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15 hurt in Disney roller coaster collision
Jul 29 2005 11:49PM (CT)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - One train rear-ended another on the "California Screamin'" roller coaster at Disney's California Adventure theme park Friday night, slightly injuring 15 people, authorities said.
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30 children stranded by immigration raid
Jul 29 2005 11:13PM (CT)
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) - About 30 children, some as young as 3 months old, were left without their parents after immigration agents raided a poultry plant and took the parents away to face possible deportation.
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Boston priest defrocked by Vatican
Jul 29 2005 11:06PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Vatican has defrocked the priest who was the first in Massachusetts convicted of sexual abuse more than two decades ago, the Boston Archdiocese said Friday.
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At least four dead in Nev. pileup
Jul 29 2005 10:36PM (CT)
ELKO, Nev. (AP) - More than 20 vehicles collided Friday on an interstate in northeastern Nevada after drivers were blinded by swirling dust and ash, killing at least four people and injuring a dozen others.
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U.S. alleges voting boas in Boston
Jul 29 2005 10:28PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The federal government filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that the city's election division discriminates against Hispanic and Asian-American voters by not offering enough services for immigrants who do not speak English.
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GOP chairman says party backs Tancredo
Jul 29 2005 10:25PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The chairman of the Republican Party said Friday the party backs Rep. Tom Tancredo, despite rifts the Colorado congressman has created with some Hispanic groups.
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States move on sex offender GPS tracking
Jul 29 2005 10:14PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Technology that helps the military align targets and motorists find their way is being tapped to track some sex offenders forever.
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First wind farm in national forest planned
Jul 29 2005 10:08PM (CT)
READSBORO, Vt. (AP) - The evergreen trees of the Green Mountain National Forest in southern Vermont could soon be dwarfed by 370-foot-tall wind turbines. A company wants to build up to 30 of the turbines in the forest in what would be the first-ever wind power project on U.S. Forest Service land. The project would produce enough electricity to power 14,000 to 16,000 homes.
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Scout officials apologize for comments
Jul 29 2005 10:03PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - National Boy Scouts officials apologized for remarks implying that four adult volunteers shared responsibility for their own deaths while setting up a tent beneath a power line at the national Jamboree in Virginia.
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Fiery crash kills at least four in Conn.
Jul 29 2005 10:02PM (CT)
AVON, Conn. (AP) - A fiery chain-reaction crash that killed four people Friday started when a dump truck slammed into a commuter bus, sparking a fire that engulfed several vehicles, officials said.
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Calif. lightning strike kills Scout leader
Jul 29 2005 10:02PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Lightning struck a group of Boy Scouts taking shelter from a storm, killing the troop leader and leaving a 13-year-old boy brain-dead in the latest tragedy to befall the organization this week, authorities and the teen's grandfather said.
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Exhumation leads to half brother's arrest
Jul 29 2005 10:02PM (CT)
VINELAND, N.J. (AP) - A man who joined the military two days after his half brother disappeared in 1979 pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of killing him.
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DNA helps vacate old murder conviction
Jul 29 2005 9:09PM (CT)
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A court on Friday used new DNA tests of hair to overturn the conviction of a man who has spent 18 years behind bars for a rape and murder he says he did not commit.
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Ex-Illinois death row inmate convicted
Jul 29 2005 8:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former death row inmate whose case helped launch an emotional campaign against the death penalty in Illinois was convicted Friday of drugs and weapons violations following a tumultuous trial.
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Ill. gov. signs gun show loophole closure
Jul 29 2005 6:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Friday a measure that requires background checks on potential firearms buyers at gun shows, closing a loophole that police and others contend has been exploited by gangs and other illegal buyers.
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Federal judge says Patriot Act too vague
Jul 29 2005 6:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that some provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act dealing with foreign terrorist organizations remain too vague to be understood by a person of average intelligence and are therefore unconstitutional.
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U.N. to expand sanctions vs. terror groups
Jul 29 2005 5:48PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday expanding U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida and the Taliban to their affiliates and splinter groups and clamping down on terrorist financing.
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Man won't be charged over Bush Colo. visit
Jul 29 2005 5:27PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Federal prosecutors will not file charges against a man who removed three people from a President Bush appearance earlier this year after they arrived in a car with a bumper sticker reading "No More Blood for Oil," officials said Friday.
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FBI counterterror agent visits N.Y. mosque
Jul 29 2005 4:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The burly FBI agent in the pinstriped suit stepped to the front of the mosque and looked out over a sea of Pakistani men in white kufi caps and women in brightly colored headscarves.
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Body of toddler found in Indiana river
Jul 29 2005 4:50PM (CT)
GARY, Ind. (AP) - Search crews on Friday found the body of a 2-year-old girl who fell at least 40 feet from a highway bridge after flying from an SUV during a crash.
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Gay couple's mobile home torched in Fla.
Jul 29 2005 4:42PM (CT)
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - A mobile home belonging to a gay couple was torched and an epithet was spray-painted on the front steps, authorities said.
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Miami newspaper case sparks ethics debate
Jul 29 2005 3:55PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The firing of a Miami Herald columnist who taped a conversation with a man hours before he committed suicide in the newspaper's lobby has sparked a debate over whether the dismissal was justified.
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Soldier in Iraq records country-music hit
Jul 29 2005 3:38PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - His boots battered, his spirits sinking, Luke Stricklin struggled to explain his experiences in Iraq to his family and friends back home who kept asking him what it was like to fight in Baghdad.
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Ill. gov. signs gun show loophole closure
Jul 29 2005 3:12PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Friday a measure that requires background checks on potential firearms buyers at gun shows, closing a loophole that police and others contend has been exploited by gangs and other illegal buyers.
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Conviction tossed in N.Y. bouncer killing
Jul 29 2005 3:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Friday threw out the murder conviction of one of two men who have spent 14 years in prison for the shooting death of a bouncer at a Manhattan nightclub.
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Congressman: 9/11 stamp funds delayed
Jul 29 2005 2:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A New York congressman accused a federal agency Friday of "incompetent, incoherent and irresponsible" handling of a stamp program to raise money for families of Sept. 11 rescuers who were killed or hurt.
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Iowa woman apparently kills sons, self
Jul 29 2005 2:33PM (CT)
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) - A woman apparently shot her two young sons, then herself in the family's home, police said, and a neighbor recalled frequent arguments there in recent months.
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Prom-night DUI limo driver loses license
Jul 29 2005 2:14PM (CT)
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - A limousine driver who was busted for drunken driving by the teens she drove to a high school prom has lost her driving privileges.
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Hispanics new target of hate groups
Jul 29 2005 1:32PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Organized hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan have historically terrorized blacks and Jews in the Southeast. But the recent influx of Hispanic immigrants to the region has given hate groups a new target, and officials say Hispanics are increasingly targets of hate crimes.
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Libertarians propose taking Breyer's land
Jul 29 2005 1:03PM (CT)
PLAINFIELD, N.H. (AP) - Libertarians upset about a Supreme Court ruling on land taking have proposed seizing a justice's vacation home and turning it into a park, echoing efforts aimed at another justice who lives in the state.
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Ex-aide to Ohio gov. pleads no contest
Jul 29 2005 12:46PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A former top aide to Gov. Bob Taft pleaded no contest Friday to failing to report stays at a coin dealer's Florida home, making him the first person convicted in Ohio's investment scandal.
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Ex-Chicago water official pleads guilty
Jul 29 2005 12:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former city water official pleaded guilty Friday to racketeering and tax fraud, becoming the highest-ranking city official brought down by the government's 18-month corruption investigation at City Hall.
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Mom sentenced after son shoots mailman
Jul 29 2005 10:56AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The mother of a young boy who accidentally shot and killed a postal carrier was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for illegally owning a gun and lying to federal authorities.
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Fire extinguished at Texas oil refinery
Jul 29 2005 10:45AM (CT)
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - An explosion and fire this week at the same BP oil refinery where 15 people were killed during a blast in March was extinguished Friday, officials said.
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Mysterious urine shuts down lab in Ky.
Jul 29 2005 10:22AM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A state laboratory that shut down after the discovery of a mysterious, smelly liquid reopened Friday after the material was identified as animal urine.
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Owners to get 9/11 field in Pa. back
Jul 29 2005 9:37AM (CT)
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The abandoned strip mine where United Flight 93 crashed nearly four years ago on Sept. 11, 2001 will be returned to the control of its owners when the county coroner releases the area as a death scene on Monday.
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Sheriff: Campers' car was speeding
Jul 29 2005 8:52AM (CT)
FALLSBURG, N.Y. (AP) - A camp counselor was driving at high speed with a suspended license when her car collided with a dump truck, killing the driver and five campers, the sheriff said.
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Teen ordered held in baseball bat death
Jul 29 2005 7:24AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy who killed a teen with a baseball bat after a game was ordered Thursday to a youth detention center until he turns 25.
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Financier Arthur Zankel dies at 73
Jul 29 2005 6:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Arthur Zankel, the financier who gave $10 million for the Carnegie Hall recital space that bears his name, plunged to his death from his ninth floor apartment in an apparent suicide, police said Friday. He was 73.
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Religion in the news
Jul 29 2005 6:26AM (CT)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - The voice of the new imam at one of the largest mosques on the East Coast rang loud from the pulpit during Friday services: "The call to reform Islam is an alien call."
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Moderate quake jolts Alaska village
Jul 29 2005 5:56AM (CT)
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - A moderate earthquake struck in Alaska's Aleutian Islands but apparently caused no significant damage, officials said.
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Yemeni cleric receives 75-year sentence
Jul 29 2005 5:26AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Yemeni cleric who bragged about his ties to Osama bin Laden was sentenced Thursday to 75 years in prison _ the maximum _ in a terrorism financing case that was nearly derailed when the government's star witness set himself on fire outside the White House.
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Report criticizes Calif. mental hospital
Jul 29 2005 5:25AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Patients at a state mental hospital overdosed on illegal drugs, were improperly restrained for hours on end and were forced to spend 12 hours in soiled diapers, according to a scathing report issued by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Two Arizona agencies form smuggling squads
Jul 29 2005 4:18AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Two local law enforcement agencies have launched special units devoted to fighting migrant smuggling, an unusual move given that immigration has long been the province of the federal government.
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FAA endorses plan to expand O'Hare Airport
Jul 29 2005 4:14AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration has endorsed the city's $15 billion effort to expand O'Hare International Airport and reduce the nation's worst flight delays, but the plan still faces opposition from communities that would be gutted to build new runways and taxiways.
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Fossett to attempt new aviation record
Jul 29 2005 12:23AM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Aviation's adventuresome duo of Steve Fossett and Sir Richard Branson announced plans Thursday for another world record attempt in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, this time for longest flight.
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Recall issued for 2.6M Rival Slow Cookers
Jul 29 2005 12:13AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A recall has been issued for 2.6 million Rival Slow Cookers, manufactured by The Holmes Group, because the handles on their bases can break, posing a burn risk if hot contents spill out.
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Harvard board member resigns
Jul 29 2005 12:02AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A member of Harvard's top governing board resigned Thursday, saying he no longer supports university President Lawrence H. Summers, according to the student newspaper.
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