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2 accused of conspiring to aid terrorists
May 29 2005 11:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The FBI arrested a Florida doctor and a New York martial arts expert on federal terrorism charges, saying they conspired to treat and train terrorists, prosecutors announced Sunday.
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Crazy Horse monument fundraising begins
May 29 2005 11:30PM (CT)
CUSTER, S.D. (AP) - Nearly six decades have passed since work began on the Crazy Horse Memorial, a granite mountain being carved into a colossal sculpture of the Sioux warrior, arm outstretched toward his ancestral homeland, astride a stallion more than two football fields long.
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Six found shot to death in Ohio farmhouses
May 29 2005 9:55PM (CT)
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) - Six people, including two children, were found shot to death Sunday in neighboring farmhouses, and investigators believe one of the dead was responsible for the slayings, a sheriff's officer said.
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Rumsfeld, Myers join bikers saluting vets
May 29 2005 9:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Thousands of motorcycles rolled down the streets of the nation's capital Sunday in a rally organized by Rolling Thunder, a biker group that supports veterans' rights.
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Conn. sub base a 'minefield' of pollution
May 29 2005 9:19PM (CT)
GROTON, Conn. (AP) - For decades, the land around the Navy's oldest submarine base was a dumping ground for whatever it needed to dispose of: sulfuric acid, torpedo fuel, waste oil and incinerator ash. Now the Pentagon has proposed closing the base, leaving a huge swath of land that contains dozens of acres of polluted soil and groundwater, an Associated Press review of more than 1,000 pages of government documents found.
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Protests hit illegal immigration summit
May 29 2005 8:38PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Protesters on Sunday gathered outside a meeting where members of a controversial civilian group that has been monitoring the Mexican border gathered with other activists seeking to curb illegal immigration.
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Slim Goodbody still entertains, educates
May 29 2005 8:22PM (CT)
ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) - The huge afro disappeared years ago, but the heart, lungs, stomach and liver look the same. The organs are painted on the colorful body suit worn by the super hero of children's health, Slim Goodbody, who continues to captivate young audiences three decades after he became a regular on CBS' "Captain Kangaroo."
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Idaho ticket wins $220 million Powerball
May 29 2005 8:03PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A ticket bought in Idaho matched all five numbers and the Powerball to win the $220.3 million multistate drawing, lottery officials said. If the winner opts for a lump-sum check, it will be written for just over $125 million.
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GI reflects on loss after 'copter crash
May 29 2005 7:14PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Maj. Paul Suskie faced a simple choice _ whether to take a helicopter flight out of a remote part of Afghanistan on April 3 or on the 6th. He took the earlier flight and the second one crashed, killing 18 people.
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Steering wheel checks alcohol consumption
May 29 2005 6:49PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - If the car doesn't start, you are too drunk to drive. That is the premise behind a $600 sensor that can be installed in a steering wheel or in gloves and will test a driver's skin to determine alcohol consumption.
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Doctor sells surgery exam answers on eBay
May 29 2005 6:45PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Doctors who fail the American Board of Surgery written exam are no longer allowed to review their tests privately after one man wrote down the answers to dozens of questions and offered them for sale on the Internet.
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Three mountain climbers rescued in Canada
May 29 2005 6:22PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Don Jardine and two climbing partners had spent days digging their tents out of deep snow and waiting for a chance to continue their bone-chilling expedition on Canada's highest mountain.
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Age-old debate over N.C. barbecue fires up
May 29 2005 6:18PM (CT)
ARCADIA, N.C. (AP) - Fourth-graders here expected a civics lesson when they suggested that the Lexington Barbecue Festival be named the state's official food festival. Instead, they got a lesson in the fierce intrastate rivalry over barbecue that pits west vs. east, tomato vs. vinegar and whole shoulder against whole pig.
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Pilot hurt, crewman dies in air race crash
May 29 2005 5:16PM (CT)
YUKON, Okla. (AP) - A single-engine plane crashed Sunday during an air race, seriously injuring the pilot and leaving a rescuer dead, authorities said.
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Pilot hurt, ground crewman dies in crash
May 29 2005 5:09PM (CT)
YUKON, Okla. (AP) - A small airplane piloted by a Nebraska man crashed during air races at Clarence Page Municipal Airport west of Oklahoma City on Sunday, seriously injuring him and leaving a would-be rescuer dead.
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Sales of more expensive wines are booming
May 29 2005 3:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wine drinkers are developing more extravagant tastes. Wines priced $11 and higher are selling much more strongly than others, according to the marketing information company ACNielsen.
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Newsview: Bolton's spirit felt at talks
May 29 2005 1:53PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - John R. Bolton was far from the United Nations last week, but his spirit was felt in U.N. corridors nonetheless, as a monthlong conference to strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty ended in deadlock.
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Defendant arrested after TV sighting
May 29 2005 1:44PM (CT)
GLOCESTER, R.I. (AP) - Word to the wise to bail violators: Stay away from television cameras. State police said a man facing child pornography charges was seen in the audience of a boxing match on "The Contender," in violation of conditions of his bail.
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Steakhouse chain founder Morton dies at 83
May 29 2005 1:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Restaurateur Arnold "Arnie" Morton, who founded the chain of steakhouses that bear his name and helped launch the first Playboy Club and the annual Taste of Chicago food festival, has died at the age of 83.
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Lace company hangs on as industry vanishes
May 29 2005 1:02PM (CT)
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (AP) - Lori Merhige doesn't need statistics to remind her that she works in an industry that is hanging on by a thread. She realizes it when she sends out an order from Manhattan Lace, the family business she took over four years ago after her father suffered a heart attack. There used to be a spate of cutters, dyers and bleachers available to turn one of her company's 5,000 designs into stylish trim for women's garments. Now there are barely enough to do the job.
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WWI veteran, 103, celebrates Memorial Day
May 29 2005 12:34PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE HALL, Md. (AP) - Memorial Day parade organizers were considering using actors to represent veterans of World War I when they learned about 103-year-old Lloyd Brown _ one of the last living veterans of the war.
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Brown sells home to be used as shelter
May 29 2005 12:02PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Mayor Jerry Brown has angered some of his neighbors by selling his multimillion-dollar home to a group that wants to make it into a homeless shelter.
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West Point's 'Class of 9/11' graduates
May 29 2005 8:19AM (CT)
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Graduating U.S. Military Academy cadets _ who came here just weeks before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks _ were told Saturday they were a special group forged by historic events.
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Ga. residents relieved crane standoff over
May 29 2005 5:44AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A 56-hour standoff with a homicide suspect clinging high atop a construction crane ended early Saturday when the man thirstily reached for a drink of water offered by police and was subdued with a quick shot from a stun gun.
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Ill. lawmakers vote on video game sales ban
May 29 2005 4:42AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Lawmakers voted Saturday to ban the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors in Illinois, a move other states and cities have tried but federal courts have repeatedly struck down.
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Habitat founder launches new charity
May 29 2005 3:52AM (CT)
AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - The founder of Habitat for Humanity, who was fired in January from the group that builds homes in 100 countries, unveiled a new organization Saturday he says will continue his mission of constructing housing for the poor.
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Texas lawmakers OK life without parole bill
May 29 2005 3:52AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A bill that would give jurors in the No. 1 death penalty state the option of sentencing murderers to life in prison without parole is headed to the governor's desk.
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Admission doubted in Florida girl's death
May 29 2005 3:03AM (CT)
INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors doubt a sex offender's confession saying he kept 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford alive for days after abducting her from her family's home. John Couey, arrested three weeks after Jessica vanished from her bedroom in February, has told investigators that three days went by before he killed her by asphyxiation. During that time, Couey said, he hid Jessica in a closet in the mobile home in which he was staying in Homosassa.
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Arrest warrant issued for rape counselor
May 29 2005 2:27AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - An arrest warrant has been issued for a rape counselor who refused to turn over records of her sessions with a former Air Force Academy cadet, one of the women whose allegations touched off a scandal that toppled the academy's top leaders.
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Nevada town clings to targeted Army depot
May 29 2005 2:25AM (CT)
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) - For more than 50 years, this struggling desert town that proudly calls itself "America's Patriotic Home" has held what's billed as the nation's biggest Armed Forces Day parade. Some 3,500 people turned out earlier this month for the celebration, complete with water fights, a watermelon eating contest, dunk tanks and horseshoe pitching. But the pride masked fears: The Pentagon wants to close the nearby Army Ammunition Depot, which accounts for nearly half of all jobs in the
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Tenn. state senator resigns after arrest
May 29 2005 2:12AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - State Sen. John Ford, a member of one of Tennessee's most powerful political families, has resigned after being placed under house arrest facing charges from a two-year FBI sting, the lieutenant governor said Saturday.
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Sex offenders get Medicaid-paid Viagra
May 29 2005 1:56AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 800 convicted sex offenders in 14 states got Medicaid-funded prescriptions for Viagra and other impotence drugs, according to a survey by The Associated Press.
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