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Crisis grows as flooded New Orleans looted
Aug 30 2005 11:41PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Helicopters dropped sandbags on two broken levees as the water kept rising in the streets. The governor drew up plans to evacuate just about everyone left in town. Looters ransacked stores. Doctors in their scrubs had to use canoes to bring supplies to blacked-out hospitals.
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Crews pass dead to reach storm survivors
Aug 30 2005 11:34PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rescuers along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast pushed aside the dead to reach the living Tuesday in a race against time and rising waters, while New Orleans sank deeper into crisis and Louisiana's governor ordered storm refugees out of this drowning city.
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Woman takes dog on trip, leaves tot alone
Aug 30 2005 11:34PM (CT)
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A woman was arrested Tuesday after she chose to take her poodle with her when she drove her husband to work _ but left her 15-month-old grandson unattended at home, police said.
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N.H. doctor in hot seat again over remarks
Aug 30 2005 11:24PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The state is investigating a doctor accused of telling a patient she was so obese she might only be attractive to black men and advising another to shoot herself following brain surgery.
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NYPD criticized over GOP convention
Aug 30 2005 11:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One year after large-scale protests at the Republican National Convention, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued a report on Tuesday criticizing police for using heavy-handed tactics it says resulted in hundreds of illegal arrests.
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Tribe officers soon to patrol Neb. village
Aug 30 2005 11:16PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tribal police from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian reservation soon will be patrolling the tiny Nebraska border town of Whiteclay, hoping to stem the tide of alcohol flowing from the village.
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Tourist IDs border officer in beating
Aug 30 2005 11:16PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Chinese businesswoman faced the Homeland Security officer accused of beating her during a dramatic courtroom encounter Tuesday, where she vowed she will "always remember his face."
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Ill. man who aided Nazis loses citizenship
Aug 30 2005 10:47PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A retired carpenter who has lived in the United States for more than 50 years was stripped of his U.S. citizenship Tuesday for taking part in a police organization that helped the Nazis round up Ukrainian Jews during World War II.
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Pastor gets 18 months for tax non-payment
Aug 30 2005 10:40PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A pastor was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for failing to pay taxes on the roughly $1,000 a week that federal prosecutors say he skimmed from the collection plate.
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Sheehan glad Bush didn't meet with her
Aug 30 2005 10:33PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - A woman who led an anti-war protest for nearly a month near President Bush's ranch said Tuesday that she's glad Bush never showed up to discuss her son's death in Iraq, saying the president's absence "galvanized the peace movement."
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Prison guards get back jobs after beating
Aug 30 2005 10:23PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Six youth prison guards captured on videotape beating and pepper-spraying two unresisting wards last year were ordered reinstated to their jobs with back pay Tuesday.
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Soldier gets 75 days in Afghan abuse case
Aug 30 2005 10:17PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An Army reservist was sentenced Tuesday to 75 days in prison, a reduction in rank and a bad conduct discharge after admitting that he assaulted a prisoner in Afghanistan.
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Massive storm damage found in Alabama
Aug 30 2005 10:16PM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Floodwaters that engulfed the Alabama coast receded Tuesday, laying bare the stark extent of misery brought by Hurricane Katrina: Cement slabs where homes once stood, a 100-foot shrimp boat smoldering on its side, people searching for swept-away keepsakes.
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Unknown number dead at Miss. apartments
Aug 30 2005 10:15PM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Joy Schovest swam for her life, fighting Hurricane Katrina's storm surge and its angry winds, brushing aside debris and floating cars to reach higher ground.
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U.S. counters criticism on U.N. document
Aug 30 2005 9:59PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton denied that the United States jumped into the debate too late on a reform document world leaders are expected to adopt next month, saying Tuesday the U.S. has been proposing changes for months.
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Judge gives runner-up student council post
Aug 30 2005 9:54PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A judge Tuesday awarded the presidency of the University of Kentucky's student government to the second-place finisher, saying a university appeals board should not have overturned a disqualification of the election winner.
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Arrested minister's supporters slam police
Aug 30 2005 9:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Supporters of a Nation of Islam minister repeatedly interrupted a Police Commission hearing Tuesday _ at one point standing in prayer _ to protest his arrest last week after a scuffle with officers.
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Residents grapple with aftermath of storm
Aug 30 2005 9:48PM (CT)
CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) - Donyelle Jean Jacques left New Orleans on Saturday morning, one of 49 members of her family trying to flee Hurricane Katrina.
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Calif. jurors get case in transgender slay
Aug 30 2005 9:13PM (CT)
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor displayed a picture of Gwen Araujo, young and lovely at 17, as he asked jurors to return murder verdicts against the men accused of killing her after they learned she was biologically male.
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Cuban militant won't answer questions
Aug 30 2005 8:32PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An anti-Castro militant initially refused to answer questions from U.S. immigration attorneys Tuesday at his deportation hearing, but later acknowledged using several aliases and passports with different names.
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Relief, despair for some as storm moves on
Aug 30 2005 8:17PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Relief gave way to despair Tuesday for many survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Facing days of misery and uncertainty, awaiting clearance to return to damaged or destroyed homes, some broke down in tears.
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Chicago to get relaxed tutoring rule
Aug 30 2005 7:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department plans to allow Chicago Public Schools to provide tutoring to struggling students even though the district itself has not met academic standards _ a waiver of federal rules that could have national implications, officials said Tuesday.
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N.Y. judge hesitant on Abu Ghraib photos
Aug 30 2005 7:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge said Tuesday he was hesitant to release pictures and videotapes of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison while top government officials insisted that deaths could result.
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Health expert visits Minn. reservation
Aug 30 2005 7:38PM (CT)
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) - In the weeks after a student killed seven people and himself at the high school on this Indian reservation, 150 students either quit or only showed up to class sporadically.
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Man gets 39 years for firebombing temple
Aug 30 2005 7:30PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to 39 years in prison for firebombing a Jewish temple and later trying to send a racist later to the congregation. The defendant raised his hand in a stiff-armed Nazi salute as the judge left the court.
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Tenn. lawmaker pleads guilty to bribery
Aug 30 2005 7:17PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A state lawmaker pleaded guilty to taking bribes in exchange for legislative favors, saying he got snagged "by business as usual" at the Capitol.
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Teen in Minn. shootings gets life sentence
Aug 30 2005 7:16PM (CT)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - A 17-year-old who gunned down two classmates at school was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, with no possibility for parole until he's well over 50.
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N.C. lawmakers narrowly pass lottery
Aug 30 2005 7:14PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina is set to become the final state on the East Coast to start a lottery after the lieutenant governor broke a Senate tie Tuesday, when two opponents were absent.
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Poll: Fewer see Dems as religion-friendly
Aug 30 2005 7:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats' efforts to improve their image with religious voters after the 2004 presidential election appear to be getting off to a bumpy start.
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Judge stalls base closing recommendation
Aug 30 2005 7:00PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A federal judge temporarily halted the national base closings commission from recommending a realignment of a Connecticut Air National Guard base, which the governor contends cannot be done without her approval.
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Ark. unveils statues honoring integration
Aug 30 2005 6:40PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Nearly half a century after they faced down a mob to integrate Little Rock Central High School, the Little Rock Nine stood together outside the Statehouse Tuesday and unveiled statues of themselves in that defiant walk.
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Rescue boats in La. search for survivors
Aug 30 2005 5:07PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - On a normal day, Sgt. Aaron Monceaux is cruising the bayou, dodging alligators and ticketing hunters in Louisiana's Cajun country. Tuesday, though, was not a normal day for the officer with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
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Looting takes place in view of La. police
Aug 30 2005 4:59PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With much of the city flooded by Hurricane Katrina, looters floated garbage cans filled with clothing and jewelry down the street in a dash to grab what they could. In some cases, looting on Tuesday took place in full view of police and National Guard troops.
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Neb. man in court, married to girl, 14
Aug 30 2005 4:49PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A man accused of impregnating a 13-year-old girl whom he later married pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge he sexually assaulted the teenager.
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Hung jury in Md. immigrant murders
Aug 30 2005 4:09PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The murder trial of two Mexican immigrants accused of nearly beheading three young relatives ended Tuesday with the jury unable to reach a verdict after 11 days of deliberations.
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Gov.: New Orleans needs to be evacuated
Aug 30 2005 3:40PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - With water rising in the streets of New Orleans and conditions rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that the tens of thousands of people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers would have to be evacuated.
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Katrina forces more flight cancellations
Aug 30 2005 3:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Katrina forced scores more flight cancellations involving New Orleans and other Southern cities Tuesday as airlines juggled their schedules around one of the worst storms on record.
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91-year-old dies after being left in van
Aug 30 2005 3:24PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 91-year-old woman has died nearly seven weeks after she had been trapped for 10 hours in a stifling, locked van from a senior citizens center.
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Ga. parole board posthumously pardons maid
Aug 30 2005 1:31PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Six decades after she was executed for killing a white man in the Jim Crow South, a black maid was granted a full and unconditional pardon Tuesday.
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Calif. drivers can keep medical marijuana
Aug 30 2005 1:30PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Highway Patrol has stopped confiscating all medical marijuana during traffic stops, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that left intact a state law allowing the drug to be used for medicinal purposes.
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N.M., Ariz. governors debate borders
Aug 30 2005 12:56PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - With just three words _ "state of emergency" _ border state Govs. Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Janet Napolitano of Arizona injected urgency into a simmering national debate over illegal immigration.
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FEMA head: Katrina was 'catastrophic'
Aug 30 2005 11:19AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top disaster relief official said Tuesday that Hurricane Katrina wrought "catastrophic" damage to low-lying portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and that additional medical personnel were being moved in to treat evacuated hospital patients.
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Man tells of deaths at a boarding house
Aug 30 2005 11:11AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Frank Mills was in a boarding house with three elderly residents when water started swirling up to the ceiling.
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Superdome refugees get some fresh air
Aug 30 2005 10:03AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Desperate for fresh air, dozens of refugees from Hurricane Katrina slept on the walkway surrounding the Louisiana Superdome as conditions inside worsened and even more people were brought to the huge arena Tuesday.
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Missing girl may be with sex offender
Aug 30 2005 7:15AM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama public safety officials issued a missing child alert Monday for a 12-year-old North Carolina girl who apparently ran away from her home and may be traveling with a convicted sex offender.
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Slain teen was trying to escape N.J. city
Aug 30 2005 5:19AM (CT)
LINDENWOLD, N.J. (AP) - A teenager was killed after two bullets pierced the wall of his aunt's apartment, where he had recently moved so he could attend a better school in a safer community.
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Gulf Coast struggles after hurricane
Aug 30 2005 4:06AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bryan Vernon, 34, and his fiancee Dorothy Bell, 41, sat on the roof of their one-story frame home for three hours before a sheriff's deputy towing a boat noticed them and went in for the rescue.
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Georgia to allow underwater logging
Aug 30 2005 2:35AM (CT)
CAIRO, Ga. (AP) - Along with regular lumber, Ryan Lee's sawmill supplies wood from sunken cypress and pine logs, which fell into rivers while being rafted to ports and sawmills during the heyday of Southern logging in the 1800s and early 1900s.
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Study: Terrorists exploit immigration laws
Aug 30 2005 2:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some used false documents to enter the United States; others let their legal visas expire once in the country. And at least 21 foreign nationals became naturalized U.S. citizens before being charged or convicted as terrorists.
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Scalia joins law students in re-enactment
Aug 30 2005 12:40AM (CT)
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia blasted what he called "judge moralists" and the infusion of politics into judicial appointments Monday after joining law students in a re-enactment of a 100-year-old landmark case.
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