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Firefighters try to corral Calif. fires
Sep 20 2006 11:49PM (CT)
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters, worried about the possible return of hot, dry Santa Ana winds, fought three separate wildfires Wednesday that crept through national forests and toward towns.
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Hewlett Packard's chairwoman gets honor
Sep 20 2006 11:46PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett Packard Inc.'s beleaguered chairwoman Patricia Dunn was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Bay Area Council on Wednesday during her first public appearance since landing at the center of a corporate investigation gone awry.
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Ky. flag-burning teacher avoids charges
Sep 20 2006 11:31PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A middle school teacher who burned two American flags as part of a civics lesson won't be charged, but may still face discipline from the school board, officials said Wednesday.
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Fla. inmate who had won stay is executed
Sep 20 2006 11:19PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A convicted killer who argued that Florida's use of lethal injection amounted to cruel and unusual punishment was put to death Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay.
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Helicopter pilots' union declares strike
Sep 20 2006 11:03PM (CT)
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A union representing pilots at PHI Inc., which provides helicopter flights for the offshore petroleum industry and medical emergencies, went on strike Wednesday.
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Man arraigned in Okla. girl's death
Sep 20 2006 10:58PM (CT)
PURCELL, Okla. (AP) - A man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and nearly severing her head as part of a cannibalistic plot was arraigned Wednesday on a first-degree murder charge.
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Judge restores Clinton's 'Roadless Rule'
Sep 20 2006 10:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday reinstated the "Roadless Rule," a Clinton-era ban on road construction in nearly a third of national forests.
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Alleged 9/11 planner faces Gitmo hearing
Sep 20 2006 10:51PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, and other alleged terrorists linked to major attacks against the U.S. are expected to face hearings at the Guantanamo prison camp within three months, a military official said Wednesday.
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Weapons rap for man tied to Proof death
Sep 20 2006 10:48PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The man authorities say killed the rapper Proof in lawful defense of another man during a nightclub shootout was convicted Wednesday of two weapons charges related to the incident.
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Evidence missing in Karr child porn case
Sep 20 2006 10:42PM (CT)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Efforts to prosecute one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr on child pornography charges should not be jeopardized even though his computer that allegedly contained the images was lost, Sonoma County authorities said Wednesday.
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Outspoken Kan. state lawmaker to retire
Sep 20 2006 10:35PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kay O'Connor, an outspoken Republican conservative who once said women's suffrage was a sign that society didn't value families enough, is leaving the Kansas Legislature.
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Reality show for rappers Three 6 Mafia
Sep 20 2006 10:27PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Having won Oscars earlier this year, the members of rap group Three 6 Mafia are heading next to Emmy domain _ television.
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5 arrests made in 1979 slaying of woman
Sep 20 2006 10:21PM (CT)
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - Twenty-seven years after a hotel desk clerk's body was found in a wooded area, authorities have arrested five people, including the victim's former roommate and boss, the attorney general said Wednesday.
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Clinton global conference begins in NYC
Sep 20 2006 10:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - World political leaders discussed the need for Palestinian peace, religious sensitivity and clean water in Africa on the opening day of the Clinton Global Initiative conference Wednesday.
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Jury weighs death penalty in Sjodin case
Sep 20 2006 10:14PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Jurors on Wednesday began deliberating whether a man convicted in the death of college student Dru Sjodin should be sentenced to life in prison or be executed.
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6 inmates escape federal jail in Texas
Sep 20 2006 10:06PM (CT)
LA VILLA, Texas (AP) - A former police officer about to face trial on drug charges and five alleged members of a violent drug gang overpowered a guard and cut through at least four fences to escape from a federal detention center near the Mexican border, officials said Wednesday.
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Court says libraries can bar worship
Sep 20 2006 9:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Government libraries can block religious groups from worshipping in public meeting rooms, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Hurricane Gordon weakens near Azores
Sep 20 2006 9:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Gordon, downgraded from a hurricane Wednesday, approached portions of Spain and Portugal as it moved rapidly away from the sparsely populated Azores Islands.
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DA wants stop to Duke polling
Sep 20 2006 9:38PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players accused of rape asked a judge Wednesday to put a stop to defense polling of Durham residents about the case.
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Political ad may be too much for TV
Sep 20 2006 9:33PM (CT)
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A television commercial slamming Sen. Conrad Burns for cursing at a firefighting crew could be too vulgar for broadcast television and may lead to fines if it isn't pulled, the Montana Broadcasters Association warned its members Wednesday.
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Club owners to plead no contest in fire
Sep 20 2006 9:32PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The owners of a nightclub where a 2003 fire killed 100 people will plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges, and only one will have to serve prison time, their lawyer said Wednesday. Victims' relatives were outraged.
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Arrest made in Colo. dragging death
Sep 20 2006 9:28PM (CT)
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - A man was arrested in the gruesome dragging death of a woman after a stained and tattered photograph of him was found at the crime scene, police said Wednesday.
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New Orleans nursing home owners indicted
Sep 20 2006 9:27PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - The husband and wife owners of a nursing home near New Orleans were indicted Wednesday on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty in the deaths of 35 patients who perished in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Waitress accuses NYC chef of harassment
Sep 20 2006 9:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A waitress filed a $20 million lawsuit Wednesday against a high-end Japanese restaurant in one of the city's trendiest areas, claiming its head cook groped her, molested her with kitchen utensils and sexually harassed her.
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Charges filed in Mo. baby's kidnapping
Sep 20 2006 8:57PM (CT)
UNION, Mo. (AP) - A woman who authorities say slit the throat of a young mother and stole her baby was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and assault as authorities cast doubt on her claims that she had recently lost her own baby.
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Obama campaigns for Va. Senate candidate
Sep 20 2006 8:49PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Often criticized for a lack of charisma on the campaign trail, Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb sought a boost of energy from the party's political rock star, Sen. Barack Obama, on Wednesday.
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Attorney: Pa. lawmaker knew gun missing
Sep 20 2006 8:22PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania legislator knew his gun was missing the night before a teenage neighbor was found shot to death next to it, but he and his family did not think to call police to report it missing, his attorney said Wednesday.
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Judge orders more Gitmo papers unsealed
Sep 20 2006 8:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Defense to release documents containing the identities of some detainees at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were released or who suffered mistreatment by their handlers or other detainees.
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Man accused of working for Iraq indicted
Sep 20 2006 7:36PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man accused of collecting intelligence for Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1990s was indicted on charges of failing to register as an agent of a foreign government, authorities said Wednesday.
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Second teen surrenders in Pa. shootings
Sep 20 2006 6:59PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A second man charged in a shooting that wounded five Duquesne University basketball players turned himself in Wednesday, police said.
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3rd Ind. preemie infant dies of overdose
Sep 20 2006 6:40PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The grandmother of a third premature infant who died after being accidentally given an adult-sized dose of blood thinner medication at a hospital said Wednesday that she prayed other families wouldn't go through what she had, because it was hard "to sit there and watch my granddaughter die."
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Convicted killer freed on DNA evidence
Sep 20 2006 6:29PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A man who was convicted in 1990 of raping and murdering a high school classmate when he was 16 was freed from prison Wednesday after DNA evidence implicated another man who authorities said confessed to the crime.
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Tenn. father wounded trying to grab gun
Sep 20 2006 6:22PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The maternal grandfather of a 10-year-old boy at the center of a custody dispute fatally shot the boy's fraternal grandparents during an argument after watching him play baseball, authorities said Wednesday.
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Sept. 11 figure faces Guantanamo hearing
Sep 20 2006 6:17PM (CT)
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, is expected to face a hearing here within three months that will investigate whether he is an enemy combatant, a military official said Wednesday.
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Ill. man gets 15 years in cabbie death
Sep 20 2006 6:16PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An AIDS activist and former city of Chicago health department employee was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday for running over a cabdriver with his own taxi.
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13th charged in Wis. sexual assault case
Sep 20 2006 6:12PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A 13th person has been charged in the case of a girl who police say had illegal sexual contact with as many as 20 males while a 16-year-old girl coached her.
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11 arrested in counterfeit drug sales
Sep 20 2006 6:07PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities have indicted 11 people in Georgia, North Carolina, South Dakota and the Central American nation of Belize on charges of selling counterfeit prescription drugs over the Internet.
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Man arrested in Kentucky shootings
Sep 20 2006 5:54PM (CT)
INEZ, Ky. (AP) - A man accused of shooting two neighbors to death and wounding a third was captured without incident at home Wednesday morning, authorities said.
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Teens ram car through CENTCOM gates
Sep 20 2006 5:39PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The military was reviewing security procedures Wednesday after two teens managed to drive a stolen car through a security checkpoint and onto MacDill Air Force Base, which houses key command centers in the U.S. war on terrorism.
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Suspect pleads guilty in reporter death
Sep 20 2006 4:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A suspect in the slaying of New York Times journalist David E. Rosenbaum pleaded guilty to murder and robbery Wednesday and agreed to testify against a relative also charged in the attack.
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Bar gossip leads to man's beating
Sep 20 2006 4:07PM (CT)
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Three teenagers were arrested for beating a man into a coma after a woman in a bar falsely accused him of molesting her daughter, police said.
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Tea-bag mail protest worries post office
Sep 20 2006 4:02PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Illinois' lieutenant governor is urging people to mail tea bags to two electric utilities to protest rate increases _ an idea that leaves the post office cold.
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Off-roading banned in Utah area
Sep 20 2006 3:31PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - To protect two rare species of cactus, federal officials Wednesday banned off-road vehicles from a large swath of southern Utah's badlands.
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Hurricane season is not so bad _ so far
Sep 20 2006 3:23PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - This was supposed to be another brutal hurricane season. But so far, the United States has been spared, and forecasters say one big reason is a low-pressure system off the East Coast that has been a shield against which storms just bounce off.
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IRS investigates Calif. church
Sep 20 2006 2:50PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - With the campaign season in full swing, a liberal church is locked in an escalating dispute with the IRS over an anti-war sermon _ delivered two days before the 2004 presidential election _ that could cost the congregation its tax-exempt status.
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Coast Guard plans live-fire exercises
Sep 20 2006 12:50PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Margo Marks operates a ferry service on Lake Michigan and has nothing but respect for the Coast Guard. But she shudders at the thought of machine gun bullets whizzing over the water.
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Norfolk, Va., lifts tattoo-parlor ban
Sep 20 2006 12:22PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A 56-year-old ban on tattoo parlors has been lifted in this Navy town. The City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday allowing tattoo parlors in certain parts of the city, home to the world's largest naval base. The ordinance restricts parlors to a few industrial zones and downtown.
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Teen-violence hot line is planned
Sep 20 2006 12:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jessica Lee endured abuse from her high school boyfriend for two years, breaking up only after he burned her with cigarettes and slammed a beer bottle over her head. She has now joined an ambitious initiative to help teens in similar plights.
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Sheriff: Race a factor in kidnap case
Sep 20 2006 10:43AM (CT)
SALEM, N.H. (AP) - A Maine couple accused of tying up their 19-year-old daughter, throwing her in their car and driving her out of state to get an abortion were upset because the baby's father is black, a Maine sheriff said Tuesday.
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New York safest big city in 2005
Sep 20 2006 10:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York was the safest of the nation's 10 largest cities in 2005, with about one crime reported for every 37 residents, according to an Associated Press analysis of FBI statistics.
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N.Y. county targets illegal immigration
Sep 20 2006 7:23AM (CT)
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Business owners could soon face fines and even jail time if they hire illegal immigrants in this Long Island community, the latest in one of many efforts by local governments across the country to crack down on undocumented workers.
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General Assembly a diplomatic ritual
Sep 20 2006 5:49AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Strange things happen when dozens of world leaders are crammed into the same building. On the first day of the annual U.N. General Assembly session, it was difficult not to feel that one was witnessing the intricate social rituals of a rare animal species.
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Astronauts inspect shuttle's heat shield
Sep 20 2006 5:42AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - NASA ordered Atlantis' six astronauts to perform a more extensive inspection of the space shuttle using a 50-foot-boom early Wednesday to see if its heat shield was damaged by a mysterious object that apparently floated off the spacecraft.
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Indian troops train with U.S. in Hawaii
Sep 20 2006 4:29AM (CT)
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (AP) - As 40 Indian soldiers descend on a mock village in the Oahu mountains to hunt for insurgents, they are watched by U.S. Army officers looking for lessons they can apply when leading their units through the same exercise.
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Museum honors Emmett Till in Mississippi
Sep 20 2006 3:27AM (CT)
GLENDORA, Miss. (AP) - Photographs that captured a mother's grief and Emmett Till's mutilated body were on display as this tiny Mississippi Delta town opened a museum honoring the slain black teenager whose death was pivotal in the civil rights movement.
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Toxic train derailment in Texas
Sep 20 2006 12:10AM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - A train derailed and spilled a hazardous liquid Tuesday night, prompting about half the population of Crawford to temporarily evacuate, officials said.
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