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Judge reluctant to rule on global warming
Aug 12 2005 11:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge expressed reluctance about beginning judicial oversight of pollution issues that affect global warming as she heard arguments Friday in a complaint brought by eight states against some of the nation's largest power companies.
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Indiana couple sentenced in baby's death
Aug 12 2005 11:48PM (CT)
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana couple who chose to pray over their dying newborn daughter rather than seek medical care for her were sentenced Friday to six years in prison for reckless homicide.
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NYC officials reveal new glimpse of 9/11
Aug 12 2005 11:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In thousands of pages of oral histories released Friday, firefighters describe in vivid, intimate detail how they rushed to save fleeing civilians from churning smoke and fire before the World Trade Center collapsed in a monstrous cloud of debris and choking dust.
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High court OKs Calif. gov. redistricting
Aug 12 2005 11:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to change the way the state's legislative districts are drawn should be placed back on November's special election ballot.
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U.S. told not to release Abu Ghraib photos
Aug 12 2005 11:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Releasing photos and videotapes of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison would aid al-Qaida recruitment, weaken governments in Iraq and Afghanistan and incite riots against U.S. troops, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff warned in court papers.
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Figure in DeLay probe appears in court
Aug 12 2005 11:22PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lobbyist Jack Abramoff appeared in federal court Friday on charges of committing fraud while trying to buy a casino boat company _ a case that has attracted attention because of Abramoff's close ties to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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Son killed in Iraq known for quiet service
Aug 12 2005 11:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - He was an altar boy, an Eagle Scout, a church youth group leader. That is what people remember about Casey Sheehan, the 24-year-old soldier whose death in Iraq has become a flashpoint for debate about the war since his mother began staging a peace vigil outside the president's ranch in Texas.
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Families piece together Sept. 11 stories
Aug 12 2005 11:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Emotional relatives of firefighters killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center pored over newly released transcripts and recordings Friday, listening intently for the voices of their loved ones and clues to their final minutes alive.
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N.Y. community center loan investigated
Aug 12 2005 11:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - State and city officials are investigating how $875,000 from a community center funded largely by government grants and contracts wound up in the coffers of Air America, the liberal radio network.
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Judge blocks federal Calif. drilling plans
Aug 12 2005 11:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge blocked plans to extend leases for oil and gas drilling off the central California coast Friday, ruling that the Bush administration did not adequately consider possible damage to the ocean and marine life.
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Massive manure spill pollutes N.Y. river
Aug 12 2005 10:59PM (CT)
LOWVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Three million gallons of liquid manure spilled from a dairy farm and into a nearby river, creating a smelly flow that was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish.
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Tropical Storm Irene may become hurricane
Aug 12 2005 10:40PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Irene was nearing hurricane strength Friday, but the storm was on a course that should eventually curve away from the U.S. East Coast, forecasters said.
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Lutherans reject easing gay clergy rules
Aug 12 2005 10:32PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A national meeting of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America rejected a proposal Friday that would have allowed gays in committed relationships to serve as clergy under certain conditions.
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Calif. police hunt man who ran over ducks
Aug 12 2005 10:25PM (CT)
CAMPBELL, Calif. (AP) - When managers of a local car wash arrived for work recently they were stunned to discover a gruesome scene _ the mangled bodies of ten ducks, favorites of the community who lived in a nearby pond.
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Christian-rights group sues over posters
Aug 12 2005 10:23PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Christian-rights group on Friday said it has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Spanish teacher whose religious posters were removed from the classroom while he was out sick.
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Fugitive couple refuses return to Tenn.
Aug 12 2005 10:18PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The couple accused of killing a Tennessee corrections officer in a brazen escape said Friday they would fight efforts to send them back to face charges, with the husband declaring: "I don't want to leave without her."
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Ex-President Carter's grandson sentenced
Aug 12 2005 10:05PM (CT)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A teenage grandson of former President Jimmy Carter was sentenced Friday to 30 days of house arrest and 36 months probation as part of a plea agreement involving the theft of a videogame console.
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Judge orders death in Ala. killings
Aug 12 2005 9:35PM (CT)
LUVERNE, Ala. (AP) - A judge ordered a death sentence Friday for a man convicted of gunning down six members of his girlfriend's family at their rural home, a ruling that rejected the jury's recommendation of life in prison without parole.
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Ky. governor subpoenaed over state hiring
Aug 12 2005 8:46PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Ernie Fletcher has been subpoenaed to appear before a special grand jury investigating his administration's hiring practices, the attorney general's office confirmed Friday.
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Fire destroys more than 100 homes in Wash.
Aug 12 2005 8:15PM (CT)
POMEROY, Wash. (AP) - A 48,000-acre wildfire in southeastern Washington has destroyed more than 100 homes, ranging from modest summer cabins to full-time residences, a spokeswoman said Friday.
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Klansman in civil rights case gets bond
Aug 12 2005 7:13PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was released from jail Friday on $600,000 bond while he appeals his manslaughter convictions and 60-year sentence in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers.
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Former Chicago worker sentenced in payoffs
Aug 12 2005 7:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former city worker who pleaded guilty to taking payoffs from truckers who wanted city business was sentenced Friday to seven years in federal prison.
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Judge innocent of bribery charges in Miss.
Aug 12 2005 6:35PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A jury found a state Supreme Court justice innocent of bribery charges Friday but couldn't reach a verdict on several counts against the attorney accused of bribing him and two former judges, who were also on trial.
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Schwarzenegger accuser said to strike deal
Aug 12 2005 6:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tabloid publisher that was negotiating a business deal with Arnold Schwarzenegger arranged a $20,000 confidentiality agreement with a woman who said she once had a relationship with the actor, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
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NYC officials release 9/11 oral histories
Aug 12 2005 6:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Fire Department on Friday released thousands of pages of oral histories recorded by firefighters about Sept. 11 and hours of radio transmissions, a vast mine of records that evoked anew the chaos and horror of the attack.
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Two dead in train, tanker crash in Mexico
Aug 12 2005 5:29PM (CT)
LUCIO BLANCO, Mexico (AP) - A tanker truck hauling liquid petroleum collided with a freight train, killing at least two people, injuring at least 44 and reducing parts of a border-town settlement to rubble.
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Wis. celebrates role in Social Security
Aug 12 2005 4:11PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - As the Social Security program turns 70 on Sunday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is highlighting its role as the intellectual birthplace of the centerpiece of Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Carter takes dive in namesake submarine
Aug 12 2005 3:53PM (CT)
KINGS BAY, Ga. (AP) - Former President Carter completed his first submarine dive since he left the Navy in 1953 aboard a new nuclear vessel that bears his name.
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Trespassing dismissed against immigrants
Aug 12 2005 3:45PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A judge on Friday dismissed trespassing charges against a group of illegal immigrants arrested by two small-town police chiefs who said they were frustrated by lax federal enforcement.
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NYU doctor donates $105 million to school
Aug 12 2005 12:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A microbiology professor who fled the Nazis as a child, then made a fortune inventing a drug for rheumatoid arthritis plans to give the New York University School of Medicine a $105 million donation.
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Waffle House: Still dishing at age 50
Aug 12 2005 12:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It's well past midnight and a movie theater manager sits down to supper after his shift. A couple nearby sips coffee. In walk two women who have, in all fairness, seen better days, their jeans worn thin, their hair matted. The women don't even merit a stare. This is Waffle House.
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Arizona court overturns worker-injury law
Aug 12 2005 12:15PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously knocked down a state law that let insurers deny claims for on-the-job injuries at drug-free workplaces if workers test positive for drugs or alcohol.
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Teacher pleads no contest to sex charge
Aug 12 2005 7:43AM (CT)
MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former elementary school teacher pleaded no contest to having sex with one of her students, a 13-year-old boy, and has been sentenced to nine months in jail.
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Religion in the news
Aug 12 2005 7:23AM (CT)
REXBURG, Idaho (AP) - Getting a 34-year Harvard man to abandon one of the nation's most prestigious business schools for an Idaho church college seems like a task that would demand divine revelation. For Kim Clark, who left his post as Harvard Business School dean last week, it came down to the next best thing.
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Man arrested at Okla. airport with device
Aug 12 2005 7:16AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Federal agents arrested a college student after finding a small explosive device in his baggage as he passed through an airport security checkpoint.
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FBI warns police of possible terror attack
Aug 12 2005 7:13AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The FBI has warned police that al-Qaida cells might use fuel trucks as weapons to attack Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, but officials stressed Thursday the warning was based on uncorroborated intelligence.
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Ark. town angry school shooter may go free
Aug 12 2005 7:11AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A teenager who helped shoot and kill five people during a school yard rampage at his middle school reached his 21st birthday Thursday and was expected to walk out of a federal detention center.
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Attorney: Nuke waste put community at risk
Aug 12 2005 7:00AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An attorney claims that errors one of Florida's biggest electric utilities made in handling nuclear waste caused brain cancer in at least two children and may have put an entire community at risk.
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Giant waterfall discovered in Calif. park
Aug 12 2005 6:59AM (CT)
WHISKEYTOWN, Calif. (AP) - Dick McDermott knows these parts as well as any man can. But McDermott says he's never laid eyes on the nearly 400-foot waterfall that park officials recently discovered in a remote corner of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 43,000 acres of wilderness in northern California.
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Top NYC Catholic leader named in divorce
Aug 12 2005 6:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Roman Catholic monsignor resigned as rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral after being accused of having an affair with a married woman.
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Man arrested on weapons charge near U.N.
Aug 12 2005 4:15AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man was arrested after attempting to enter a parking garage across the street from the United Nations with two loaded firearms in his vehicle, police said.
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Mormon spurns Harvard for Idaho
Aug 12 2005 3:17AM (CT)
REXBURG, Idaho (AP) - Getting a 34-year Harvard man to abandon one of the nation's most prestigious business schools for an Idaho church college seems like a task that would demand divine revelation.
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