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Canadian boat capsizes; 2 saved, 2 missing
Jul 27 2005 11:17PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A Canadian fishing boat capsized off the Washington coast and the U.S. Coast Guard called off a search Wednesday afternoon for two crew members who were not wearing survival suits in the chilly water.
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Sunoco to pay $3.6 million over 2000 spill
Jul 27 2005 11:13PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sunoco will pay the government about $3.6 million to settle a lawsuit over a massive oil spill that fouled plants and animals at a wildlife refuge, officials announced Wednesday.
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U.S. joins five nations to fight warming
Jul 27 2005 11:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and five Asian and Pacific nations, including China and India, agreed Wednesday on a partnership to use cleaner energy technologies in hopes of curtailing climate-changing pollution.
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Protestants call on Israel to raze wall
Jul 27 2005 11:03PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A major Protestant denomination demanded Israel tear down the security barrier it has built along the West Bank and pay reparations to Palestinians harmed by it.
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Ohio newspaper workers nix contract offer
Jul 27 2005 11:00PM (CT)
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Striking reporters, photographers and truck drivers at the city's newspaper overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer Wednesday night that would have ended a more than eight-month walkout.
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Miami ex-official kills himself at paper
Jul 27 2005 10:41PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former city commissioner recently indicted on corruption charges fatally shot himself Wednesday in the lobby of The Miami Herald building, authorities said.
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Abu Ghraib warden testifies about dog use
Jul 27 2005 10:40PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - The commander in charge of Guantanamo Bay prison visited Abu Ghraib in 2003 and recommended the use of military dogs during interrogations, the former warden in Iraq testified Wednesday at a hearing for two Army dog handlers accused of prisoner abuse.
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Boy, 4, found wandering on D.C. highway
Jul 27 2005 10:39PM (CT)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A mother was under arrest Wednesday on child endangerment and other charges after authorities said she abandoned her 4-year-old son on the Capital Beltway, then struck him with her car when he tried to get back in.
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Scores of Boy Scouts fall ill from heat
Jul 27 2005 10:38PM (CT)
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) - About 300 people, most of them Boy Scouts, were sickened by the heat Wednesday while waiting for President Bush to arrive at a memorial service for four Scout leaders who were killed while pitching a tent beneath a power line.
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Woman wins appeal for 'GAYSROK' car tag
Jul 27 2005 10:36PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The state of Utah can't block a woman from using her license plate to tell the world "GAYSROK," a judge has ruled.
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Gotti brother gets 25 more years for plot
Jul 27 2005 9:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The older brother of notorious mob boss John Gotti was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for ordering a failed hit on a Mafia turncoat as revenge for devastating testimony against his brother.
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Transcript suggests CIA involved in abuse
Jul 27 2005 9:24PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A National Guardsman testifying at a hearing for U.S. soldiers accused of killing an Iraq general said he saw classified U.S. personnel beat prisoners with a sledgehammer handle and mock the general's death, according to a transcript.
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Would-be millennium bomber gets 22 years
Jul 27 2005 9:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - An Algerian who plotted to bomb the Los Angeles airport on the eve of the millennium was sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday by a judge who used the opportunity to sternly criticize the Bush administration's anti-terrorism tactics.
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Guard unit probed in abuse allegations
Jul 27 2005 9:22PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A company of the California Army National Guard has been placed on restricted duty amid allegations that members of the unit mistreated detainees in Iraq, military officials said Wednesday.
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Six killed when car hits truck in N.Y.
Jul 27 2005 9:09PM (CT)
MONGAUP VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) - A car crossed the center line of a rural highway Wednesday and collided with a dump truck, killing six people, authorities said.
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Santorum now open to '08 White House run
Jul 27 2005 9:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two days after saying he had no intention of running for president in 2008, Republican Sen. Rick Santorum said Wednesday there was a slight possibility he could run after all.
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Daley blasts Chicago GOP for reward offer
Jul 27 2005 8:34PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Mayor Richard Daley assailed the head of the Cook County Republican Party on Wednesday for offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Daley's indictment and conviction.
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U.S. joins five nations to fight warming
Jul 27 2005 8:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and five Asian and Pacific nations, including China and India, agreed Wednesday on a partnership to use cleaner energy technologies in hopes of curtailing climate-changing pollution.
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Calif. judge gives Fresno killer death
Jul 27 2005 7:49PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Wednesday sentenced the patriarch of a cult-like clan to death for killing nine of his children, many of whom were born of incest and sexual abuse.
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Idaho man arrested in daughter's stabbing
Jul 27 2005 7:21PM (CT)
WALLACE, Idaho (AP) - A convicted rapist wanted in the near-fatal stabbing of his 12-year-old daughter was arrested Wednesday after wandering into a convenience store following nearly a week on the run in the rugged Idaho mountains.
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Man who was being eaten by maggots dies
Jul 27 2005 6:46PM (CT)
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A 63-year-old man died a day after emergency workers found him at his home in such squalid conditions that maggots were eating his flesh, a fire official said Wednesday.
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Man convicted in Mass. death, dismembering
Jul 27 2005 6:45PM (CT)
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man accused of cutting off a woman's fingers while she was still alive, stabbing her and dismembering the body, was convicted of murder Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison.
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Calif. court to review dog maul conviction
Jul 27 2005 6:11PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review the murder conviction of a San Francisco attorney whose dogs fatally mauled a neighbor in an apartment building hallway.
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New L.A. mayor pushing public transit
Jul 27 2005 6:00PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Getting drivers to take the train or bus has never been easy in this car-crazed city of endless freeways, where gridlock is so awful that rush-hour speeds average less than 30 mph.
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N.C. newspaper probes quotes' sources
Jul 27 2005 5:43PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A small North Carolina newspaper was under investigation by its corporate parent Wednesday amid allegations it used invented quotes in interviews published on its front page.
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FBI: Fired professor used terror code
Jul 27 2005 5:03PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A fired college professor and associates accused of terrorism conspiracy communicated in code to conceal their support of a Palestinian group whose mission was to kill Israelis and disrupt the Middle East peace process, an FBI agent testified Wednesday.
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Disciples of Christ elect female leader
Jul 27 2005 5:02PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has elected a woman president _ the first female chief executive ever for the 770,000-member Protestant denomination.
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AFL-CIO chief re-elected as 2 unions exit
Jul 27 2005 5:02PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, the center of a storm in the labor movement, was re-elected to a fourth term Wednesday _ just days after the defection of two major unions that sought his ouster.
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Teens get to experience Third World life
Jul 27 2005 4:03PM (CT)
PERRYVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Samantha Roll wiped her face with a white T-shirt drenched with sweat during a 95-degree day and stirred rice in a dented pot over an open fire. The cozy air-conditioned confines of her high school in Ohio seemed a world away.
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Nearly 1.8M children's chairs recalled
Jul 27 2005 2:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three companies are recalling nearly 1.8 million children's folding chairs because the safety locks can fail, causing the chairs to suddenly collapse or fold and catch children's fingers, the government said Wednesday.
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AP tsunami coverage wins APME awards
Jul 27 2005 2:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Heart-rending news accounts and photographs that helped bring the world's attention to the horrors of the Asian tsunami are being honored by the Associated Press Managing Editors association in its annual awards to AP staff.
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2008 N.H. primary isn't all that far off
Jul 27 2005 2:27PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - It's muggy, the lakes and ice cream lines are crowded and the leaves don't have even a hint of red or yellow. Yep, good time for a potential 2008 presidential candidate to visit New Hampshire.
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Most U.S. students stick to London plans
Jul 27 2005 1:37PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Maiah Johnson isn't about to let the recent terrorist bombings derail her long-standing dream of spending a semester studying in London.
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Pa. mayor charged with taking kickbacks
Jul 27 2005 12:48PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A year after voters dissolved his office, a suburban mayor was charged with taking kickbacks, including $10,000 in cash in a brown paper bag.
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Federal agents target two wolves in Idaho
Jul 27 2005 11:42AM (CT)
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - Federal wildlife agents plan to shoot two wolves in northcentral Idaho in hopes of stopping a cattle-and-dog killing spree that has unnerved ranchers and hunters near Elk River and Dworshak since last winter.
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Gotti's son not charged in conspiracy
Jul 27 2005 11:35AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a surprise on the eve of trial, a prosecutor announced in court Wednesday that the son of late mob boss John Gotti is no longer charged with conspiracy to murder radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa.
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Seven black Boston officers sue department
Jul 27 2005 11:11AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Seven black police officers who were fired after failing a drug test that relied on hair samples have sued the police department, alleging the screening method is racially biased.
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Kerry's brother mulls run for Mass. office
Jul 27 2005 10:38AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sen. John Kerry's younger brother is mulling an elected office of his own after serving as his brother's close political adviser.
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Indiana man executed for triple-murder
Jul 27 2005 9:28AM (CT)
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A man convicted in a 1988 triple-murder was executed early Wednesday by lethal injection, the fourth person executed this year in Indiana.
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OJ Simpson told to pay DirecTV $25G, fees
Jul 27 2005 8:34AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge has ordered former football star O.J. Simpson to pay $25,000 in damages for pirating satellite television signals from DirecTV.
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Dad wants suspect kept in mental hospital
Jul 27 2005 7:14AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The father of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart said he hopes the man accused of kidnapping her will be kept in a mental hospital now that he has been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
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Lawyers spar over mental level of inmate
Jul 27 2005 4:38AM (CT)
YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) - Teachers, friends and family of a convicted murderer did not claim the man was mentally retarded until he faced the death penalty, a prosecutor told jurors.
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Study: Calif. will need more water in 2030
Jul 27 2005 3:51AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - At current rates, California's thirst for water will jump by 40 percent over the next 25 years, with much of the water used for landscaping, a new study warns.
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More kids living with parents with no jobs
Jul 27 2005 3:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 4 million children live with parents who had no jobs in the previous year, an increase of 1 million since the beginning of the decade, a national charity says.
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Woman's killing in N.Y. now hate crime
Jul 27 2005 2:52AM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - The fatal stabbing of a 56-year-old woman at a mall will be prosecuted as a hate crime because the suspect said he wanted to kill a white person, authorities said Tuesday.
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Prospective Gotti jurors answer questions
Jul 27 2005 2:52AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Prospective jurors in next month's trial of the son of late mob boss John Gotti were asked Tuesday to name three people they admire least and most, name their favorite television programs and state whether they listen to the radio show of Curtis Sliwa _ who prosecutors say was a murder target.
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Judge grants BTK killer's wife a divorce
Jul 27 2005 2:52AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A judge waived the usual 60-day waiting period and granted an immediate divorce Tuesday to the wife of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, agreeing that her mental health was in danger.
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Four members of Ga. unit killed in Iraq
Jul 27 2005 2:49AM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - Before this week, the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade hadn't lost a soldier in combat since World War II.
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Students learn to rebuild after tsunami
Jul 27 2005 2:49AM (CT)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Fahmi Yunus was on the phone with his mother in Indonesia's Aceh Province when she felt one of the tremors that preceded December's tsunami. They cut the conversation short so she could get out of the house.
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Man gets prison in cigarette smuggling
Jul 27 2005 2:48AM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Yemeni-American businessman accused of helping pay for a group of men to travel to a terrorist training camp was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in a cigarette smuggling operation.
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U. of Chicago president to lead foundation
Jul 27 2005 2:48AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - University of Chicago President Don M. Randel announced his resignation Tuesday to become president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which awards grants in fields including higher education and art conservation.
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Aftershocks shake southwestern Montana
Jul 27 2005 2:47AM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Eight aftershocks rumbled through southwestern Montana late Monday and early Tuesday following a magnitude-5.6 earthquake that rattled windows and buildings and damaged highway bridges.
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Newlywed's disappearance on cruise probed
Jul 27 2005 2:47AM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - The night a newlywed vanished from his honeymoon cruise, the sounds of a loud party were coming from his stateroom, followed by male voices arguing on the balcony and then a "horrific thud," a fellow passenger says.
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Romney says abortion views have 'evolved'
Jul 27 2005 2:47AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Abortion. Stem cell research. Emergency contraception. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican from a liberal state who is flirting with a 2008 presidential bid, has begun carefully redefining his positions on these hot-button social issues.
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Export license checks tied to security gap
Jul 27 2005 2:29AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security agents do not consistently screen sensitive chemical and biological materials to ensure they are being legally exported, the department's inspector general said Tuesday.
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