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Navajo head vetoes gay marriage measure
May 1 2005 10:18PM (CT)
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - The president of the Navajo Nation vetoed a measure Sunday that would have banned same-sex marriage on the Indian reservation.
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Runaway bride may face charges in Georgia
May 1 2005 10:11PM (CT)
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - On what was to be her wedding day, Jennifer Wilbanks wore not a white veil but an orange towel over her head to prevent the media from taking her picture. Instead of being led down the aisle by her father, she was led by police to an airplane that flew the runaway bride home.
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Mass. court to address gay marriage issue
May 1 2005 10:07PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' highest court hears a bid Monday to halt same-sex couples from marrying until voters can weigh in on the contentious issue. A lawsuit filed by C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, claims the marriages interfere with voters' ability to participate in the debate on a proposed constitutional ban of same-sex marriages.
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Titanic items auction for more than $150K
May 1 2005 10:00PM (CT)
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Dozens of Titanic relics auctioned for more than $150,000 Sunday, including a gold pocket watch owned by an Irish immigrant that stopped ticking the day of the sinking when she was rescued in a lifeboat.
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2 killed after walking in front of train
May 1 2005 9:50PM (CT)
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. (AP) - Two women using a crosswalk at a suburban Philadelphia train station were killed Sunday when they walked in front of an oncoming express train traveling at 70 mph, officials said.
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Kan. OKs ending Sunday liquor sales ban
May 1 2005 9:36PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - More than two years after a court ruling allowed local governments to defy the state's long-standing ban on Sunday liquor sales, lawmakers passed a bill Sunday to officially remove the prohibition from the books.
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Fourth man nabbed for alleged $125K theft
May 1 2005 9:19PM (CT)
NEWTON, N.H. (AP) - A fourth man has been arrested for allegedly stealing $125,000 worth of old currency then claiming to have found it buried in a yard, police said Sunday.
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World leaders to dominate U.N. nuke talks
May 1 2005 9:06PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In a world of growing nuclear fears and mistrust, U.S. negotiators come to New York on Monday to urge a global nonproliferation conference to take action on Iran and North Korea.
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Downtown D.C. duck, offspring get new home
May 1 2005 9:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The duck stops here. After four weeks as Washington's newest tourist attraction, a mother mallard duck and her _ count 'em _ 11 ducklings were transported in a motorcade Sunday to a new and far more suitable setting in Rock Creek Park.
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Pol's remark spurs domestic violence bill
May 1 2005 8:57PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A bill that would toughen domestic violence penalties in South Carolina appeared to be dead _ until a state legislator opened his mouth to question why abused women return to violent relationships.
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Minister speaks at Pa. gay rights rally
May 1 2005 8:55PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Methodist minister who had been defrocked for being in a lesbian relationship, then was reinstated, called for an end to discrimination against gays in a speech to hundreds of supporters Sunday.
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S.C. teens rescued after 6 days at sea
May 1 2005 8:48PM (CT)
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) - Two teenagers lost at sea for six days without food or fresh water were spotted by fishermen more than 100 miles from where they started, clinging to their small sailboat.
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Elizabeth Smart makes People's list
May 1 2005 8:19PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Elizabeth Smart, the Utah teenager who was abducted nearly three years ago, has won a more upbeat recognition, being named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People."
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New design could transform 1st bike ride
May 1 2005 7:50PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Who can forget the thrill _ and terror _ of that first solo bicycle ride: Mom or Dad letting go, the magic of two-wheeled freedom and, inevitably, toppling over in a knee-scraping crash?
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BTK suspect facing 10 murder charges
May 1 2005 7:40PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - More than 30 years after the first killings that began a reign of terror in this Midwest city, the man accused of being the BTK strangler is expected to plead his innocence this week.
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Counselors: Stress got to runaway bride
May 1 2005 7:33PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - On the surface, Jennifer Wilbanks was a happy bride-to-be who showed no sign to friends or family that she wanted to call off her extravagant wedding. But underneath, as she would later tell police after running away to New Mexico, Wilbanks was scared and not sure she wanted to go through with her big day. Marriage counselors say Wilbanks' actions are an extreme but understandable reaction to the stress of the wedding and the fear of disappointing others by backing out.
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Hundreds protest against group in Colo.
May 1 2005 7:28PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - About 500 people braved cold temperatures and light snow Sunday to protest a conservative Christian group's campaign against gay rights and same-sex marriage.
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Rescuers look for boy who fell off boat
May 1 2005 6:44PM (CT)
CAPE MAY POINT, N.J. (AP) - Rescue teams searched waters along the southern New Jersey coast on Sunday for the body of a boy scout who fell off a whale watching boat.
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Anti-nuke, anti-war activists rally in NYC
May 1 2005 5:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of activists marched past the United Nations on Sunday, urging diplomats reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to remember the horrors of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki six decades ago and not allow them to be repeated.
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Prosecutors give arguments in Marine case
May 1 2005 3:17PM (CT)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - A Marine accused of murdering two Iraqi detainees intended to make an example of them by shooting them 60 times and hanging a sign over their bodies, prosecutors said Saturday during closing arguments in a pretrial hearing.
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Giuliani to give speech at Vt. college
May 1 2005 1:51PM (CT)
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) - Rudolph Giuliani will be Middlebury College's commencement speaker this year _ a choice that has ignited some debate. Andrea Gissing, editor-in-chief of The Campus, resigned after the college paper ran a retouched photograph that appeared at first glance to be Adolf Hitler giving the Nazi salute but on closer inspection had Giuliani's face.
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College chess team takes on prisoners
May 1 2005 1:17PM (CT)
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) - Both teams in this chess contest are dressed in blue and white _ except players on one side wear shirts with "Emory University Chess" embroidered on the front and their opponents' have "STATE PRISONER" stamped on the back.
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Chicago's bungalows spur protection plans
May 1 2005 1:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - In a city known for architectural giants like the Sears Tower and Frank Lloyd Wright, there's a new icon on the block: the humble bungalow.
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Mild quake felt in northeast Arkansas
May 1 2005 12:40PM (CT)
MANILA, Ark. (AP) - A mild earthquake centered in northeastern Arkansas was felt across a wide area of the Mississippi Valley on Sunday, but no major damage was reported.
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Atlanta airport shut because of truck
May 1 2005 12:34PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Part of busy Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was shut down for two hours Sunday after police found a suspicious truck apparently abandoned at a curb and a bomb-sniffing dog indicated the presence of explosives, airport police said.
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Minuteman Project draws to close in Ariz.
May 1 2005 12:20PM (CT)
NACO, Ariz. (AP) - Volunteers recruited over the Internet to monitor illegal immigrant activity along a stretch of Arizona's border ended their monthlong campaign this weekend as they began _ peering through binoculars along a dusty border road.
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How baby-killer mom used insanity defense
May 1 2005 11:27AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - In this photo, a baby girl reaches for flowers. In another, she builds with blocks. In yet another, she plays with the dog. Peter Van Der Linde smiled at the old snapshots of his only child, Kirsten, now grown and sitting a few feet away. They are memories he might have recreated with Kirsten's own baby daughter.
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Physicist Gordon Shaw dies at 72
May 1 2005 5:45AM (CT)
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Gordon Shaw, the physicist whose research on classical music's effect on the brain produced an often-quoted study that showed listening to Mozart raises a person's IQ, has died. He was 72.
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Wis. man hid mother's body in freezer
May 1 2005 4:51AM (CT)
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - A man who told police he hid his mother's body in his freezer for years said his money was running out and that he planned to kill himself or get arrested, according to court documents.
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Alaska Airlines, pilots reach agreement
May 1 2005 3:07AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - After a year and a half of failed negotiations and months of arbitration, Alaska Airlines and its pilots have a new contract, the company announced.
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Thousands swarm streets for Wisc. party
May 1 2005 2:26AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - An estimated 20,000 students filled the streets for an annual spring block party near the University of Wisconsin _ a celebration that has been marred in previous years by riots, a man falling from a balcony and sexual assault.
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