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School bus flips in Mississippi
Sep 15 2006 11:57PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A bus carrying 26 members of a high school band flipped Friday night en route to a football game in northern Mississippi, sending several students to area hospitals, officials and witnesses said.
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TV bounty hunter set free on bail
Sep 15 2006 11:46PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman and two co-stars accused of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters' capture of a cosmetics company heir in Mexico posted bail and were released Friday.
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Cooler weather aids Montana firefighters
Sep 15 2006 11:34PM (CT)
LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) - Firefighters and homeowners got cooler temperatures and hint of rain Friday to help douse a wildfire that has forced people out of homes and cabins.
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Bush campaign to donate illegal donation
Sep 15 2006 11:18PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Donations that a former coin dealer funneled to President Bush's re-election campaign will be given to charity, barring further directions from authorities, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee said Friday.
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Fort Lewis war objector faces new charge
Sep 15 2006 11:11PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - The Army added another charge against a lieutenant who refused to serve in Iraq because he believes the war is illegal, but did not say if the case will proceed to a court martial.
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Charges dropped in Wis. necrophilia case
Sep 15 2006 11:09PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) - A judge on Friday dismissed charges of attempted sexual assault against three men accused of trying to dig up a woman's body to have sex with the corpse, noting that Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia.
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Dr.: Va. teen cancer patient improving
Sep 15 2006 11:09PM (CT)
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - A Virginia teenage cancer patient appears to be improving less than a month after he won a court fight to forgo chemotherapy and seek alternative treatments, his doctor said Friday.
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Former prosecutor wins Ohio Dem. primary
Sep 15 2006 10:59PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A former assistant federal prosecutor easily won a Democratic special primary Friday to face U.S. Rep. Mike Turner in November.
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Arctic ice seal found on N.C. beach
Sep 15 2006 10:55PM (CT)
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) - A wayward Arctic ice seal was found Friday on a beach in southern North Carolina, far from its usual habitat.
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Charges dropped in Wis. necrophilia case
Sep 15 2006 10:53PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) - A judge on Friday dismissed charges of attempted sexual assault against three men accused of trying to dig up a woman's body to have sex with the corpse, noting that Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia.
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New York Fashion Week comes to a close
Sep 15 2006 10:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The "independent woman" has been a driving force behind the spring 2007 collections presented at New York Fashion Week.
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Nobel laureates ask youth to push peace
Sep 15 2006 10:44PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Nobel Peace Prize laureates criticized the United States and the Bush administration Friday as they kicked off a conference dedicated to promoting peace and calling the world's youth to action.
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Gordon downgraded to Category 1 storm
Sep 15 2006 10:29PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Gordon was downgraded to a Category 1 storm Friday and Tropical Storm Helene strengthened as both storms churned in the open Atlantic, but neither immediately threatened land, forecasters said.
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Vietnam-era deserter nabbed entering US
Sep 15 2006 10:27PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man who deserted the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War was arrested as he entered the United States from Mexico, authorities said Friday.
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Woman, 87, sentenced for boy's slaying
Sep 15 2006 10:24PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A judge sentenced an 87-year-old woman to more than 31 years in prison Friday for killing a teenage boy three decades ago.
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Officials want former governor in prison
Sep 15 2006 10:16PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Gov. George Ryan should not remain free while appealing his racketeering conviction and should start his prison sentence as scheduled Jan. 4, prosecutors said Friday.
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Mo. mom's throat slashed, newborn taken
Sep 15 2006 10:15PM (CT)
LONEDELL, Mo. (AP) - A woman slashed the throat of a new mother in a rural Missouri home Friday and fled with her 1-week-old daughter, the Franklin County Sheriff's Department said.
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3 sisters die in N.C. apartment fire
Sep 15 2006 10:11PM (CT)
BOONE, N.C. (AP) - An apartment fire killed three young sisters trapped in a rear bedroom, after the flames prevented rescuers and their father from re-entering the burning building, officials said Friday.
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Man convicted in death of Denver officer
Sep 15 2006 10:11PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Mexico who fled to his home country after killing a police officer and wounding another was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
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Wife of accused in Phoenix case speaks
Sep 15 2006 9:00PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Wiping tears from her eyes, the wife of the ex-con linked to the Baseline Killer investigation lashed out Friday at Phoenix police and the mayor for their handling of the case.
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12 charged in sex assaults of girl
Sep 15 2006 8:56PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A dozen people, including six juveniles, are charged in the case of an 11-year-old girl who authorities say had sex with as many as 20 people as a 16-year-old girl coached her.
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Gotti jurors hear closing arguments
Sep 15 2006 8:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - John A. Gotti listened intently as his lawyer told a Manhattan jury during closing arguments Friday that the mob scion quit the Gambino crime family because he was disillusioned with the lifestyle and faced jail while watching his father dying behind bars.
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Mistrial declared in prison gang trial
Sep 15 2006 8:23PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Jurors were unable to decide Friday whether to impose the death penalty on two convicted leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, prompting a federal judge to declare a mistrial and giving the pair life in prison.
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Small blast at Salt Lake City library
Sep 15 2006 8:18PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A small explosion in a lounge area of the downtown public library Friday afternoon blew out a window on the third floor, and forced 400 people inside the building to evacuate, police said. No injuries were reported.
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Former priest accused of sex abuse dies
Sep 15 2006 8:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A former priest, who was once a charismatic, nationally renowned youth minister but was later accused of sexually abusing children, has died, authorities said Friday.
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Some Pa. lawmakers hold onto pay raises
Sep 15 2006 8:02PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Many legislators repaid their midterm raises before the state Supreme Court ruled that the payments were illegal, but dozens either kept the money or said they donated it to charity, officials said Friday.
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Priests hear from sex abuse victims
Sep 15 2006 7:52PM (CT)
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. (AP) - Hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese were summoned by the cardinal Friday to hear from two adults who as children were molested by priests.
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Brash mayor of Jackson, Miss., indicted
Sep 15 2006 7:43PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mayor Frank Melton, who has been accused of being too heavy-handed in fighting crime, was indicted Friday on charges he directed young people to use sledgehammers to smash up a home where he suspected drugs were being used.
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HP execs asked to testify, lawsuit filed
Sep 15 2006 7:37PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A congressional panel wants to question key figures in the scandal surrounding Hewlett-Packard Co.'s investigation of media leaks, while a shareholder lawsuit was filed in state court accusing the company's top brass of breaching their duties.
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NY candidate upset with hubby's travails
Sep 15 2006 7:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Republican candidate for attorney general said Friday she was "not happy" about her husband's latest brush with the law _ a speeding ticket in a school zone.
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Lawsuit fights N.C. video poker phaseout
Sep 15 2006 7:24PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Video poker machine owners and players sued North Carolina on Friday, challenging a law that will phase out the machines by next summer.
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Ex-NJ Senate head pleads guilty to fraud
Sep 15 2006 7:08PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A former Senate president prominent in New Jersey's Democratic political machine pleaded guilty Friday to accepting money from a company, then helping it get a project approved.
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Calif. bans drivers from holding phones
Sep 15 2006 7:00PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Drivers in California will need an ear piece or speaker to use their mobile phones while on the road under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Yemeni man accused of terrorist links
Sep 15 2006 6:50PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A California man accused of trying to supply stolen U.S. military equipment and defense secrets to Yemen was denied bail Friday after a prosecutor said he had ties to a terrorist financier who plotted to help al-Qaida and Hamas.
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Officials say SD tourism boycott failed
Sep 15 2006 6:48PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A threatened tourism boycott of South Dakota over new state law that bans nearly all abortions has had little effect on travel, officials said.
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Mich. school bus crash injures 23
Sep 15 2006 6:30PM (CT)
LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (AP) - A car collided Friday morning with a school bus filled with students, knocking the bus onto its side and injuring several people, the Ionia County sheriff's office said.
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2 teens suspected of Wis. school plot
Sep 15 2006 6:27PM (CT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Two 17-year-olds suspected of plotting a shooting spree at their school were fascinated with the mass killings at Columbine High School and had homemade bombs and weapons at their homes, investigators said Friday.
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Iraqi President travels to Colorado
Sep 15 2006 6:14PM (CT)
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani spent Friday in this posh mountain resort as part of an annual conference sponsored by a New York investment company, The Associated Press has learned.
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Iranian-born woman to be space tourist
Sep 15 2006 5:36PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Since long before leaving her native Iran as a teenager in 1984, Anousheh Ansari stared at the stars and dreamed of traveling closer to them.
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U.S. proposes Cubans vote on democracy
Sep 15 2006 5:05PM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - The Bush administration proposed Friday that Cubans hold a referendum to decide if they want to be ruled by dictators or live in democracy.
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Pa. police chief turns his son in
Sep 15 2006 4:09PM (CT)
BATH, Pa. (AP) - As he leafed through the newspaper Wednesday morning, acting Police Chief James Cavallo thought there was something awfully familiar about the bank robbery suspect pictured in a grainy surveillance photo.
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Mayors witness global warming in Alaska
Sep 15 2006 3:29PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Portage Glacier has retreated so far, it no longer can be seen from the multimillion-dollar visitors center built for it in 1986. Tourists have to cross a lake to see the glacial ice that looks sky blue on a cloudy day.
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Family of 4 found shot to death in Texas
Sep 15 2006 2:21PM (CT)
CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) - A couple and their two children were found shot to death at their large suburban home Friday in what police said appeared to be a murder-suicide.
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Ex-con sent to prison for a strangling
Sep 15 2006 2:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An ex-convict was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Friday for strangling an aspiring model who thought she was getting a part in a James Bond movie.
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Chicago mayor backs foie gras ban repeal
Sep 15 2006 2:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Foie gras could soon be back on the menu in Chicago _ Mayor Richard M. Daley says he doesn't have the stomach for the city's month-old ban.
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Ga. dentist pleads guilty to 2 murders
Sep 15 2006 1:48PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A Georgia dentist pleaded guilty Friday to killing his wife in 2004 and to shooting to death a girlfriend 14 years earlier while he was in dental school.
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Immigration raid cripples Ga. town
Sep 15 2006 1:13PM (CT)
STILLMORE, Ga. (AP) - Trailer parks lie abandoned. The poultry plant is scrambling to replace more than half its workforce. Business has dried up at stores where Mexican laborers once lined up to buy food, beer and cigarettes just weeks ago.
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New ferry to open in isolated Ala. town
Sep 15 2006 1:11PM (CT)
GEES BEND, Ala. (AP) - In 1962, as the civil rights movement was picking up speed, the ferry along this stretch of the Alabama River was shut down in what was widely seen as an attempt by whites to prevent blacks from the town of Gee's Bend from coming across the water to vote or take part in demonstrations.
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Taylor's son pleads to passport lie
Sep 15 2006 1:10PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor pleaded guilty Friday to lying about his father's identity on a U.S. passport application.
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Katrina czar visits La. trailer campus
Sep 15 2006 1:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The head of President Bush's Gulf Coast recovery operation toured Southern University's New Orleans campus on Friday, visiting mobile homes that serve as classrooms and a gym where the hip-high water mark is a stark reminder of Hurricane Katrina's destruction.
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Astronauts wrap up final spacewalk
Sep 15 2006 12:26PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two astronauts unpacked a new radiator Friday and perform some fix-it tasks outside the international space station before wrapping up the final spacewalk of shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission.
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Death in Illinois ER ruled homicide
Sep 15 2006 11:58AM (CT)
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A coroner's jury has declared the death of a heart attack victim who spent almost two hours in a hospital waiting room to be a homicide.
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Chicago seeks OK to lease Midway Airport
Sep 15 2006 10:56AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The city has filed for permission to lease its Midway Airport to a private contractor, a move Chicago officials say could increase revenue without raising taxes.
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Police: NYC crew hid drugs in toys
Sep 15 2006 10:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A crew controlled by the Crips street gang made $1 million a year dealing drugs that were sometimes delivered in toy cars and trucks, authorities said.
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Nebraska court rejects casino measure
Sep 15 2006 9:39AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The state's highest court said Friday that a plan to legalize casino gambling in Nebraska cannot appear on the November ballot because it was too similar to measures rejected in 2004.
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Target in Vt. shooting feared suspect
Sep 15 2006 9:03AM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A teacher police believe was the target of a shooting rampage that killed her mother and a school colleague had planned to seek a restraining order against the suspect that day, court records show.
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Michigan convict caught after 30 years
Sep 15 2006 8:17AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Dollie Walton's children always found Thomas Fry, the man who had lived with her for nearly 30 years, to be a bit strange.
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No leaks after Illinois train derailment
Sep 15 2006 6:47AM (CT)
SALEM, Ill. (AP) - Dozens of people evacuated from their homes when a chemical-carrying train derailed were allowed to return early Friday after authorities determined nothing dangerous had leaked.
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Iraq war's signature wound: brain injury
Sep 15 2006 5:25AM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Lance Cpl. Sam Reyes bears scars from three horrific attacks in Iraq, but his most debilitating wound cannot be seen.
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LA Times editor opposes more staff cuts
Sep 15 2006 4:00AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The editor of the Los Angeles Times said he does not want to make any more job cuts in his newsroom, defying the newspaper's corporate parent, which has asked for a budget-trimming plan.
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Ohio state senator seeks Ney's seat
Sep 15 2006 3:30AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - As a Republican candidate for Congress, Joy Padgett says she does not intend to campaign as the alternative to U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, the embattled incumbent she replaces on the Nov. 7 ballot.
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Trafficking victims seek college money
Sep 15 2006 3:20AM (CT)
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - Ngoc Bich Nguyen's mother was lured far from Vietnam by the promise of a high-paying factory job that she hoped would allow both of her daughters to attend college.
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Indians argue against ski resort plan
Sep 15 2006 12:14AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Attorneys for Southwestern Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court Thursday to block the proposed expansion of an Arizona ski resort they say already desecrates land they hold sacred and sullies their religious beliefs.
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