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Fugitive in Ind. triple killing caught
Aug 1 2006 11:28PM (CT)
WHEELING, Ind. (AP) - After an extensive search, a man wanted in a triple killing two weeks ago was arrested Tuesday after police found him holed up with his girlfriend just yards from his own home.
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Tropical Storm Chris gains strength
Aug 1 2006 10:42PM (CT)
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - Tropical Storm Chris strengthened Tuesday as it approached the eastern edge of the Caribbean, prompting a run on groceries and gas as people prepared for the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
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Judge rules on bank-issued gift cards
Aug 1 2006 10:34PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - State consumer protection laws don't apply to bank-issued gift cards sold by a shopping mall management company, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Heat wave hits eastern half of nation
Aug 1 2006 10:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Blistering heat settled over the eastern half of the nation Tuesday, sending man and beast in desperate search of relief: An air-conditioned subway car in New York City. A plunge into the Atlantic Ocean in New Jersey. And cold showers for suffering livestock in Ohio.
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Man in video game slayings gets life
Aug 1 2006 10:25PM (CT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - A man who said he swung a baseball bat but denied killing any of the six victims in a dispute over an Xbox video game system will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge decided Tuesday.
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Storm damages Utah airport; cuts power
Aug 1 2006 10:22PM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - A storm packing rain, hail and 80-mph gusts of wind Tuesday ruined roofs, destroyed trees and cut power to thousands of people as it raged across northern Utah.
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Islamic charity fundraiser released
Aug 1 2006 10:20PM (CT)
BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) - A fundraiser for an Islamic charity who was detained for two years on suspicion of ties to terrorism said Tuesday that he had no such connections, and he accused the U.S. government of sidestepping justice in its efforts to prevent another attack like those of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Man kidnapped in Haiti returns home
Aug 1 2006 10:16PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A little thinner, a little grayer, the 70-year-old man who was kidnapped in a Haitian slum and then set free two weeks ago returned home Tuesday night, still unsure of why he was spared.
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LA council OKs rules for public speakers
Aug 1 2006 10:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The City Council passed "rules of decorum" Tuesday that bar people at its meetings from using profanity, making offensive comments or expressing themselves too loudly.
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4 gang members convicted of hate crimes
Aug 1 2006 10:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four members of a Hispanic gang were convicted Tuesday of conspiring to use violence to push blacks out of their neighborhood, after federal prosecutors targeted the gang with laws normally used to prosecute white supremacist groups.
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Widespread flooding hits El Paso, Texas
Aug 1 2006 9:51PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A third day of heavy rain caused widespread flooding around El Paso on Tuesday, swamping mountainside homes, forcing evacuations and closing major roads.
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Journalist jailed over protest footage
Aug 1 2006 9:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A freelance video journalist was jailed Tuesday for refusing to give a grand jury his unsold footage from a 2005 protest in which anarchists were suspected of vandalizing a police car.
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Teen says he found mouse in salad bar
Aug 1 2006 9:32PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina teenager says he found a mouse in his salad at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant, but state health department officials said Tuesday initial indications are the restaurant is not to blame.
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Exiles distrust Cuba about Castro
Aug 1 2006 9:09PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Joyous celebration in Miami over news that an ailing Fidel Castro had temporarily ceded power gave way Tuesday to rampant speculation among Cuban exiles: Is Castro already dead? What will happen in Cuba after he is gone? Is this just a trick?
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Love affair with cars starts to skid
Aug 1 2006 9:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans love their automobiles, but not as much as they used to. Nearly seven in 10 drivers enjoy getting behind the wheel, while the rest think it's a chore. In 1991, nearly eight in 10 said they liked driving.
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Romney announces Big Dig task force
Aug 1 2006 8:57PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Days after forcing out the head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Gov. Mitt Romney on Tuesday moved ahead with long-held plans that he says will streamline the agency, make it more efficient and save tax dollars.
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Montana senator's nephew dies in Iraq
Aug 1 2006 8:56PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A nephew of Sen. Max Baucus serving in the Marines was killed in Iraq during the weekend, the senator's office said Tuesday.
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Nike chairman donates $105M to Stanford
Aug 1 2006 8:33PM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Nike Inc. Chairman Phil Knight pledged $105 million to Stanford University Tuesday in what philanthropy experts said was the largest gift to a business school.
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Former university president indicted
Aug 1 2006 7:54PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Former Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury following accusations she misspent hundreds of thousands of school dollars to furnish and landscape her home.
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Federal court weighs Forest Service plan
Aug 1 2006 7:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Bush administration had the right to overturn a ban on road construction in untouched parts of national forests, but may have needed to weigh possible environmental effects at the same time, a federal judge said Tuesday.
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Drug czar says take meth fight to border
Aug 1 2006 7:42PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The next phase in the fight against illicit methamphetamine should emphasize tightening U.S. borders to prevent drug trafficking, expanding voluntary drug testing in schools, and augmenting treatment for addicts, the nation's drug czar said Tuesday.
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Every cell lock at prison being checked
Aug 1 2006 6:47PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The state has hired two firms to help examine and _ if necessary _ repair all 800 cell locks at a Maryland prison where two inmates freed themselves and fatally stabbed a guard, officials said.
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Guilty plea in party switch
Aug 1 2006 6:15PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former state legislator who changed parties in 2003, enabling Democratic House Speaker Jim Black to stay in power, pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking $50,000 in campaign contributions to make the switch.
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Court OK's look at Times' phone records
Aug 1 2006 5:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors investigating a leak about a terrorism funding probe can see the phone records of two New York Times reporters, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Woman jailed in housekeeper slavery case
Aug 1 2006 5:46PM (CT)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A woman was sentenced to two months in jail Tuesday for effectively stealing the services of an Indonesian woman who prosecutors said was held as a virtual slave for four years.
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Wrongly released inmate gets life
Aug 1 2006 5:31PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - An ex-convict was sentenced Tuesday to life without parole for killing a young couple after he was mistakenly released from custody.
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Man restrained on plane
Aug 1 2006 5:18PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man on his way to get psychological treatment grew agitated aboard a US Airways flight and tried to open a door as the plane descended, authorities said Tuesday.
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News agencies stand by Lebanon photos
Aug 1 2006 3:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Three news agencies on Tuesday rejected challenges to the veracity of photographs of bodies taken in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, strongly denying that the images were staged.
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Skeletal remains found in New Orleans
Aug 1 2006 3:21PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Eleven months after Hurricane Katrina, firefighters found skeletal remains in a dilapidated home filled with debris and jumbled furniture.
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Publisher of 2 Philly newspapers resigns
Aug 1 2006 3:16PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Just a month after the ownership of Philadelphia's two major newspapers changed hands, employees have another big adjustment to make: The publisher is resigning.
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Iraq vets may have memory lapses
Aug 1 2006 3:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Veterans of the fighting in Iraq are more likely than other U.S. soldiers to suffer mild memory and attention lapses back home, but they also tend to have better reaction time, at least in the short-term, a study found.
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County treasurer sentenced
Aug 1 2006 2:46PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A county treasurer was sentenced to one to seven years in prison and removed from office Tuesday for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars and using some of the money to rent space for a sex club.
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Police recruit charged in plot
Aug 1 2006 1:45PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A New York City police recruit pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he plotted to have his ex-girlfriend killed for $3,000 because she didn't want to get married, prosecutors said.
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Laser pointer hits NYPD helicopter
Aug 1 2006 1:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A 19-year-old man was arrested after authorities said he shined a laser pointer at a police helicopter.
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ACLU accuses Miss. mayor of profiling
Aug 1 2006 12:17PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The national American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday accused the city's black mayor of civil rights violations including racial profiling in his crusade to stem crime in Mississippi's capital city.
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2 men who sneaked into mine found safe
Aug 1 2006 11:20AM (CT)
MAMMOTH, W.Va. (AP) - Two men who sneaked into a closed coal mine to search for scrap metal to sell were rescued after they became lost about 3,000 feet inside the mine, authorities said. Crews found Franklin Johnson, 44, and Glen Edelman, 35, Monday evening, a few hours after family members reported them missing.
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Man accused of lying about son's cancer
Aug 1 2006 10:55AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A newly hired salesman did no work for months, telling bosses his 3-year-old son had cancer, only to be unmasked as a liar when the firm tried to send flowers after being told the boy had died, a lawsuit claims.
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Court posts Moussaoui evidence online
Aug 1 2006 10:42AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Photographs of the carnage of Sept. 11 and tape-recorded final phone calls from victims in the World Trade Center used as evidence against Zacarias Moussaoui were posted online Monday by the federal court that tried the al-Qaida conspirator.
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Apartment fire in Omaha kills 4
Aug 1 2006 9:24AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Residents climbed out of windows to escape flames and smoke early Tuesday as a fire in an apartment building killed four people.
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Airborne Chaplains Corp oldest in military
Aug 1 2006 3:42AM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - They look like the other soldiers, but the Army's airborne chaplains are noncombatants who carry camo-clad Bibles instead of weapons when it's time to leap from aircraft onto the battlefield.
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Powwows evolve while preserving tradition
Aug 1 2006 3:31AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Standing in a circle, the Heart Beat singers struck a drum in unison. With hundreds of Indians in colorful tribal dress ready to march into the Denver March Pow Wow behind them, the bespectacled Howard Bad Hand began to sing.
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60 years ago, vets took up arms in Tenn.
Aug 1 2006 2:10AM (CT)
ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) - Harold Powers was only 20 when he watched a frightening sight unfold here 60 years ago: Battle-hardened World War II veterans in a shootout with armed sheriff's deputies.
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Cubans in Miami await news on Castro
Aug 1 2006 1:26AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The streets of the city's Little Havana neighborhood erupted in celebration as word spread that Cuban President Fidel Castro had temporarily relinquished power, with hundreds of people waving flags and many talking hopefully of returning to their home country for the first time in years or decades.
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News organizations seek Astor case files
Aug 1 2006 1:13AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four news organizations asked a judge Monday to unseal the file in the case of Brooke Astor, the 104-year-old philanthropist who is in the midst of a family squabble over her care.
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2 charged with killing homeless L.A. men
Aug 1 2006 12:46AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two women in their 70s were charged Monday with having homeless men killed in hit-and-run car crashes to collect more than $2 million in life insurance.
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