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Boy dies after Disney roller coaster ride
Jun 29 2006 11:56PM (CT)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy died after riding a roller coaster Thursday at the Disney MGM theme park, the latest in a string of tragedies that have stung Walt Disney World in recent years.
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Forest Service: Campers struck officers
Jun 29 2006 11:48PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - U.S. Forest Service officers were slugged, elbowed and pelted with a rock when they tried to arrest unruly campers at a gathering of the Rainbow Family near Steamboat Springs, officials said Thursday.
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Evacuation order for Pa. city lifted
Jun 29 2006 11:03PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Muddy, coffee-colored floodwaters poured into homes, basements and stores on both sides of the Delaware River and rose as high as the street signs Thursday in some of the worst flooding to hit the Northeast in decades. At least 16 deaths were blamed on the deluge.
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Neb. cities must grant petitioners access
Jun 29 2006 10:55PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Three Nebraska cities must allow people seeking petition signatures on most public property, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Police find skeleton in Cleveland home
Jun 29 2006 10:47PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Officers who went to a home to serve a search warrant found a skeleton in the bed where an 80-year-old woman said her mother was sleeping.
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17 arrested in crackdown on exotic fish
Jun 29 2006 10:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A crackdown on the poaching of rare abalone and sturgeon nabbed 17 suspects Thursday in what state officials called one of the largest such busts in California history.
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Parks' relatives expect trial over will
Jun 29 2006 10:32PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Relatives of Rosa Parks and the people she appointed to handle her affairs failed to reach an agreement Thursday in a dispute over her estate.
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Ex-judge convicted of indecent exposure
Jun 29 2006 10:19PM (CT)
BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) - A former judge was convicted late Thursday of exposing himself by using a sexual device while he presided over court cases.
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Bush, Clinton to receive Liberty Medal
Jun 29 2006 10:05PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who put politics aside to help raise more than $1 billion for disaster relief efforts, will share the 2006 Liberty Medal, officials said Thursday.
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2 missing after boats collide in N.J.
Jun 29 2006 10:01PM (CT)
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) - A tugboat and a shrimp boat collided off New Jersey's coast Thursday night, and rescuers were searching for two people missing from the shrimp boat.
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Small quake shakes Calif. mountain area
Jun 29 2006 9:08PM (CT)
BRAWLEY, Calif. (AP) - A small earthquake rattled a rugged mountain area in southeastern California on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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Missing man's family sues Royal Caribbean
Jun 29 2006 9:00PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The family of a man who vanished from his honeymoon cruise a year ago filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the cruise line of a cover-up that hindered the investigation.
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Former Alabama governor, ex-CEO convicted
Jun 29 2006 8:58PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth chief executive Richard Scrushy were convicted Thursday in federal court in a bribery scheme that derailed Siegelman's campaign to retake his former office.
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2 Idaho casino workers killed in blast
Jun 29 2006 8:42PM (CT)
WORLEY, Idaho (AP) - An explosion and fire inside a cargo container behind the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Bingo Casino killed two workers Thursday, a sheriff's spokesman said.
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Arkansas court backs gay foster parents
Jun 29 2006 8:37PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas cannot ban homosexuals from becoming foster parents because there is no link between their sexual orientation and a child's well-being, the state's high court ruled Thursday.
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NYC man pleads guilty in prostitution case
Jun 29 2006 8:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who reportedly bragged that he ran New York's most successful high-end escort service pleaded guilty Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that would get him a sentence of 18 months to three years in prison.
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Ex-Bush aide hopes to avoid theft trial
Jun 29 2006 7:27PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - Former White House adviser Claude Allen is negotiating with prosecutors in hopes of avoiding a trial on theft charges, according to his attorney.
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Psychiatrist says Yates was psychotic
Jun 29 2006 6:59PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Andrea Yates believed she was fulfilling a prophecy that she would destroy herself and Satan when she drowned her five children in the bathtub, a jail psychiatrist testified Thursday during Yates' second murder trial.
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Prosecutor: Suspects sought Bush overthrow
Jun 29 2006 6:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The leader of a group accused of plotting to destroy the Sears Tower in Chicago and other buildings viewed the attacks as a prelude to the overthrow of the U.S. government and its replacement by an Islamic regime, prosecutors said at a hearing Thursday.
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Jury acquits Iraq war veteran of shooting
Jun 29 2006 6:17PM (CT)
SALEM, Mass. (AP) - A jury on Thursday acquitted an Iraq war veteran who was accused of injuring two people when he fired a shotgun into a raucous crowd of club-goers outside his home.
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Ga. sex offenders can live near bus stops
Jun 29 2006 5:59PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Georgia from making registered sex offenders live more than 1,000 feet away from school bus stops.
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Former NYPD chief Kerik close to plea deal
Jun 29 2006 5:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former police commissioner Bernard Kerik, whose Homeland Security nomination sank over ethics questions, is close to a deal that would let him escape criminal charges in a bribery investigation, his attorney said Thursday.
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Judge donates kidney to ailing prosecutor
Jun 29 2006 5:50PM (CT)
LAKESIDE PARK, Ky. (AP) - A federal magistrate has donated a kidney to an ailing prosecutor who often appeared before him, solving a medical problem but causing perhaps a sticky legal one.
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Flood evacuees take lesson from Katrina
Jun 29 2006 5:18PM (CT)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - Residents driven from their homes in some of the region's worst flooding in decades said the destructive power unleashed when Hurricane Katrina breached levees in New Orleans last year convinced them that it's better to be safe than sorry.
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Mother of JonBenet Ramsey laid to rest
Jun 29 2006 5:15PM (CT)
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) - Patsy Ramsey, thrust into a national spotlight by the unsolved 1996 slaying of her 6-year-old daughter, was remembered Thursday for her strength after JonBenet's murder and, later, a diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
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Pro-lifers against Buffett-Gates alliance
Jun 29 2006 3:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Warren Buffett's new philanthropic alliance with fellow billionaire Bill Gates won widespread praise this week, but anti-abortion activists did not join in, instead assailing the two donors for their longtime support of Planned Parenthood and international birth-control programs.
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Nun accused of improper spending surrenders
Jun 29 2006 2:32PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 71-year-old nun who co-wrote a popular marriage-preparation program was arrested on charges of improperly spending more than $300,000 on casinos, gifts and air travel.
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Arizona rules against convicted attorney
Jun 29 2006 2:29PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The state Supreme Court has refused to allow a Texas attorney to practice law in Arizona because he served time for attempted murder before becoming a lawyer.
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Former Alabama governor convicted
Jun 29 2006 2:13PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was convicted Thursday on federal charges of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and obstruction of justice in a case that derailed his campaign for governor amid wide-ranging claims of corruption in office.
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Court won't supervise MySpace teen
Jun 29 2006 2:05PM (CT)
CARO, Mich. (AP) - Prosecutors on Thursday agreed to withdraw a petition calling for court supervision for a 17-year-old who flew to the Middle East to be with a man she met on MySpace.com.
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Nev. fire crews get help from the weather
Jun 29 2006 12:14PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Two of the top firefighting teams in the nation, helped by more favorable weather conditions, led the attack from the air and the ground in fire-plagued Nevada, where wildland fires have blackened more than 218 square miles from the California line east nearly to Utah.
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Hacker gets into Neb. child-support system
Jun 29 2006 11:32AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A hacker broke into the child-support computer system run by the state Treasurer's office and may have obtained names, Social Security numbers and other information of 300,000 people and 9,000 employers.
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Religion news in brief
Jun 29 2006 11:19AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A Church of England body has reaffirmed its support for continued investment in Caterpillar Inc., despite concern over reports that Caterpillar tractors had been used by Israel to knock down Palestinian homes.
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Religion today
Jun 29 2006 11:18AM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Jerry Falwell's conservative politics have earned him both friends and enemies in a long, public career _ but there's no denying he's been a successful pastor.
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Woman gets 27 months in $1.5M embezzlement
Jun 29 2006 11:18AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A woman accused of embezzling more than $1.5 million from a credit union and buying more than 1,500 items, including hundreds of pairs of shoes and a $60,000 swimming pool, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison.
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Vt. officials pledge $8.6M for dairy farms
Jun 29 2006 10:05AM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Gov. Jim Douglas and legislative leaders pledged more than $8.6 million in cash assistance to dairy farmers strapped by low milk prices, high fuel costs and weather that has ruined many crops.
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ACLU: Mayor settles newspaper carrier suit
Jun 29 2006 10:03AM (CT)
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A mayor who was feuding with The Flint Journal agreed to pay $150,000 to a newspaper carrier detained at City Hall while making deliveries, the American Civil Liberties Union said.
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Summers discusses stormy Harvard tenure
Jun 29 2006 9:56AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Lawrence Summers steps down Friday after five tumultuous years as president of Harvard University. The Associated Press asked him about his tenure there, and his responses are excerpted below.
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N.D. baby left in minivan all day dies
Jun 29 2006 9:46AM (CT)
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A 5-month-old girl died after being left all day in a minivan when her mother apparently forgot to take her to a day care center, authorities said.
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Pa. keeps fingers crossed for floods' ebb
Jun 29 2006 7:47AM (CT)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - Emergency officials kept a close eye on the Susquehanna River early Thursday, but expressed optimism that conditions were improving and that a recently improved levee system would hold back floodwaters. The rains, which began over the weekend, have been blamed for four deaths each in Maryland and Pennsylvania, one in Virginia and three in New York.
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W.Va. school board sued over Jesus artwork
Jun 29 2006 6:11AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Two civil liberties groups sued in federal court Wednesday to remove a picture of Jesus that has hung in a high school for more than 30 years.
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Tennessee inmate spared from execution
Jun 29 2006 6:10AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A death row inmate convicted of murdering seven people was spared a lethal injection when federal courts declined to overrule a stay, frustrating the state's plan for back-to-back executions.
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Architect unveils details of Freedom Tower
Jun 29 2006 6:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Glass prisms, landscaped plazas and a lighted spire meant to resemble the Statue of Liberty's torch are all included in the latest design of the skyscraper being built to replace the World Trade Center.
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Woman in prostitution case names clients
Jun 29 2006 5:47AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Brazilian woman charged with running a high-end brothel claims her client list included executives with Time Warner Inc. and investment counseling firm Barrett Associates, according to court documents.
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Train severs rail yard worker's legs
Jun 29 2006 4:34AM (CT)
CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) - A rail yard worker who lost his legs when a train ran him over used a cell phone to report that he was trapped and had been "cut in two."
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San Jose City Council want mayor to resign
Jun 29 2006 4:22AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose City Council asked Mayor Ron Gonzales to resign after he said he has no plans to quit amid felony criminal charges stemming from a secretly negotiated garbage contract.
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Post-Katrina looters get 15-year sentences
Jun 29 2006 12:43AM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Three people convicted of hauling away liquor, wine and beer from a grocery store after Hurricane Katrina were sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison.
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Defense seeks new judge in shooting case
Jun 29 2006 12:36AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A lawyer for a man accused of shooting a judge filed a motion Wednesday seeking to bar all the county's prosecutors and judges from any involvement in the case, citing a conflict of interest.
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