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Wal-Mart quietly pulled dog treats
Aug 20 2007 11:48PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has been announced, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
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Remains of last bridge victim are found
Aug 20 2007 11:08PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The remains of the last person missing after a bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago have been found, authorities said Monday, bringing the official death toll to 13 and relief to the only family still awaiting word on a missing loved one.
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Train strikes man who was texting
Aug 20 2007 11:07PM (CT)
ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (AP) - A train struck and injured a pedestrian who was sending a text message on his cell phone while crossing railroad tracks, a collision that hurled him about 50 feet, authorities and witnesses said Monday.
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Poll: White youths happier than others
Aug 20 2007 11:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - From their relationships to their jobs to their money _ even from they time they first roll out of bed _ young white Americans are happier with life than their minority counterparts.
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Chinese dissident returns to U.S.
Aug 20 2007 11:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Boston-based democracy activist who has returned home from China after being jailed for five years says although he was treated harshly at times by his captors, he's still optimistic about China's future.
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Wind roils destructive Montana fire
Aug 20 2007 10:59PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Gusty winds stirred up new trouble for firefighters working to corral a wildfire burning east of Billings on Monday, a day after crews chased flames from the doorsteps of dozens of homes.
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Frozen remains thought to be WW2 airman
Aug 20 2007 10:35PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Mountain backpackers have discovered remains believed to be those of a missing World War II airman resting atop a glacier near where an aviation cadet's body was found two years ago, authorities said Monday.
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Head of Utah mine lowers expectations
Aug 20 2007 10:35PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Rescuers will only be sent inside an unstable coal mine in which six men are missing if there is an indication that someone is alive, but the trapped miners are likely entombed in the mountain, an official said Monday.
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Head of Utah mine lowers expectations
Aug 20 2007 10:35PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Rescuers will only be sent inside an unstable coal mine in which six men are missing if there is an indication that someone is alive, but the trapped miners are likely entombed in the mountain, an official said Monday.
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Head of Utah mine lowers expectations
Aug 20 2007 10:35PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Rescuers will only be sent inside an unstable coal mine in which six men are missing if there is an indication that someone is alive, but the trapped miners are likely entombed in the mountain, an official said Monday.
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Head of Utah mine lowers expectations
Aug 20 2007 10:35PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) - Rescuers will only be sent inside an unstable coal mine in which six men are missing if there is an indication that someone is alive, but the trapped miners are likely entombed in the mountain, an official said Monday.
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'Queen of mean' hotelier Helmsley dies
Aug 20 2007 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Leona Helmsley, the cutthroat hotel magnate whose title as the "queen of mean" was sealed during a tax evasion case in which she was quoted as snarling "only little people pay taxes," died Monday at age 87. Helmsley died of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist, Howard Rubenstein.
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'Queen of mean' hotelier Helmsley dies
Aug 20 2007 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Leona Helmsley, the cutthroat hotel magnate whose title as the "queen of mean" was sealed during a tax evasion case in which she was quoted as snarling "only little people pay taxes," died Monday at age 87. Helmsley died of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist, Howard Rubenstein.
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'Queen of mean' hotelier Helmsley dies
Aug 20 2007 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Leona Helmsley, the cutthroat hotel magnate whose title as the "queen of mean" was sealed during a tax evasion case in which she was quoted as snarling "only little people pay taxes," died Monday at age 87. Helmsley died of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist, Howard Rubenstein.
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Reputed mobster rips son and brother
Aug 20 2007 10:31PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A suspected mob hit man being questioned in his racketeering conspiracy trial ripped into relatives who have testified against him, likening his brother to Judas and saying his son "could make Jesus look like the devil."
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W.Va. University tops party school list
Aug 20 2007 10:31PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - To the disappointment of school administrators _ and the pride of some students _ West Virginia University is No. 1 on The Princeton's Review's annual list of the top 20 party schools.
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Heavy storms flood Midwest, Plains
Aug 20 2007 10:24PM (CT)
GAYS MILLS, Wis. (AP) - Relentless thunderstorms pounded parts of the Midwest and the Plains on Monday, causing mudslides, washing out bridges and flooding towns. At least 12 people have died since the weekend.
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Heavy storms flood Midwest, Plains
Aug 20 2007 10:24PM (CT)
GAYS MILLS, Wis. (AP) - Relentless thunderstorms pounded parts of the Midwest and the Plains on Monday, causing mudslides, washing out bridges and flooding towns. At least 12 people have died since the weekend.
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Va. Tech panel finalizing its findings
Aug 20 2007 10:02PM (CT)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - It would have been hard to stop the Virginia Tech gunman after the initial two deaths because police didn't know who they were looking for, the leader of a state study of the shootings said Monday.
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Standpipe in NYC building wasn't working
Aug 20 2007 9:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The water supply system in an abandoned skyscraper near ground zero where two firefighters died in a fire over the weekend was "not operational," city officials said Monday.
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Standpipe in NYC building wasn't working
Aug 20 2007 9:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The water supply system in an abandoned skyscraper near ground zero where two firefighters died in a fire over the weekend was "not operational," city officials said Monday.
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Standpipe in NYC building wasn't working
Aug 20 2007 9:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The water supply system in an abandoned skyscraper near ground zero where two firefighters died in a fire over the weekend was "not operational," city officials said Monday.
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Not guilty plea in baby sitter death
Aug 20 2007 9:19PM (CT)
NORWICH, N.Y. (AP) - A man pleaded not guilty Monday to running over and killing his 12-year-old baby sitter in a crime that police say was tracked by a global positioning system his suspicious wife had installed.
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Border agent pleads not guilt in slaying
Aug 20 2007 8:32PM (CT)
BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he fatally shot an illegal immigrant who he claimed threatened him with a rock.
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Texas warily watches Dean and prepares
Aug 20 2007 8:28PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - While forecasts say Hurricane Dean will hit northern Mexico, state officials Monday prepared for the possibility that heavy rain from its outer bands could flood parts of the Rio Grande Valley.
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Texas warily watches Dean and prepares
Aug 20 2007 8:28PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - While forecasts say Hurricane Dean will hit northern Mexico, state officials Monday prepared for the possibility that heavy rain from its outer bands could flood parts of the Rio Grande Valley.
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Marine charged in Iraq captive's death
Aug 20 2007 8:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Marine has been charged with murdering a captured insurgent three years ago in Fallujah, Iraq, the military announced Monday.
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Army plans charges in soldier's death
Aug 20 2007 7:48PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The Army will take judicial action against at least one soldier following the investigation into a sergeant's death during a training exercise, a Fort Hood official said Monday.
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Lawyer: Benoit needed steroid treatment
Aug 20 2007 7:48PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Chris Benoit had a hormone disorder that permitted the amount of steroids he was prescribed before the pro wrestler killed his wife, son and himself in June, an attorney for Benoit's personal doctor said in court papers on Monday.
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Judge: Bush official faces contempt
Aug 20 2007 7:27PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - A federal judge in Montana has ordered the Bush administration's top forestry official to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for the U.S. Forest Service's failure to analyze the environmental impact of dropping fish-killing fire retardant on wildfires.
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Number of SC church accusers nears 80
Aug 20 2007 7:07PM (CT)
ST. GEORGE, S.C. (AP) - Nearly 80 people are now eligible to join a class-action sex abuse settlement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, an attorney for victims said Monday.
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La. nursing home had evacuation plans
Aug 20 2007 6:41PM (CT)
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - State inspectors reported no problems in 2004 with evacuation plans for the Louisiana nursing home where 35 patients died in Hurricane Katrina a year later, a state health official testified Monday in the negligent homicide trial of the facility's owners.
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2 Abu Ghraib charges dropped
Aug 20 2007 6:41PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison after an investigator acknowledged he failed to read the defendant his rights.
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2 Abu Ghraib charges dropped
Aug 20 2007 6:41PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison after an investigator acknowledged he failed to read the defendant his rights.
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2 Abu Ghraib charges dropped
Aug 20 2007 6:41PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison after an investigator acknowledged he failed to read the defendant his rights.
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Former Texas college president on trial
Aug 20 2007 6:37PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Texas Southern University's former president, accused of spending more than half a million dollars of school money to lavishly furnish and decorate her homes.
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Planned Parenthood sues over Mo. law
Aug 20 2007 6:27PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to strike down a new Missouri law that it claims could eliminate abortion services in large parts of the state by subjecting clinics to stringent state oversight.
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'Cuban Five' plea for freedom
Aug 20 2007 6:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The politically charged case of five men convicted of spying for communist Cuba came before a federal appeals court for the third time Monday, with defense attorneys alleging that prosecutors overemphasized Fidel Castro and committed other misconduct to win unjust convictions.
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'Cuban Five' plea for freedom
Aug 20 2007 6:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The politically charged case of five men convicted of spying for communist Cuba came before a federal appeals court for the third time Monday, with defense attorneys alleging that prosecutors overemphasized Fidel Castro and committed other misconduct to win unjust convictions.
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Va. Tech returns with hope, new crisis
Aug 20 2007 6:03PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Flip-flops slapped the concrete as students munching breakfast on the run Monday hurried to the first normal day of classes at Virginia Tech since last spring's massacre.
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Va. Tech returns with hope, new crisis
Aug 20 2007 6:03PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Flip-flops slapped the concrete as students munching breakfast on the run Monday hurried to the first normal day of classes at Virginia Tech since last spring's massacre.
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Va. Tech returns with hope, new crisis
Aug 20 2007 6:03PM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Flip-flops slapped the concrete as students munching breakfast on the run Monday hurried to the first normal day of classes at Virginia Tech since last spring's massacre.
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Rituals of sadness repeat at firehouse
Aug 20 2007 5:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two more firefighters are dead, and once again the rituals of public bereavement are playing out in front of the brick firehouse in Greenwich Village, where a brass plaque lists the names of 11 men who perished on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Rituals of sadness repeat at firehouse
Aug 20 2007 5:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two more firefighters are dead, and once again the rituals of public bereavement are playing out in front of the brick firehouse in Greenwich Village, where a brass plaque lists the names of 11 men who perished on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Rituals of sadness repeat at firehouse
Aug 20 2007 5:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two more firefighters are dead, and once again the rituals of public bereavement are playing out in front of the brick firehouse in Greenwich Village, where a brass plaque lists the names of 11 men who perished on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Rituals of sadness repeat at firehouse
Aug 20 2007 5:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two more firefighters are dead, and once again the rituals of public bereavement are playing out in front of the brick firehouse in Greenwich Village, where a brass plaque lists the names of 11 men who perished on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Graham suffers more intestinal bleeding
Aug 20 2007 5:25PM (CT)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Evangelist Billy Graham experienced a second episode of intestinal bleeding but remained in fair condition Monday at a hospital near his home in the mountains of western North Carolina, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Graham suffers more intestinal bleeding
Aug 20 2007 5:25PM (CT)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Evangelist Billy Graham experienced a second episode of intestinal bleeding but remained in fair condition Monday at a hospital near his home in the mountains of western North Carolina, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Suspended Pa. judge halts campaign
Aug 20 2007 5:16PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A suspended judge pleaded not guilty Monday to cheating two insurance companies out of $440,000 and said he plans to retire rather than run for re-election.
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Endeavour cleared for Tuesday return
Aug 20 2007 4:47PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With the last bit of shuttle imagery analyzed, NASA cleared Endeavour on Monday for its return to Earth, bringing the spaceship home a day early because of hurricane worries that later evaporated.
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U.N. official urges whistleblowing probe
Aug 20 2007 4:31PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations ethics chief is recommending an investigation into whether a former U.N. official was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about his agency's financial transactions in North Korea, according to a letter obtained on Monday.
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Guilty plea in NY love-triangle slaying
Aug 20 2007 4:15PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A man who became entangled in a lovers' triangle over the Internet pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in the shooting death of his rival _ a co-worker at a factory.
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Coaster reopens after stranding riders
Aug 20 2007 4:00PM (CT)
RYE, N.Y. (AP) - A roller coaster broke down and stranded three riders at the same amusement park where an employee died on another ride earlier this summer.
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Immigration activist deported to Mexico
Aug 20 2007 3:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.
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Immigration activist deported to Mexico
Aug 20 2007 3:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.
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Tenn. nuclear fuel problems kept secret
Aug 20 2007 3:37PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A three-year veil of secrecy in the name of national security was used to keep the public in the dark about the handling of highly enriched uranium at a nuclear fuel processing plant _ including a leak that could have caused a deadly, uncontrolled nuclear reaction.
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Newark officials still seeking motive
Aug 20 2007 2:30PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Now that six suspects are in custody for the execution-style slaying of three college students, residents hope to learn more about the motive behind the crime that has outraged the city.
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Dramatic rescues in Oklahoma flooding
Aug 20 2007 1:41PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Torrential rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin left at least six people dead in Oklahoma, and led to dozens of harrowing high-water rescues. One survivor on Monday described how she was plucked from a flooded pickup truck only to fall from the rescue helicopter seconds later.
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US psychologists scrap interrogation ban
Aug 20 2007 10:44AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The nation's largest group of psychologists scrapped a measure Sunday that would have prohibited members from assisting interrogators at Guantanamo Bay and other U.S. military detention centers.
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US psychologists scrap interrogation ban
Aug 20 2007 10:44AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The nation's largest group of psychologists scrapped a measure Sunday that would have prohibited members from assisting interrogators at Guantanamo Bay and other U.S. military detention centers.
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US psychologists scrap interrogation ban
Aug 20 2007 10:44AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The nation's largest group of psychologists scrapped a measure Sunday that would have prohibited members from assisting interrogators at Guantanamo Bay and other U.S. military detention centers.
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N.J. matron of honor killed by lightning
Aug 20 2007 10:02AM (CT)
HOWELL, N.J. (AP) - A woman who was to serve as the matron of honor at her best friend's wedding was struck by lightning and killed during the rehearsal dinner on the eve of the ceremony.
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Poll: Family ties key to youth happiness
Aug 20 2007 7:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question, according to an extensive survey _ more than 100 questions asked of 1,280 people ages 13-24 _ conducted by The Associated Press and MTV on the
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Gas leak sickens 19 Va. Tech students
Aug 20 2007 2:42AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A carbon monoxide leak at an off-campus apartment complex critically sickened two Virginia Tech students and sent 17 other people to hospitals Sunday, police said.
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Gas leak sickens 19 Va. Tech students
Aug 20 2007 2:42AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A carbon monoxide leak at an off-campus apartment complex critically sickened two Virginia Tech students and sent 17 other people to hospitals Sunday, police said.
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Activists boycotts school rankings
Aug 20 2007 1:47AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - From his haphazard hideyhole of an office in this laid-back West Coast outpost, higher education activist Lloyd Thacker is raising a ruckus about college admissions that's got some of the country's most elite universities paying close attention.
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Southern heat wave finally eases
Aug 20 2007 12:34AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Heat-stricken residents in some areas finally got a small break Sunday from the oppressive triple-digit temperatures that have killed at least 49 people in the Southeast and Midwest.
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