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1 dead in Oklahoma City mall shooting
May 27 2006 11:31PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A young man opened fire in a busy mall Saturday, injuring a teen before the man was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy, authorities said.
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Doctor throws 2 kids, self off balcony
May 27 2006 10:43PM (CT)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A doctor killed his two young children Saturday by throwing them off the 15th floor of a landmark South Beach hotel and then jumped to his own death, police said.
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5 die in fiery wreck along Conn. highway
May 27 2006 10:34PM (CT)
BERLIN, Conn. (AP) - Five people were killed early Saturday when their car went off the road, slammed into a tree and burst into flames.
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2 indicted in Mo. emission document case
May 27 2006 10:15PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A graphic artist and a repair shop operator have been indicted in a scheme authorities say was to provide as many as 4,000 fake emission test certificates to motorists who needed them to register their vehicles.
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Ga. cemetery hosts Memorial Day service
May 27 2006 9:58PM (CT)
CANTON, Ga. (AP) - About 75 veterans and their families gathered under a pavilion Saturday for the first Memorial Day observance at the nation's newest national cemetery.
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Ky. rescuers find body of girl after flood
May 27 2006 8:48PM (CT)
IRVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Officials on Saturday recovered the body of a 4-year-old girl who was trapped inside a vehicle carried away by a flood caused by severe thunderstorms that lashed Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana.
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Makeover could turn Coney Island tony
May 27 2006 8:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's springtime in Coney Island, with all the familiar signs of the coming tourist season: The beer flows at Ruby's on the boardwalk, a help-wanted sign rests outside Nathan's Famous, stuffed animals appear in the cramped arcades.
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Hoffa search continuing through weekend
May 27 2006 7:44PM (CT)
MILFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The search for the remains of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa would continue through the Memorial Day weekend after nothing was found in the 11th day of digging at a horse farm, the FBI said Saturday.
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More victims possible in taped rape case
May 27 2006 6:32PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two suspects accused of videotaping the rape of a woman and killing her might have other victims in their past, authorities said Saturday.
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Bad heroin sparks a series of overdoses
May 27 2006 6:12PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Larry, a 53-year-old heroin addict, has two cardinal rules: Never shoot up alone, and shoot up only one person at a time. If one overdoses, "you need someone there to bring you back," he said.
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MSHA officials have yet to enter Ky. mine
May 27 2006 4:26PM (CT)
HOLMES MILL, Ky. (AP) - Federal officials have yet to enter an eastern Kentucky mine to begin investigating the cause of an underground explosion that killed five miners.
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Va. reporter fired over fabrications
May 27 2006 4:13PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Richmond Times-Dispatch said Saturday it fired a reporter for fabricating part of a story and has begun investigating his other work.
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Harlan County has a long coal history
May 27 2006 2:37PM (CT)
HARLAN, Ky. (AP) - As John "Junior" Deaton's leathery hands brushed over the hundreds of names etched into a granite wall, he fell quiet for a moment. Then it all rushed back to him: "These four boys were killed together," says the retired coal miner and union leader, pressing his fingers into the engravings. "This one was my daughter-in-law's daddy."
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Puerto Rican influx could affect politics
May 27 2006 12:18PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Juaniuska Saldana thought about leaving Puerto Rico for years, but it took a two-week government shutdown earlier this month to get her to hop a plane to the U.S. mainland and scout out a new life.
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Mothers of 2 soldiers, 1 killed, reflect
May 27 2006 11:19AM (CT)
HOLIDAY, Fla. (AP) - Rita Richardson smiles at the memory: Her young son Dan, prowling the woods dressed in camouflage and green face paint or jumping off the shed like a paratrooper. But she wanted her little commando to know that war was more than a game.
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Top veteran official joins pentacle debate
May 27 2006 7:20AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Over the years, families have used religious symbols such as the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross and the Islamic crescent and star to honor their loved ones on headstones and markers. For Sgt. Patrick Stewart's family, the symbol of choice was also from his religion: the Wiccan pentacle.
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Bouncer blames another in NYC shooting
May 27 2006 6:22AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bouncer accused of killing a man and wounding three others outside a Manhattan lounge says he isn't the shooter, and that another gunman was in the crowd the night of the violence.
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Soldier gives his Purple Heart to teen
May 27 2006 3:28AM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A soldier said he gave his Purple Heart to a 13-year-old student who won a contest for writing letters to American troops out of gratitude.
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37 million expected to travel this weekend
May 27 2006 1:28AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans driving and flying over the Memorial Day holiday weekend is expected to rise only slightly this year as consumers respond to the rising cost of airfares, hotel rooms and motor fuel, according to travel agency AAA.
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WWII hero Donald Rudolph Sr. dies at 85
May 27 2006 12:15AM (CT)
BOVEY, Minn. (AP) - Donald E. Rudolph Sr., who received a Medal of Honor for bravery for destroying two Japanese machine gun nests during World War II, has died. He was 85.
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