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Yellowstone grizzly mauls park visitor
May 23 2007 11:59PM (CT)
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - A park visitor was attacked by a grizzly bear Wednesday and hiked miles to safety with severe facial injuries, park officials said.
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Annual naval visit to NYC under way
May 23 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Accompanied by a flyover of Navy and Marine Corps jet aircraft, a pared-down flotilla of American warships moved up New York Harbor on Wednesday to open the city's 20th annual Fleet Week observance.
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Annual naval visit to NYC under way
May 23 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Accompanied by a flyover of Navy and Marine Corps jet aircraft, a pared-down flotilla of American warships moved up New York Harbor on Wednesday to open the city's 20th annual Fleet Week observance.
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Annual naval visit to NYC under way
May 23 2007 11:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Accompanied by a flyover of Navy and Marine Corps jet aircraft, a pared-down flotilla of American warships moved up New York Harbor on Wednesday to open the city's 20th annual Fleet Week observance.
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Body found in Iraq is Calif. soldier
May 23 2007 10:53PM (CT)
TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) - About a month ago, the family of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. endured the most frightening of rumors: The soldier was dead in Iraq.
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WWII-era biplane crashes in S.C.; 2 die
May 23 2007 10:49PM (CT)
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - A small World War II-era biplane crashed into a sand bar in Charleston Harbor on Wednesday, killing both people aboard, authorities said.
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Lawn-loving man gets life for murder
May 23 2007 10:45PM (CT)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A man who fatally shot a teenage neighbor because he walked on the man's carefully tended lawn was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
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LA judge gives O.J. funds to Goldmans
May 23 2007 10:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - O.J. Simpson must give any money a Florida lawyer is holding for him to the family of slaying victim Ronald Goldman to satisfy a multimillion-dollar wrongful death judgment, a judge has ruled.
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Police kill coyote in N.J.
May 23 2007 10:35PM (CT)
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) - Police shot and killed a coyote Wednesday less than a mile from where a 5-year-old boy was attacked this week but cautioned that at least four others were roaming nearby.
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NYC adds post-9/11 death to victims toll
May 23 2007 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman who died of lung disease five months after Sept. 11 was added Wednesday to the medical examiner's list of attack victims, marking the first time the city has officially linked a death to the toxic dust caused by the World Trade Center's collapse.
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Man arraigned in attack on Army vet, 91
May 23 2007 10:31PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A 22-year-old man was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on charges that he beat and carjacked a 91-year-old Army veteran.
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Wealthy NY couple charged with slavery
May 23 2007 10:21PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their luxurious Long Island home and abusing them for years have been indicted on federal slavery charges.
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Wealthy NY couple charged with slavery
May 23 2007 10:21PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their luxurious Long Island home and abusing them for years have been indicted on federal slavery charges.
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$5M settlement OK'd for boot camp death
May 23 2007 9:53PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The family of a teenager who died after being roughed up by juvenile boot camp guards last year will receive $5 million under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Crist.
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U.N. asks for access to refugee camp
May 23 2007 9:50PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. relief officials appealed Wednesday for safe access to the Palestinian refugee camp at the center of a standoff between Islamic militants and the Lebanese army and urged the government to exercise restraint in civilian areas.
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Police probe Idaho shooter's arsenal
May 23 2007 9:42PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A man who went on a deadly shooting rampage with two high-powered assault rifles was supposed to have surrendered his firearms after being convicted of domestic assault, authorities said Wednesday.
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ELF arsonist gets 13 years in prison
May 23 2007 9:11PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Declaring that fires set at a police station, an SUV dealership and a tree farm were acts of terrorism, a federal judge Wednesday sentenced a member of a radical environmental group to 13 years in prison.
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Charles Manson again denied parole
May 23 2007 9:04PM (CT)
CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) - Charles Manson was denied parole Wednesday, the 11th time since 1978 that the cult leader was ordered to continue serving life sentences for a murderous rampage in 1969.
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Poultry plant says it complies with law
May 23 2007 8:43PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A poultry processor where federal agents detained 136 workers as suspected illegal immigrants said Wednesday it makes every effort to comply with immigration laws and verify that employees are in the country legally.
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Worries rise over wounded wayward whales
May 23 2007 8:25PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Hope dimmed Wednesday for two lost, wounded whales as scientists spotted the humpbacks wildly slapping their tails on the water in possible distress as they lingered far from their ocean home.
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Worries rise over wounded wayward whales
May 23 2007 8:25PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Hope dimmed Wednesday for two lost, wounded whales as scientists spotted the humpbacks wildly slapping their tails on the water in possible distress as they lingered far from their ocean home.
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Worries rise over wounded wayward whales
May 23 2007 8:25PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Hope dimmed Wednesday for two lost, wounded whales as scientists spotted the humpbacks wildly slapping their tails on the water in possible distress as they lingered far from their ocean home.
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Dozens arrested in heroin smuggling ring
May 23 2007 8:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - More than three dozen people have been arrested in connection with a ring suspected of smuggling $35 million in Colombian heroin to New York and New Jersey through Mexico.
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Dozens arrested in heroin smuggling ring
May 23 2007 8:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - More than three dozen people have been arrested in connection with a ring suspected of smuggling $35 million in Colombian heroin to New York and New Jersey through Mexico.
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Dozens arrested in heroin smuggling ring
May 23 2007 8:05PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - More than three dozen people have been arrested in connection with a ring suspected of smuggling $35 million in Colombian heroin to New York and New Jersey through Mexico.
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Abortion foes criticize one of their own
May 23 2007 7:41PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Anti-abortion leaders are accusing one of their own, Focus on Family founder James Dobson, of misrepresenting a Supreme Court decision that upheld a ban on late-term abortions.
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Panel fears border fence violates treaty
May 23 2007 7:39PM (CT)
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - A planned, much-debated fence along the U.S.-Mexico border designed to keep people from crossing the Rio Grande could exacerbate flooding and skew the national boundary, a binational commission said Wednesday.
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Fort Dix suspect applied for police jobs
May 23 2007 7:38PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - One of the men accused of plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix had recently applied to be a police officer in two big cities _ a move some authorities believe may have been an effort to infiltrate law enforcement agencies.
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Report: N.J. governor gave ex $6 million
May 23 2007 7:35PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's multimillionaire governor gave his ex-girlfriend, a powerful union leader, more than $6 million when they broke up in 2004, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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Mom acquitted of kidnapping daughter
May 23 2007 7:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman accused of fleeing with her daughter to Delaware 14 years ago in one of the nation's longest-running missing child cases was acquitted Wednesday of parental kidnapping.
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Famed flier to be buried at Arlington
May 23 2007 7:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fifty-three years after he was shot down on a desperate cargo-delivery flight over Vietnam, a legendary pilot and soldier of fortune known as Earthquake McGoon will be buried Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Ex-ACLU official to plead in porn case
May 23 2007 7:22PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A former president of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges stemming from his arrest in February on child pornography possession charges, according to court records.
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Deep sea 'Alvin' designer Froehlich dies
May 23 2007 7:17PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Harold E. Froehlich, who designed a deep-sea vessel used to explore the wreckage of the Titanic and search for ocean life forms, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 84.
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Feds take case against Liberty student
May 23 2007 6:33PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The case against a Liberty University student who police say told his family he made bombs and planned to attend the Rev. Jerry Falwell's funeral was transferred to federal authorities Wednesday.
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Mother of slain civil rights worker dies
May 23 2007 6:26PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Fannie Lee Chaney, the mother of one of three civil-rights workers killed in the "Mississippi Burning" case in 1964, has died, her son said Wednesday. Chaney, 84, had lived to see a reputed Klan leader convicted two years ago in the young men's deaths.
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Panda at Memphis Zoo is pregnant
May 23 2007 6:10PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A panda at the Memphis Zoo is definitely pregnant, officials there said Wednesday.
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NYPD shooting case settled for $2M
May 23 2007 5:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed teenager who was shot by police while atop a housing project.
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NYC fake firefighter convicted
May 23 2007 5:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former fashion writer was convicted Wednesday of sexually abusing a woman for almost 13 hours after posing as a firefighter on Halloween to bluff his way into her Manhattan apartment.
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Chopper crew sets record for global trip
May 23 2007 4:51PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Two pilots on Wednesday became the first to fly around the world in one helicopter via the North and South poles, and to make the journey in a single trip.
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Spector judge rules against defense
May 23 2007 4:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial ruled Wednesday that a renowned forensic expert removed and hid a tiny but potentially important piece of evidence from the prosecution but will not be held in contempt.
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Spector judge rules against defense
May 23 2007 4:45PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The judge in Phil Spector's murder trial ruled Wednesday that a renowned forensic expert removed and hid a tiny but potentially important piece of evidence from the prosecution but will not be held in contempt.
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Hawaii projects run into graves
May 23 2007 2:57PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - With Hawaii undergoing a building boom, big corporations such as Wal-Mart and Whole Foods Market are running into an obstacle almost as formidable as the environmentalists and the protectors of the islands' laid-back charm: the dead.
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Mystery surrounds missing Illinois woman
May 23 2007 2:24PM (CT)
PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) - On the day she vanished, Lisa Stebic mailed off a petition seeking to remove her husband from the suburban Chicago home the couple shared with their two children while going through a divorce.
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Mom goes on after husband slain in Iraq
May 23 2007 2:23PM (CT)
PALMER, Mass. (AP) - Watching Melissa Storey now, cuddling her handsome infant son, it's hard to imagine she was torn by remorse giving birth to him in February.
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Mom goes on after husband slain in Iraq
May 23 2007 2:23PM (CT)
PALMER, Mass. (AP) - Watching Melissa Storey now, cuddling her handsome infant son, it's hard to imagine she was torn by remorse giving birth to him in February.
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Mom goes on after husband slain in Iraq
May 23 2007 2:23PM (CT)
PALMER, Mass. (AP) - Watching Melissa Storey now, cuddling her handsome infant son, it's hard to imagine she was torn by remorse giving birth to him in February.
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Mom goes on after husband slain in Iraq
May 23 2007 2:23PM (CT)
PALMER, Mass. (AP) - Watching Melissa Storey now, cuddling her handsome infant son, it's hard to imagine she was torn by remorse giving birth to him in February.
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DDT debate halts Rachel Carson honor
May 23 2007 2:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senator has delayed submitting a resolution to honor pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson on the 100th anniversary of her birth after a colleague signaled he would block it because of her aggressive fight against pesticides.
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Alaska city, village kids trade places
May 23 2007 1:53PM (CT)
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - The four students peered at the rows of butter in the refrigerator case. So many choices, so many prices in this sprawling supermarket, almost 500 miles from their tiny village in western Alaska.
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Alaska city, village kids trade places
May 23 2007 1:53PM (CT)
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - The four students peered at the rows of butter in the refrigerator case. So many choices, so many prices in this sprawling supermarket, almost 500 miles from their tiny village in western Alaska.
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Alaska city, village kids trade places
May 23 2007 1:53PM (CT)
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - The four students peered at the rows of butter in the refrigerator case. So many choices, so many prices in this sprawling supermarket, almost 500 miles from their tiny village in western Alaska.
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Powerful Texas pol fights a rebellion
May 23 2007 1:50PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - In the early years, Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick's Republican underlings did exactly as they were told. After all, Craddick got most of them elected and he could darn well get them unelected. To oppose him would be tantamount to signing their own political death warrants.
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Car plunges off S.C. parking deck
May 23 2007 1:49PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A car plunged more than 40 feet from an elevated Post Office parking lot Wednesday, killing the 84-year-old driver, officials said.
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Car plunges off S.C. parking deck
May 23 2007 1:49PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A car plunged more than 40 feet from an elevated Post Office parking lot Wednesday, killing the 84-year-old driver, officials said.
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Texas court dumps woman's death sentence
May 23 2007 12:26PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A sharply divided appeals court on Wednesday threw out the death sentence of a woman convicted of killing her newborn son.
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Minn. lawmaker arrested on DWI charge
May 23 2007 12:12PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The president of the state Senate was arrested on drunken-driving charges hours after gaveling the 2007 session to a close and then apparently celebrating at an inn favored by government workers.
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Minn. lawmaker arrested on DWI charge
May 23 2007 12:12PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The president of the state Senate was arrested on drunken-driving charges hours after gaveling the 2007 session to a close and then apparently celebrating at an inn favored by government workers.
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Officer chasing suspect dies in river
May 23 2007 12:09PM (CT)
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (AP) - A probation officer who dove into the Ohio River while chasing a suspect was found dead early Wednesday, authorities said.
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14-year-old wins geography bee
May 23 2007 12:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - What city, divided by a river of the same name, was the imperial capital of Vietnam? The answer to this question _ Hue _ won 14-year-old Caitlin Snaring from Redmond, Wash., a $25,000 college scholarship Wednesday at the 19th annual National Geographic Bee. Caitlin is only the second girl to win in the bee's history.
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Bank robbery suspects' getaway car found
May 23 2007 10:43AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Forensics experts searched a getaway car and an empty cash box found inside for fingerprints Wednesday as authorities tried to identify a gang of bank robbers involved in a deadly holdup.
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Atlanta overhauls police narcotics unit
May 23 2007 9:03AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta's police chief is replacing the entire narcotics unit that was scandalized last fall by the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman during a drug raid.
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Va. Tech panel fighting to get records
May 23 2007 9:00AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The panel studying last month's massacre at Virginia Tech will go to court if necessary to get gunman Seung-Hui Cho's medical and mental health records, the group's chairman said.
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Man gets life for kidnap-ransom scheme
May 23 2007 8:24AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The third man convicted in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme that resulted in the deaths of five people dumped in a reservoir has been sentenced to life in prison.
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Woman, 3 girls arrested in mall beating
May 23 2007 7:53AM (CT)
NATICK, Mass. (AP) - A 40-year-old woman and three girls are facing assault and battery charges in connection with what police are calling a "group beat down" of a 16-year-old girl at a mall.
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La. child rapist's death sentence upheld
May 23 2007 7:10AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled that a man may be executed for raping an 8-year-old girl, and lawyers say his case may become the test for whether the nation's highest court upholds the death penalty for someone who rapes a child.
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N.H. town fires 4 for gossip about boss
May 23 2007 7:08AM (CT)
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) - Can you be fired for gossiping about your boss? Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
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N.H. town fires 4 for gossip about boss
May 23 2007 7:08AM (CT)
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) - Can you be fired for gossiping about your boss? Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
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N.H. town fires 4 for gossip about boss
May 23 2007 7:08AM (CT)
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) - Can you be fired for gossiping about your boss? Four town employees here say they were, raising questions about fairness, free speech and a staple of life in the American workplace.
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Museum in S.C. tells heroes' stories
May 23 2007 6:35AM (CT)
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - Amid the sound of battle cries and machine gun fire, the stories of the nation's war heroes are now being told in a renovated museum aboard a moored aircraft carrier.
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16 hurt in bus-car collision in L.A.
May 23 2007 6:11AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A city bus collided with a car at an intersection, then slammed into a parked tow truck and through a fence before coming to a rest against a building, authorities said. At least 16 people were injured, including two hospitalized early Wednesday in critical condition.
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Baltimore firefighters stunned by fire
May 23 2007 6:07AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Although it took firefighters less than three minutes to respond to a row house blaze, little could prepare them for what they found. Of the 13 people inside the two-story, three-bedroom home in east Baltimore, five were dead before rescuers could get to them Tuesday morning.
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Kentucky gov wins 2nd term nomination
May 23 2007 2:24AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Ernie Fletcher won the GOP nomination for a second term Tuesday, nine months after authorities dismissed charges that he violated hiring laws in a scheme to reward supporters with state jobs.
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Kentucky gov wins 2nd term nomination
May 23 2007 2:24AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Ernie Fletcher won the GOP nomination for a second term Tuesday, nine months after authorities dismissed charges that he violated hiring laws in a scheme to reward supporters with state jobs.
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Rapper Eve pleads not guilty in DUI case
May 23 2007 1:23AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eve has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving charges stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood last month.
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Mother beaten, adult daughter killed
May 23 2007 12:19AM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The burned bodies of a young woman and another person were found on a hiking trail hours after her bludgeoned, unconscious mother was discovered in the driveway of their burning home, police said Tuesday.
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