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Columbine video game upsets relatives
May 16 2006 11:18PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - An online game based on the Columbine High School massacre is drawing criticism from relatives of those who died in the 1999 attack, including a father who says it trivializes the actions of the two teen killers.
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Schwarzenegger concerned about border plan
May 16 2006 10:26PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that he has "serious concerns" about President Bush's plan to use 6,000 National Guard troops to help secure the Mexican border.
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WW II-era land mine found in Texas yard
May 16 2006 10:23PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A military team destroyed a World War II-era land mine in the suburban backyard of a family that said friends had given it at least 10 years ago as a souvenir.
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Minutemen dismiss Bush's border plan
May 16 2006 10:06PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A civilian border-patrol group said it still plans to erect a short security fence along the Mexican border, despite President Bush's pledge to deploy thousands of National Guard troops there.
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Sex offender must warn date's parents
May 16 2006 9:33PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - An appeals court on Tuesday ordered a teenage sex offender to warn the parents of anyone he dates about his conviction until he turns 18.
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Mass. sues to overturn new fishing limits
May 16 2006 9:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts has sued to block new federal rules for fishermen that state officials contend could cripple the industry but supporters maintain are necessary to restore fish populations.
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2 convicted of L.A. utility billing scam
May 16 2006 9:08PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two former executives for an international public-relations firm were convicted Tuesday of bilking Los Angeles taxpayers and others out of more than $300,000.
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Families' lawsuit over WTC memorial tossed
May 16 2006 8:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Sept. 11 families seeking to stop construction of the World Trade Center memorial, saying designers thoroughly outlined their plans to build on the spots where the twin towers stood.
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Man kills 2, self at Va. business
May 16 2006 8:32PM (CT)
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - A man killed two co-workers at a medical supply business Tuesday, then fatally shot himself in the head as police closed in, investigators said.
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Some schools are leaving recess behind
May 16 2006 8:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One sure way to get parents exercised is to take away recess, the playful part of the school day when their kids can run wild. In some places, it no longer exists.
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Poll: Most on coast unready for hurricanes
May 16 2006 8:26PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Despite Hurricane Katrina's devastation of Louisiana and Mississippi, coastal residents have not taken steps to protect their families if a hurricane were to threaten their homes, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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Judge strikes down Ga. ban on gay marriage
May 16 2006 8:20PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge on Tuesday struck down Georgia's ban on same-sex marriage, saying a measure overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2004 violated a rule that limits ballot questions to a single subject.
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Feds restore some Navajo Head Start funds
May 16 2006 8:19PM (CT)
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Federal officials partially restored funding for the Navajo Nation's Head Start program, which was suspended after the tribe was accused of failing to do employee background checks.
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Activist who filmed egg farm gets jail
May 16 2006 8:11PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - An animal-rights activist drew a maximum six-month jail sentence Tuesday for sneaking onto New York state's largest egg farm to videotape thousands of chickens confined in small wire cages.
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Tenn. death row inmate gets reprieve
May 16 2006 8:10PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gov. Phil Bredesen granted a 15-day reprieve to a man who was scheduled to be executed Wednesday for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Marine in 1985.
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Driving rain eases in flooded New England
May 16 2006 7:39PM (CT)
METHUEN, Mass. (AP) - Driving rains that caused the worst flooding in New England since the 1930s finally eased up Tuesday, but washed-out roads and the danger of dam breaks prevented many people from returning to their homes.
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Colorado professor cited for misconduct
May 16 2006 7:24PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - An investigation of a professor who likened some of the Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi found serious cases of misconduct in his academic research, including plagiarism and fabrications, a University of Colorado spokesman said Tuesday.
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Fla. Gov. Bush signs home insurance bill
May 16 2006 7:15PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush signed a property insurance bill Tuesday that aims to lure insurance companies back to Florida and keep coverage available, but he acknowledged that it won't stop rates from increasing in the short run.
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Inmate exonerated by DNA after 10 years
May 16 2006 7:14PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A man convicted of killing a community activist 10 years ago was freed Tuesday after DNA tests tied the slaying to another man.
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NYC mayor takes gun fight to Congress
May 16 2006 7:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hoped to rally support in Congress on Tuesday for stopping the flow of illegal guns but found it tough to round up a posse of like-minded lawmakers.
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Soldier pleads guilty in porn site case
May 16 2006 7:01PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A soldier pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex on a military-themed Web site for money and was sentenced to three months in prison.
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Making coffee on front lines gets easier
May 16 2006 6:41PM (CT)
NATICK, Mass. (AP) - Soldiers thirsting for a cup of coffee on the front lines of World War II could quickly heat up the beverage inside their "steel pot" helmets that served as both head protection and a handy container for campfire cooking.
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U.S. has warmest April on record
May 16 2006 6:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Last month was the warmest April on record for the United States, offering many Americans a pleasant spring month.
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Ex-Wis. Assembly speaker gets prison term
May 16 2006 6:36PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The former speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly was sentenced to 15 months in prison Tuesday for using state employees to run Republican legislative campaigns.
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Authorities search for cruise passenger
May 16 2006 6:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The Coast Guard began searching Tuesday for a 21-year-old man reported missing from a cruise ship that had left Florida for the Bahamas.
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Utah Supreme Court backs polygamy ban
May 16 2006 6:19PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Supreme Court upheld the 2003 bigamy conviction of a former police officer Tuesday, ruling that the state law banning polygamy is not unconstitutional.
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L.A.'s Villaraigosa a high-energy mayor
May 16 2006 6:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Most everybody seems to like Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, even if his accomplishments a year after his election trail his sprinting ambition.
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Worker hospitalized after mine gas exposure
May 16 2006 6:09PM (CT)
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A worker exposed to carbon monoxide Tuesday at an underground manufacturing operation remained hospitalized, while two others were treated and released, officials said.
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NAACP sues to block Omaha redistricting
May 16 2006 5:52PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The NAACP sued Nebraska's governor and a state committee Tuesday over a new law that divides Omaha Public Schools into three racially identifiable districts.
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Ind. aide charged in beating out on bond
May 16 2006 3:45PM (CT)
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A school bus aide caught on videotape beating a 9-year-old developmentally disabled boy and then laughing about it with the bus driver was freed on bail after turning herself in.
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Trappers get Fla. gator that killed woman
May 16 2006 3:42PM (CT)
OLDSMAR, Fla. (AP) - Trappers caught and killed an 8 1/2-foot alligator they believe attacked a woman whose body was found in a canal on Florida's Gulf Coast.
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Temporary nuclear storage may be needed
May 16 2006 3:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration says it is willing to store temporarily nuclear power plant waste somewhere other than the delayed Yucca Mountain project in Nevada but needs congressional approval to do so.
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Immigration, and Ohio
May 16 2006 3:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defending President Bush's stand on immigration, conservative Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas said Tuesday that some anti-immigration Republicans are guilty of demagoguery and racism.
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Minn. Indian election haunted by shootings
May 16 2006 2:53PM (CT)
PONEMAH, Minn. (AP) - Floyd "Buck" Jourdain Jr. had a big agenda when he took over as chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. But that was before a teenager went on a shooting rampage on the Indian reservation that left 10 people dead and plunged Jourdain into a painful year of crisis management.
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Shouting teen arrested at New York airport
May 16 2006 2:52PM (CT)
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) - A teenager was charged with disorderly conduct after shouting "It's time to die" while ripping off a backpack and reaching inside it at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, authorities said Tuesday.
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Partners at law firm take leave amid probe
May 16 2006 2:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two partners at a top New York law firm have taken a leave of absence amid a federal investigation into whether it paid illegal kickbacks to clients in multimillion dollar class-action lawsuits.
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Evacuated residents allowed back in Fla.
May 16 2006 2:34PM (CT)
EDGEWATER, Fla. (AP) - Firefighters were able to build containment lines around a brush fire overnight, allowing residents to return Tuesday to 1,400 homes that were evacuated a day earlier.
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Colo. ex-pastor, 2 others accused of fraud
May 16 2006 2:29PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A former pastor and two of his colleagues have been arrested on fraud charges, accused of cheating hundreds of investors out of $7.5 million and then spending the money on real estate, a jet and other luxuries, authorities said Tuesday.
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AP Centerpiece: More take 2-wheel commute
May 16 2006 2:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Fed up with sitting in traffic and paying more than $50 to fill his tank, Scott Morrison ditched his gas-guzzling pickup and started biking to work.
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Subway plot defendant points to police
May 16 2006 1:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday sought to attack the credibility of a Pakistani immigrant accused in a subway bombing plot, suggesting he was an angry young man who was prone to violence.
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Report: Mass. dams need major improvements
May 16 2006 12:16PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Inspectors need to quickly assess the nearly 3,000 dams in Massachusetts, and the state must be prepared to spend tens of millions of dollars on improvements, a legislative report released Tuesday says.
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Pope names new Washington bishop
May 16 2006 11:06AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has named Pittsburgh Bishop Donald Wuerl to replace Cardinal Theodore McCarrick as archbishop of Washington, the Vatican said Tuesday.
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Texas halts execution pending appeal
May 16 2006 10:04AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The scheduled execution of a two-time killer has been put on hold while an appeals court considers his petition that death by injection is unconstitutionally cruel.
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ACLU asks FBI for details on surveillance
May 16 2006 9:28AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union are asking the FBI to reveal any surveillance of Muslims in Southern California since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Coretta Scott King's will filed in court
May 16 2006 8:36AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - In a will Coretta Scott King drew up 30 years ago, she left money to her family, to the church where her husband preached and to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, which she founded in tribute to her husband's work shortly after his death.
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Injured hiker found after 3 days in Wash.
May 16 2006 8:32AM (CT)
LA PUSH, Wash. (AP) - A hiker who fell from a 25-foot-high cliff and broke her leg was spotted on the beach below after she spent three days there without food or water, Coast Guard officials said.
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Golfer not liable for errant golf ball
May 16 2006 6:12AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A golfer may not be held liable for mistakenly hitting another golfer with an errant golf ball, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled.
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2 immigrants killed in Calif. van crash
May 16 2006 5:31AM (CT)
HOLTVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A van packed with more than two dozen people crashed on a highway in the Southern California desert, killing at least two suspected illegal immigrants and critically injuring several others, officials said.
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Resolution denouncing Waco lynchings read
May 16 2006 4:35AM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - On the 90th anniversary of a lynching that became known as the "Waco Horror," nearly 100 people gathered outside the county courthouse for the reading of a community group's resolution denouncing lynchings in the 1800s and early 1900s.
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San Bernardino to vote on immigrant plan
May 16 2006 4:13AM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - A proposal that would impose sweeping restrictions on the ability of illegal immigrants to live and work in the city will be put before voters after the City Council refused to adopt it.
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Utah campground closed because of plague
May 16 2006 3:50AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A campground at Natural Bridges National Monument has been closed because of bubonic plague detected among field mice and chipmunks.
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Ohio teen jailed after avoiding trial
May 16 2006 3:50AM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A 14-year-old girl who ran away to avoid testifying against a man accused of molesting her has been jailed for a week and denied access to an attorney, officials and court records said.
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Some worry border plan will overtax Guard
May 16 2006 3:39AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Governors of several border states said that National Guard troops may provide a short-term fix for enhancing security along the U.S.-Mexico border, but the federal government needs to put more immigration agents there in the future.
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Muhammad cross-examines several witnesses
May 16 2006 3:29AM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, acting as his own attorney at his second trial, testily cross-examined several witnesses on topics as mundane as whether a glove at one of the shooting scenes was dark brown or black.
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Rush to develop energy in West said risky
May 16 2006 3:27AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The federal government's rush to develop energy on millions of acres of federal land in the West has left vast natural and cultural resources to languish, the National Trust for Historic Preservation said.
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Chic Hecht, former senator from Nev., dies
May 16 2006 3:12AM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Chic Hecht, a Republican known as much for his verbal miscues as his upset victory in a U.S. Senate race over two decades ago, died of cancer Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 77.
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Mo. teacher suspended over assignment
May 16 2006 12:40AM (CT)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - A high school teacher who asked students to write about who they would kill and how they would carry out the crime has been suspended for a week without pay and placed on six months' probation.
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N.M. lab workers respond to job offers
May 16 2006 12:04AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - About 95 percent of Los Alamos National Laboratory employees have responded to job offers from a new management team, dispelling earlier fears that moving from one manager to another would cause a brain drain at the nuclear weapons lab.
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Child porn suspect arrested in Mich.
May 16 2006 12:01AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Authorities on Monday arrested a 28-year-old man who was accused at a federal hearing in April of molesting a teenage boy.
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Students want ex-boot camp chief fired
May 16 2006 12:00AM (CT)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - College students on Monday demanded the firing of the former supervisor of a boot camp where a 14-year-old boy died after he was punched and kicked by guards.
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