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Colo. voter records disappear during move
Jun 17 2006 11:49PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A file cabinet containing the personal information of thousands of voters disappeared since the Denver Election Commission moved to a new building, officials said, dashing hopes the records were misplaced.
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Crews battle blazes around New Mexico
Jun 17 2006 10:35PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Residents were allowed to return to their southwestern New Mexico homes briefly Saturday as fire crews continued to battle a wildfire that had forced an evacuation two days earlier.
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Texas police probe possible murder-suicide
Jun 17 2006 10:28PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A woman shot her former live-in boyfriend and her two children before turning the gun on herself Saturday morning, police said.
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Ranchers add ladders to save border fences
Jun 17 2006 10:04PM (CT)
FALFURRIAS, Texas (AP) - A few Texas ranchers tired of costly repairs to cattle fences damaged by illegal immigrants have installed an easier route over the U.S.-Mexican border _ ladders.
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Wife killer to stop selling memorabilia
Jun 17 2006 9:30PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man who admitted killing his wife and dumping her body in the trash has voluntarily agreed to stop selling autographs and other memorabilia related to his conviction, prison officials said.
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5 teens die in New Orleans shooting
Jun 17 2006 9:04PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Five people ranging in age from 16 to 19 were killed in a street shooting early Saturday, the most violent crime reported in this slowly repopulating city since Hurricane Katrina hit last August.
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Paper: Boy once falsely accused arrested
Jun 17 2006 9:01PM (CT)
CALUMET PARK, Ill. (AP) - A boy who won a $2 million settlement with the city of Chicago after being wrongly accused of murdering a girl when he was 7 has been arrested in a double shooting in a south suburb, according to a news report.
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Fla. man charged with killing wife, son
Jun 17 2006 9:00PM (CT)
LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) - A man accused of killing his wife chased his son into a neighbor's front yard and stabbed the boy to death on his 11th birthday, authorities said Saturday.
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U.S. WWII sub appears to have been found
Jun 17 2006 7:14PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - For 60 years, Nancy Kenney wondered what happened to her father. The submarine that William T. Mabin was in disappeared while he and his crewmates were on a mission to attack a Japanese convoy in the last months of World War II.
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Vt. program allows vets to get diplomas
Jun 17 2006 6:49PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - They left school decades ago to serve their country in the military, then went to work to support themselves and their families and never returned to class to earn their diplomas.
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Ground zero workers rally for federal aid
Jun 17 2006 6:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of ground zero workers and several lawmakers asked President Bush on Saturday to send more help to ailing rescue workers.
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Girl Scouts meet in prison, with fathers
Jun 17 2006 4:31PM (CT)
LIMA, Ohio (AP) - The convicts stand in a circle, three fingers pointed skyward, nine faces set in stone, their deep, male voices raised in slow recitation:
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Pet cemetery to dig up 1,000 animals
Jun 17 2006 3:41PM (CT)
COLMA, Calif. (AP) - Nila Negri grieved her two dogs and a cat years ago, when they were buried at the lone pet cemetery among 17 human graveyards in this town known as the "City of Souls."
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Episcopalians to choose new leader
Jun 17 2006 3:34PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Episcopal General Convention is choosing a new presiding bishop during a critical meeting on its future in the global Anglican family.
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Calif. struggles with prescribed fires
Jun 17 2006 1:22PM (CT)
MONTAGUE, Calif. (AP) - Prescribed fires set to remove undergrowth on federal land escape control and become wildfires more often in California than anywhere else.
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Pregnancy boosts endangered rhino project
Jun 17 2006 1:17PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Emi the Sumatran rhino is pregnant again, and that's big news for conservationists from Ohio to Indonesia who are trying to save the critically endangered species.
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Cattle rustlers a growing menace in U.S.
Jun 17 2006 1:12PM (CT)
PERRY, Okla. (AP) - The truck raced like a phantom down the lonesome dirt road, poking its headlights into the pre-dawn darkness and spewing blinding clouds of dust. The deputy, who was watching nearby, smelled trouble.
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Feds release censored Hoffa affidavit
Jun 17 2006 12:30PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The federal government released a heavily censored version of an affidavit the FBI used to obtain the warrant for its unsuccessful search of a farm for the remains of ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa.
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Man refutes NYC warehouse fire confession
Jun 17 2006 12:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A homeless man accused of setting a massive fire that destroyed a historic waterfront warehouse complex last month denied that he confessed to starting the blaze.
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ACLU probes Six Flags hairstyle ban
Jun 17 2006 11:59AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is investigating complaints from more than a dozen black employees at a Six Flags theme park who were told their hairstyles were inappropriate.
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Faster coasters have reliability issues
Jun 17 2006 6:34AM (CT)
JACKSON, N.J. (AP) - At 128 mph and a little more than 45 stories tall, the Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure gives riders quite a thrill. That is, when it's working.
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Prosecutors: Idaho man on suicide mission
Jun 17 2006 6:23AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A man pleaded with police officers to kill him after his wife's severed head was tossed from his pickup truck as he drove into an oncoming car, killing two people, prosecutors said Friday.
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Report: Malvo, mentor may have shot others
Jun 17 2006 4:58AM (CT)
COLLINSVILLE, Texas (AP) - When her son was shot and killed in 2002, Sarah Dillon got a button that read "Billy Gene Dillon is a very important person" and vowed to wear it until a suspect was found. That button was still clasped above her heart Friday after Dillon learned that Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo reportedly told authorities that he and his one-time mentor were responsible for her son's death and three other unsolved shootings.
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Police: N.Y. man helped wife kill herself
Jun 17 2006 4:27AM (CT)
STONY POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Neighbors described the Hans as a close-knit, loving, church-going family. Authorities painted a darker portrait: A husband who knew his wife wanted to kill herself and helped her carry out her wish.
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Columbine memorial ceremony draws hundreds
Jun 17 2006 3:14AM (CT)
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - On any other day, with any other crowd, a thunderstorm might have ruined the moment. For the families of the 13 people slain at Columbine High School seven years ago, the dark sky almost seemed a fitting backdrop for the groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the long-delayed memorial to the victims.
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Calif. woman convicted of killing husband
Jun 17 2006 1:34AM (CT)
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - Jurors who convicted a suburban housewife in the stabbing death of her millionaire psychotherapist husband decided the killing was not premeditated, but they had a hard time believing her.
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