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'MySpace' teen back from Middle East
Jun 9 2006 11:39PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A 16-year-old honor student from Michigan tricked her parents into getting her a passport and then flew off to the Mideast to be with a West Bank man she met on MySpace.com, authorities say.
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Train hits car in Tennessee, killing 3
Jun 9 2006 11:25PM (CT)
MOSCOW, Tenn. (AP) - A train collided with a car Friday, killing three passengers in the car and critically injuring the driver, authorities said. No one aboard the train was hurt.
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NYC bouncer indicted on murder charge
Jun 9 2006 11:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bouncer was indicted Friday on murder, attempted murder and other charges stemming from a shooting spree outside a Manhattan lounge that left one person dead and three wounded.
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No verdict in NYC rape defendant's trial
Jun 9 2006 10:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jurors deliberating the fate of a man previously convicted of raping a celebrity went home Friday without reaching a verdict on whether he raped two other women a decade ago.
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Teen pleads not guilty in school shooting
Jun 9 2006 10:10PM (CT)
JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A 14-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Friday to killing a high school administrator and wounding two others in November.
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Rhode Island requires that cats be fixed
Jun 9 2006 10:08PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Don Carcieri signed a law Friday making Rhode Island the first state in the nation to require cat owners to spay or neuter their pets.
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Coulter draws fire for bashing 9/11 widows
Jun 9 2006 10:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ann Coulter, the conservative pundit with a penchant for creating controversy, caused a ruckus when she called 9/11 widows "witches" and accused them of using their husbands' deaths for their own political gain.
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Kentucky Gov. Fletcher pleads not guilty
Jun 9 2006 10:05PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Ernie Fletcher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges accusing him of illegal hiring practices _ a plea entered by his attorney while the governor vacationed in Florida.
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Texas politician gets $700,000 donation
Jun 9 2006 10:03PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Businessmen, a lobbyist and a major corporate foundation have donated almost $700,000 in the past eight days to pay for the renovation of Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick's apartment inside the Capitol, according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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Poll: Many support troops, but not the war
Jun 9 2006 9:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Support the troops, oppose the war. The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that many Americans perceive the alleged atrocities against Iraqi civilians by U.S. forces as isolated incidents while saying the U.S.-led invasion was a mistake, a disconnect that sets this conflict apart from Vietnam.
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Okla. governor approves executing molesters
Jun 9 2006 9:37PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma on Friday became the fifth state to allow the death penalty for certain sex crimes, although legal scholars questioned the constitutionality of the new state law.
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Threatened Pa. student speaks via video
Jun 9 2006 9:36PM (CT)
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) - A high school senior targeted by death threats spoke to his fellow graduates through a video hookup Friday, drawing a loud cheer when he appeared on large screen set up on the football field.
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Wash. county presents question of justice
Jun 9 2006 9:35PM (CT)
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Neither Joshua Sutton nor Joseph Hubbard had a criminal record before they bought $15,000 worth of marijuana from an undercover detective in Whatcom County last year. Both were arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver, a felony.
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Pro wrestler miffed by pregnancy tests
Jun 9 2006 9:34PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A professional wrestler claimed Friday that the state is intruding on her privacy by requiring her to provide proof from her doctor that she is not pregnant within a week of every match.
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NYC man convicted of hate-crime attack
Jun 9 2006 9:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A white man accused of pummeling a black man over the head with a baseball bat was convicted of assault as a hate crime Friday after a trial that focused on the defendant's use of "the n-word" during the beating.
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Convict points finger at child molester
Jun 9 2006 9:32PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for convicted killer Wayne Williams, blamed for the murders of two dozen boys and young men in the Atlanta area during the 1970s and '80s, are casting suspicion on a child molester they say lived or worked near where many of the bodies were found.
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Reputed mob figure, trash hauler arrested
Jun 9 2006 9:32PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A reputed mob boss, a former mayor and the owner of a trash-hauling business were among 29 people charged Friday in a federal investigation into the mob's influence over the region's trash-hauling industry.
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Ariz.: Border states getting 2,500 troops
Jun 9 2006 9:29PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The four states along the Mexico border will have 2,500 National Guard troops on border duty by the end of the month, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said Friday after meeting with National Guard and Homeland Security officials.
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Former New Mexico treasurer indicted
Jun 9 2006 8:52PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A former New Mexico state treasurer was indicted for a second time _ this time on state charges _ in what prosecutors say was a scheme to steer millions of public dollars to investment advisers in exchange for kickbacks.
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Pa. schools weigh parental fast-food ban
Jun 9 2006 8:14PM (CT)
PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) - Parents who visit their children at lunch would be required to eat school food rather than bring the children fast-food lunches under a proposed wellness policy in the Palmyra Area School District.
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Pit bulls chase students into school
Jun 9 2006 7:39PM (CT)
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) - A pair of pit bulls chased students into a restroom at a middle school Friday morning and mauled an 11-year-old girl, police said.
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Release of more prisoner photos ordered
Jun 9 2006 7:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government must release 20 more pictures of U.S. soldiers and detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan to satisfy the requests of a civil rights group seeking to expose evidence of abuse, a judge ordered Friday.
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Arizona upholds immigrant smuggling law
Jun 9 2006 7:20PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A judge on Friday upheld an Arizona law that made immigrant smuggling a state crime, rejecting arguments that it was never intended to target immigrants _ only the human traffickers they hire.
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Fire in Alaska grows to 15,000 acres
Jun 9 2006 6:25PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Embers from a burn barrel ignited a fire that spread to 15,000 acres Friday, burning at least one home and forcing people to evacuate residences along a 13-mile stretch of highway, officials said.
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U.S. ministers saw no distress in Haditha
Jun 9 2006 4:54PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A minister embedded with some of the Marines who are alleged to have killed up to two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, after one of their own died in a roadside explosion says he heard about the dead civilians but saw no distress among Iraqis or Marines in Haditha several weeks after the killings.
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Va. professor accused of planning murder
Jun 9 2006 4:29PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A college professor was charged with trying to arrange the killing of a co-worker who had accused him of sexual harassment.
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Detroit 911 operators are arraigned
Jun 9 2006 3:28PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Two 911 operators who authorities say did not believe a 5-year-old boy who called to say his mother had collapsed were arraigned Friday on willful neglect of duty charges.
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Man kills friend while acting a rap song
Jun 9 2006 3:14PM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Ronnie Webber was playing with a gun while he acted out a rap song, and when the song said shoot he did. Webber, 27, told officers the gun in his hand discharged, fatally wounding Johnathan Beasley, 23, Thursday afternoon.
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Ga. to exclude Katrina students' scores
Jun 9 2006 2:52PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia schools will not have to count test scores from thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in their progress reports this year, the state's top education official said.
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Cab drivers overcharged agents in N.Y.
Jun 9 2006 2:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Just about everyone flying to New York for the first time gets the warning: When you hail a cab, don't act like a tourist. You'll get taken for a ride. Undercover city investigators tested that adage this week and found some truth to it: More than a dozen taxi drivers overcharged them for trips from Kennedy Airport, officials said.
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Police raid 'Animal House' fraternity
Jun 9 2006 2:32PM (CT)
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - Authorities raided the Dartmouth College fraternity that helped inspire the movie "Animal House," carrying off 10 crates, a computer and other items. Investigators refused to say what the search on the Ivy League campus was about.
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Calif. man suspect in nun carjacking, rape
Jun 9 2006 2:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A convicted arsonist was arrested on charges alleging he kidnapped and raped a 50-year-old Roman Catholic nun the day after he was released from jail, authorities said.
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Report: Abramoff ex-partner knew of slaying
Jun 9 2006 2:11PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who purchased SunCruz Casinos with lobbyist Jack Abramoff in 2000 has told authorities he knows who killed the casino's founder the following year, according to a report published Friday.
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Coal mines to train, equip rescue teams
Jun 9 2006 1:57PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Operators of the nation's coal mines will spend up to $128 million to comply with the new federal mine safety legislation, with nearly half going to equip and train 260 new rescue teams, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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Soldier killed in Ky. helicopter accident
Jun 9 2006 1:34PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A soldier was killed as a military helicopter was landing Friday near Fort Campbell, and four others were taken to a hospital, an Army spokeswoman said.
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Small plane crashes into Utah lake
Jun 9 2006 1:22PM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - A small plane carrying three men crashed into a lake as the pilot tried to land during a storm, authorities said Friday.
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Ariz. governor says 2,500 troops coming
Jun 9 2006 1:20PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The four states along the Mexico border will have 2,500 National Guard troops on border duty by the end of the month, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said Friday after meeting with National Guard and Homeland Security officials.
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Memorial to firefighters built facing WTC
Jun 9 2006 12:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One tower at the World Trade Center is on fire and the other has just been hit. Dozens of firefighters approach the burning buildings with shovels and their largest trucks. One takes off his helmet and sits down to rest, burying his face in his hand.
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Elderly pair probed in scam of 3rd man
Jun 9 2006 8:06AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police are investigating the traffic death of a third man linked to a pair of elderly women accused of taking out insurance policies on two transients who later died in hit-and-run crashes.
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Conservation efforts fuel school rivalries
Jun 9 2006 7:15AM (CT)
NORTHFIELD, Minn. (AP) - In the shadow of Carleton College's majestic wind turbine, Daniel Pulver has cooked up an idea for creating even more renewable energy: turning used cafeteria oil into fuel for cars.
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First female rabbi in U.S. to retire
Jun 9 2006 7:12AM (CT)
TINTON FALLS, N.J. (AP) - Sally J. Priesand, the first U.S. woman rabbi, arrived at a seminary nearly 40 years ago determined to fulfill her dream to become a teacher of her faith. Many people thought she came for a different reason.
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Religion in the news
Jun 9 2006 6:04AM (CT)
TINTON FALLS, N.J. (AP) - Sally J. Priesand, the first U.S. woman rabbi, arrived at Jewish seminary nearly 40 years ago determined to fulfill her dream to become a teacher of her faith. Many people thought she came for a different reason.
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Archaeologists try to save ancient sites
Jun 9 2006 3:22AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Government-funded archaeologists are making a push to survey ancient sites across a remote stretch of southern Utah before looters can scoop up the last artifacts.
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