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Congresswoman calls for return of troops
Aug 22 2005 11:36PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee visited the anti-war inspired "Camp Casey" near President Bush's ranch on Monday, lending support and words of encouragement to several families whose loved ones died in Iraq.
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Colo. judge OKs deal in police killing
Aug 22 2005 11:15PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A woman who was sentenced to life without parole for her role in a burglary in which an officer was killed will get to leave prison for a halfway house under a plea bargain approved by a judge Monday.
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Tenn. ex-gov. associate gets max for taxes
Aug 22 2005 11:10PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A longtime friend of former Gov. Don Sundquist was sentenced Monday to 24 months in prison for tax evasion and lying to win a state contract.
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Taft in public first time since convicted
Aug 22 2005 10:17PM (CT)
MIDVALE, Ohio (AP) - The tiny town of Midvale got all dressed up for Gov. Bob Taft's first public appearance since he was convicted of ethics law violations. But some residents said they weren't impressed by the show featuring the governor breaking ground at an elementary school.
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Rising fuel costs pinch school districts
Aug 22 2005 10:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wheels on the bus aren't the only things going round and round. The dials on the fuel pump are spinning, too, for school districts that face soaring costs just as 25 million children get back on the bus for a new school year.
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Televangelist calls for Chavez' death
Aug 22 2005 10:06PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson called on Monday for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, calling him a "terrific danger" to the United States.
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Crime ring linked to construction thefts
Aug 22 2005 10:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An organized crime ring targeted construction sites and firms renting building equipment in an elaborate multimillion dollar scheme to steal everything from small hand tools to heavy machinery, authorities said Monday.
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Bush supporters start counter-protest
Aug 22 2005 10:01PM (CT)
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A caravan proclaiming support for U.S. troops began a tour through California on Monday, stopping in the hometown of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war mother who gained national prominence during a vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch.
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Conn. challenges No Child Left Behind law
Aug 22 2005 10:01PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut on Monday became the first state to challenge the No Child Left Behind law in court, arguing that the centerpiece of President Bush's education law amounts to an unfunded mandate from the federal government.
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Bush backers amass to counter 'Peace Mom'
Aug 22 2005 9:57PM (CT)
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A caravan proclaiming support for U.S. troops began a tour through California on Monday, stopping in the hometown of Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war mother who gained national prominence during a vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch.
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Survey ranks Wis. school tops in drinking
Aug 22 2005 9:55PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison topped a list of the nation's best party schools released Monday, despite a decade-long effort by the school to reduce its reputation for heavy drinking.
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Fugitive couple returns to Tennessee
Aug 22 2005 9:54PM (CT)
KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) - A couple charged in the killing of a corrections officer during a getaway outside a small-town courthouse returned to the same building Monday under heavy security.
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Ohio governor makes public appearance
Aug 22 2005 9:37PM (CT)
MIDVALE, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Bob Taft on Monday made his first public appearance since he was convicted last week of ethics law violations and sought to distance himself from an investment scandal.
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N.Y. Muslim leader embraces Jewish rabbi
Aug 22 2005 9:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A rally on Monday to support the Israeli pullout from Gaza ended with a Muslim leader embracing an Orthodox Jewish rabbi whose organization opposes Israel's right to exist.
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At least five dead in Calif. standoff
Aug 22 2005 9:28PM (CT)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Police stormed a home Monday where an armed man was holed up inside and found five people dead, including two children. Authorities believe they were victims of a murder-suicide.
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Beef banned under mad cow rules recalled
Aug 22 2005 9:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Beef banned under mad cow disease rules was shipped to wholesalers in a half-dozen states and is now being recalled by a Wisconsin beef plant.
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Faculty votes to strike at Ohio university
Aug 22 2005 9:05PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Faculty members at Youngstown State University voted Monday to go on strike only days before classes were to resume after rejecting the northeastern Ohio university's latest contract offer.
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Coast Guard searches for up to 31 Cubans
Aug 22 2005 8:52PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard searched the Florida Straits on Monday after three Cubans rescued at sea said they had been aboard a speed boat that sank with 31 others aboard.
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Ex-presidential candidate Kucinich marries
Aug 22 2005 8:51PM (CT)
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) - Congressman Dennis Kucinich has married a British woman, shedding the bachelor status that made headlines during his long-shot presidential campaign in 2004.
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Radio talk show host speaks at Gotti trial
Aug 22 2005 7:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A radio host known for mouthing off against the Mafia testified Monday about how a 1992 cab ride became a botched kidnapping that prosecutors say was ordered by John A. "Junior" Gotti.
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Pataki calls for federal probe on tapes
Aug 22 2005 7:37PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. George Pataki called for a federal investigation after transcripts of taped telephone conversations he had with an aide appeared in a newspaper.
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Justices protect children of Calif. gays
Aug 22 2005 7:19PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Same-sex couples who raise children are lawful parents, and just like heterosexual couples, they must provide for their children if they break up, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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Ohio death row suicide uncovers breakdowns
Aug 22 2005 7:18PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A death row inmate who committed suicide in May was likely dead more than three hours before his body was found, indicating a breakdown in the system for checking on prisoners, according to a report released Monday.
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Man arrested in Seattle, suspect in threat
Aug 22 2005 7:05PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal agents on Monday arrested a man who allegedly threatened to blow up the downtown office of the Department of Veterans Affairs because the agency had denied his claim for benefits.
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Idaho slay suspect scheduled to enter plea
Aug 22 2005 6:46PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - As the number of child slayings in which he is being considered as a suspect increased to six, registered sex offender Joseph Edward Duncan III will enter a plea Tuesday to charges that he murdered three members of a local family.
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Online thesaurus pulls listing for 'Arab'
Aug 22 2005 5:45PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - An online thesaurus struck a listing Monday for the word "Arab" after Arab-American groups complained the entry listed derogatory synonyms.
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MLK memorial fundraising picks up steam
Aug 22 2005 5:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Backers of a permanent National Mall memorial to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday they are more than a third of the way toward their $100 million fundraising goal.
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Ohio Marine reservist buried in Arlington
Aug 22 2005 5:15PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Dyer, a 19-year-old Marine reservist from a Cincinnati suburb who loved to dive and looked forward to attending Ohio State University, was buried Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Pregnant woman said strangled a month ago
Aug 22 2005 4:23PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A pregnant woman found dead in the brush along a railroad track was strangled by the father of her unborn child over a month ago, police said Monday.
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Rudolph apologizes, sentenced to life
Aug 22 2005 4:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Nearly nine years after setting off the bomb that disrupted the 1996 Summer Olympics, Eric Rudolph was sentenced to four life terms in prison Monday at a hearing in which victims described him as a cowardly terrorist.
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Former 'GoodFellas' mobster found guilty
Aug 22 2005 4:05PM (CT)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - Former mobster-turned-chef Henry Hill, whose experiences inspired the 1990 gangland movie "GoodFellas," has been found guilty of attempted possession of methamphetamine, a misdemeanor.
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Convicted sniper faces second trial
Aug 22 2005 3:37PM (CT)
BOYDS, Md. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, already sentenced to death in Virginia, was transferred to Maryland before dawn Monday for his second murder trial in the shootings that terrorized the Washington area in October 2002.
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Convicted sniper faces second trial
Aug 22 2005 3:35PM (CT)
BOYDS, Md. (AP) - Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, already sentenced to death in Virginia, was transferred to Maryland before dawn Monday for his second murder trial in the shootings that terrorized the Washington area in October 2002.
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Lynch starts college in low-key style
Aug 22 2005 2:29PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch started college Monday, going largely unnoticed _ as she had hoped _ among 4,600 other freshmen at West Virginia University.
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Montana stream law still under attack
Aug 22 2005 1:42PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The 1980s lapel buttons had been stored for years in Tom Bugni's home, leftovers from a campaign that established a groundbreaking Montana law guaranteeing public access to rivers and streams.
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Woman killed by carjacker in Illinois
Aug 22 2005 12:59PM (CT)
DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - A man fleeing from police commandeered a car with four people inside and then crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman and injuring seven other people in the two cars, authorities said.
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Interned Japanese-Americans get diplomas
Aug 22 2005 11:11AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Toshiko Aiboshi remembers swelling with pride at her grandson's high school graduation _ and now she hopes her grandson feels the same pride for her.
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Utah station refuses to air anti-war ad
Aug 22 2005 9:31AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah television station is refusing to air an anti-war ad featuring Cindy Sheehan, whose son's death in Iraq prompted a vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch.
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Family says Coretta Scott King improving
Aug 22 2005 9:08AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Coretta Scott King is slowly recovering from a stroke that had left her unable to walk and barely able to speak, and she has been singing with a speech therapist, her daughter said Sunday.
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Woman to question sons in her murder trial
Aug 22 2005 9:07AM (CT)
ORINDA, Calif. (AP) - In the midst of a bitter divorce, Susan Polk says, she split for Montana, determined to get away from her abusive husband. "I didn't plan on coming back and killing him," she explains from behind a window in the county jail. But kill him she did _ stabbing a paring knife repeatedly into his body in a rage.
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Chain-reaction crash kills 4 in Indiana
Aug 22 2005 8:55AM (CT)
BRISTOL, Ind. (AP) - A semitrailer rear-ended a car on the Indiana Toll Road, triggering a chain-reaction crash that left four people dead and seven injured.
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Chicago tour showcases garbage
Aug 22 2005 6:01AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Smelly sludge sewage fields and landfills aren't the usual stuff of tours in a city that likes to show off its architecture and lakefront parks.
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Two dead, six hurt at Illinois raceway
Aug 22 2005 5:00AM (CT)
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) - John Marks saw the race car drive off the dirt track and come flying into the bleachers, but he didn't have time to react.
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Sex offenders question broad scope of bans
Aug 22 2005 4:07AM (CT)
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Sex offender Steven Elwell thought he had paid his debt to society. He lost his job as a teacher and served a year in prison for having sex with a 16-year-old female student.
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Some convicts freed by DNA not compensated
Aug 22 2005 2:12AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - William Gregory still carries around the legal paperwork to prove he's not a rapist. Gregory served seven years behind bars before DNA tests five years ago showed he couldn't have committed the crime.
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