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Parts of New Orleans to open next week
Sep 15 2005 11:35PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In a big step toward restoring the pulse and soul of New Orleans, the mayor announced plans Thursday to reopen over the next week and a half some of the Big Easy's most vibrant neighborhoods, including the once-rollicking French Quarter.
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Calif. gov. signs ban on school junk food
Sep 15 2005 10:50PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - The food served in California schools will be healthier under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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New Orleans mayor temporarily moves family
Sep 15 2005 10:26PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Thursday that he has temporarily moved his family to Dallas, where his young daughter is enrolled in school.
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Ophelia slows to a soaking crawl off N.C.
Sep 15 2005 10:24PM (CT)
SALTER PATH, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Ophelia, North Carolina's least welcome guest, refused to leave again Thursday, lashing the Outer Banks with rain and wind as coastal residents elsewhere returned home to damaged homes and businesses.
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Chavez says U.N. to move to Jerusalem
Sep 15 2005 10:05PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq on Thursday and told world leaders they should consider moving the U.N. headquarters out of the United States because of it.
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Three dead, 11 hurt in San Francisco fire
Sep 15 2005 9:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Three people were killed and 11 others were injured in a fire early Thursday that sent residents jumping to safety from a three-story apartment building, fire officials said.
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Jailed Deaconess, 73, ordered released
Sep 15 2005 9:51PM (CT)
KENNER, La. (AP) - Merlene Maten undoubtedly stood out in the prison where she has been held since Hurricane Katrina. The 73-year-old church deaconess, never before in trouble with the law, spent two weeks among hardened criminals. Her bail was a stiff $50,000.
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Ground broken on L.A. sports complex
Sep 15 2005 9:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Officials broke ground Thursday on a massive downtown sports and entertainment complex adjacent to the Staples Center that will include a West Coast headquarters for ESPN, Grammy museum, hotel and restaurants.
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Mass. lawmakers override contraception veto
Sep 15 2005 9:47PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The state Legislature voted Thursday to override Gov. Mitt Romney's veto of a measure that will expand access to emergency contraception.
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Putin calls 9/11 memorial symbol of unity
Sep 15 2005 9:30PM (CT)
BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) - A monument designed by a Russian artist to honor victims of the Sept. 11 attacks will serve as a symbol of Russian-American unity against the threat of terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
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Katrina called most destructive U.S. storm
Sep 15 2005 8:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Katrina has become the most destructive such storm ever to strike the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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Miss. sues insurers for storm coverage
Sep 15 2005 8:00PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi on Thursday sued insurers to force them to pay billions of dollars in flood damage from Hurricane Katrina, saying standard insurance polices have led homeowners to believe they are covered for all hurricane damage, whether from high winds or storm surges.
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Man accused in hunters' deaths testifies
Sep 15 2005 7:59PM (CT)
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) - A Hmong man accused of killing six hunters and wounding two others said Thursday he feared for his life as he was confronted for trespassing.
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Uninsured get medical care after Katrina
Sep 15 2005 7:34PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Rocio Roberts' right eye has a yellow tinge to it _ a possible sign of liver disease. It's worried her for two years, but she never had the money to see a doctor about it.
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Fla. lawmakers to amend sex offender law
Sep 15 2005 7:27PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Lawmakers plan to amend a law named for a 9-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped and slain by a convicted sex offender because the legislation could keep legitimate workers off school grounds.
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Fugitive wanted in Vegas heist surrenders
Sep 15 2005 7:22PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A woman accused in a multimillion-dollar armored car heist on the Las Vegas Strip surrendered to federal authorities Thursday, saying she was tired of more than a decade on the run and wanted her son to have a normal life.
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Tests find high mercury levels in fish
Sep 15 2005 7:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Store-bought swordfish contained mercury levels above the legal limit in a study released Thursday by environmental groups.
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Hurricane survivors leave Astrodome
Sep 15 2005 6:58PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Thousands of hurricane survivors who took shelter in the Astrodome packed their possessions Thursday and moved next door as officials sought to consolidate the dwindling number of refugees who still don't have permanent housing.
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L.A. mayor will occupy city mansion
Sep 15 2005 6:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Antonio Villaraigosa will become the first mayor in a dozen years to live in the mansion that comes with the office.
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FCC giving phone aid for Katrina victims
Sep 15 2005 6:43PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday plans to provide $211 million in aid to Hurricane Katrina victims to help restore phone service in areas hit hardest hit by the storm.
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Mo. governor signs abortion-limiting bill
Sep 15 2005 6:27PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Thursday placing further restrictions on abortion, and Planned Parenthood and an abortion clinic quickly filed legal challenges to the measure.
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Embattled Conn. state senator to resign
Sep 15 2005 6:18PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A state senator who publicly battled drug addiction and advocated for the poor announced Thursday that he would resign his post amid reports he has been targeted in a corruption probe.
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Leaders say U.N. must direct terror fight
Sep 15 2005 6:13PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China called Thursday for the United Nations to take the lead in the global fight against terrorism, speaking on the second day of a U.N. summit where a new Arab-Israeli meeting and European nuclear talks with Iran took the spotlight.
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Mom in caged kids case complained of spouse
Sep 15 2005 5:44PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - The adoptive mother of a group of children who were confined in cages at night accused her husband four years ago of being a danger to the family.
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Ex-FEMA chief Witt lobbies for insurance
Sep 15 2005 5:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As ex-federal disaster chief James Lee Witt advises Louisiana's governor on hurricane recovery, he is also working for an insurance company lobbying Congress to create a fund to ease insurers' burdens from disaster claims, records show.
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U.N. treaty to fight corruption begins
Sep 15 2005 5:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A global treaty to fight corruption go into force in 90 days, empowering nations to prosecute officials accused of stealing public funds and to override bank secrecy laws to ensure stolen public money can be recovered.
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Ill. plans to recover Lincoln museum costs
Sep 15 2005 4:31PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state says it will try to recover cost overruns that could total up to $15 million for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum project.
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Dolphins lost during hurricane rescued
Sep 15 2005 4:04PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two dolphins that were swept from their aquarium tanks into the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Katrina were rescued Thursday, but six others remained at sea.
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Former political prisoner sues Castro
Sep 15 2005 3:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former political prisoner in Cuba who says he was repeatedly tortured with drugs and electric shocks sued Fidel Castro's government Thursday for $50 million in damages.
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Teams working to open shipping channels
Sep 15 2005 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Navigation survey teams have been posted to the mid-Atlantic to begin checking shipping channels as soon as Hurricane Ophelia has passed, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
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Katrina emergency declared in bulk of U.S.
Sep 15 2005 3:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The dire conditions created by Hurricane Katrina may be confined to the Gulf Coast, but on paper the emergency is all over the country.
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Gov. Bush OKs foster care rule exception
Sep 15 2005 2:47PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush told Florida's child-protection agency to rescind a gasoline saving measure that temporarily suspended required monthly visits to many of the state's nearly 50,000 foster children.
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Parts of New Orleans to open next week
Sep 15 2005 2:29PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Ray Nagin announced Thursday that large sections of the city will reopen next week, and the historic French Quarter the week after that. "The city of New Orleans ... will start to breathe again," he said.
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Official fired at camp where teen died
Sep 15 2005 2:06PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The training supervisor at a state camp where a 13-year-old boy died was fired after declining to take a lie-detector test about how the camp was run, officials said. The case led to murder charges against six counselors.
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Poll: 8 in 10 want drivers to drop SUVs
Sep 15 2005 1:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight in 10 people say it's important for Americans now driving sport utility vehicles to switch to more fuel-efficient vehicles to reduce the nation's dependence on oil, a poll found.
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Clinton launching first global summit
Sep 15 2005 1:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An initiative led by former President Clinton to tackle poverty, climate change and other worldwide issues is launching with a gathering of political leaders and activists who are promising to pitch in _ and must put those pledges in writing.
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Guardsmen retrieve cash from flooded vault
Sep 15 2005 1:24PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - National Guardsmen used armored vehicles to retrieve wads of soggy cash from a flooded-out vault a few blocks from the Superdome.
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Police beating victim may reopen case
Sep 15 2005 12:39PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - An undercover police officer who was mistakenly beaten by colleagues a decade ago has decided to pursue damages against one of the alleged attackers because that man recently won back his job.
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Ex-Democratic official pleads guilty
Sep 15 2005 12:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former finance chairman of the Democratic National Committee pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening to bar an investment company from doing business with the Illinois State Teachers Pension Fund unless it agreed to hire a consultant.
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Hyundai recalls 240,000 Elantra sedans
Sep 15 2005 11:49AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it would recall 240,000 Elantra sedans because the computer that operates the air bag system could confuse a child seat for an adult in the front passenger seat.
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Atheist gets victory in 'under God' case
Sep 15 2005 11:01AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An atheist seeking to strike the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools has won a major battle in his quest to force the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the issue again.
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Religion news in brief
Sep 15 2005 11:00AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Ovadia Yosef, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, is being criticized for a televised sermon that called Hurricane Katrina a punishment from God for President Bush's role in forcing Israelis to leave the Gaza Strip.
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Religion today
Sep 15 2005 10:59AM (CT)
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - It was a Buddhist Woodstock.
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Colorado skiers cheer first snow of season
Sep 15 2005 10:04AM (CT)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - The first widespread snowfall of the season brought accumulations of an inch or more at several Rocky Mountain ski resorts, cheering industry officials.
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Crew member killed in Texas train crash
Sep 15 2005 9:55AM (CT)
SHEPHERD, Texas (AP) - A freight train smashed into a second train that was stopped on a siding early Thursday, killing one crew member and derailing more than 20 cars, a company spokesman said.
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Barbara Bush praises outpouring of support
Sep 15 2005 9:45AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A week after drawing criticism with comments about Hurricane Katrina evacuees, Barbara Bush focused on the nation's outpouring of support for those in need.
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Report: Ex-FEMA director blames La.
Sep 15 2005 9:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The former FEMA director who became a lightning rod for the sluggish federal response to Hurricane Katrina blamed state officials for the delays, according to a newspaper report.
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Along Bayou Road, family survives flood
Sep 15 2005 8:55AM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - Sitting near a neighbor's outdoor grill with his wife, in-laws and his dog, Jimmy Mims looked like a man at peace. Two weeks earlier, though, all five were tossing on floodwaters in a small fishing boat _ not sure whether they would survive as the only folks along their stretch of Bayou Road who stayed through Hurricane Katrina.
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Katrina forces Calif. to gauge flood risks
Sep 15 2005 8:51AM (CT)
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - The earthen levee looming over Jeff Long's backyard stands as tall as his roof. It was just an unsightly detail until Hurricane Katrina broke through levees and swamped New Orleans.
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Grandmother fired for Katrina absences
Sep 15 2005 8:40AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - When forced to decide between caring for her 18-month-old granddaughter while her parents were stranded in New Orleans or showing up for her job, Barbara Roberts chose to be a grandma. And for that, she was fired.
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Summit offers plenty of chances to hobnob
Sep 15 2005 6:16AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Summits are for hobnobbing with world leaders, and at two receptions hosted by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the opening day of a U.N. summit everyone was making the rounds _ including President Bush.
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Architect offers changes to 9/11 memorial
Sep 15 2005 6:00AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The architect of the memorial to a plane downed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, said Wednesday he would work to satisfy critics who complained that it honors terrorists with its crescent-shaped design.
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Texas county bans parking near Bush ranch
Sep 15 2005 5:57AM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - Two weeks after Cindy Sheehan left her anti-war campsite by the road leading to President Bush's ranch, county commissioners have banned parking along 23 miles of roads in the area.
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Mass. lawmakers reject gay marriage ban
Sep 15 2005 5:17AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Both sides along the gay marriage divide have vowed to continue their fight a day after the state Legislature soundly defeated a proposed constitutional amendment seeking to ban same-sex marriage.
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Woman executed for Texas family slayings
Sep 15 2005 4:51AM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Frances Newton was executed Wednesday for the fatal shootings of her husband and two children 18 years ago, becoming the third woman, and first black woman, to be put to death in the state since executions resumed in 1982.
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Hatteras residents defy Hurricane Ophelia
Sep 15 2005 4:24AM (CT)
HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) - Residents live here knowing that every year, their road will probably flood, their homes will take a beating and they'll likely be isolated for days until cleanup crews can dig them out after a big storm.
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World leaders remember victims of Katrina
Sep 15 2005 4:00AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed condolences to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in his speech at the U.N. summit.
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Returning guardsman arrive in Louisiana
Sep 15 2005 3:11AM (CT)
ST. ROSE, La. (AP) - Of those streaming back to clean and fix homes in this riverside suburb of New Orleans, few have come as far as Army Sgt. Jackie Gantt.
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