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2 commuter trains collide in Phila.
May 14 2007 11:44PM (CT)
PHILADLEPHIA (AP) - A commuter train hit another one in a downtown tunnel at the beginning of the evening rush hour Monday, slightly injuring nearly three dozen people, a transit spokesman said.
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Kansas man dies of tornado injuries
May 14 2007 11:40PM (CT)
PRATT, Kan. (AP) - The massive tornado that struck the town of Greensburg nearly two weeks ago claimed another life Monday.
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Actor Sizemore settles lawsuits
May 14 2007 11:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Tom Sizemore has settled lawsuits brought against him by State Farm Insurance and his former girlfriend, one-time Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
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Miami tops rude drivers list again
May 14 2007 11:02PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - For the second consecutive year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday.
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Alaska mom guilty of killing 3 sons
May 14 2007 10:57PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A judge on Monday found a woman guilty but mentally ill in the shooting deaths of her three teenage sons, whom she feared had become evil clones or robots.
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Fla. mob boss, 73, gets 14 years
May 14 2007 10:44PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - An aging heart patient who acknowledged being the head of the Genovese crime family in South Florida was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison on a federal racketeering charge.
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Alaska elephant needs help getting up
May 14 2007 10:35PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Firefighters had to use straps and a winch to lift Alaska's only elephant, 7,500-pound Maggie, after she had been lying down for several hours at a zoo.
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Extremist taunts his victims from prison
May 14 2007 10:28PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Victims of Eric Rudolph, the anti-abortion extremist who pulled off a series of bombings across the South, say he is taunting them from deep within the nation's most secure federal prison, and authorities say there is little they can do to stop him.
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Strong wind complicates wildfire fight
May 14 2007 10:19PM (CT)
LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) - Firefighters managed to keep a sprawling wildfire along the Georgia-Florida line in check Monday, though officials warned that more residents might have to evacuate.
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Strong wind complicates wildfire fight
May 14 2007 10:19PM (CT)
LAKE CITY, Fla. (AP) - Firefighters managed to keep a sprawling wildfire along the Georgia-Florida line in check Monday, though officials warned that more residents might have to evacuate.
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School workers suspended in fake attack
May 14 2007 10:14PM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Two school employees who staged a fake gun attack on a group of students during a field trip have been suspended, school officials said Monday.
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2 bank workers killed in Alabama robbery
May 14 2007 10:10PM (CT)
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - A gunman killed two bank tellers and wounded two others during a robbery Monday morning, then was shot by deputies as he tried to walk out with a hostage, authorities said.
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TV reporter struck, killed in S.C.
May 14 2007 9:56PM (CT)
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - A television news reporter who had stopped on the shoulder of an interstate highway to look at accident wreckage was struck and killed Monday afternoon, authorities said.
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Witness tells reaction to Haditha deaths
May 14 2007 9:54PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine officer shouted that "my men are not murderers" after learning of allegations that his troops targeted civilians during an assault that left 24 Iraqis dead, a Marine major testified Monday.
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Cruise ship runs aground off Alaska
May 14 2007 9:48PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground off the Alaska coast early Monday, forcing an evacuation of more than 200 passengers before it could move again with a Coast Guard escort.
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Cruise ship runs aground off Alaska
May 14 2007 9:48PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground off the Alaska coast early Monday, forcing an evacuation of more than 200 passengers before it could move again with a Coast Guard escort.
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Cruise ship runs aground off Alaska
May 14 2007 9:48PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A riverboat-style cruise ship ran aground off the Alaska coast early Monday, forcing an evacuation of more than 200 passengers before it could move again with a Coast Guard escort.
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Calif. Senate OKs electoral compact
May 14 2007 9:29PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - For the second time in nine months, the state Senate has approved giving the state's 55 electoral votes for president to the winner of the national popular vote.
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Former CIA official pleads not guilty
May 14 2007 9:18PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A former top CIA official pleaded not guilty Monday to new charges that he pushed a proposed government contract worth at least $100 million for his best friend in return for lavish vacations, private jet flights and a lucrative job offer.
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U.N. panel: Indigenous people threatened
May 14 2007 8:43PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Indigenous people are being pushed off their lands to make way for an expansion of biofuel crops around the world, threatening to destroy their cultures by forcing them into big cities, the head of a U.N. panel said Monday.
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Death sentence in '96 Ill. shootings
May 14 2007 8:38PM (CT)
LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - A jury on Monday sentenced an Iowa man to death in a 1996 shooting spree that prosecutors say was triggered by a failed teenage romance.
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Not guilty plea in Miss America sting
May 14 2007 8:13PM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A man accused in a sex sting in which Miss America went undercover as a lonely teenage girl pleaded not guilty Monday, his lawyer said.
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Student settles with Hawaiian school
May 14 2007 7:57PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A private school system has reached a settlement with a white student who was denied admission because he isn't a Native Hawaiian, ending a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Poll: Most say ready for next disaster
May 14 2007 7:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most people say their families and local emergency agencies are ready for the next natural disaster but the federal government is not. Women and minorities are less confident on both counts.
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Texas youth prisons suspends 4 more
May 14 2007 7:44PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The state's juvenile prison system said Monday it suspended four more officials in a probe that began after allegations surfaced of sexual abuse of inmates.
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Wheelchair athlete loses court fight
May 14 2007 7:41PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A teenager who uses a wheelchair can't earn points for racing with her high school track team in regional and state tournaments until Maryland officials change the rules, a federal judge has decided.
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Accused Vegas bomber guilty in ID case
May 14 2007 7:08PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Panamanian accused of planting a bomb that killed his ex-girfriend's new romantic interest outside a Las Vegas Strip resort pleaded guilty Monday to having false identification.
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Ex-Navy lawyer on trial in Gitmo case
May 14 2007 6:48PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A Navy lawyer accused of passing secret information about Guantanamo Bay detainees sent a human rights lawyer their names and intelligence about them tucked into a Valentine's Day card, prosecutors said Monday.
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Game shooting suspect pleads not guilty
May 14 2007 6:28PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A college freshman accused of fatally shooting an acquaintance and wounding two others over a PlayStation console pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of murder and attempted murder.
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Pentagon limits troops' Web access
May 14 2007 6:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lt. Daniel Zimmerman, an infantry platoon leader in Iraq, puts a blog on the Internet every now and then "to basically keep my friends and family up to date" back home.
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Arguments in federal gas mileage suit
May 14 2007 5:49PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawyers for 11 states and several environmental groups told a federal appeals court Monday that the Bush administration failed to consider global warming when setting new gas mileage rules.
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Worker dies after chemical spill
May 14 2007 5:18PM (CT)
CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) - A plant worker injured last week when a chemical solvent spilled from a 40-gallon vat died Monday, authorities said.
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Doctor said he'd treat anti-U.S. forces
May 14 2007 4:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Florida doctor accused of pledging his life to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden testified Monday that he promised to treat Iraqis who fought Americans while he worked at a military hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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Shipping canal closed after collision
May 14 2007 4:43PM (CT)
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. (AP) - Cargo traffic along a shipping canal was halted Monday after a sailboat sank in a collision with a tugboat, authorities said.
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Judge allows writings about Vogue editor
May 14 2007 4:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A fashion writer accused of posing as a firefighter and sexually abusing a co-worker had written about killing the editor in chief of Vogue magazine, and a judge ruled Monday the jury can hear those rants.
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Jose Padilla trial opens in Miami
May 14 2007 4:21PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants provided money, recruits and military equipment for nearly a decade to Islamic extremists involved in violence worldwide.
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Jose Padilla trial opens in Miami
May 14 2007 4:21PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants provided money, recruits and military equipment for nearly a decade to Islamic extremists involved in violence worldwide.
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Jose Padilla trial opens in Miami
May 14 2007 4:21PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants provided money, recruits and military equipment for nearly a decade to Islamic extremists involved in violence worldwide.
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Urban wastelands to get cleanup money
May 14 2007 4:13PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Cities in 38 states and two territories will split $71 million in federal funds for cleaning up blighted and polluted areas, Environmental Protection Agency officials announced Monday.
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Gay couples ask Conn. court for marriage
May 14 2007 4:08PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's civil unions for same-sex couples are inferior to marriage and violate their rights to equal protection and due process, an attorney for eight gay couples told the state Supreme Court Monday.
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Gay couples ask Conn. court for marriage
May 14 2007 4:08PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's civil unions for same-sex couples are inferior to marriage and violate their rights to equal protection and due process, an attorney for eight gay couples told the state Supreme Court Monday.
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Big Dig insurer agrees to return $58M
May 14 2007 3:15PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The workers' compensation insurance carrier for the Big Dig construction project has agreed to pay $58.5 million for excess profits it failed to return to the state, the state attorney general said Monday.
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Man charged in beating of 91-year-old
May 14 2007 3:08PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A 22-year-old man repeatedly punched a 91-year-old man in the head during a carjacking outside a convenience store, and a group of bystanders did nothing to stop him, police said.
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FBI: No threat from Amtrak passenger
May 14 2007 1:59PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - An Amtrak passenger who was detained in Colorado after other passengers became suspicious was released Monday after the FBI determined he was not a threat.
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Doctors look for early autism signs
May 14 2007 1:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Within days of their birth, healthy babies will look you in the eye. By 4 months, they will delight in others. And by 9 months, they will exchange smiles.
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2 enter pleas in deadly pier collapse
May 14 2007 1:12PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The operator of a pier that collapsed in 2000, killing three nightclub patrons and injuring 43 others, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of involuntary manslaughter. The pier's owner pleaded no contest to the same counts.
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Duke settles suit over player's grade
May 14 2007 1:06PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Duke University has settled a lawsuit brought by a former lacrosse player who accused a professor of giving him a failing grade because he was a member of the controversy-plagued team.
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Faust prepares to lead Harvard
May 14 2007 1:05PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard University has unrivaled wealth and prestige, but the downside of its storied history is a patchwork of schools that make running the place one of the hardest jobs in 21st century higher education.
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230 scientists oppose wolf delisting
May 14 2007 11:24AM (CT)
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - More than 230 scientists have signed a letter opposing plans to remove wolves in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho from Endangered Species Act protection.
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Five rescued from Mount Hood amid storm
May 14 2007 8:51AM (CT)
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. (AP) - Five men who were rescued from Mount Hood over the weekend were well-equipped climbers, but they were ill-prepared to tackle the mountain during a storm, rescuers said.
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Planners hope for more Jamestown tourism
May 14 2007 5:12AM (CT)
JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) - The people who began planning a decade ago for Jamestown's 400th anniversary dreamed of getting the president and Queen Elizabeth II to help commemorate the founding of America's first permanent English settlement.
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Deer-like animal rebounds in Arizona
May 14 2007 4:33AM (CT)
CABEZA PRIETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Ariz. (AP) - Federal wildlife biologist Mike Coffeen is ecstatic these days. His efforts to save North America's fastest mammal _ the endangered Sonoran pronghorn _ are succeeding beyond expectations.
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No word yet on cause of skydivers' crash
May 14 2007 12:07AM (CT)
MARION, Mont. (AP) - A small plane that crashed near a private airstrip, killing its pilot and four skydivers, had made an abrupt turn just before going down, a federal investigator said Sunday. The Cessna 182 had just taken off from Skydive Lost Prairie when it crashed Saturday.
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