|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deal reached on Calif. drug plan
Aug 24 2006 11:59PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats reached a deal Thursday that they say will help uninsured, lower-income Californians get discounts of up to 40 percent on name-brand drugs.
|
|
|
10 hurt when SUV plows into N.Y. market
Aug 24 2006 11:56PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - An SUV driven by an 89-year-old man plowed into pedestrians and vendors at an open-air public market Thursday, injuring 10 people.
|
|
|
More firefighters join battle in Wash.
Aug 24 2006 11:55PM (CT)
DAYTON, Wash. (AP) - Firefighters from Arizona, Oregon and New Mexico joined the fight Thursday against a group of fast-growing wildfires in southeastern Washington, and officials said they still need more help.
|
|
|
Fentanyl-laced heroin leads to charge
Aug 24 2006 11:54PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A reputed gang member was charged Thursday with drug-induced homicide for allegedly selling a fatal batch of fentanyl-laced heroin to a police chief's son, authorities said.
|
|
|
Prosecutors seek leaker in terror case
Aug 24 2006 11:49PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to review how the media obtained confidential information in the case of seven men accused of plotting attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and government buildings.
|
|
|
Attacks on homeless up, activists say
Aug 24 2006 11:45PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tara Cole, who had been living on the streets of Nashville for more than three years, spent her last night alive sleeping on a boat ramp along the Cumberland River.
|
|
|
Ex-LA commissioner accused of corruption
Aug 24 2006 11:44PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A politically powerful appointee in former Mayor James Hahn's administration was accused of bribery in the first charges to be filed against a public official in a three-year investigation into City Hall corruption.
|
|
|
Judge strikes pesticide use rule
Aug 24 2006 11:19PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a Bush administration decision to weaken rules governing pesticide use, saying the change lacked scientific justification.
|
|
|
Ramsey suspect arrives in Colorado
Aug 24 2006 11:17PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - After eight days of tantalizing admissions, speculation and a marathon trip from Asia, a suspect in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey arrived in Colorado to face an investigation prosecutors admit is still in its infancy.
|
|
|
Attorneys battle over representing Karr
Aug 24 2006 11:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Three dozen lawyers have offered to represent John Mark Karr _ for free in many cases _ against allegations he killed 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. The tug-of-war among defense attorneys over one of the biggest criminal cases in recent years, one that has stoked interest because of perceived flaws in the prosecution's case, raises questions about ethics and who has Karr's best interests in mind.
|
|
|
3rd teen pleads in deer decoy road prank
Aug 24 2006 11:05PM (CT)
KENTON, Ohio (AP) - A third teen accused of being among a group of boys who put a decoy deer in a country road, causing a car crash that seriously injured two other teens, pleaded no contest Thursday to two charges of vehicular vandalism.
|
|
|
Dam broken to restore Calif. wetlands
Aug 24 2006 10:53PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The ocean flowed into historic wetlands Thursday for the first time in more than a century after bulldozers peeled back the last layer of an earthen dam.
|
|
|
Groups denounce Guatemalan press attacks
Aug 24 2006 10:50PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Journalism watchdog groups on Thursday condemned recent attacks on members of the Guatemalan press _ including attempted murder.
|
|
|
Ohio cult leader scheduled for execution
Aug 24 2006 10:46PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A religious cult leader convicted of killing a family of five in 1989, which he referred to as "pruning the vineyard," will be executed on Oct. 10, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
|
|
|
Ramsey suspect arrives in Colorado
Aug 24 2006 10:43PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - After a flight on a state police plane, John Mark Karr arrived Thursday in the city where 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was slain to face charges in a homicide case prosecutors acknowledged is still in its "very early stages."
|
|
|
Gary, Ind., cancels school amid strike
Aug 24 2006 10:41PM (CT)
GARY, Ind. (AP) - Officials on Thursday indefinitely canceled classes citywide after teachers, striking for a fourth day, blocked streets and swarmed a car attempting to park at an elementary school. Two picketers were slightly hurt as the car rolled through the crowd.
|
|
|
Army reviewing casualty reports
Aug 24 2006 10:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Army is reviewing casualty reports on American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere since 2001, a response to complaints that it has not always given families accurate information.
|
|
|
Chertoff: Policies deterring illegals
Aug 24 2006 10:30PM (CT)
WESLACO, Texas (AP) - Stepped-up enforcement and detention procedures have sharply reduced the number of people attempting illegal entry into the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
|
|
|
Tropical storm a threat only to shipping
Aug 24 2006 10:28PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Debby was expected to stay away from land as it remained out in the open Atlantic, but another system north of Venezuela was on the verge of strengthening into a named storm, forecasters said Thursday.
|
|
|
Carroll recalls end of kidnap ordeal
Aug 24 2006 10:23PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - After enduring three months as a hostage, journalist Jill Carroll was told that she would be released the next day.
|
|
|
2 Killed in Vt. rampage; school a target
Aug 24 2006 10:04PM (CT)
ESSEX, Vt. (AP) - Hours after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man shot four people Thursday, including the girlfriend's mother and her co-worker at an elementary school, then shot himself in the head, police said.
|
|
|
La. mom: Black kids sent to back of bus
Aug 24 2006 10:03PM (CT)
COUSHATTA, La. (AP) - A Louisiana school district suspended a white bus driver while it investigates complaints that she ordered nine black children to sit at the back of the bus.
|
|
|
Killer in Texas slaying executed
Aug 24 2006 9:38PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man convicted of robbing and fatally shooting a man nine years ago in Tyler was executed Thursday.
|
|
|
Heavy rains around Phoenix trap drivers
Aug 24 2006 9:27PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Heavy rain caused flooding in the Phoenix area Thursday, turning normally dry riverbeds into raging rivers and trapping motorists.
|
|
|
Nagin takes swipe at NYC 9-11 rebuilding
Aug 24 2006 8:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin criticized efforts to redevelop the World Trade Center site when confronted in a television interview about delays in rebuilding his city after Hurricane Katrina.
|
|
|
Army Corps restructures after Katrina
Aug 24 2006 8:49PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The chief of the Army Corps of Engineers announced several changes at the agency Thursday intended to help prevent engineering disasters like the levee failures in New Orleans.
|
|
|
Ohio teen shot in head at 'haunted' house
Aug 24 2006 8:47PM (CT)
WORTHINGTON, Ohio (AP) - Someone shot at a carload of teenage girls, critically wounding one of them, after some of them had stepped near a house that had been rumored by fellow students to be haunted, police said.
|
|
|
La. works to dispel Katrina health fears
Aug 24 2006 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities tried Thursday to dispel fears that Hurricane Katrina turned the region into an environmental disaster zone as they encouraged tourists and businesses to keep coming to New Orleans.
|
|
|
Students versed on teacher's sex change
Aug 24 2006 8:43PM (CT)
BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) - Batavia High School students will start the year with question-and-answer sessions about one of their teachers: He's undergoing a sex change.
|
|
|
Explosions rock La. bomb recycling plant
Aug 24 2006 8:38PM (CT)
DOYLINE, La. (AP) - More than 10 explosions rocked a bomb recycling plant in northwestern Louisiana on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of an entire town and more than 400 prisoners from a nearby jail, authorities said.
|
|
|
Transgender inmates seek sex changes
Aug 24 2006 8:36PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Wearing lipstick, a scooped-neck sweater and nearly waist-length hair, the witness cried while describing what it feels like to be a woman trapped inside a man's body. "The greatest loss is the dying I do inside a little bit every day," said Michelle Kosilek, an inmate who is serving a life sentence for murder.
|
|
|
Border governors discuss immigration
Aug 24 2006 8:35PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - U.S. and Mexican border-state governors on Thursday began a two-day conference seeking to find common ground on issues of immigration and border security.
|
|
|
Charges against Ky. governor dismissed
Aug 24 2006 8:19PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A judge dismissed all charges against Gov. Ernie Fletcher in a state hiring scandal Thursday after the governor and attorney general agreed to a settlement that involves zero punishment for Fletcher personally.
|
|
|
Widow of Pluto's discoverer 'shook up'
Aug 24 2006 8:11PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The widow of the astronomer who discovered Pluto 76 years ago said Thursday she was frustrated by the decision to strip it of its planetary status, but she added that Clyde Tombaugh would have understood.
|
|
|
Miss America pageant staying in Vegas
Aug 24 2006 8:02PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The annual Miss America pageant will be held on the Las Vegas Strip again next year, organizers said Thursday.
|
|
|
Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson dies
Aug 24 2006 7:07PM (CT)
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, known for his soaring high notes and for his recording of "Gonna Fly Now," a hit version of the theme from the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 78.
|
|
|
JonBenet suspect ran day-care in Ala.
Aug 24 2006 6:27PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) - John Mark Karr, the man accused of killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, kept children at a home day-care center he operated in northwest Alabama, the state welfare agency said Thursday.
|
|
|
Man charged with relaying Hezbollah TV
Aug 24 2006 5:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A businessman was charged with providing satellite broadcasts of a Hezbollah television station to New York-area customers, authorities said Thursday.
|
|
|
Charges against Ky. governor dismissed
Aug 24 2006 4:57PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A judge on Thursday dismissed accusations that Gov. Ernie Fletcher violated state hiring laws, allowing him to get out from a long-running legal jam without personal punishment.
|
|
|
Authorities: 'Bomb' was sex gadget
Aug 24 2006 4:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey.
|
|
|
County rejects LA sewage as fertilizer
Aug 24 2006 3:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Green Acres is a farm where corn stalks grow twice as tall as men and wheat sprouts lush and green. It's also, in a sense, an outhouse for about 3.7 million people.
|
|
|
4 indicted over Katrina debris removal
Aug 24 2006 3:24PM (CT)
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Four people have been indicted on charges of falsifying records of debris cleanup from Hurricane Katrina and billing the federal government more than $700,000 for work they didn't do.
|
|
|
Egyptian ship stuck in S.C. for 2 months
Aug 24 2006 3:19PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Almost two months after a federal judge ordered an Egyptian freighter to remain in Charleston, the crew feels trapped on their own ship.
|
|
|
Lawyers in diet-drug case are suspended
Aug 24 2006 3:06PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The state's highest court suspended three attorneys Thursday over questions about how they divided a $200 million settlement over the fen-phen diet drug.
|
|
|
Border agents make zero-tolerance zone
Aug 24 2006 2:52PM (CT)
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - Standing in a cramped federal courtroom last month, illegal immigrant Walter Oscar Portillo-Machado pleaded with a judge for mercy. But he came to the wrong place for that.
|
|
|
Driver indicted in crash with migrants
Aug 24 2006 2:17PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man accused of driving an overloaded SUV that rolled while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents north of Yuma, killing 10 migrants, has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
|
|
|
Life sentence in fire that killed 5 kids
Aug 24 2006 1:35PM (CT)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A man convicted of setting a house fire that killed five children over an unpaid drug debt has been sentenced to life in prison.
|
|
|
Ban for Mo. gaming addicts rejected
Aug 24 2006 12:18PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Missouri Gaming Commission rejected a plan to let gambling addicts ban themselves from casinos for two years instead of permanently.
|
|
|
Mich. cereal plant explosion kills 1
Aug 24 2006 12:08PM (CT)
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - An explosion rocked a Post cereal plant early Thursday, killing one worker and injuring another, authorities said.
|
|
|
Suspicious powder called corn starch
Aug 24 2006 11:27AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - White powder was found in promotional mailings sent to medical centers, raising suspicions until it was found to be corn starch, authorities said Thursday.
|
|
|
Teen acquitted of Gateway Arch threat
Aug 24 2006 11:20AM (CT)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A Kenyan teenager claiming to have al-Qaida connections has been acquitted of charges that he threatened to blow up St. Louis' towering Gateway Arch in what turned out to be a hoax.
|
|
|
Religion news in brief
Aug 24 2006 11:02AM (CT)
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A missionary who was imprisoned for 15 months after trying to aid North Korean refugees in China has returned home to a greeting of balloons and flowers from delighted relatives and friends.
|
|
|
Religion today
Aug 24 2006 11:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Should anything go wrong in her marriage, Zaynab Abdul-Razacq is confident her rights will be well-protected. Her husband has guaranteed it _ in writing.
|
|
|
Vegas closing 24-hour marriage office
Aug 24 2006 10:29AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Spontaneous lovebirds and celebrities take note: there won't be any more early morning quickie marriages in Vegas. After years of sanctioning hastily made matches, the Las Vegas marriage bureau plans to close its all-night counter. County officials approved a new 8 a.m.-to-midnight schedule that will take effect next Wednesday, eliminating 24-hour marriage license service on Fridays, Saturday and holidays.
|
|
|
Photos produce lead in '83 disappearance
Aug 24 2006 10:23AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities investigating a suspected serial killer said they got at least one promising lead after releasing photos he took of nearly 50 girls and women.
|
|
|
Former POW Jessica Lynch expecting baby
Aug 24 2006 9:26AM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Jessica Lynch, the former prisoner of war whose 2003 rescue in Iraq made her an instant celebrity, is pregnant.
|
|
|
Storm brings wind, hail to Indiana
Aug 24 2006 8:18AM (CT)
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A severe thunderstorm swept in from Lake Michigan with high winds and large hail, moving docks, scattering lumber across railroad tracks and leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power.
|
|
|
Ransom note may offer clues in slaying
Aug 24 2006 7:56AM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - It is by far the most intriguing piece of evidence in the death of JonBenet Ramsey: the ransom note, 370 words written with a felt-tip pen and found in the Ramsey home just a few hours before the little girl's strangled body was discovered in the basement.
|
|
|
Sago families, survivor sue companies
Aug 24 2006 6:59AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster and the families of two victims on Wednesday sued the mine owner and five other companies, alleging negligence that put the miners at grave risk as they went about their work underground.
|
|
|
Adopted Chinese twins are reunited
Aug 24 2006 6:06AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A pair of 3-year-old twins from China who were adopted separately by American families have found their way into each others' arms.
|
|
|
Clemson Univ. slaying raises concerns
Aug 24 2006 5:54AM (CT)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - The rural community surrounding Clemson University was in a frenzy in late May as authorities searched for a killer who had raped and strangled a 20-year-old student.
|
|
|
Apple paying $100M to rival Creative
Aug 24 2006 5:01AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Computer Inc.'s agreement to pay $100 million to rival Creative Technology Ltd. settled five patent lawsuits over iPod technology that had threatened to block imports of the popular digital music player, which are manufactured abroad.
|
|
|
Female Citadel cadets report assaults
Aug 24 2006 4:10AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Almost 20 percent of the female cadets at The Citadel last spring reported being sexually assaulted since enrolling at the state military college, according to results of a survey released by the school Wednesday.
|
|
|
VFW post finds site for fundraiser
Aug 24 2006 3:13AM (CT)
O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - Fran Harris thought it was a creative fundraising idea: male dancers stripping down to G-strings to raise cash for GIs.
|
|
|
NYC auto shop erupts into flames
Aug 24 2006 12:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An auto parts store burst into flames Wednesday afternoon, spewing thick black smoke that could be seen for miles, forcing some residents to leave their homes and hampering train service on nearby tracks.
|
|
|
|
|
|