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Fire threat eases in southern Utah
Jul 24 2005 11:59PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Overnight rain and lower temperatures helped give firefighters the upper hand Sunday on two huge fires that had threatened three separate communities in southwest Utah.
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Triple-digit temperatures scorch Midwest
Jul 24 2005 11:52PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Sweat-drenched city workers checked on senior citizens Sunday and shuttled people to cooling centers as temperatures surpassed the 100-degree mark here for the first time in six years.
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3 dead in twin-engine plane crash in Okla.
Jul 24 2005 10:52PM (CT)
ADA, Okla. (AP) - Three family members, including an 11-year-old girl, were killed Sunday when their twin-engine aircraft crashed and burned along a highway, authorities said.
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Man survives almost 5 hours in Buzzards Bay
Jul 24 2005 10:43PM (CT)
FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A man survived nearly five hours treading water in Buzzards Bay on Sunday morning wearing nothing but shorts and a tank top before being rescued by a passing boat, authorities said.
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Bomb scare empties NYC's Penn Station
Jul 24 2005 9:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bomb scare emptied the nation's busiest commuter rail station Sunday for about an hour, disrupting service on trains and subways.
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Gert takes aim at Mexico's Gulf Coast
Jul 24 2005 6:27PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Gert headed for Mexico's Gulf Coast on Sunday, bringing the threat of several inches of rain to areas already soaked by Hurricane Emily.
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Cpl. awaits court-martial in Iraqi death
Jul 24 2005 5:30PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Cpl. Dustin Berg seemed to be a hometown hero in the making when he left on his 20th birthday to fight in the war that inspired him to join the military. His family brimmed with pride two years later with news that the Indiana National Guardsman was coming home from Iraq, wounded but alive. Then the Army accused him of war crimes.
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Police: Accused molester writing memoir
Jul 24 2005 4:51PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A man who authorities say could be the nation's most prolific child molester was crafting a lengthy memoir about his sexual exploits with boys when he was arrested, police said.
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Survivors gather to mark WWII tragedy
Jul 24 2005 3:49PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Survivors of one of the final Naval tragedies of World War II gathered this weekend to honor hundreds of crewmates from the USS Indianapolis who were killed when their ship was torpedoed, leaving hundreds of sailors adrift on the Pacific Ocean amid circling sharks.
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Hiker survives five days in lava field
Jul 24 2005 1:05PM (CT)
WAIMEA, Hawaii (AP) - A hiker lost for five days in a lava field near a volcano says he survived by drinking water he squeezed from moss in a mostly barren landscape. Gilbert Dewey Gaedcke III, 41, was rescued Friday afternoon after a teenager on a helicopter tour spotted him stumbling across the rocky lava, trying to attract attention with a mirror from his camera.
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Mentally retarded man's fate with jury
Jul 24 2005 12:27PM (CT)
YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - Is Daryl Atkins mentally retarded? That question will be the sole focus of a trial set to begin this week, and the answer will determine whether he lives or dies.
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Poll: Family comes first in U.S., Japan
Jul 24 2005 11:59AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Japanese love baseball. Americans name football as their favorite sport. For people in both countries, family comes before money, career or anything else.
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Time editor defends giving up notes
Jul 24 2005 9:56AM (CT)
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The editor in chief of Time Inc. on Saturday defended his decision to surrender a reporter's notes to a federal prosecutor investigating the unmasking of a CIA agent.
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Pageant picks new Ms. Wheelchair America
Jul 24 2005 8:24AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Rhode Islander Kristen Connors was named Ms. Wheelchair America, capping months of squabbling over the pageant's qualifying process that divided the disabled community.
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Phoenix works to ID victims of heat wave
Jul 24 2005 6:27AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - In the span of a week, in the throes of a record heat wave, 14 transients have perished on the streets of metropolitan Phoenix. They lived in obscurity, and many of them died the same way _ anonymous, ignored, alone. Their bodies were found crumpled on sidewalks near strip malls or in the shadow of downtown skyscrapers. Some were discovered only after strangers stumbled upon them and dialed 911.
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Poll: Americans say World War III likely
Jul 24 2005 4:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are far more likely than the Japanese to expect another world war in their lifetime, according to AP-Kyodo polling 60 years after World War II ended. Most people in both countries believe the first use of a nuclear weapon is never justified.
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Pressure on U.S. to use more surveillance
Jul 24 2005 2:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pressure is building for greater use of video cameras to keep watch over the nation's cities _ particularly in transportation systems and other spots vulnerable to terrorism _ after the bombings in London.
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Vietnam commander buried at West Point
Jul 24 2005 1:56AM (CT)
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam during a major escalation of the war, was buried Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy, where he was once superintendent.
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Spokesman for S.C. governor arrested
Jul 24 2005 12:26AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A spokesman for Gov. Mark Sanford was arrested after he kicked open the door at his home and shoved his fiancee into furniture, police said.
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Reich takes teaching job at UC Berkeley
Jul 24 2005 12:02AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich will take a faculty position at the University of California, Berkeley, the university announced.
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