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Execs plead guilty to bribing lawmakers
May 7 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Two top officers of an oil services company pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Alaska lawmakers with cash and the promise of jobs, contracts and favors for their backing on bills supported by the multinational firm.
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Forest Service completes N.D. ranch deal
May 7 2007 11:36PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service has completed the purchase of an historic Badlands ranch in a $5.3 million deal, the federal Agriculture Department said Monday.
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Customers try to put $1 over on blind
May 7 2007 11:04PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Don't try to dupe Kent Parker just because he's blind and operates a deli in the Hamilton County Courthouse.
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Shark attacks woman off Maui
May 7 2007 11:00PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A woman snorkeling off Maui was bitten in the leg by a shark Monday, about an hour after a nearby beach was closed due to a report of a shark bumping a surfer.
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Most-wanted part of $2M estate: the dog
May 7 2007 10:58PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A man who didn't have a will left a $2 million estate, but the most hotly contested item in court has been his golden retriever, Alex.
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Man convicted of burying couple alive
May 7 2007 10:56PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jurors on Monday convicted a 24-year-old man in the slayings of a retired couple who were buried alive in rural Georgia.
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Neb. professor dies burned and bound
May 7 2007 10:44PM (CT)
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) - When Steven Haataja came to this remote corner of Nebraska, where cowboy hats are still worn for work and rodeo trophies greet visitors to the local college, it was supposed to be a new beginning for the mathematician who had just earned his doctorate.
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Neb. professor dies burned and bound
May 7 2007 10:44PM (CT)
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) - When Steven Haataja came to this remote corner of Nebraska, where cowboy hats are still worn for work and rodeo trophies greet visitors to the local college, it was supposed to be a new beginning for the mathematician who had just earned his doctorate.
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Neb. professor dies burned and bound
May 7 2007 10:44PM (CT)
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) - When Steven Haataja came to this remote corner of Nebraska, where cowboy hats are still worn for work and rodeo trophies greet visitors to the local college, it was supposed to be a new beginning for the mathematician who had just earned his doctorate.
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Neb. professor dies burned and bound
May 7 2007 10:44PM (CT)
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) - When Steven Haataja came to this remote corner of Nebraska, where cowboy hats are still worn for work and rodeo trophies greet visitors to the local college, it was supposed to be a new beginning for the mathematician who had just earned his doctorate.
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Neb. professor dies burned and bound
May 7 2007 10:44PM (CT)
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) - When Steven Haataja came to this remote corner of Nebraska, where cowboy hats are still worn for work and rodeo trophies greet visitors to the local college, it was supposed to be a new beginning for the mathematician who had just earned his doctorate.
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Ex-N.C. lottery commissioner gets prison
May 7 2007 10:40PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former state lottery commissioner was sentenced to four years in prison Monday for not disclosing his work for a supplier of scratch-off lottery tickets.
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Kan. tornado deaths at 9; Residents back
May 7 2007 10:39PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The death toll from a tornado that nearly obliterated this farming town climbed to nine on Monday, but residents said it could have been far worse if not for a 20-minute warning that gave them time to take shelter in storm cellars and basements.
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Kan. tornado deaths at 9; Residents back
May 7 2007 10:39PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The death toll from a tornado that nearly obliterated this farming town climbed to nine on Monday, but residents said it could have been far worse if not for a 20-minute warning that gave them time to take shelter in storm cellars and basements.
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Kan. tornado deaths at 9; Residents back
May 7 2007 10:39PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The death toll from a tornado that nearly obliterated this farming town climbed to nine on Monday, but residents said it could have been far worse if not for a 20-minute warning that gave them time to take shelter in storm cellars and basements.
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Oath to al-Qaida heard at terror trial
May 7 2007 10:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors on Monday heard a Florida doctor pledging his support to an FBI agent posing as an al-Qaida recruiter in tapes made secretly as part of a terrorism investigation.
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Democrat pulls out of Ky. governor bid
May 7 2007 10:32PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state treasurer dropped out of the gubernatorial race Monday, citing sagging poll numbers, dwindling campaign cash and the prospect of a crowded Democratic field producing a "unelectable" nominee.
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Court hears CU assault lawsuit appeal
May 7 2007 10:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A woman who says University of Colorado football players or recruits sexually assaulted her went to a federal appeals court Monday in an attempt to revive the case.
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Wildfires burn in dry Fla., Ga., Minn.
May 7 2007 10:19PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Further evacuations were ordered Monday in windy, parched Florida as a wildfire crept within a quarter-mile of several homes, one of numerous blazes that occupied crews around the country.
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Flooding forces evacuations in Plains
May 7 2007 10:17PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Flooding forced hundreds of people from their homes Monday and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
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Flooding forces evacuations in Plains
May 7 2007 10:17PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Flooding forced hundreds of people from their homes Monday and blocked streets and highways following a weekend of violent thunderstorms across the central Plains.
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1 dead in casino parking lot explosion
May 7 2007 10:02PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A homemade bomb left on the top of a car in a casino parking garage exploded early Monday, killing a man who tried to pick it up, authorities said.
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1 dead in casino parking lot explosion
May 7 2007 10:02PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A homemade bomb left on the top of a car in a casino parking garage exploded early Monday, killing a man who tried to pick it up, authorities said.
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1 dead in casino parking lot explosion
May 7 2007 10:02PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A homemade bomb left on the top of a car in a casino parking garage exploded early Monday, killing a man who tried to pick it up, authorities said.
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Recovering N.J. governor resumes duties
May 7 2007 9:33PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jon S. Corzine resumed his duties as governor Monday, nearly a month after a high-speed crash on the Garden State Parkway almost killed him.
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Recovering N.J. governor resumes duties
May 7 2007 9:33PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jon S. Corzine resumed his duties as governor Monday, nearly a month after a high-speed crash on the Garden State Parkway almost killed him.
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Recovering N.J. governor resumes duties
May 7 2007 9:33PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Jon S. Corzine resumed his duties as governor Monday, nearly a month after a high-speed crash on the Garden State Parkway almost killed him.
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Woman testifies Spector turned 'demonic'
May 7 2007 8:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman close to Phil Spector in the 1980s testified at his murder trial Monday that once he suddenly turned "demonic," forced her at gunpoint into his bedroom and tried to have sex with her.
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Woman testifies Spector turned 'demonic'
May 7 2007 8:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman close to Phil Spector in the 1980s testified at his murder trial Monday that once he suddenly turned "demonic," forced her at gunpoint into his bedroom and tried to have sex with her.
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Woman testifies Spector turned 'demonic'
May 7 2007 8:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A woman close to Phil Spector in the 1980s testified at his murder trial Monday that once he suddenly turned "demonic," forced her at gunpoint into his bedroom and tried to have sex with her.
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Watchdogs criticize U.N. rights council
May 7 2007 8:39PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Human Rights Council has failed to criticize egregious human rights violations since it replaced a discredited U.N. rights body last year, two watchdog groups said Monday.
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LAPD brass reassigned after May 1 clash
May 7 2007 8:23PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The highest ranking police official at the scene of a violent clash between officers and people at an immigration rally was demoted Monday, and his second-in-command was transferred.
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Hearing set in Iraq civilian deaths
May 7 2007 7:20PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The biggest U.S. criminal case involving civilian deaths in the Iraq war is heading to court with a hearing set Tuesday for a Marine officer charged with failing to properly investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis.
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Groups criticize U.N. rights council
May 7 2007 7:05PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Human Rights Council has failed to criticize egregious human rights violations since it replaced a discredited U.N. rights body last year, two watchdog groups said Monday.
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Wife of ex-N.J. gov. felt 'abandoned'
May 7 2007 6:53PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The estranged wife of the nation's first openly gay governor said in a court filing Monday that she felt "betrayed and abandoned" upon learning of his sexual orientation.
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Va. Tech to honor victims at graduation
May 7 2007 6:45PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech officials planning this weekend's commencement have taken pains to remember the victims of last month's massacre without taking the focus from the graduates' accomplishment.
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N.O. judge stalls more prosecutions
May 7 2007 6:00PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A state judge suspended the criminal cases against nearly 100 people Monday over concerns they can't get adequate representation from the city's struggling indigent defenders office.
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Spitzer, Huckabee urge solution on Iraq
May 7 2007 5:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Monday said President Bush and Congress need to work together to end their stalemate over the direction to take in Iraq.
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2 school buses crash in N.J.
May 7 2007 5:31PM (CT)
MONROE, N.J. (AP) - Two school buses crashed at a bus stop Monday morning, injuring 22 children, authorities said.
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N.M. town has become a training ground
May 7 2007 4:41PM (CT)
PLAYAS, N.M. (AP) - Inside an adobe house in New Mexico's remote southwestern corner, a terrorist cell has set up shop. Outside, a 12-member SWAT takes up positions, slaps an explosive on the door, blows it in, storms the place, and opens fire, the pop-pop-pop echoing through the desert.
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N.M. town has become a training ground
May 7 2007 4:41PM (CT)
PLAYAS, N.M. (AP) - Inside an adobe house in New Mexico's remote southwestern corner, a terrorist cell has set up shop. Outside, a 12-member SWAT takes up positions, slaps an explosive on the door, blows it in, storms the place, and opens fire, the pop-pop-pop echoing through the desert.
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N.M. town has become a training ground
May 7 2007 4:41PM (CT)
PLAYAS, N.M. (AP) - Inside an adobe house in New Mexico's remote southwestern corner, a terrorist cell has set up shop. Outside, a 12-member SWAT takes up positions, slaps an explosive on the door, blows it in, storms the place, and opens fire, the pop-pop-pop echoing through the desert.
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Petraeus 'concerned' by ethics report
May 7 2007 4:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Monday he was concerned by a recent survey that concluded many combat troops would not report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian.
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Petraeus 'concerned' by ethics report
May 7 2007 4:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Monday he was concerned by a recent survey that concluded many combat troops would not report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian.
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Wright synagogue designated historic
May 7 2007 4:05PM (CT)
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) - The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Wright synagogue designated historic
May 7 2007 4:05PM (CT)
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) - The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Wright synagogue designated historic
May 7 2007 4:05PM (CT)
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) - The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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States compete for disease lab
May 7 2007 2:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A dozen states are competing for a government research lab full of killer germs like anthrax, avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease _ a prospect some of their residents want to avoid like the plague.
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Coastal communities complain about FEMA
May 7 2007 1:25PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than 20 months after Hurricane Katrina, many communities in Mississippi and Louisiana are still haggling with the Federal Emergency Management Agency over how much money the government will reimburse them for debris removal and infrastructure repairs.
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Deadly insurance fraud case nears trial
May 7 2007 1:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Basdeo Somaipersaud's body was found in his favorite park in 1998, his family assumed he cracked his head during one of his drinking binges. But an autopsy detected small puncture wounds on his torso, and a sedative sometimes used to treat schizophrenia in his system.
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Deadly insurance fraud case nears trial
May 7 2007 1:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When Basdeo Somaipersaud's body was found in his favorite park in 1998, his family assumed he cracked his head during one of his drinking binges. But an autopsy detected small puncture wounds on his torso, and a sedative sometimes used to treat schizophrenia in his system.
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Cho didn't get court-ordered treatment
May 7 2007 12:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The gunman who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech failed to get the mental health treatment ordered by a judge who declared him an imminent threat to himself and others, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Petraeus 'concerned' by ethics report
May 7 2007 12:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Monday he was "greatly concerned" by a recent survey that concluded many combat troops in Iraq would not report a member of their unit for killing or wounding an innocent civilian.
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Man with HIV gets life term for sex case
May 7 2007 11:30AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - An HIV-positive man who prosecutors say secretly videotaped sexual encounters with 131 young men was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to entice a 15-year-old boy to engage in sex acts.
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Students' bodies recovered from lake
May 7 2007 6:02AM (CT)
PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. (AP) - Police found the bodies of two college students who died after falling into an Adirondack lake.
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College to honor would-be women astronauts
May 7 2007 2:51AM (CT)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - Growing up in Texas, Jerri Truhill loved looking at the stars. The night sky over the prairie was so clear she thought she could hear them ring.
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A decade of race-blind admissions at Cal
May 7 2007 12:11AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A fit of spring-cleaning led Eric Brooks to a box of old newspaper clips from 1997. That's when he was the lone black student enrolled in the incoming law school class at the University of California, Berkeley, following the end of affirmative action admissions.
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