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3 killed when small plane crashes in Pa.
Aug 13 2005 11:50PM (CT)
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A small plane attempting to land Saturday night crashed about a half-mile short of the runway at Erie International Airport, killing three people and injuring a fourth, airport police said.
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Sept. 11 archives show heroism amid chaos
Aug 13 2005 11:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Radio communication broke down. Commanders lost contact with their squads. Noise and dust obscured the senses. One paramedic likened it to being in an infantry unit overrun by enemy troops. Yet, in the confusion at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, firefighters and emergency medical technicians improvised, and kept working.
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Normal life over for protesting mother
Aug 13 2005 11:12PM (CT)
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Before her son was killed in Iraq, before she began a peace vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch, before she became an icon of the anti-war movement and the face of grieving mothers, there was a time when Cindy Sheehan's life was, by all appearances, incredibly normal.
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Forecasters: Irene doesn't threaten land
Aug 13 2005 11:07PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Irene was passing between North Carolina's Outer Banks and Bermuda late Saturday but posed no threat to land, forecasters said.
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Man leads police to skeletal remains
Aug 13 2005 11:05PM (CT)
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - A convicted bank robber led police to a set of skeletal remains believed to be those of Tamika Huston, a woman he once dated who had been missing for over a year.
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Steer show attracts potential candidates
Aug 13 2005 10:09PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - In a rare event, Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack were steered in the same direction Saturday _ by a nearly 3,000 pound animal.
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Divers recover plane that crashed in 1958
Aug 13 2005 10:08PM (CT)
SPICER, Minn. (AP) - Divers on Saturday recovered a single engine military plane that crashed into Green Lake during fog nearly 47 years ago, killing a Minnesota National Guard pilot.
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Progress made on Wash. wildfire
Aug 13 2005 9:33PM (CT)
POMERY, Wash. (AP) - Firefighters, helped by rain and cooler temperatures, made progress battling a 48,500-acre wildfire in eastern Washington on Saturday that had burned more than 100 homes.
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Judge: Frat could face torture charges
Aug 13 2005 9:30PM (CT)
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A judge raised the possibility that four fraternity members could be charged with torture in the death of a 21-year-old pledge, comparing the alleged hazing death to the torture of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers.
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Ohio mourns 3 more victims of Iraq attack
Aug 13 2005 9:13PM (CT)
POWELL, Ohio (AP) - Motorcycles roared their engines Saturday to herald the funeral procession of Marine Sgt. Justin Hoffman, one of 14 Marines killed last week in the deadliest roadside bombing since U.S. troops invaded Iraq.
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Gen.: Abu Ghraib photos could spark riots
Aug 13 2005 8:01PM (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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Retired N.M. judge, wife found dead
Aug 13 2005 7:49PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A retired state district judge and his wife were found dead in their Albuquerque home in what police said Saturday appeared to be a murder-suicide.
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Family loses third girl in lake tragedy
Aug 13 2005 7:47PM (CT)
BURNS HARBOR, Ind. (AP) - The family of two girls who drowned while playing in a lake lost a third daughter Saturday, a 14-year-old who had been pulled from the lake barely alive after trying to save her sisters.
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Soldier pleads guilty to smuggling cocaine
Aug 13 2005 7:05PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Fort Bliss soldier has pleaded guilty to smuggling cocaine into the United States from Colombia using military aircraft, a post spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Mother of missing boy calm in 911 call
Aug 13 2005 6:49PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - The mother of one of the three young boys who went missing and later were found dead in the truck of a car was calm in the brief 911 call, according to a recording released by authorities.
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Floridians lose millions in hedge fund
Aug 13 2005 6:33PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Dozens of wealthy investors were scammed out of $160 million by three self-proclaimed hedge fund operators who set up flashy offices in Palm Beach County, took their money and ran, federal investigators said.
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Salt Lake mayor wants domestic registry
Aug 13 2005 5:57PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mayor Rocky Anderson wants to let domestic partners in Salt Lake City document their relationships, saying a registry would allow people to signify "they are partners, that they formed a domestic partnership."
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WWII marker a grim reminder about veterans
Aug 13 2005 5:01PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Willard "Mac" McLain's story of survival after his bomber was shot down over occupied France is like the plot of a movie, a five-month journey of intrigue and danger, avoiding the murderous Nazi Gestapo while moving secretly through an underground network of French resistance fighters.
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Two dead after Tornado hits Wyoming town
Aug 13 2005 4:43PM (CT)
WRIGHT, Wyo. (AP) - Residents had just five minutes warning before a tornado tore into a mobile home park, killing two people and destroying dozens of homes. About a dozen people were injured, but only one remained hospitalized Saturday.
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U.S. Lutherans condemn Israeli barrier
Aug 13 2005 4:35PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America denounced the security barrier Israel is building along the West Bank, saying Saturday that Israeli policy throughout the territories has brought "extreme hardship" to Palestinians.
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Federal money may not help Chicago traffic
Aug 13 2005 1:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - From trains to planes to automobiles, traffic tie-ups are as synonymous with Chicago as the Sears Tower, deep dish pizza and great blues bars.
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PETA rethinks ads comparing abuse, slavery
Aug 13 2005 1:07PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is reconsidering a campaign comparing images of animal abuse with those of slavery after complaints from civil rights groups and others.
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Foreign languages not just for big kids
Aug 13 2005 12:57PM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Sandra Rosado is big on class participation. So when her fourth-graders had a hard time keeping quiet until it was their turn to answer, she didn't mind. Until a few of them spoke in English. "No ingles!" Rosado reminded her Spanish class at Perkins Elementary.
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Security guards banned from Malibu
Aug 13 2005 11:01AM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - The California Coastal Commission has banned no trespassing signs and security guard patrols on beaches, methods some property owners used to keep out visitors.
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Nick Perito, Hollywood composer, dead at 81
Aug 13 2005 10:43AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nick Perito, an Emmy-nominated Hollywood composer and arranger who worked for more than three decades with Perry Como, has died. He was 81.
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Christian-rights group sues over posters
Aug 13 2005 8:41AM (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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Judge blocks federal Calif. drilling plans
Aug 13 2005 8:40AM (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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N.Y. community center loan investigated
Aug 13 2005 8:39AM (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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Counter-Clinton Library group folds
Aug 13 2005 8:33AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A group that had hoped to build two museums to rebut the displays at the Clinton Presidential Library is folding.
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Figure in DeLay probe appears in court
Aug 13 2005 8:21AM (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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Security cameras multiply in Manhattan
Aug 13 2005 8:20AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Six surveillance cameras could be seen peering out from a chain drug store on Broadway. One protruded awkwardly from the awning of a fast-food restaurant. A supersized, domed version hovered like a flying saucer outside Columbia University. To the dismay of civil libertarians and with the approval of law enforcement, they've been multiplying at a dizzying rate all over Manhattan.
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Architect envisions tallest building in US
Aug 13 2005 8:20AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The architect's concept is breathtaking: a spiraling, 115-story tower that would pierce the sky along Chicago's lakefront and grab the title of the nation's tallest building. Off the drawing board, though, history shows that such plans often fail to live up to their record-breaking aspirations.
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Lutherans reject easing gay clergy rules
Aug 13 2005 8:17AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Gays and lesbians lashed out after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America rejected a proposal that would have allowed them to serve as clergy in certain cases, saying they felt rejected by their own denomination.
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Ariz. woman recovers from 400 bee stings
Aug 13 2005 8:07AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - An 83-year-old woman is recovering after being stung 400 times by bees, authorities said. The woman, whose name was not released, was attacked Friday by bees coming from the wall of a storage building outside her home, said Fire Department Capt. Paul McDonough.
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Authorities were warned about escape plan
Aug 13 2005 6:30AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The father of a woman accused of killing a corrections officer to free her inmate husband said he suspected the couple might be planning an escape and asked a Utah probation officer to alert authorities in Tennessee.
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Giant waterfall discovered in Calif. park
Aug 13 2005 6:17AM (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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Joey Buttafuoco charged with possession
Aug 13 2005 5:24AM (CT)
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) - Joey Buttafuoco, a car mechanic who made national headlines in the early 1990s when his teenage girlfriend shot and wounded his wife, has been charged with illegal possession of ammunition.
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Former Ku Klux Klan leader out on bond
Aug 13 2005 4:49AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - Calling it a "matter of the law," a judge released former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen on bond while he appeals his manslaughter convictions and 60-year sentence in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers.
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Son killed in Iraq known for quiet service
Aug 13 2005 3:52AM (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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U.S. mass transit threat alert lowered
Aug 13 2005 3:48AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government lowered its terrorism warning level for the nation's bus, subway, rail and ferry systems, but many big cities will continue to see enhanced security on their transit networks.
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Families piece together Sept. 11 stories
Aug 13 2005 2:04AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Emotional relatives of firefighters killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center pored over newly released transcripts and recordings, listening intently for the voices of their loved ones and clues to their final minutes alive.
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Correction: Deaths story
Aug 13 2005 12:58AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an Aug. 10 obituary for film actress Dorris Bowdon, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Fredda Johnson, who confirmed the death, was Bowdon's daughter. Johnson was Bowdon's daughter-in-law.
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Lutherans reject easing gay clergy rules
Aug 13 2005 12:52AM (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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