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FBI to investigate immigration rally
May 3 2007 11:31PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The FBI will open a civil rights inquiry into the Los Angeles Police Department's actions at an immigration rally at which officers cleared a park by wielding batons and firing rubber bullets, the bureau said Thursday.
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FBI to investigate immigration rally
May 3 2007 11:31PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The FBI will open a civil rights inquiry into the Los Angeles Police Department's actions at an immigration rally at which officers cleared a park by wielding batons and firing rubber bullets, the bureau said Thursday.
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Suspected D.C. madam has fled before
May 3 2007 11:07PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - Deborah Jeane Palfrey was blunt at times, rambling and conspiratorial at others in a 1991 letter explaining to a judge why she jumped bail and skipped out on her trial for prostitution-related charges in California.
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Suspected D.C. madam has fled before
May 3 2007 11:07PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - Deborah Jeane Palfrey was blunt at times, rambling and conspiratorial at others in a 1991 letter explaining to a judge why she jumped bail and skipped out on her trial for prostitution-related charges in California.
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Scuba diver seeks owner of class ring
May 3 2007 10:50PM (CT)
ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Deep in the waters of the South Pacific, a scuba diver found a high school class ring _ but finding its owner is proving harder.
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About 30 hurt in Pa. band bus crash
May 3 2007 10:44PM (CT)
GLENMOORE, Pa. (AP) - A bus carrying high school students to a band competition plowed into a tractor-trailer early Thursday, injuring about 30 people and closing a highway for hours, authorities said.
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About 30 hurt in Pa. band bus crash
May 3 2007 10:44PM (CT)
GLENMOORE, Pa. (AP) - A bus carrying high school students to a band competition plowed into a tractor-trailer early Thursday, injuring about 30 people and closing a highway for hours, authorities said.
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About 30 hurt in Pa. band bus crash
May 3 2007 10:44PM (CT)
GLENMOORE, Pa. (AP) - A bus carrying high school students to a band competition plowed into a tractor-trailer early Thursday, injuring about 30 people and closing a highway for hours, authorities said.
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MADD award winner charged with DUI
May 3 2007 10:40PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A city police officer who recently received an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been charged with drunken driving, authorities said.
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Mass. med. examiner's office loses body
May 3 2007 10:37PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday ordered the state's chief medical examiner removed after the official's agency reported that it lost a body autopsied at its facility last month.
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U.S., Kazakhstan reach deal over funds
May 3 2007 10:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and Kazakhstan have agreed that $84 million officials believe was diverted by a U.S. businessman to bribe Kazakh officials will be spent on poor children and other programs to benefit the central Asian nation.
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Reputed Klansman granted immunity
May 3 2007 10:18PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A reputed Ku Klux Klansman was granted immunity to testify in the upcoming trial of his cousin, James Ford Seale, who is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 murders of two black teenagers.
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eBay official testifies in assault case
May 3 2007 9:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man accused of dressing as a firefighter and sexually assaulting a co-worker in her apartment bought items online for the attack, including firefighter's gear and chemicals to make smoke bombs, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Ala. death row inmate executed
May 3 2007 9:41PM (CT)
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A man convicted in the 1978 slayings of a couple during a home robbery that followed a night of drinking was executed by injection Thursday.
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Colo. tries to block Army site expansion
May 3 2007 9:37PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill Thursday aimed at stopping the Army from using eminent domain to expand a training site in southeastern Colorado, although he conceded it might not work.
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Bay-area tanker had many citations
May 3 2007 9:15PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The gasoline tanker that exploded this week, causing a San Francisco-area freeway ramp to collapse, was cited repeatedly for safety violations and was ordered off the road last year because of faulty brakes, according to federal records.
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Bay-area tanker had many citations
May 3 2007 9:15PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The gasoline tanker that exploded this week, causing a San Francisco-area freeway ramp to collapse, was cited repeatedly for safety violations and was ordered off the road last year because of faulty brakes, according to federal records.
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Chemical warfare agents found at refuge
May 3 2007 9:00PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Glass vials of toxic agents once used in chemical warfare training may have been taken home as souvenirs from a popular crystal-hunting area, federal officials warned Thursday.
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Overzealous monitor causes student shame
May 3 2007 8:59PM (CT)
MAGNOLIA, Ohio (AP) - A sixth-grader who was denied permission to use the restroom while taking a state achievement test this week had an accident in class, and a school administrator blamed an overzealous teacher.
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Astronaut Walter Schirra dies at 84
May 3 2007 8:47PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., who as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts combined the Right Stuff _ textbook-perfect flying ability and steely nerves _ with a pronounced rebellious streak, died Thursday at 84.
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Texas Southern U. ex-financier convicted
May 3 2007 8:11PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas Southern University's former chief financial officer was convicted Thursday of misusing nearly $300,000 to help the school's ex-president lavishly furnish and landscape her home.
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Trooper pleads guilty in Ark. shooting
May 3 2007 8:04PM (CT)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - A state trooper pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor in the fatal shooting of a disabled man mistaken for a fugitive.
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Man sentenced in death pinned on another
May 3 2007 7:54PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - An inmate in prison for killing his landlady drew an extra 15 years Thursday for another slaying that was wrongfully pinned on a mentally disabled man.
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Documents link Posada to 1976 bombing
May 3 2007 7:52PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former employee of an anti-Castro militant accused of plotting the deadly 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner described potential targets that same year that had links to the communist country, according to documents released Thursday.
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New Orleans population up, count says
May 3 2007 7:40PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city's population has surpassed half of its count before Hurricane Katrina emptied the city, according to a new report based on utility hookups.
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Queen's Va. visit stresses diversity
May 3 2007 7:35PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II arrived Thursday for the commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary and praised the cultural changes that have occurred since she last visited America's first permanent English settlement 50 years ago.
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Queen's Va. visit stresses diversity
May 3 2007 7:35PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II arrived Thursday for the commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary and praised the cultural changes that have occurred since she last visited America's first permanent English settlement 50 years ago.
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Queen's Va. visit stresses diversity
May 3 2007 7:35PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II arrived Thursday for the commemoration of Jamestown's 400th anniversary and praised the cultural changes that have occurred since she last visited America's first permanent English settlement 50 years ago.
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Engineer in export trial admits lies
May 3 2007 7:25PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Chinese-born engineer accused of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China acknowledged Thursday that he copied classified documents from his employer, a defense contractor, and illegally kept copies in his office.
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Schwarzenegger signs prison reform bill
May 3 2007 7:21PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed a bill authorizing one of the largest prison construction booms in state history in hopes of satisfying federal judges who have demanded California address its severe prison crowding.
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Crews pull sunken boats from N.O. marina
May 3 2007 7:06PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Florida contractor is fishing for boats that Hurricane Katrina deposited at the bottom of one of the city's largest marinas.
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Police: Ohio couple put son in cage
May 3 2007 6:42PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A couple locked their 10-year-old son in a small dog cage while his father used drugs, and at times they forced him to wear a shock collar meant for training animals, authorities said.
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Police: Ohio couple put son in cage
May 3 2007 6:42PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A couple locked their 10-year-old son in a small dog cage while his father used drugs, and at times they forced him to wear a shock collar meant for training animals, authorities said.
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D.C. library fire likely accidental
May 3 2007 6:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A fire that damaged the Georgetown public library and some of the valuable documents inside was probably started accidentally by construction workers, fire officials said Thursday.
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Knock-out punch posted as MySpace video
May 3 2007 6:12PM (CT)
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Officials at a high school have suspended a 19-year-old seen punching another student in the jaw in a video posted on MySpace.com.
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Profile: LA Police Chief William Bratton
May 3 2007 6:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - William Bratton was tapped to lead a Los Angeles Police Department shamed by scandal and to win public trust by stamping out crime in the gang-ridden neighborhoods most distrustful of police.
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NY Times appoints new public editor
May 3 2007 5:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pulitzer Prize-winning newsman Clark Hoyt has been named public editor of The New York Times, the newspaper announced Thursday.
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Repairs on rocket bridge had just ended
May 3 2007 5:26PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Workers had just finished repairs on a railroad bridge and were watching as the track collapsed under a train hauling pieces of space shuttle rockets, officials said Thursday.
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Repairs on rocket bridge had just ended
May 3 2007 5:26PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Workers had just finished repairs on a railroad bridge and were watching as the track collapsed under a train hauling pieces of space shuttle rockets, officials said Thursday.
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Chi. mayor: Police need outside reviews
May 3 2007 5:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Richard M. Daley suggested Thursday that the agency that reviews officer-misconduct allegations should report directly to him instead of the police superintendent.
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1965 civil rights death gets new look
May 3 2007 4:55PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A fatal shooting by a state trooper that helped inspire the march from Selma in 1965 and the "Bloody Sunday" protest that preceded it will get a fresh look next week by a special grand jury.
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Surgery ends tot's laughing seizures
May 3 2007 4:07PM (CT)
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Doctors probed deep into the center of a 3-year-old girl's brain to save her from her own laughter.
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Va. Tech fields merchandise requests
May 3 2007 3:32PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech is fielding hundreds of requests for permission to produce T-shirts, hats and other items in memory of the 32 students and faculty members slain in last month's campus massacre.
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La. recovery program is running short
May 3 2007 3:31PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's $7.5 billion program to buy out homeowners or help them rebuild is going broke, the governor is warning in another crisis in the long-mired effort to rescue neighborhoods smashed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Md. teachers urged to used comic books
May 3 2007 2:58PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck could become regulars in elementary and middle school classrooms after Maryland's top educator encouraged teachers Thursday to use comic books to inspire students to read.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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New names added to Vietnam Memorial
May 3 2007 2:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The name of Army Sgt. Richard M. Pruett is now etched into the glossy black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial _ nearly four decades after he was wounded during a combat mission in South Vietnam.
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6 indicted in Ala. militia raids
May 3 2007 2:47PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Five men accused of belonging to a self-styled militia were indicted on federal explosives and weapons charges after raids that uncovered an arsenal of homemade hand grenades and firearms, authorities said.
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Pastor: stop complaining
May 3 2007 2:24PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Rev. Will Bowen tries not to complain. He wants everyone else to stop carping, too _ all 6 billion of us on the planet.
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Potential terror jurors cite 9/11 doubts
May 3 2007 1:31PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Many potential jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism-support case say they aren't sure who directed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because they don't trust reporters or the federal government.
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SUV hits students outside Calif. school
May 3 2007 1:19PM (CT)
BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb and plowed into a group of middle school students waiting for a bus, authorities said. Three teenagers were in intensive care Thursday.
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SUV hits students outside Calif. school
May 3 2007 1:19PM (CT)
BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb and plowed into a group of middle school students waiting for a bus, authorities said. Three teenagers were in intensive care Thursday.
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Failed anchor blamed for climbers' fall
May 3 2007 12:54PM (CT)
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - Two experienced climbers found dead on Grand Teton earlier this week tumbled about 1,500 feet down a steep snowy slope after one of their anchors gave way, a park official said Thursday.
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Menu Foods opts for another recall
May 3 2007 12:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pet food manufacturer Menu Foods expanded its recall Thursday because of possible cross-contamination between melamine-tainted products and other foods made in the same period.
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Seattle fixing bridge near sinkhole
May 3 2007 12:18PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A water main break responsible for a sinkhole that swallowed two cars also created a large gap in a nearby bridge's foundation that workers were filling in Thursday, city officials said.
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New Camel brand courts women, sparks ire
May 3 2007 11:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The little box is black, sleek and shiny, with an elegant border of sophisticated teal or fuschia. On the shelf, it stands out. It's chic, a little European, maybe a little "Sex and the City."
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Mideast graded poorly on press freedom
May 3 2007 11:52AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sharper restrictions on news organizations in Iraq as well as retention of repressive laws from the Saddam Hussein era helped propel the Middle East and North Africa last year to the worst record on press freedom in the world, Freedom House reported Thursday.
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Religion news in brief
May 3 2007 11:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - This year's new crop of Roman Catholic priests in the United States has an average age of 35 and includes a large number of foreign-born priests and men who entered the seminary with college degrees, a study shows.
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Religion today
May 3 2007 11:22AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Rev. Will Bowen tries not complain. He wants everyone else to stop carping, too _ all 6 billion of us on the planet.
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Con Ed gets cabbies to guard hot spots
May 3 2007 11:07AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Utility crews have discovered so many stray voltage areas where pedestrians walk that Consolidated Edison Inc. has hired hundreds of cab drivers to park and stand guard until repairs are done.
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Texas storms kill 3, put 300,000 in dark
May 3 2007 11:05AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Days of deadly storms flooded roads, damaged homes and knocked down trees in Texas, and about 200,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark Thursday.
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Feds deny protection for rare butterfly
May 3 2007 10:54AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A butterfly found only at a popular Nevada recreation area is thriving and new efforts to protect its habitat are enough to keep it off the threatened or endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.
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2nd police shooting in Ky. Derby week
May 3 2007 10:45AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Two police officers shot and killed a robbery suspect, the second fatal police shooting in nearly as many days.
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N.H. governor signs minimum wage hike
May 3 2007 10:21AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Saying it would offer relief to New Hampshire's families, Gov. John Lynch signed a law Thursday raising the state's wage for the first time in a decade.
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Fla. deputy suspended over rough arrest
May 3 2007 9:42AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy was suspended for manhandling a sobbing woman who was speeding to a hospital to see her ailing father and didn't want to wait for him to write a ticket.
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Mystery ailment leaves 130 ill
May 3 2007 8:42AM (CT)
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) - Investigators are trying to determine what sickened 130 employees at a call center who complained of breathing troubles and eye irritation.
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Arrest made in Internet child abuse case
May 3 2007 6:17AM (CT)
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) - A 13-month global manhunt for a man accused of raping his daughter and posting video of the attack on the Internet has ended with his arrest in Hong Kong after a struggle that reportedly injured four Chinese police officers.
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Ivy League's female presidents gather
May 3 2007 5:58AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Ruth Simmons says she once wrote the best essay in her literature class only to have one of her Harvard University professors shun her because she was black, or a woman, or both.
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Ivy League's female presidents gather
May 3 2007 5:58AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Ruth Simmons says she once wrote the best essay in her literature class only to have one of her Harvard University professors shun her because she was black, or a woman, or both.
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Ivy League's female presidents gather
May 3 2007 5:58AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Ruth Simmons says she once wrote the best essay in her literature class only to have one of her Harvard University professors shun her because she was black, or a woman, or both.
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Baby bibs sold at Wal-Mart recalled
May 3 2007 4:40AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The discovery of lead in the fabric of a brand of baby bibs sold at Wal-Mart Stores has resulted in a recall of the items, the company said.
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NYC mayor makes Spanish breakthrough
May 3 2007 3:52AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After years of struggling, the mayor of America's largest city is finally getting good marks in the native language of many of his constituents.
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Mansion becomes Corzine's rehab center
May 3 2007 2:42AM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - There was no sign of Jon S. Corzine at the governor's mansion, but that didn't stop the first group of people to tour Drumthwacket since his crash from peppering a docent with questions about the governor's recovery.
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Mansion becomes Corzine's rehab center
May 3 2007 2:42AM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - There was no sign of Jon S. Corzine at the governor's mansion, but that didn't stop the first group of people to tour Drumthwacket since his crash from peppering a docent with questions about the governor's recovery.
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Marine charged in accidental shooting
May 3 2007 1:12AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine has been charged with manslaughter and dereliction of duty in the accidental shooting death of a comrade during a training exercise at Camp Pendleton last fall, according to a report.
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