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Va. Tech graduations honor slain victims
May 11 2007 11:38PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Struggling to balance grief with a graduation celebration, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger handed out class rings Friday night to the families of students slain during last month's shooting rampage.
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Va. Tech graduations honor slain victims
May 11 2007 11:38PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Struggling to balance grief with a graduation celebration, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger handed out class rings Friday night to the families of students slain during last month's shooting rampage.
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Va. Tech graduations honor slain victims
May 11 2007 11:38PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Struggling to balance grief with a graduation celebration, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger handed out class rings Friday night to the families of students slain during last month's shooting rampage.
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Va. Tech graduations honor slain victims
May 11 2007 11:38PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Struggling to balance grief with a graduation celebration, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger handed out class rings Friday night to the families of students slain during last month's shooting rampage.
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Calif. island survives wildfire scare
May 11 2007 11:35PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Water-dumping planes and helicopters helped beat back soaring flames that threatened this quaint Catalina Island town Friday, giving firefighters a victory that allowed nearly 4,000 evacuated residents to start coming home.
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Calif. island survives wildfire scare
May 11 2007 11:35PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Water-dumping planes and helicopters helped beat back soaring flames that threatened this quaint Catalina Island town Friday, giving firefighters a victory that allowed nearly 4,000 evacuated residents to start coming home.
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Calif. island survives wildfire scare
May 11 2007 11:35PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Water-dumping planes and helicopters helped beat back soaring flames that threatened this quaint Catalina Island town Friday, giving firefighters a victory that allowed nearly 4,000 evacuated residents to start coming home.
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Prison for man who faked retardation
May 11 2007 11:11PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Vancouver man was sentenced Friday to 13 months in prison for pretending to be mentally retarded in order to claim disability benefits.
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Ashes of 'Scotty,' others await recovery
May 11 2007 11:05PM (CT)
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (AP) - A rocket payload carrying ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper and actor James Doohan _ Scotty on "Star Trek" _ should be recovered within a week from a remote New Mexico mountain range, the launch company said Friday.
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Ex-prof gets 15 years for child porn
May 11 2007 10:40PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former University of Pennsylvania professor was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and fined $17,500 for importing child pornography.
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Man on Ky. gov. 'hit list' gets job back
May 11 2007 10:23PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A former state employee who claimed he was fired for supporting Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher's 2003 campaign rival can have his job back, the state personnel board said Friday.
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Zimbabwe to head key U.N. commission
May 11 2007 10:14PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Zimbabwe won approval on Friday to head a key U.N. body charged with promoting economic progress and environmental protection despite protests from the U.S., European nations and human rights organizations.
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Some fears ease in Mo. as rivers crest
May 11 2007 9:59PM (CT)
WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (AP) - Levee breaks along the Missouri River swamped homes, farms, highways and railroad tracks as floodwaters that have inundated the region were expected to peak in some spots this weekend. It appeared many areas would fare much better than had been feared days earlier, however.
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Some fears ease in Mo. as rivers crest
May 11 2007 9:59PM (CT)
WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (AP) - Levee breaks along the Missouri River swamped homes, farms, highways and railroad tracks as floodwaters that have inundated the region were expected to peak in some spots this weekend. It appeared many areas would fare much better than had been feared days earlier, however.
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Some fears ease in Mo. as rivers crest
May 11 2007 9:59PM (CT)
WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (AP) - Levee breaks along the Missouri River swamped homes, farms, highways and railroad tracks as floodwaters that have inundated the region were expected to peak in some spots this weekend. It appeared many areas would fare much better than had been feared days earlier, however.
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Some fears ease in Mo. as rivers crest
May 11 2007 9:59PM (CT)
WOOLDRIDGE, Mo. (AP) - Levee breaks along the Missouri River swamped homes, farms, highways and railroad tracks as floodwaters that have inundated the region were expected to peak in some spots this weekend. It appeared many areas would fare much better than had been feared days earlier, however.
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Marine: Haditha officials wanted probe
May 11 2007 9:52PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - The town council in Haditha, Iraq, complained to Marine officers about the killings of 24 civilians, but U.S. military officials rejected a call to investigate, a Marine intelligence captain testified Friday.
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Ex-boyfriend detained in Vegas bombing
May 11 2007 9:46PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two men were arrested Friday in a deadly Las Vegas Strip bombing that police believe was tied to a tangle of romantic relationships.
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Va. marks Jamestown settlement
May 11 2007 9:42PM (CT)
JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) - History lovers lined up Friday to buy a postage stamp recognizing Jamestown as America's first permanent English settlement, one of several weekend events marking the site's 400th anniversary.
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Video shows former astronaut at airport
May 11 2007 9:39PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak waited nearly an hour at the airport for the romantic rival she is accused of attacking, donning a trenchcoat as the woman looked for her bags, a video released Friday shows.
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Video shows former astronaut at airport
May 11 2007 9:39PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak waited nearly an hour at the airport for the romantic rival she is accused of attacking, donning a trenchcoat as the woman looked for her bags, a video released Friday shows.
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Video shows former astronaut at airport
May 11 2007 9:39PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak waited nearly an hour at the airport for the romantic rival she is accused of attacking, donning a trenchcoat as the woman looked for her bags, a video released Friday shows.
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Video shows former astronaut at airport
May 11 2007 9:39PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak waited nearly an hour at the airport for the romantic rival she is accused of attacking, donning a trenchcoat as the woman looked for her bags, a video released Friday shows.
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Mobster acquitted of couple's slaying
May 11 2007 9:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a 65-year-old mobster of racketeering and conspiring to murder a husband and wife stickup team who had been robbing Mafia clubhouses, but said the government hadn't proven he had actually killed the couple.
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Shooting suspect's brother sentenced
May 11 2007 9:31PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The brother of a man accused in a serial killing case was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in prison for stabbing a homeless man.
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Fort Dix suspects all are denied bail
May 11 2007 9:23PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia.
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Fort Dix suspects all are denied bail
May 11 2007 9:23PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia.
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Fort Dix suspects all are denied bail
May 11 2007 9:23PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia.
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Fort Dix suspects all are denied bail
May 11 2007 9:23PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia.
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Fort Dix suspects all are denied bail
May 11 2007 9:23PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia.
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Fort Dix suspects all are denied bail
May 11 2007 9:23PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Six Muslim men suspected of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered held without bail Friday. Prosecutors argued that the men, all born outside the United States, pose a flight risk. They are being held at a federal detention center in Philadelphia.
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Former trooper's file lacks shootings
May 11 2007 9:21PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The personnel file of a retired white state trooper charged this week with killing a black man at a 1965 civil rights rally doesn't mention the death at all. Also left out was the killing of another black man a year later that a prosecutor says the trooper also committed on duty.
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Somalis settle in old mill city in Maine
May 11 2007 9:16PM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somali Muslim youngsters has exposed _ yet again _ the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town.
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Somalis settle in old mill city in Maine
May 11 2007 9:16PM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somali Muslim youngsters has exposed _ yet again _ the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town.
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Somalis settle in old mill city in Maine
May 11 2007 9:16PM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A prank in which a middle-schooler tossed a slab of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Somali Muslim youngsters has exposed _ yet again _ the gaping cultural divide in this struggling former mill town.
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New charges against former CIA official
May 11 2007 8:52PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - New charges have been filed alleging that a former top CIA official pushed a proposed $100 million government contract for his best friend in return for lavish vacations, private jet flights and a lucrative job offer.
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3 dead in Ohio aircraft collision
May 11 2007 8:46PM (CT)
SHARONVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Two small planes collided Friday afternoon over suburban Cincinnati, raining debris onto roads and backyards and killing three people on board but missing those on the ground as rush hour approached, federal investigators said.
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Suspect, 16, sought in Chicago bus death
May 11 2007 7:42PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A 16-year-old suspect identified from surveillance video on a city bus was sought Friday in the fatal shooting of a teenage passenger and the wounding of four others, police said.
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US seeking faster action in Darfur
May 11 2007 7:21PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Britain, France and the United States are pressing for faster progress to beef up the beleaguered African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur and promote a political settlement of the four-year conflict, Britain's U.N. ambassador said Friday.
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Texas mother accused of mutilating baby
May 11 2007 6:59PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A mother who claimed the family dog tore off her baby son's genitals was arrested Friday and accused of mutilating the boy herself with a sharp instrument.
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Terror suspect testifies, it goes badly
May 11 2007 6:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When he began testifying at his own trial this week, a Florida doctor accused of pledging to support al-Qaida hoped to convince a jury that the FBI had it all wrong: He was a man of peace.
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Former Okla. death row inmate to go free
May 11 2007 6:33PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man who spent more than two decades in jail, mostly on death row, was freed Friday after a state judge dismissed a murder charge against him, saying a fired Oklahoma City police chemist had tainted the evidence in the case.
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Pitcher's estate sued over plane crash
May 11 2007 6:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An apartment owner sued the estate of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, claiming the player's plane destroyed his home and caused him emotional injuries when it crashed into a high-rise building, killing Lidle and another man.
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U.N. resolution on Kosovo circulated
May 11 2007 5:45PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and European Union nations circulated a U.N. resolution Friday endorsing independence for Kosovo under international supervision despite strong objections from Russia which wants new negotiations between the province's majority Albanians and minority Serbs.
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City: Duke lacrosse photo lineup flawed
May 11 2007 5:06PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Police failed to follow procedures for the photo lineup used to obtain rape indictments against three members of the Duke lacrosse team, a city official said Friday in expressing regret for the mistake.
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`Meteorite' turns out to be space junk
May 11 2007 4:16PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A mysterious metallic object that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home earlier this year was not a meteorite after all, but probably a piece of space junk, scientists said Friday.
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Md. school evacuated over odd bottle
May 11 2007 4:13PM (CT)
TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) - A high school was evacuated Friday after firefighters found a bottle containing a suspicious liquid in a classroom, and a teacher was taken to a hospital for dizziness. A student was arrested hours later.
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Md. school evacuated over odd bottle
May 11 2007 4:13PM (CT)
TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) - A high school was evacuated Friday after firefighters found a bottle containing a suspicious liquid in a classroom, and a teacher was taken to a hospital for dizziness. A student was arrested hours later.
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Md. school evacuated over odd bottle
May 11 2007 4:13PM (CT)
TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) - A high school was evacuated Friday after firefighters found a bottle containing a suspicious liquid in a classroom, and a teacher was taken to a hospital for dizziness. A student was arrested hours later.
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Feds: Doc removed suspects' fingerprints
May 11 2007 4:12PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Mexican doctor surgically removed drug traffickers' fingerprints, substituting skin from the soles of their feet, to help the traffickers avoid arrest, authorities said Friday.
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Man ordered to keep away from Wiesel
May 11 2007 4:03PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A New Jersey man was ordered to stay away from Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel for the next three years when he appeared in a California courtroom for the first time Friday to face charges of assaulting the Nobel Peace laureate.
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Man ordered to keep away from Wiesel
May 11 2007 4:03PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A New Jersey man was ordered to stay away from Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel for the next three years when he appeared in a California courtroom for the first time Friday to face charges of assaulting the Nobel Peace laureate.
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XM shock jocks apologize for sex comment
May 11 2007 4:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized Friday for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth.
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Michigan woman sentenced in 3rd murder
May 11 2007 3:55PM (CT)
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A woman who was already convicted of murdering a pregnant couple with her boyfriend last year was sentenced Friday for killing a third man days later.
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Police: S.C. family held in squalor
May 11 2007 3:44PM (CT)
CHESTER, S.C. (AP) - For nearly four years, a South Carolina man held his wife and two sons captive in a house infested with maggots and human waste, authorities said.
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2 dead in Ohio aircraft collision
May 11 2007 3:43PM (CT)
SHARONVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Two small aircraft collided Friday over suburban Cincinnati, raining debris onto roads and backyards and killing two people on board, authorities said.
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Men apologize for Boston cartoon stunt
May 11 2007 3:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors said they would not pursue charges against two men who planted electronic devices around the city as part of a botched advertising campaign after the pair apologized Friday for causing a bomb scare.
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Men apologize for Boston cartoon stunt
May 11 2007 3:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors said they would not pursue charges against two men who planted electronic devices around the city as part of a botched advertising campaign after the pair apologized Friday for causing a bomb scare.
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Men apologize for Boston cartoon stunt
May 11 2007 3:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Prosecutors said they would not pursue charges against two men who planted electronic devices around the city as part of a botched advertising campaign after the pair apologized Friday for causing a bomb scare.
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S. Calif. island fire turned from town
May 11 2007 3:21PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and some residents planned to return to their homes Friday after thousands were forced to evacuate a day earlier.
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S. Calif. island fire turned from town
May 11 2007 3:21PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and some residents planned to return to their homes Friday after thousands were forced to evacuate a day earlier.
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S. Calif. island fire turned from town
May 11 2007 3:21PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and some residents planned to return to their homes Friday after thousands were forced to evacuate a day earlier.
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S. Calif. island fire turned from town
May 11 2007 3:21PM (CT)
AVALON, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and some residents planned to return to their homes Friday after thousands were forced to evacuate a day earlier.
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Workers treated after smelling chemicals
May 11 2007 3:06PM (CT)
VISTA, Calif. (AP) - About 20 people who complained of respiratory problems after smelling chemical fumes at an industrial dry-cleaning facility were taken to hospitals Friday, authorities said.
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Coulter cleared in Florida vote probe
May 11 2007 2:05PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Conservative commentator Ann Coulter was cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into whether she violated Florida law by voting in the wrong precinct.
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Fla. judge tosses reporter subpoenas
May 11 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A judge on Friday rejected a request from a death row inmate's attorneys to force testimony and get notes from four journalists who covered a botched execution late last year.
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Security tighter for Colo. graduation
May 11 2007 12:47PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - University of Colorado commencement ceremonies were held under increased security Friday, a day after a scare at nearby Boulder High School.
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Indonesian man sentenced in weapons plot
May 11 2007 11:26AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - An Indonesian businessman was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty in a plot authorities say was aimed at buying hundreds of weapons for export.
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Idaho shootings leave 3 dead, 1 hurt
May 11 2007 10:44AM (CT)
CALDER, Idaho (AP) - Three people were found dead and a woman survived a head wound after being shot at a remote house outside this northern Idaho hamlet, authorities said Friday.
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3 dead in crash on Chesapeake Bay bridge
May 11 2007 8:44AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A runaway trailer started a chain-reaction crash on the Chesapeake Bay bridge, killing three people and injuring five others as dozens of vehicles swerved to avoid it, authorities said.
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Van stolen with child inside is returned
May 11 2007 8:44AM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - An idling minivan with a 2-year-old inside was driven away from a store parking lot but then quickly returned by a thief who "has to have some kind of heart," the boy's mother said.
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New Jersey death penalty ban pushed
May 11 2007 6:50AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment under a bill released by a legislative panel.
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Religion in the news
May 11 2007 6:39AM (CT)
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) - Jim McGreevey has gone from altar boy to mayor to the nation's first openly gay governor.
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Engineer guilty in military secrets case
May 11 2007 6:24AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - After a six-week trial, a federal jury convicted a Chinese-born engineer of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China, including data on an electronic propulsion system that could make submarines virtually undetectable.
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Engineer guilty in military secrets case
May 11 2007 6:24AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - After a six-week trial, a federal jury convicted a Chinese-born engineer of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China, including data on an electronic propulsion system that could make submarines virtually undetectable.
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Engineer guilty in military secrets case
May 11 2007 6:24AM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - After a six-week trial, a federal jury convicted a Chinese-born engineer of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China, including data on an electronic propulsion system that could make submarines virtually undetectable.
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Gates give $7.1M for Gulf Coast housing
May 11 2007 5:10AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it would give $7.1 million to help Gulf Coast organizations advocate for affordable housing and workers' rights.
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Gnats a pain for west-central Illinois
May 11 2007 3:03AM (CT)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Kyle Winkelmann has learned in the past two weeks that if he's going to get into the cab of his tractor, he had better do it in a hurry.
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First of 9 Kan. tornado victims buried
May 11 2007 2:42AM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The cleanup and recovery stopped briefly Thursday as the first funeral procession for one of the nine residents killed during a massive tornado made its way to a cemetery.
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First of 9 Kan. tornado victims buried
May 11 2007 2:42AM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The cleanup and recovery stopped briefly Thursday as the first funeral procession for one of the nine residents killed during a massive tornado made its way to a cemetery.
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First of 9 Kan. tornado victims buried
May 11 2007 2:42AM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The cleanup and recovery stopped briefly Thursday as the first funeral procession for one of the nine residents killed during a massive tornado made its way to a cemetery.
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