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Forum prods religious moderates to speak up
Sep 22 2005 11:58PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Religious moderates must raise their voices _ or risk being drowned out by extremists, speakers at a University of Notre Dame forum said Thursday.
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Nearly 2 million flee Hurricane Rita
Sep 22 2005 11:54PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Hurricane Rita closed in on the Texas Gulf Coast and the heart of the U.S. oil-refining industry with howling 140 mph winds Thursday, but a sharper-than-expected turn to the right set it on a course that could spare Houston and nearby Galveston a direct hit.
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Rita's rains start falling on New Orleans
Sep 22 2005 11:14PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Hurricane Rita closed in on the Texas Gulf Coast and the heart of the U.S. oil-refining industry with howling 140 mph winds Thursday, but a sharper-than-expected turn to the right set it on a course that could spare Houston and nearby Galveston a direct hit.
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Union leaders to fight tax cuts
Sep 22 2005 10:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor leaders said Thursday they would work to defeat any efforts to pay for rebuilding the Gulf Coast by cutting important federal programs.
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Wash. state agencies reach farm labor deal
Sep 22 2005 10:24PM (CT)
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The state reached a settlement Thursday with a California labor contractor accused of violating wage and labor rules by bringing temporary farm workers from Thailand to the Yakima Valley last year.
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Earthquakes up to 4.7 strike near L.A.
Sep 22 2005 10:12PM (CT)
METTLER, Calif. (AP) - A series of earthquakes ranging up to magnitude 4.7 shook an area north of Los Angeles on Thursday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
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Former guards: Pfc. England impressionable
Sep 22 2005 10:12PM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Two former guards convicted in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal testified at Army Pfc. Lynndie England's military trial Thursday that England was impressionable and under the sway of her soldier boyfriend, whom prosecutors have labeled the ringleader of detainee abuse.
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New indictment comes in Calif. terror case
Sep 22 2005 10:10PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - One of five men from the same suburban mosque arrested earlier this year was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging he intended "to wage jihad in the United States."
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Police: Driver hit Vegas crowd on purpose
Sep 22 2005 10:10PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The driver of a stolen car who authorities say deliberately plowed into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip, killing two and injuring a dozen others, will face charges of murder and attempted murder.
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N.M. treasurer stepping down over charges
Sep 22 2005 9:49PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - State Treasurer Robert Vigil said Thursday he will temporarily step down from the job until federal charges against him are resolved.
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FBI: Terror suspects targeted Calif. sites
Sep 22 2005 9:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three men charged in a terror investigation were planning shooting rampages at Los Angeles-area military sites to retaliate for what they called the oppression of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to court documents.
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Ala. man executed for killing family of 3
Sep 22 2005 9:28PM (CT)
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A man convicted of killing a family of three and driving off in their vintage sports car was executed by injection Thursday.
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Jewish Defense League member sentenced
Sep 22 2005 8:20PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Jewish Defense League member was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in a plot to bomb a mosque and a Lebanese-American congressman's office.
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Court issues stay on Ohio abortion law
Sep 22 2005 8:04PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A 1998 state law that requires parental consent for girls under 18 to get an abortion was put on hold again Thursday, hours before it was to go into effect for the first time.
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Feds say Ariz. illegal entry slowing down
Sep 22 2005 7:45PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A top federal official claimed Thursday that the Border Patrol during a recent crackdown has reduced illegal immigration along the well-traveled route from Mexico into Arizona.
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Judge says no beard for Muslim firefighter
Sep 22 2005 7:43PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Muslim firefighter cannot wear a beard on the job because of the safety risk it poses, a judge ruled Thursday in upholding the fire department's ban on facial hair.
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Schwarzenegger woos Hispanics for support
Sep 22 2005 7:05PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise from immigrant to Hollywood superstar won him the hearts of California's large Hispanic population two years ago and their votes helped elect him governor.
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Reputed Gambino crime family capo charged
Sep 22 2005 6:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A reputed captain in the Gambino crime family was charged with murder Thursday, nearly 13 years after a couple was gunned down in what court papers say was a mob hit possibly involving John A. "Junior" Gotti.
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Five Chicago officials charged in probe
Sep 22 2005 6:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Five current and former city officials were indicted Thursday on fraud charges as federal prosecutors expanded their investigation of patronage abuses at City Hall.
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University to replace Semester at Sea
Sep 22 2005 5:43PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - After dropping its longtime sponsorship of the Semester at Sea program, the University of Pittsburgh is creating a new program that would fly students from one country to another.
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NYC about to get bathroom break
Sep 22 2005 5:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - You don't have to be an urban planner to figure out that there aren't enough public bathrooms in New York. Just check out the lines for the ladies room at Rockefeller Center or sniff the air wafting from any alley on a Saturday night.
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Proposed sites narrowed for nuclear plant
Sep 22 2005 4:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Utility companies on Thursday narrowed the possible locations for what could be the first new nuclear power plant in the United States in more than three decades, focusing on reactor sites in Mississippi and Alabama.
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Coretta Scott King leaves hospital
Sep 22 2005 3:58PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Coretta Scott King's daughters beamed as they emerged from a hospital Thursday and announced that more than a month after suffering a stroke and mild heart attack, their mother was coming home.
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Second Islamic cleric in Calif. deported
Sep 22 2005 3:56PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The second of two Islamic leaders accused by the government of plotting to set up a terror training camp in California has been deported to Pakistan, his attorney said Thursday.
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Fatal Ind. fire blamed on smoking material
Sep 22 2005 3:53PM (CT)
GARY, Ind. (AP) - A house fire that killed six people, including four children, likely was sparked by an errantly placed match or cigarette in a bedroom, officials say.
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Houston traffic complicates evacuation
Sep 22 2005 3:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Houston has a lot more drivers than New Orleans, making for a crowded getaway as motorists flee southeastern Texas in advance of Hurricane Rita.
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Founders defend embattled Freedom Center
Sep 22 2005 3:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Founders of a museum devoted to freedom pleaded Thursday to stay in a proposed cultural building at ground zero, saying their center would explore the core American values that were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
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R.I. court rejects Mormon adoptee's case
Sep 22 2005 2:22PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An adoptee has no right to gain access to his birth records simply because his Mormon beliefs compel him to learn about his ancestors, the state Supreme Court ruled.
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Big Easy district faces uncertain future
Sep 22 2005 1:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Lower Ninth Ward was often last in line _ even in good times. Now the gritty New Orleans neighborhood will need all the resilience it can muster to recover from its worst blow yet.
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Empty nuclear waste container tips over
Sep 22 2005 1:48PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - An empty container used to store spent nuclear fuel tipped over Thursday while being hauled by train to a shipyard. The container was not damaged and there was no release of radiation, the Department of Energy said.
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Boston archbishop hospitalized
Sep 22 2005 1:35PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley has been hospitalized with an acute inner ear infection, the Boston archdiocese said Thursday.
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Workers in Va. die when trench collapses
Sep 22 2005 12:06PM (CT)
BUENA VISTA, Va. (AP) - Two city workers digging a trench for a sewer line died after the trench collapsed and they were trapped for hours.
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FEMA sets up office in Texas as Rita nears
Sep 22 2005 11:32AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of federal officials are on the ground in Texas, where truckloads of water, food, ice and medical supplies are set to head for the coast once Hurricane Rita makes landfall.
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Religion news in brief
Sep 22 2005 11:14AM (CT)
COVINA, Calif. (AP) - Leaders of 300 churches in the Pacific Southwest plan to break from the American Baptist Churches USA, claiming the national denomination has failed to implement its declaration that gay relationships are incompatible with Christianity.
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Religion today
Sep 22 2005 11:13AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At age 86, Huston Smith is returning home again _ to Christianity.
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Mass. man found innocent in baby's death
Sep 22 2005 10:04AM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) - A retired dentist was found not guilty Thursday in the poisoning death of a 4-month-old boy who was given arsenic-laced weed killer instead of water at a cookout.
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Workers injured in Va. train collision
Sep 22 2005 9:33AM (CT)
NEWSOMS, Va. (AP) - A train hauling carloads of rock from a quarry collided with another freight train before dawn Thursday, injuring six workers and leaving some of the cars derailed and in flames, officials said.
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Study finds racial imbalance on death row
Sep 22 2005 8:28AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - More condemned men and women are on California's death row for killing whites than for murdering people of any other race, despite there being more black and Hispanic murder victims, according to a new study.
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Rural Alaska towns struggle to stay afloat
Sep 22 2005 8:18AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The city clerk in Holy Cross doesn't spend much time at her desk these days. Instead, she pitches in as needed for the cash-strapped village of about 200 people. Connie Walker was laid off because of a lack of town funds, but she still performs such tasks as preparing City Hall for a bingo game to help a family pay for a funeral _ for no pay. She even drops by to pay city bills, open mail and answer the phone.
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Houston residents scrambling out of city
Sep 22 2005 8:16AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people were frantically trying to escape the nation's fourth-largest city Thursday as Hurricane Rita approached the upper Texas coast.
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Names for storms, hurricanes running out
Sep 22 2005 7:31AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Alpha? Tropical Storm Epsilon? Before this year is out, TV forecasters and coastal residents may have to break out their Greek dictionaries if the Atlantic hurricane season keeps up its frantic pace.
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Hinckley's approaches to women questioned
Sep 22 2005 7:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A psychiatrist on Wednesday criticized John Hinckley's therapist for concluding that the presidential assailant's recent approaches to women constitute normal behavior.
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Criminals among Katrina refugees sought
Sep 22 2005 7:17AM (CT)
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) - After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, federal officials flew Brian Murph and more than 100 other victims to Rhode Island. They were greeted by the governor and cheered by residents.
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Fastest-growing communities are in West
Sep 22 2005 6:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 years ago, Horace Greeley told his fellow Americans to "Go west." And they still are. Twelve of the nation's 20 fastest growing metropolitan areas are in the West, the Census Bureau says. The fastest growing: Greeley, Colo.
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Storm donations found at official's home
Sep 22 2005 6:25AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police found cases of food, clothing and tools intended for hurricane victims at the home of the chief administrative officer for a New Orleans suburb, authorities said Wednesday.
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Katrina's death toll climbs past 1,000
Sep 22 2005 6:21AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Searchers looking for bodies smashed into homes that had been locked or submerged under Hurricane Katrina's highest floodwaters, pushing the overall body count past 1,000 as another hurricane threatens to prolong the hunt for the dead.
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Meth baby murder conviction reversed
Sep 22 2005 6:12AM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A state appeals court overturned the murder conviction of a woman whose 3-month-old son overdosed on methamphetamine that may have been in the mother's breast milk.
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Annan urges nations to ratify nuke treaty
Sep 22 2005 4:15AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the United States and 10 other key countries to ratify the nuclear test-ban treaty so it can finally take effect, but like Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea, the U.S. administration refuses to do so.
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Galveston couple wants to ride out Rita
Sep 22 2005 4:12AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Jennifer McDonald hears dire hurricane warnings every summer, so she knows all about the deadly consequences predicted for those who stay.
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Clinton, Dole appear at fundraiser in N.C.
Sep 22 2005 4:10AM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Former President Clinton and former Sen. Bob Dole, once political rivals, came together Wednesday night to raise money for historically black Bennett College.
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Perkins opts out of Nev. governor's race
Sep 22 2005 12:11AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins announced Wednesday that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor in 2006, saying a contentious primary would help Republicans retain Nevada's top post.
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Minn. storm brings reports of outages
Sep 22 2005 12:05AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A severe thunderstorm with high wind and hail pushed across central Minnesota, knocking out power Wednesday evening to thousands around the Twin Cities, damaging homes and crunching trees over a wide area.
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