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3 killed in plane crash at N.C. resort
May 26 2007 10:26PM (CT)
BURNSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A small plane trying to land Saturday at a private mountain airstrip hit two planes on the ground, killing three people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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Gays flock to Fla. Panhandle for holiday
May 26 2007 9:47PM (CT)
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Souvenir shops lining this sugary white Panhandle beach display Confederate flag beach towels, window decals and T-shirts. Hooters and other bars fly POW-MIA, Marine and Navy flags and cater to the sailors and Marines from the nearby base.
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LAPD tightens belt on fat recruits
May 26 2007 9:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Police Department is returning to leaner standards after complaints that it was stuffing its ranks with pudgy recruits.
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Texas House speaker refuses to cede post
May 26 2007 9:32PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hours after lawmakers who tried to overtake the speaker's podium seeking to oust him were physically restrained, House Speaker Tom Craddick charged through a rowdy floor session Saturday without ceding his coveted post.
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Bid to save whales drags into 3rd week
May 26 2007 9:21PM (CT)
RIO VISTA, Calif. (AP) - Everyone seems to have a suggestion to get two wayward whales lingering in the Sacramento River to swim 70 miles back to the Pacific Ocean.
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Man presumed 6th dead in Texas floods
May 26 2007 9:04PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Rescuers suspended their search Saturday for a man now presumed to be the sixth person killed by rising waters in central Texas, and forecasters warned that recurring rain could cause more flooding across the Plains.
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Man presumed 6th dead in Texas floods
May 26 2007 9:04PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Rescuers suspended their search Saturday for a man now presumed to be the sixth person killed by rising waters in central Texas, and forecasters warned that recurring rain could cause more flooding across the Plains.
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Reputed Klansman's Miss. trial to begin
May 26 2007 8:26PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - More than 300 potential jurors have been summoned for the trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman accused of abducting, beating and dumping two young black men into the Mississippi River 43 years ago.
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Police: 2 dead, 3 hurt in N.J. shooting
May 26 2007 8:20PM (CT)
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) - A man who shot at people in a car and standing nearby, killing a woman and wounding others early Saturday morning, died moments later as police fired at him, authorities said.
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Police: 2 dead, 3 hurt in N.J. shooting
May 26 2007 8:20PM (CT)
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) - A man who shot at people in a car and standing nearby, killing a woman and wounding others early Saturday morning, died moments later as police fired at him, authorities said.
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Police: 2 dead, 3 hurt in N.J. shooting
May 26 2007 8:20PM (CT)
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) - A man who shot at people in a car and standing nearby, killing a woman and wounding others early Saturday morning, died moments later as police fired at him, authorities said.
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Terror suspect extradited to U.S.
May 26 2007 8:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An American student arrested last year in London on allegations of providing al-Qaida fighters with equipment to attack American soldiers was in federal custody Saturday.
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Man held in Ethopia now back in N.J.
May 26 2007 7:32PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A man who had been held in Ethiopia on allegations of supporting Islamic militants has been released and is back home, his family and their lawyer said Saturday night.
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Airport ag inspectors: We lied on forms
May 26 2007 7:22PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Six customs inspectors have told federal officials that superiors instructed them to enter false data indicating airline passengers had been stopped and inspected for plant and animal contraband.
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Mich. woman pleads in adult abuse case
May 26 2007 5:57PM (CT)
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A woman whose malnourished, developmentally disabled 22-year-old daughter was found wearing only a T-shirt and four soiled diapers has pleaded no contest to second-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult.
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Feds: BetOnSports founder meant to flee
May 26 2007 5:40PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The founder of an Internet gambling firm had a handcuff key, five passports and cash from four countries when he was arrested in March, prosecutors said as they argued against his release before trial.
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Neighborhood swayed by 'liar's loans'
May 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Upstairs at Victory Chapel Church _ a cinderblock bunker converted from a long-ago Ford dealership _ the pews are reserved for praising heaven. But downstairs, in a basement rental hall, a pair of women preached of worldly wonders.
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Neighborhood swayed by 'liar's loans'
May 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Upstairs at Victory Chapel Church _ a cinderblock bunker converted from a long-ago Ford dealership _ the pews are reserved for praising heaven. But downstairs, in a basement rental hall, a pair of women preached of worldly wonders.
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Neighborhood swayed by 'liar's loans'
May 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Upstairs at Victory Chapel Church _ a cinderblock bunker converted from a long-ago Ford dealership _ the pews are reserved for praising heaven. But downstairs, in a basement rental hall, a pair of women preached of worldly wonders.
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Neighborhood swayed by 'liar's loans'
May 26 2007 5:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Upstairs at Victory Chapel Church _ a cinderblock bunker converted from a long-ago Ford dealership _ the pews are reserved for praising heaven. But downstairs, in a basement rental hall, a pair of women preached of worldly wonders.
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Mayor of tornado-devastated town resigns
May 26 2007 5:12PM (CT)
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) - The mayor of this tiny town that was all but destroyed by a tornado earlier this month has resigned, saying he needs to focus on his family and isn't the leader Greensburg needs right now.
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Family separated by immigration policies
May 26 2007 4:46PM (CT)
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - Keith Campbell and his Japanese-born wife spent his 47th birthday half a world apart because of an immigration dispute. Critics say the case illustrates how making mistakes in getting visas and permanent U.S. residency can lead to life-changing consequences for families.
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Where else but Roswell? Alien theme park
May 26 2007 3:32PM (CT)
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Businesses here have been cashing in on the UFO craze for years _ paintings and replicas of UFOs and space aliens adorn downtown buildings, and even the McDonald's and Wal-Mart are UFO- and space-themed.
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Where else but Roswell? Alien theme park
May 26 2007 3:32PM (CT)
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Businesses here have been cashing in on the UFO craze for years _ paintings and replicas of UFOs and space aliens adorn downtown buildings, and even the McDonald's and Wal-Mart are UFO- and space-themed.
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Where else but Roswell? Alien theme park
May 26 2007 3:32PM (CT)
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Businesses here have been cashing in on the UFO craze for years _ paintings and replicas of UFOs and space aliens adorn downtown buildings, and even the McDonald's and Wal-Mart are UFO- and space-themed.
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Where else but Roswell? Alien theme park
May 26 2007 3:32PM (CT)
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Businesses here have been cashing in on the UFO craze for years _ paintings and replicas of UFOs and space aliens adorn downtown buildings, and even the McDonald's and Wal-Mart are UFO- and space-themed.
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Former Bush aide Card is booed at UMass
May 26 2007 2:49PM (CT)
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card was loudly booed by hundreds of students and faculty members as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts on Friday.
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Former Bush aide Card is booed at UMass
May 26 2007 2:49PM (CT)
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card was loudly booed by hundreds of students and faculty members as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts on Friday.
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Former Bush aide Card is booed at UMass
May 26 2007 2:49PM (CT)
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card was loudly booed by hundreds of students and faculty members as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts on Friday.
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Former Bush aide Card is booed at UMass
May 26 2007 2:49PM (CT)
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card was loudly booed by hundreds of students and faculty members as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts on Friday.
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Police: Man beat Iraq GI's son to death
May 26 2007 2:23PM (CT)
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) - A man beat his girlfriend's 4-year-old son to death after she left the boy in his care while she was deployed to Iraq, police said.
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2nd body identified in family attack
May 26 2007 12:02PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Charred remains found on a hiking trail earlier this week have been identified as those of the father of a family that was brutally attacked and their house burned, authorities said.
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Slain 7-year-old interred after 2 years
May 26 2007 8:34AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The body of a 7-year-boy slain nearly two years ago by his adoptive parents has been interred and the child mourned in private services.
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Border Patrol may tighten Vt. village
May 26 2007 8:21AM (CT)
DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) - Step through the front door of the Haskell Library and you're in the United States. Walk across the carpeted floor to the circulation desk and you're in Canada. But if you sit down on the couch, you're back in the U.S. The 106-year-old Romanesque building, which straddles the international border, has enjoyed a kind of informal immunity from border restrictions through the years. But a U.S. Border Patrol crackdown focusing on three unguarded streets linking Derby Line with
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Border Patrol may tighten Vt. village
May 26 2007 8:21AM (CT)
DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) - Step through the front door of the Haskell Library and you're in the United States. Walk across the carpeted floor to the circulation desk and you're in Canada. But if you sit down on the couch, you're back in the U.S. The 106-year-old Romanesque building, which straddles the international border, has enjoyed a kind of informal immunity from border restrictions through the years. But a U.S. Border Patrol crackdown focusing on three unguarded streets linking Derby Line with
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Border Patrol may tighten Vt. village
May 26 2007 8:21AM (CT)
DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) - Step through the front door of the Haskell Library and you're in the United States. Walk across the carpeted floor to the circulation desk and you're in Canada. But if you sit down on the couch, you're back in the U.S. The 106-year-old Romanesque building, which straddles the international border, has enjoyed a kind of informal immunity from border restrictions through the years. But a U.S. Border Patrol crackdown focusing on three unguarded streets linking Derby Line with
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Dig N.J. beaches? Better know the rules
May 26 2007 8:13AM (CT)
SURF CITY, N.J. (AP) - Welcome to the Jersey Shore! Have a great time, but please don't dig too deeply in the sand in Surf City (you could get blown up), feed the seagulls in Ocean City (you could catch a disease), or draw dirty pictures in the sand in Belmar (it's rude).
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Dig N.J. beaches? Better know the rules
May 26 2007 8:13AM (CT)
SURF CITY, N.J. (AP) - Welcome to the Jersey Shore! Have a great time, but please don't dig too deeply in the sand in Surf City (you could get blown up), feed the seagulls in Ocean City (you could catch a disease), or draw dirty pictures in the sand in Belmar (it's rude).
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Police: Man gave gun to girlfriend's kid
May 26 2007 7:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who gave his girlfriend's 14-year-old son a gun was arrested after the boy's 7-year-old brother brought it to school, authorities said Saturday.
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9-11 memorial takes shape at Pentagon
May 26 2007 6:02AM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - More than five years after their loved ones were killed at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, relatives of the victims got a chance Friday to tour the construction site of a memorial park being built in their honor.
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9-11 memorial takes shape at Pentagon
May 26 2007 6:02AM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - More than five years after their loved ones were killed at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, relatives of the victims got a chance Friday to tour the construction site of a memorial park being built in their honor.
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9-11 memorial takes shape at Pentagon
May 26 2007 6:02AM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - More than five years after their loved ones were killed at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, relatives of the victims got a chance Friday to tour the construction site of a memorial park being built in their honor.
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War widows lobby for better benefits
May 26 2007 5:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marie Jordan Speer and Jessica Byrd each sent a husband to war. Each became a widow in her early 20s. Speer had a 1-year-old son. Byrd was pregnant with her son. Suddenly on their own, both women were again dependent on their families. The biggest difference between their plights is 60 years _ Speer's husband died in World War II, Byrd's in Iraq.
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War widows lobby for better benefits
May 26 2007 5:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marie Jordan Speer and Jessica Byrd each sent a husband to war. Each became a widow in her early 20s. Speer had a 1-year-old son. Byrd was pregnant with her son. Suddenly on their own, both women were again dependent on their families. The biggest difference between their plights is 60 years _ Speer's husband died in World War II, Byrd's in Iraq.
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Company ordered to turn over O.J. book
May 26 2007 4:53AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a bankrupt company owned by O.J. Simpson's children to turn over any copies of Simpson's canceled book, "If I Did It."
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Ohio inmate took twice as long to die
May 26 2007 4:08AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The 16 minutes it took Christopher Newton to die once chemicals began flowing into his veins was the longest stretch that any of the state's inmates executed since 1999 has endured, an Associated Press review shows.
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Ohio inmate took twice as long to die
May 26 2007 4:08AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The 16 minutes it took Christopher Newton to die once chemicals began flowing into his veins was the longest stretch that any of the state's inmates executed since 1999 has endured, an Associated Press review shows.
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Ohio inmate took twice as long to die
May 26 2007 4:08AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The 16 minutes it took Christopher Newton to die once chemicals began flowing into his veins was the longest stretch that any of the state's inmates executed since 1999 has endured, an Associated Press review shows.
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Ohio inmate took twice as long to die
May 26 2007 4:08AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The 16 minutes it took Christopher Newton to die once chemicals began flowing into his veins was the longest stretch that any of the state's inmates executed since 1999 has endured, an Associated Press review shows.
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Ohio inmate took twice as long to die
May 26 2007 4:08AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The 16 minutes it took Christopher Newton to die once chemicals began flowing into his veins was the longest stretch that any of the state's inmates executed since 1999 has endured, an Associated Press review shows.
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Ohio inmate took twice as long to die
May 26 2007 4:08AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The 16 minutes it took Christopher Newton to die once chemicals began flowing into his veins was the longest stretch that any of the state's inmates executed since 1999 has endured, an Associated Press review shows.
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Corps bans cliff diving at 19 lakes
May 26 2007 2:45AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Sarah Bonham and her friends have jumped off 40-foot-high sandstone cliffs into Summersville Lake countless times during camping trips and church youth functions.
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New Bible-based museum has dinosaurs
May 26 2007 2:21AM (CT)
PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Adam and Eve fall from grace and Noah survives an epic flood at a new museum that tells the Bible's version of history on a theme-park scale. But the scene near the front lobby might stop a puzzled paleontologist in his tracks: a pair of ancient children frolic just a few feet away from a group of friendly dinosaurs. That exhibit, among others, has earned the Creation Museum notoriety among skeptics and anticipation from believers who are expected to pack its halls when it
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New Bible-based museum has dinosaurs
May 26 2007 2:21AM (CT)
PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Adam and Eve fall from grace and Noah survives an epic flood at a new museum that tells the Bible's version of history on a theme-park scale. But the scene near the front lobby might stop a puzzled paleontologist in his tracks: a pair of ancient children frolic just a few feet away from a group of friendly dinosaurs. That exhibit, among others, has earned the Creation Museum notoriety among skeptics and anticipation from believers who are expected to pack its halls when it
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New Bible-based museum has dinosaurs
May 26 2007 2:21AM (CT)
PETERSBURG, Ky. (AP) - Adam and Eve fall from grace and Noah survives an epic flood at a new museum that tells the Bible's version of history on a theme-park scale. But the scene near the front lobby might stop a puzzled paleontologist in his tracks: a pair of ancient children frolic just a few feet away from a group of friendly dinosaurs. That exhibit, among others, has earned the Creation Museum notoriety among skeptics and anticipation from believers who are expected to pack its halls when it
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