy investigators are not preparing a prosecution but simply seeking answers. And yet, nearly two weeks after his rampage at Virginia Tech, the student who signed himself with a question mark remains one.
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Va. doctor convicted of drug trafficking
Apr 28 2007 2:32AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A pain-management doctor who prescribed large amounts of opiates and drew patients from across the country to his northern Virginia clinic has been convicted on 16 counts of drug trafficking by a federal jury.
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Friendly fire likely killed N.Y. trooper
Apr 28 2007 12:33AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Friendly fire apparently killed a New York state trooper in a gunfight that erupted as he searched a farmhouse for a suspect in the shooting of a colleague, officials said Friday.
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Friendly fire likely killed N.Y. trooper
Apr 28 2007 12:33AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Friendly fire apparently killed a New York state trooper in a gunfight that erupted as he searched a farmhouse for a suspect in the shooting of a colleague, officials said Friday.
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Friendly fire likely killed N.Y. trooper
Apr 28 2007 12:33AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Friendly fire apparently killed a New York state trooper in a gunfight that erupted as he searched a farmhouse for a suspect in the shooting of a colleague, officials said Friday.
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