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Mother accused of killing unborn child
Jul 29 2007 11:15PM (CT)
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - Investigators are continuing their search at the home of a mother charged with killing her unborn child, Ocean City police said.
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Montana fire spreads nearly unchecked
Jul 29 2007 10:18PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Hot, dry and windy weather helped a wildfire near Glacier National Park grow to roughly 5,000 acres on Sunday and continue to threaten an evacuated lodge.
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Montana fire spreads nearly unchecked
Jul 29 2007 10:18PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Hot, dry and windy weather helped a wildfire near Glacier National Park grow to roughly 5,000 acres on Sunday and continue to threaten an evacuated lodge.
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Cities sue gangs in bid to stop violence
Jul 29 2007 10:02PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Fed up with deadly drive-by shootings, incessant drug dealing and graffiti, cities nationwide are trying a different tactic to combat gangs: They're suing them.
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Court-martial near in Iraq rape-killing
Jul 29 2007 7:35PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Spc. Jesse Spielman crept alongside three soldiers as they cut through wire fences to enter the home of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, not knowing about the rape and murder that awaited, defense attorneys said.
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Tributes pile up at chopper crash site
Jul 29 2007 6:40PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Visitors to a park where two news helicopters crashed after a midair collision left flowers, cards and candles as tributes to the four victims Sunday, as federal investigators worked to remove the wreckage and analyze it.
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Dead birds shut down 3 DC Metro stations
Jul 29 2007 6:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three Metro train stations were briefly closed Sunday while hazardous materials crews investigated dozens of dead birds and a substance believed to be a commercial pest poison. No human injuries were reported.
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Simple safety solution: classroom locks
Jul 29 2007 6:18PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O'Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the attacker from returning to kill even more.
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Simple safety solution: classroom locks
Jul 29 2007 6:18PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O'Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the attacker from returning to kill even more.
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Simple safety solution: classroom locks
Jul 29 2007 6:18PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O'Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the attacker from returning to kill even more.
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Fatal ending to Ariz. exorcism response
Jul 29 2007 5:46PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Officers responding to a report of an exorcism on a young girl found her grandfather choking her and used stun guns to subdue the man, who later died, authorities said Sunday.
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Open valve caused oil spill, Kansas says
Jul 29 2007 5:05PM (CT)
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. (AP) - An oil spill that damaged hundreds of homes during flooding four weeks ago began when the valve on a refinery storage tank was left open, state health officials said.
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Child's weight course is a family affair
Jul 29 2007 2:19PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Life for the Washington family has changed. Instead of fast food for dinner, they have grilled chicken and vegetables. Sugary drinks have been replaced with diet soda. Frisbee games in their yard have encroached on television time.
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Child's weight course is a family affair
Jul 29 2007 2:19PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Life for the Washington family has changed. Instead of fast food for dinner, they have grilled chicken and vegetables. Sugary drinks have been replaced with diet soda. Frisbee games in their yard have encroached on television time.
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Child's weight course is a family affair
Jul 29 2007 2:19PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Life for the Washington family has changed. Instead of fast food for dinner, they have grilled chicken and vegetables. Sugary drinks have been replaced with diet soda. Frisbee games in their yard have encroached on television time.
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Int'l grandmothers' enviro movement
Jul 29 2007 2:06PM (CT)
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) - Several times a day over three days, 13 women from around the world, several in their 80s, gathered around an open fire as each led a prayer ceremony unique to her native tribe.
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Report: GIs shot Iraqi several times
Jul 29 2007 6:01AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A soldier charged with premeditated murder in the death of an Iraqi shot the man several times with a rifle before ordering a subordinate to do the same, according to an Army document filed in the case.
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Fla. man, 88, becomes an Eagle Scout
Jul 29 2007 5:27AM (CT)
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - More than a half-century after he finished the requirements to earn the rank, an 88-year-old man was honored as an Eagle Scout on Saturday, making him possibly the oldest person to ever collect the honor.
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Stunt pilot killed at Ohio air show
Jul 29 2007 5:19AM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A biplane performing stunts for an air show crashed into a runway Saturday in front of thousands of spectators, killing the pilot, officials said.
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2 die in Oregon float plane crash
Jul 29 2007 4:27AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A small float plane crashed into the Willamette River in Oregon, killing two people, including an accomplished flight instructor, authorities said.
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Sentences vary when kids die in hot cars
Jul 29 2007 3:55AM (CT)
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - Kevin Kelly is a law-abiding citizen who, much distracted, left his beloved 21-month-old daughter in a sweltering van for seven hours. Frances Kelly had probably been dead for more than four hours by the time a neighbor noticed her strapped in her car seat; when rescue personnel removed the girl from the vehicle, her skin was red and blistered, her fine, carrot-colored hair matted with sweat. Two hours later, her body temperature was still nearly 106 degrees.
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Sentences vary when kids die in hot cars
Jul 29 2007 3:55AM (CT)
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - Kevin Kelly is a law-abiding citizen who, much distracted, left his beloved 21-month-old daughter in a sweltering van for seven hours. Frances Kelly had probably been dead for more than four hours by the time a neighbor noticed her strapped in her car seat; when rescue personnel removed the girl from the vehicle, her skin was red and blistered, her fine, carrot-colored hair matted with sweat. Two hours later, her body temperature was still nearly 106 degrees.
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Sentences vary when kids die in hot cars
Jul 29 2007 3:55AM (CT)
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - Kevin Kelly is a law-abiding citizen who, much distracted, left his beloved 21-month-old daughter in a sweltering van for seven hours. Frances Kelly had probably been dead for more than four hours by the time a neighbor noticed her strapped in her car seat; when rescue personnel removed the girl from the vehicle, her skin was red and blistered, her fine, carrot-colored hair matted with sweat. Two hours later, her body temperature was still nearly 106 degrees.
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California apartment fire kills 5
Jul 29 2007 12:39AM (CT)
LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) - An apartment fire in California's Central Valley left five family members dead, including three children, authorities said.
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