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Drivers on cell phone more likely to crash
Jul 11 2005 11:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Drivers using cellular phones are four times as likely to get into a crash that can cause injuries serious enough to send them to the hospital, said an insurance study released Tuesday.
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Woman's term in officer killing may be cut
Jul 11 2005 11:09PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A woman who had been serving a life sentence without parole because her burglary accomplice gunned down a police officer could be free in 12 years under a plea bargain announced Monday.
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Activists push for 'College Not Combat'
Jul 11 2005 10:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Anti-war activists submitted a ballot measure Monday that would put the city on record as opposing the presence of military recruiters in public high schools and colleges.
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LAPD chief defends officers in shooting
Jul 11 2005 10:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A toddler girl was shot and killed when her intoxicated father used her as a shield during a fiery gunbattle with police following a standoff that lasted three hours, authorities said.
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Tropical Storm Emily develops in Atlantic
Jul 11 2005 10:44PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A tropical depression developed into Tropical Storm Emily late Monday in the Atlantic Ocean, a record fifth named storm for this point in the still-young hurricane season.
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Conn. lawmakers urge eminent domain halt
Jul 11 2005 10:40PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Democratic state lawmakers on Monday urged municipal leaders not to use their eminent domain powers until the legislature has time to consider changing Connecticut's laws on seizing property.
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BTK serial killer's house up for auction
Jul 11 2005 10:31PM (CT)
PARK CITY, Kan. (AP) - The suburban house where Dennis Rader quietly raised his family while terrorizing Wichita as the BTK serial killer was sold at auction Monday for $90,000, far above its assessed value.
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Tribe to pay N.M. $24M in gambling suit
Jul 11 2005 10:24PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An Indian tribe has agreed to make $24 million in back casino payments to New Mexico to settle a lawsuit, the state attorney general announced Monday.
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Fla. DCF: Fax delayed child abuse reports
Jul 11 2005 10:21PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Child welfare workers are investigating 1,156 reports of possible child abuse that a technical failure caused to go unnoticed for almost two months, the Department of Children & Families said Monday.
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Local leaders urged to lead climate fight
Jul 11 2005 10:08PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson urged mayors from across the nation Monday to take the lead in fighting global warming.
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Colo. firefighters await break in weather
Jul 11 2005 9:57PM (CT)
BEULAH, Colo. (AP) - Firefighters hoped for a prolonged break in the weather Monday while anxious evacuees waited for news about an 11,700-acre wildfire that chased 5,000 people from their southern Colorado homes.
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Judge OKs Tuscon Diocese bankruptcy plan
Jul 11 2005 9:55PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A judge approved a reorganization plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson on Monday, paving the way for it to become the first in the nation to emerge from bankruptcy.
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NYC investigates ex-oil-for-food chief
Jul 11 2005 9:54PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has launched a criminal investigation of former U.N. oil-for-food chief Benon Sevan, the official's spokeswoman said Monday.
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Flooding surprises village far from Dennis
Jul 11 2005 9:50PM (CT)
ST. MARKS, Fla. (AP) - This small fishing village on the picturesque St. Marks River received a nasty surprise from Hurricane Dennis: Although it came ashore some 175 miles west, Dennis pushed an 8-foot storm surge down the mouth of the river, flooding businesses and homes with chest-deep water.
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Rock slides kill three climbers in Wash.
Jul 11 2005 9:46PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Rock slides killed three climbers on a popular peak in a national park over the weekend and trapped the rest of their group on the cold, rainy mountain until rescuers could reach them Monday.
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Sex offender to be charged with murder
Jul 11 2005 9:45PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Prosecutors said Monday that a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping two young children would be charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of three people found slain in the children's home.
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Report: Conflict deaths underestimated
Jul 11 2005 9:41PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Global estimates have routinely underestimated the true number of people killed in armed conflict, including during the war in Iraq, according to a report released Monday.
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Tenn. sisters were 10 feet from U.K. bomb
Jul 11 2005 9:31PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Two Tennessee sisters hit by shrapnel during last week's terrorist attacks in the London subway believe they were only 10 feet from a bomb when it exploded at floor level, their doctor said Monday.
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Dennis' destruction strays far from coast
Jul 11 2005 8:33PM (CT)
NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The first hard look at the spot where Hurricane Dennis rolled ashore revealed beachfront homes scoured to their pilings, roofs torn off, buckled roads and washed-out beaches _ damage that was mercifully isolated.
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Two children missing from Arizona home
Jul 11 2005 7:47PM (CT)
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities on Monday were searching for two young children missing from a home where their grandparents and an uncle were found slain the night before.
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Judge lets Iraq whistleblower suit proceed
Jul 11 2005 7:30PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - Two whistleblowers who allege that their former employer cheated taxpayers out of tens of millions of dollars on reconstruction projects in Iraq can go ahead with their lawsuit, a judge ruled.
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Fla. jurors say new attack won't sway them
Jul 11 2005 7:27PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Jurors hearing the terrorism trial of a professor and three co-defendants told the judge Monday that the deadly London bombing attack won't hamper their ability to decide the case fairly.
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Cell service to city tunnels cut in NYC
Jul 11 2005 7:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cell phone service was disabled inside the four tunnels leading into Manhattan after the terrorist bombings in London, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday questioned whether the move "makes the most sense."
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Grand jury indicts Ky. GOP chief, 2 others
Jul 11 2005 6:48PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A grand jury indicted Kentucky's Republican Party chairman and two state officials Monday on charges alleging they conspired to violate state personnel laws.
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Man convicted of killing five in Ariz.
Jul 11 2005 6:37PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man accused of luring five women to a camper and strangling them during sex was convicted of five counts of first-degree murder Monday.
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Felon gets 99 years for stealing phone
Jul 11 2005 5:36PM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - A convicted felon who went on profanity-laced tirades in court and told jurors he didn't care if they gave him life in prison was sentenced to 99 years for stealing a cell phone.
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U.S. citizen fights extradition to Vietnam
Jul 11 2005 5:33PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A U.S. citizen accused of trying to bomb the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok in 2001 should not be extradited to Thailand because he was part of an uprising against a repressive Vietnamese government, the man's attorney told a federal appeals court Monday.
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Officials lift hold on Texas cattle ranch
Jul 11 2005 5:16PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Texas officials lifted a quarantine Monday on the ranch that produced the first native case of mad cow disease, saying tests on 67 animals from the herd came back negative for the brain-wasting disease.
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Schwarzenegger signs California budget
Jul 11 2005 4:54PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a $117.5 billion California spending plan Monday, avoiding a summer-long showdown with Democrats over the state budget.
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Gulf Coast residents cleaning up again
Jul 11 2005 4:30PM (CT)
NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - With a sigh of relief, Gulf Coast residents began hurricane cleanup _ again. Hurricane Dennis hit the storm-weary Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast on Sunday with less force than forecasters feared, sparing the region the widespread destruction caused by Ivan last September.
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Hariri investigator asks for assistance
Jul 11 2005 4:27PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The chief U.N. investigator into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has asked Syria, Israel and Jordan for assistance, the U.S. ambassador said Monday.
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NAACP releases business diversity report
Jul 11 2005 4:19PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Corporations operating in America seem to be stagnating when it comes to improving racial diversity, the NAACP said Monday as it released report cards that measured 55 companies on their efforts.
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Crane-standoff suspect returning to Fla.
Jul 11 2005 3:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man who held authorities at bay atop an Atlanta construction crane for 56 hours was ordered to be sent back to Florida Monday to face murder charges in the death of his ex-girlfriend.
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Va. prepares to execute convicted killer
Jul 11 2005 2:56PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia prepared Monday to execute a man convicted of stabbing a pool hall manager to death with a pair of scissors, a case that has attracted national attention because the murder weapon and DNA evidence were destroyed after the trial.
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N.Y. firefighters slow to report pipe bomb
Jul 11 2005 1:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Firefighters partially disassembled a pipe bomb they found in a burning recycling bin and then violated procedure by bringing it back to a firehouse before calling the police's bomb squad unit, a Fire Department official said.
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Amtrak resumes limited Acela service
Jul 11 2005 11:51AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amtrak resumed limited Acela Express runs Monday for the first time since April, when the high-speed fleet was pulled from service due to cracks in many of the trains' brake rotors.
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Scientists detail study of Kennewick Man
Jul 11 2005 11:49AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Cloistered around padded tables, scientists from around the country have been peering through microscopes and measuring bone fragments trying to unearth the history of an ancient skeleton found along the Columbia River.
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Ill. student beat to death with bike lock
Jul 11 2005 11:12AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two men who beat a college student to death with his own bicycle lock had just been on the losing end of a fight and were looking for someone to pick on, the victim's brother said.
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Magazine names Moorestown, N.J., best town
Jul 11 2005 11:07AM (CT)
MOORESTOWN, N.J. (AP) - In this tree-lined suburb of Philadelphia, the schools are considered top-notch, police dutifully caution motorists who don't yield to pedestrians and, each winter, they make a big deal out of something called Random Acts of Kindness Week.
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Men face trial in Ga. sheriff's slaying
Jul 11 2005 11:01AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Three years ago, former sheriff's deputy Melvin Walker and David Ramsey walked out of a DeKalb County courthouse as free men, a jury unwilling to convict them of murder in the shooting of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown. Now, the men are on trial on federal charges for the slaying.
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Calif. gay-marriage backers press case
Jul 11 2005 10:45AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Rebuffed by the Assembly, California gay marriage advocates are hoping to revive their campaign this week by moving to the other side of the state Capitol.
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Many Fla. residents ride out hurricane
Jul 11 2005 10:39AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Brenda Smith gathered her family together in her Navarre Beach home and prayed as the power went out and Hurricane Dennis' violent winds tore apart her backyard fence. Smith decided to ride out the Category 3 storm with her fiance, her daughter and four young grandchildren visiting from North Carolina.
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9,000 Minn. employees return to work
Jul 11 2005 10:16AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - About 9,000 state workers returned to their jobs Monday morning after a vacation they didn't ask for _ and, in many cases, won't get paid for.
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Mobile, Ala., survives another hurricane
Jul 11 2005 7:24AM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - To everyone's relief, this old port city _ drenched and wind-blown _ escaped heavy damage from Hurricane Dennis, its second close call with a major hurricane in less than a year.
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Mobile, Ala., survives another hurricane
Jul 11 2005 5:36AM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - To everyone's relief, this old port city _ drenched and wind-blown _ escaped heavy damage from Hurricane Dennis, its second close call with a major hurricane in less than a year.
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Push endures for gay marriage in N.J.
Jul 11 2005 5:05AM (CT)
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) - Members of New Jersey's gay and lesbian community gathered for a town hall meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the state's passage of a domestic partnership law.
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Many Florida residents to ride out Dennis
Jul 11 2005 3:43AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Brenda Smith gathered her family together in her Navarre Beach home and prayed as the power went out and Hurricane Dennis' violent winds tore apart her backyard fence.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton attacks Bush
Jul 11 2005 1:07AM (CT)
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton went on the attack against President Bush in a speech Sunday, accusing him of damaging the economy by overspending while giving tax cuts to the rich.
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Colo. grandmom arrested in toddler's death
Jul 11 2005 12:16AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Authorities arrested a Colorado grandmother Sunday after her 2-year-old granddaughter died inside a car on a day when the temperature climbed to nearly 100 degrees.
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