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Biden: U.S. UN funds progressing
May 21 2007 11:59PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Senator Joseph Biden said Monday he expects the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he chairs, to adopt a resolution this week calling for full funding of the United Nations and payment of U.S. arrears.
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Wayward whales reverse course again
May 21 2007 11:58PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - The journey of a wayward whale and her calf back to the Pacific Ocean hit a snag Monday when the pair reversed course and began heading back up the Sacramento River.
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Wayward whales reverse course again
May 21 2007 11:58PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - The journey of a wayward whale and her calf back to the Pacific Ocean hit a snag Monday when the pair reversed course and began heading back up the Sacramento River.
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Doctor convicted of supporting al-Qaida
May 21 2007 11:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Florida doctor was convicted Monday of providing material support to terrorists by agreeing to treat injured al-Qaida fighters so they could return to Iraq to battle Americans.
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Drunken driver is let go, dies in crash
May 21 2007 11:19PM (CT)
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) - A driver who was stopped for speeding and tested over the legal limit for blood-alcohol content, but was not arrested, was killed less than three hours later Monday when his car hit a tree, according to police.
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Witness: Attacker pondered Katrina gang
May 21 2007 10:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A fashion writer accused of sexually abusing a former co-worker while dressed as a firefighter hoped to go to New Orleans and lead a gang of angry Hurricane Katrina survivors, a psychologist testified Monday.
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Ore. man posed as boy to get child porn
May 21 2007 10:45PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 31-year-old man was sentenced Monday to more than 24 years in federal prison for posing online as a teenage boy dying of leukemia in an effort to coerce young girls into sending him sexually explicit images.
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Train kills driver who parked on tracks
May 21 2007 10:36PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man seen arguing with his girlfriend in their car was killed Monday after parking the vehicle in the path of a commuter train, authorities said. The girlfriend survived in what police suspect was an attempted murder-suicide.
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Schirra remembered as national hero
May 21 2007 10:32PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three former astronauts remembered colleague Walter "Wally" Schirra as a top-notch aviator, national hero and inveterate prankster Monday at a memorial service.
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2-3 Pacific storms expected this year
May 21 2007 10:27PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii and the rest of the central Pacific face a slightly below-average hurricane season this summer, with just two or three tropical cyclones expected, federal forecasters said Monday.
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Va. Tech gunman 'well-prepared' to go on
May 21 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The gunman who killed 30 people at a Virginia Tech building was "well-prepared" to continue his shooting spree with more than 200 additional rounds of ammunition, a state panel was told Monday.
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Va. Tech gunman 'well-prepared' to go on
May 21 2007 10:08PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - The gunman who killed 30 people at a Virginia Tech building was "well-prepared" to continue his shooting spree with more than 200 additional rounds of ammunition, a state panel was told Monday.
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Biden favors U.S. troops for Darfur
May 21 2007 10:07PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph Biden called again Monday for U.S. troops to help quell the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, drawing a strong rebuke from Sudan's U.N. envoy.
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California to resume inmate transfers
May 21 2007 9:48PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California can resume shipping prisoners to other states while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger challenges a judge's decision to halt the transfers, an appeals court has ruled.
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Ariz. lawmakers OK bill on dead soldiers
May 21 2007 9:46PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A bill that would make it a crime in Arizona to use a dead soldier's name or photo for commercial purposes without family permission is headed to the governor.
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Soldier accused of Iraqi detainee abuse
May 21 2007 9:37PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A soldier is charged with beating an Iraqi detainee with a baseball bat, then attempting to cover it up, and will go on trial in July, Army officials said Monday.
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Prosecutor: Ex-UN official was greedy
May 21 2007 9:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A prosecutor told a jury Monday that a former United Nations procurement official was a greedy and deceitful diplomat who steered nearly $100 million in contracts to a friend in exchange for cash kickbacks and a luxury apartment.
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Lawsuit: FDNY discriminated on exams
May 21 2007 8:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The mostly white Fire Department of New York discouraged racial diversity by using recruitment exams that inadvertently discriminated against blacks and Hispanics, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Monday in a civil rights lawsuit.
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Sharpton dines with Mormon elder
May 21 2007 8:07PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton toured Mormon facilities Monday and dined privately with a church elder after drawing criticism two weeks ago for remarks about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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Pulitzer winner honored 27 years later
May 21 2007 8:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An Iranian photographer who was anonymously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for capturing a chilling image of men before a firing squad was honored Monday at a ceremony for this year's winners.
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Pulitzer winner honored 27 years later
May 21 2007 8:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An Iranian photographer who was anonymously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for capturing a chilling image of men before a firing squad was honored Monday at a ceremony for this year's winners.
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Officials: Body is missing constable
May 21 2007 8:02PM (CT)
LADSON, S.C. (AP) - A body found in a shallow grave over the weekend is that of a volunteer constable who disappeared a week ago, officials said Monday. He had been shot several times.
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Conn., Calif. governors take on EPA
May 21 2007 7:45PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The governors of Connecticut and California accused the federal government Monday of not taking global warming seriously in refusing to give states more power to regulate pollution.
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Ariz. killer close to execution wish
May 21 2007 7:39PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to postpone Tuesday's lethal injection of a man who has fought to drop his appeals and become the first inmate executed in Arizona in nearly seven years.
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Shipwreck treasure brings claims, rumors
May 21 2007 7:37PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Deep-sea explorers who found what could be the richest-ever shipwreck treasure said Monday that the reaction to their discovery has overwhelmed them. Meanwhile, claims on the loot started coming in even as they were exploring new waters _ television and movie deals.
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Group: Border fence threatens wildlife
May 21 2007 7:32PM (CT)
ALAMO, Texas (AP) - Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca.
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Group: Border fence threatens wildlife
May 21 2007 7:32PM (CT)
ALAMO, Texas (AP) - Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca.
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Group: Border fence threatens wildlife
May 21 2007 7:32PM (CT)
ALAMO, Texas (AP) - Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca.
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Group: Border fence threatens wildlife
May 21 2007 7:32PM (CT)
ALAMO, Texas (AP) - Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca.
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Group: Border fence threatens wildlife
May 21 2007 7:32PM (CT)
ALAMO, Texas (AP) - Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca.
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Group: Border fence threatens wildlife
May 21 2007 7:32PM (CT)
ALAMO, Texas (AP) - Nancy Brown drives the government truck slowly past mossy ponds, thick shrouds of beard-like Spanish moss and majestic ebony trees, gleefully identifying the song of the kiskadee and the gurgling call of the chachalaca.
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Immigrant rental rule in Texas blocked
May 21 2007 7:31PM (CT)
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) - A federal judge Monday blocked enforcement of a voter-endorsed ordinance preventing apartment rentals to most illegal immigrants in this Dallas suburb.
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Carter says remarks on Bush 'careless'
May 21 2007 7:25PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were "careless or misinterpreted" when he said the Bush administration has been the "worst in history" for its impact around the world.
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Carter says remarks on Bush 'careless'
May 21 2007 7:25PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were "careless or misinterpreted" when he said the Bush administration has been the "worst in history" for its impact around the world.
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Carter says remarks on Bush 'careless'
May 21 2007 7:25PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were "careless or misinterpreted" when he said the Bush administration has been the "worst in history" for its impact around the world.
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N.J. Pinelands fire fully contained
May 21 2007 7:13PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Firefighters declared Monday they had fully contained a forest fire that charred more than 26 square miles and was believed to have been started by a flare dropped from a National Guard F-16 into the tinder-dry Pinelands.
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Missouri acts to protect executioners
May 21 2007 7:04PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri lawmakers passed a bill protecting the anonymity of the state's executioners and allowing them to sue anyone _ even a news organization _ who discloses their names.
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Mass. dad charged with hiring hit man
May 21 2007 6:58PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A father told a would-be hit man he'd have no regrets about having his family killed _ even his 7-year-old daughter _ but he did have some requests, authorities said.
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Man accused of starving cocker spaniel
May 21 2007 6:54PM (CT)
SHIRLEY, N.Y. (AP) - A man was accused of starving his 3-year-old cocker spaniel nearly to death and then taking the dog to an animal shelter and saying it wasn't his.
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Trees lost in N.Y. storm find new life
May 21 2007 6:51PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Trees that were bent and broken by a record snowstorm have been coming down by the hundreds this spring as work crews finish what Mother Nature started.
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Trees lost in N.Y. storm find new life
May 21 2007 6:51PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Trees that were bent and broken by a record snowstorm have been coming down by the hundreds this spring as work crews finish what Mother Nature started.
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Leveled Kan. town evacuated again
May 21 2007 6:51PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - Residents and workers cleaning up since this town was nearly flattened by a tornado this month were asked to evacuate Monday as severe wind, rain and hail were forecast to move into the area.
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US defends actions of Lebanese troops
May 21 2007 6:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration offered support Monday for the Lebanese government and its troops in battling a militant group inside a Palestinian refugee camp, although the White House expressed concern about civilian casualties.
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US defends actions of Lebanese troops
May 21 2007 6:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration offered support Monday for the Lebanese government and its troops in battling a militant group inside a Palestinian refugee camp, although the White House expressed concern about civilian casualties.
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Reagan diaries: God, family and country
May 21 2007 6:33PM (CT)
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - God, family and country leap from the pages in the just-released diaries of former President Ronald Reagan, but the cover-to-cover theme in Reagan's writings from the world stage is his wife, Nancy.
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Haitian cites fear of return in NY court
May 21 2007 6:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former paramilitary leader wanted in Haiti on murder and torture charges insisted Monday that he has become a scapegoat for atrocities in the Caribbean nation and would be killed if he were forced to return.
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Idaho shooter spoke of killing others
May 21 2007 5:54PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A gunman suspected of killing three people and himself said during a court-ordered mental evaluation that if he committed suicide, he would try to take a large number of people with him, police said Monday.
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Idaho shooter spoke of killing others
May 21 2007 5:54PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A gunman suspected of killing three people and himself said during a court-ordered mental evaluation that if he committed suicide, he would try to take a large number of people with him, police said Monday.
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Idaho shooter spoke of killing others
May 21 2007 5:54PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A gunman suspected of killing three people and himself said during a court-ordered mental evaluation that if he committed suicide, he would try to take a large number of people with him, police said Monday.
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Idaho shooter spoke of killing others
May 21 2007 5:54PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A gunman suspected of killing three people and himself said during a court-ordered mental evaluation that if he committed suicide, he would try to take a large number of people with him, police said Monday.
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Woman sentenced in deadly smuggling try
May 21 2007 5:46PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A woman who rode in the cab of a truck during the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt and testified against the driver was sentenced Monday to the few days in jail she had already served.
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Mo. kidnapping suspect pleads not guilty
May 21 2007 5:30PM (CT)
POTOSI, Mo. (AP) - A former pizzeria manager accused of abducting two boys pleaded not guilty Monday to kidnapping, sexually abusing and trying to suffocate the one he is suspected of holding for four years.
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Padilla trial draws little fanfare
May 21 2007 5:12PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trial plays out with no fanfare. This is not the stuff of O.J. Simpson or Anna Nicole Smith. Yet there has never been a U.S. criminal defendant quite like suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla.
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Man who told tall tales accused of rape
May 21 2007 4:43PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A nursing student told women he met on an online dating site that he was a doctor, an astronaut or spy in a ruse to lure them out so he could drug and rape them, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Trial in videotaped shooting delayed
May 21 2007 3:41PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - The trial of a former sheriff's deputy charged in the videotaped shooting of an Iraq war veteran was delayed Monday because the defense attorney's wife was in labor.
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Widows of Ky. blast sue coal mine owner
May 21 2007 3:18PM (CT)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A mine supervisor and a coal company put production over safety prior to an underground explosion last year that killed five miners, relatives and the sole survivor alleged Monday in a lawsuit.
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Driver cross-examined in Spector trial
May 21 2007 2:58PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The defense in Phil Spector's murder trial sought to show Monday that the prosecution's key witness, Spector's Brazilian immigrant chauffeur, has trouble speaking and understanding English.
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Driver cross-examined in Spector trial
May 21 2007 2:58PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The defense in Phil Spector's murder trial sought to show Monday that the prosecution's key witness, Spector's Brazilian immigrant chauffeur, has trouble speaking and understanding English.
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Smithsonian toned down exhibit on Arctic
May 21 2007 2:24PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.
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Ex-museum president charged with fraud
May 21 2007 12:39PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The former president of a struggling museum was charged Monday with mail fraud and tax evasion for allegedly skimming more than $1.5 million for home improvements, artwork and other lavish trappings.
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Trashed: Much left behind at colleges
May 21 2007 12:38PM (CT)
DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) - With 1,700 students, Davidson College may be small. But you'd never know it when you see the stuff students leave behind at the end of year.
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Detroit fire kills woman, 3 children
May 21 2007 10:31AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A pregnant woman and her three children died Monday in a fire that was apparently sparked by an unattended barbecue grill and destroyed their house and scorched two others, a fire official and neighbors said.
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Owners to rebuild after After Minn. fire
May 21 2007 9:36AM (CT)
ALONG THE GUNFLINT TRAIL, Minn. (AP) - Ardis David's home on the edge of Sea Gull Lake never had indoor plumbing, but it sure had personality.
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Man charged in Braun robbery attempt
May 21 2007 6:39AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A man was arrested in the attempted robbery that left former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun with a broken wrist, police said.
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Alltel agrees to $27.5 billion buyout
May 21 2007 4:07AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A pair of investment firms have agreed to acquire Alltel Corp., the fifth-biggest U.S. wireless company and owner of the nation's largest geographic network, in a deal worth $27.5 billion.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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Route 66 motels an endangered species
May 21 2007 12:19AM (CT)
MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - The Riviera Courts motel is crumbling away and nobody seems to care. Once a stop along Route 66, the 2,400-mile neon carnival that connected hundreds of communities from Chicago to Los Angeles, this late-1930s Mission Revival is just a weather-worn building on the side of a country road in far northeast Oklahoma.
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