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Hundreds of commuters stuck on NY trains
Aug 14 2006 11:10PM (CT)
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) - Hundreds of commuters were stranded on their trains for hours Monday when a loose tarp blown from a nearby water tower knocked power lines onto the tracks.
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Florida senator found guilty of theft
Aug 14 2006 11:06PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A state senator was found guilty Monday on charges that he misused taxpayer money by having state employees work to support his re-election campaign in 2004.
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Policeman on motorcycle run down in N.Y.
Aug 14 2006 10:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An off-duty police officer was killed early Monday when his motorcycle was rear-ended by a volunteer firefighter who had followed him with a flashing blue emergency light, police said.
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Mom jailed after cocaine found in child
Aug 14 2006 10:56PM (CT)
HILLSBORO, Ohio (AP) - A woman who authorities said has a 1-year-old daughter who tested positive for cocaine remained in jail Monday night on a child endangerment charge.
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Settlement reached in Indian burial site
Aug 14 2006 10:55PM (CT)
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) - Washington state will pay more than $17 million to tribal and local officials to settle lingering disputes over the state's disturbance of an ancient American Indian village and burial ground, Gov. Chris Gregoire announced Monday.
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Dispute rises over Va. Sen. name calling
Aug 14 2006 10:53PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Sen. George Allen's campaign on Monday defended the Republican's flip comments he made about his opponent's campaign scout as a joke about the man's hair, but the Democratic volunteer said it appeared to be aimed at the fact he was of Indian descent.
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Katrina victims blamed for Houston crime
Aug 14 2006 10:31PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A letter to inmate No. 1352951 and a cell phone bill for $76.63, both found in a soggy New Orleans duplex ruined by Hurricane Katrina, led Louisiana bounty hunter James Martin to Texas. Again.
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Jury selection begins in 3rd Gotti trial
Aug 14 2006 9:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jury selection began Monday in the third racketeering trial in a year of John "Junior" Gotti, who said he was thrilled at the birth of his sixth child over the weekend.
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Man pleads guilty in Oprah bus scam
Aug 14 2006 9:47PM (CT)
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - A travel company operator pleaded guilty to bilking about 60 people, mostly senior citizens, by selling them bogus tickets and charter bus trips to Chicago to see the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
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Woman leads Catholic service in Calif.
Aug 14 2006 9:12PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A woman who says she has been ordained a Roman Catholic priest led a service during the weekend _ despite the risk of being excommunicated.
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Mom to be retried in baby's meth death
Aug 14 2006 9:08PM (CT)
CORONA, Calif. (AP) - A woman accused of breast-feeding her son methamphetamine-laced milk will be retried a third time on a murder charge, a judge ruled Monday.
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FBI: No terror groups in cell phone case
Aug 14 2006 8:38PM (CT)
CARO, Mich. (AP) - The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van had any direct connection to known terrorist groups.
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Suspicious item forces plane evacuation
Aug 14 2006 8:27PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police evacuated an Alaska Airlines flight Monday after a "suspicious item" was found on board that no one claimed, Los Angeles International Airport officials said.
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FEMA changing locks on trailers
Aug 14 2006 8:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - FEMA will replace locks on as many as 118,000 trailers used by Gulf Coast hurricane victims after discovering the same key could open many of the mobile homes.
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Ground zero workers to get more benefits
Aug 14 2006 8:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. George Pataki signed legislation Monday to greatly expand benefits for workers who have died or become sick from toiling in the smoke and dust that hung over the ruins of the World Trade Center.
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Deadline for hurricane claims extended
Aug 14 2006 7:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nearly all insurance companies in Louisiana have agreed to give homeowners more time to settle claims from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the state's top insurance official said Monday.
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Kittens thrown in frying pan in N.Y.
Aug 14 2006 7:33PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Five kittens thrown into a frying pan with pork chops and hot oil were recovering at an animal shelter Monday, and the man accused of scalding them was awaiting a court appearance.
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Calif. wildfire damages power substation
Aug 14 2006 7:30PM (CT)
GORMAN, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters gained ground Monday on a wildfire along the northern edge of Los Angeles County that temporarily closed a major freeway and knocked out electricity to more than 4,000 homes, authorities said.
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Ohio candidate booked on domestic charge
Aug 14 2006 7:21PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A Democratic candidate for Congress suspended her campaign Monday after she and her husband were charged with domestic violence.
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Iranian brothers sue over long detention
Aug 14 2006 7:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four Iranian brothers who were detained for more than three years after the 2001 terrorist attacks filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court, claiming they were held on false pretenses during an FBI investigation.
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Colorado redistricting lawsuit dismissed
Aug 14 2006 6:56PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A panel of federal judges has delivered a blow to Colorado Republicans and dismissed the last lawsuit filed over congressional boundaries imposed by a state court.
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Judge won't stop oil and gas sale
Aug 14 2006 6:52PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge dealt Gov. Kathleen Blanco a defeat Monday in her campaign to force the government to give Louisiana a bigger share of royalties from offshore oil and gas drilling.
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Landing system fails at L.A. airport
Aug 14 2006 6:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An instrument landing system that guides arriving planes onto a runway at Los Angeles International Airport failed Monday for the second time in a week, delaying several flights, officials said.
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Tests confirm body of missing Mich. girl
Aug 14 2006 6:08PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - DNA testing confirmed the identity of a burned body found in a field as a missing 7-year-old girl, authorities said Monday.
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Those who fled Katrina on own did better
Aug 14 2006 6:06PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Evacuees who escaped Hurricane Katrina's flooding on their own are faring better almost a year later than the thousands rescued and dumped in cities saturated with evacuees, according to a report released Monday.
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Trial begins in slaying of N.D. student
Aug 14 2006 5:46PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A convicted sex offender accused of killing a college student after abducting her from a shopping center went on trial Monday in North Dakota's first death penalty case in more than 100 years.
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Falling concrete kills 2 in Dallas
Aug 14 2006 5:43PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Concrete debris fell 19 stories from a construction site Monday, killing a worker who was knocked into an excavation pit and a truck driver whose cab was crushed.
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New Orleans mayor halts landfill dumping
Aug 14 2006 5:42PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday ordered waste haulers to stop depositing debris in a controversial landfill opened after Hurricane Katrina, a move state regulators said could delay the battered city's cleanup by more than a year.
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Mystery 9/11 rescuer reveals himself
Aug 14 2006 5:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For years, authorities wondered about the identity of a U.S. Marine who appeared at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, helped find a pair of police officers buried in the rubble, then vanished.
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Man pleads innocent in Va. slayings of 4
Aug 14 2006 5:30PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A man charged in the killing of a musician's family and suspected in a series of other crimes pleaded not guilty Monday as jury selection got under way in his trial.
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Warning light forces governor's landing
Aug 14 2006 4:42PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine's state police helicopter made an unplanned landing Monday morning after a warning light went on, state police said.
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Conn. tourist train hits garbage truck
Aug 14 2006 4:35PM (CT)
ESSEX, Conn. (AP) - A steam train carrying tourists struck a garbage truck on Monday, injuring the truck driver, police and local officials said.
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Alaska fire blamed on kids and matches
Aug 14 2006 3:18PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A runaway fire that caused an estimated $35 million in damage and left dozens homeless in a remote Alaska community was started by children playing with matches, authorities said Monday.
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Man's legs are amputated after accident
Aug 14 2006 2:58PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Doctors amputated the legs of a construction worker whose limbs were crushed in the collapse of a downtown building last week.
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Hoover Dam center reopens after scare
Aug 14 2006 2:12PM (CT)
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - The Hoover Dam visitor center reopened Monday while authorities continued investigating the weekend discovery of an explosive blasting cap in a construction tunnel.
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L.A. buses collide, injuring 11
Aug 14 2006 1:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two transit buses collided on a downtown street early Monday, sending one bus barreling into the front of a parking garage. Eleven people were injured, two seriously, authorities said.
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High prices force creative housing
Aug 14 2006 1:30PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Some are buying homes with friends or siblings. Others barter for rent _ or live in buildings where residents share occasional meals, childcare and sometimes a car.
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NASA borrows from its glory years
Aug 14 2006 1:04PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Jim Snoddy and other NASA engineers didn't just go to the drawing board or a warehouse when they needed ideas _ and parts _ for America's next lunar rocket. They went to space museums.
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NASA tries to solve hurricane mysteries
Aug 14 2006 12:57PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Every hurricane season, clusters of showers and thunderstorms roll off the coast of Africa and head over the Atlantic toward America. Most of these 60 or so tropical waves never do any harm. But about 10 eventually grow into tropical storms or monster hurricanes like Katrina and Andrew.
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Boy George reports for NYC trash duty
Aug 14 2006 12:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With a city-issued broom in his hand, Boy George started his court-ordered community service early Monday, sweeping the streets for the Department of Sanitation and getting in a dust-up with the media.
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Student with HIV can sue school district
Aug 14 2006 12:04PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A former high school student who says he got HIV from a sexual relationship with his band teacher can sue the school district even though he missed a legal deadline, an appeals court panel ruled Monday.
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U.S. eases passenger baggage rules
Aug 14 2006 12:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the U.S. government continues to adjust the list of things that airline passengers can carry, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff reassured Americans that things would only go so far.
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Baby born after Fla. mother crashes car
Aug 14 2006 10:43AM (CT)
PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) - A pregnant woman in labor, driving herself to the hospital, crashed her car and gave birth while trapped in the mangled, partially submerged vehicle, authorities said.
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Ex-SLA member feels paranoid in prison
Aug 14 2006 10:30AM (CT)
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) - Sara Jane Olson, the former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive who became a Minnesota housewife and is now serving prison time for trying to bomb police cars in the 1970s, says she tries to hide her radical past from her fellow inmates.
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2 dead, Marine missing in river rescue
Aug 14 2006 9:49AM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Rescue crews searched the rushing Kankakee River on Monday for a young Marine, recently home from Iraq, who disappeared while trying to save his 4-year-old nephew.
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SUNY-Albany president dies at S.C. beach
Aug 14 2006 9:38AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A college president who died while swimming off the South Carolina coast may have had an underlying medical problem that led to his death, police said Monday.
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Organic farmers hit by worker shortage
Aug 14 2006 9:01AM (CT)
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) - For every fragrant bunch of parsley that foreman Eber Diaz picked, he stopped to rip out handfuls of thick-stemmed weeds crowding the crop.
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4 die in Idaho wildfire helicopter crash
Aug 14 2006 8:55AM (CT)
YELLOW PINE, Idaho (AP) - A helicopter on a wildfire mission crashed in the Payette National Forest, killing the pilot and all three forest workers aboard, authorities said.
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Surviving teen describes ID mix-up
Aug 14 2006 8:05AM (CT)
GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) - It was "strange to find out my family and friends had a funeral for me," says Whitney Cerak, the young woman who was wrongly identified as a dead college classmate after a van crash.
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Cuban militant to make bid for freedom
Aug 14 2006 5:42AM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Cuban militant accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner wants a federal judge to let him out of jail while the U.S. government continues searching for a country where it can deport him.
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Carroll recalls pleading for quick death
Aug 14 2006 5:01AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - At one of the most desperate moments of her captivity in Iraq, fearing she was about to be beheaded, reporter Jill Carroll pleaded with one of her captors for a quick death by pistol, saying: "I don't want the knife."
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Camper who died refused food, cadets say
Aug 14 2006 4:58AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 13-year-old cadet at a private military academy who died while camping at a state park refused food throughout the excursion, the father of two fellow cadets said Sunday.
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genetic testing to help anglers, fish
Aug 14 2006 3:10AM (CT)
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) - The last time Scott Boley came home from salmon fishing, he had 17 fish to show for three days of work.
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New Jersey debates property tax reform
Aug 14 2006 1:36AM (CT)
BOGOTA, N.J. (AP) - The borough of Bogota in northeast New Jersey is less than a square mile, yet it has its own high school, public works, health and building departments, and a police force of 15.
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Man mocks Muslim candidate at his home
Aug 14 2006 1:06AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A Muslim candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates was targeted by a protester who held a sign reading "Islam sucks" and wore a T-shirt with the slogan, "This mind is an Allah-free zone."
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