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Rare stamp fetches $74,000 at auction
Sep 22 2006 11:50PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A 1920s-era 10-cent stamp containing an extraordinarily rare printing error sold at auction Friday for $74,000.
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Feds seek to block Oregon spying case
Sep 22 2006 11:24PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - U.S. Justice Department lawyers filed an appeal Friday aimed at blocking a lawsuit by a former Islamic charity that has challenged a Bush administration secret surveillance program.
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1st N.M. spaceport launch on Monday
Sep 22 2006 11:21PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - After several delays, the first space-bound rocket is set to launch from a southern New Mexico spaceport.
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Timber company appeals forest protection
Sep 22 2006 10:44PM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon timber company has appealed the reinstatement of protections on 58.5 million acres of roadless areas in national forests, saying it should be able to continue logging trees burned in a 2002 wildfire in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
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Calif. gov. vetoes universal health bill
Sep 22 2006 10:38PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a universal health care bill Friday, saying it would create a "vast new bureaucracy."
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Gainesville killer gets execution date
Sep 22 2006 10:37PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Jeb Bush signed a death warrant Friday for Danny Harold Rolling, who pleaded guilty to the grisly 1990 slayings of five Gainesville college students.
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Father stabs family along La. highway
Sep 22 2006 10:24PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A man repeatedly stabbed his toddler and estranged wife along an interstate while horrified people watched from their cars in rush-hour traffic Friday night, police and witnesses said.
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EEOC accuses Exxon of age discrimination
Sep 22 2006 10:22PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A federal agency filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday, saying it forces pilots for the world's largest oil company to quit flying at 60.
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Helene weakens to a tropical storm
Sep 22 2006 10:12PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Helene weakened Friday into a tropical storm, but would still likely create hazardous surf conditions for Bermuda, forecasters said.
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Playmate sues taxi driver, NYC police
Sep 22 2006 10:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman who bills herself as the first openly lesbian Playboy Playmate sued a taxi driver, police and the city on Friday, claiming that officers needlessly roughed her up based on the cabbie's false accusation that she was armed and dangerous.
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Activist released from Vietnam jail
Sep 22 2006 9:40PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An American activist who was jailed in Vietnam for more than a month on suspicion of plotting against the communist government said Friday he would continue his fight for democracy in his native country.
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Death sentence for student's slaying
Sep 22 2006 9:38PM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A jury in North Dakota's first death penalty case in nearly a century decided Friday a convicted sex offender should be executed for kidnapping and killing a college student after she left a shopping mall.
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Ill. woman killed; fetus cut from womb
Sep 22 2006 9:37PM (CT)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A woman whose fetus had been cut from her womb _ perhaps with scissors _ was found dead in a weedy lot. Investigators recovered what may be the stolen fetus and searched the woods Friday for the victim's three children.
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Pa. judges' pay to rise with feds
Sep 22 2006 9:24PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to reinstate judges' pay raises under a controversial 2005 state law also permanently linked future hikes to the federal courts' pay scale, the courts' administrative office said Friday.
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Man beaten in playground-porn incident
Sep 22 2006 9:21PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - About a dozen residents of a Dallas neighborhood beat a man after reports that he had been showing pornographic pictures to children on a playground, police said.
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Mich. man charged with pimping daughter
Sep 22 2006 9:16PM (CT)
MILFORD, Mich. (AP) - A 47-year-old former prison officer and his 26-year-old daughter are in the Oakland County jail _ she for prostitution and he on charges of pimping and raping her.
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Man sues over sperm given to wrong woman
Sep 22 2006 9:09PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man who donated sperm so that his fiancee could be inseminated is suing an Oregon hospital that gave the sample to the wrong woman.
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2 twisters hit Mo., damage homes, school
Sep 22 2006 9:07PM (CT)
ST. JAMES, Mo. (AP) - Two tornadoes swept through south-central Missouri Friday afternoon, damaging more than 100 homes and tearing off part of a roof at a middle school moments after a tornado drill. No deaths had been reported.
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Farrakhan says he is seriously ill
Sep 22 2006 9:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Minister Louis Farrakhan said in a letter to followers this month that he is seriously ill, and he asked the Nation of Islam's leaders to carry on in his absence to make sure the movement "will live long after I and we have gone."
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Cosby: Donate $8 to Slavery Museum
Sep 22 2006 8:47PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Bill Cosby called Friday on each American to contribute $8 to help build a national slavery museum amid the battlefields of the Civil War.
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Boston official wants Citgo sign removed
Sep 22 2006 8:36PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A city councilor wants a landmark Citgo sign taken down in response to a speech in which Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil."
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Control box at Texas jail tampered with
Sep 22 2006 8:12PM (CT)
LA VILLA, Texas (AP) - An electrical fence surrounding a privately run jail near the Mexican border was tampered with, possibly preventing an alarm from sounding when six inmates escaped this week, an official with the jail operator said Friday.
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Pa. candidate falls short of signatures
Sep 22 2006 8:04PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate fell about 9,000 signatures short of the number he needs to qualify for the Nov. 7 ballot as counting stopped Friday, according to his lawyers and those of state Democrats.
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FEMA underestimated Katrina repair costs
Sep 22 2006 7:59PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Many initial estimates by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the cost of repairing thousands of water-logged buildings, cracked pipes and crumbling streets in hurricane-staggered Louisiana were way too low _ and some reconstruction projects are being held up because of it.
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Superdome hoopla boosts New Orleans
Sep 22 2006 7:59PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The glitz and glamor of the Louisiana Superdome's reopening on Monday could be the weekend tourism boost the city has been waiting for since Hurricane Katrina devastated its top industry more than a year ago.
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Pistol found in carry-on at Md. airport
Sep 22 2006 7:53PM (CT)
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Security screeners discovered a pistol in a carry-on bag at Baltimore's main airport Friday morning, and two concourses were evacuated when its owner disappeared, authorities said.
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Search expands for abuse shelter shooter
Sep 22 2006 7:26PM (CT)
SYLVA, N.C. (AP) - The hunt for a man accused of pushing his way into a domestic violence shelter and shooting his wife to death was expanded nationwide Friday.
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Snow closes parts of I-70 in Colorado
Sep 22 2006 7:20PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Colo. (AP) - Interstate 70 reopened in the Colorado mountains Friday after blowing snow and icy roads forced an overnight shutdown and stranded some travelers.
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Colo. dragging death stuns victim's kin
Sep 22 2006 7:15PM (CT)
GLENDALE, Colo. (AP) - Luz Maria Franco Fierros would sometimes tell a friend over breakfast about getting so angry with her live-in boyfriend that she wanted to kill him. The boyfriend, Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, is now in jail, accused of killing Franco Fierros by wrapping a rope around her neck and dragging her behind a vehicle for more than a mile.
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Plea bargain is close in Cali drug case
Sep 22 2006 7:13PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The two brothers accused of running Colombia's Cali cocaine cartel are nearing an agreement to plead guilty in exchange for guarantees that some other family members won't face charges and will have access to assets they can prove are not linked to $2 billion in drug profits, The Associated Press has learned.
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Colo. judge warily OKs voting machines
Sep 22 2006 7:03PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A judge on Friday chastised state officials for botching efforts to ensure electronic voting machines are tamperproof but cleared them for use in the November election, saying it was too late now to change course.
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Journalist goes to prison for contempt
Sep 22 2006 6:53PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) - A freelance journalist reported to prison Friday, a week after an appeals court upheld a contempt order for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury.
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Georgia won't require photo IDs at polls
Sep 22 2006 6:48PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Voters will not be required to show a picture ID at Georgia polls in November after the elections board decided Friday not to hasten its appeal of a judge's decision that threw out the identification law.
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Rivals for Hyde's seat argue over Iraq
Sep 22 2006 6:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Two candidates vying for retiring GOP Rep. Henry Hyde's job squared off in a radio debate Friday, with Democrat Tammy Duckworth saying the U.S. needs to focus on getting its troops out of Iraq and Republican Peter Roskam contending that she was advocating a "cut-and-run" strategy.
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Navy's 'Top Gun' jet takes final flight
Sep 22 2006 6:30PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The F-14 Tomcat, the dogfighting Cold War fighter jet immortalized in the movie "Top Gun," made its ceremonial final flight Friday in a display that suggested the timing was right for retirement.
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Gun dealers agree to sales monitoring
Sep 22 2006 6:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gun dealers in three states agreed to have their sales monitored to settle a lawsuit accusing them of recklessly selling firearms later used to commit crimes in New York City, according to a deal announced Friday.
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Fire burning at Calif. fertilizer plant
Sep 22 2006 5:47PM (CT)
SUISUN CITY, Calif. (AP) - Authorities fighting a fire Friday at a massive fertilizer plant outside San Francisco closed off a 5,000-foot radius around the site, fearing a possible propane tank explosion.
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Mich. candidate backs intelligent design
Sep 22 2006 5:15PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos ignited a controversy that kept blogs, party activists and editorial writers fired up for days when he said he approves of intelligent design being taught along with evolution in science classes.
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DA: Alleged Duke rape took 5-10 minutes
Sep 22 2006 5:10PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Three Duke lacrosse players took five to 10 minutes to sexually assault a woman hired to perform as a stripper at a team party, and not the 30 minutes she originally described to investigators, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Hasbro issues recall after 2 kid deaths
Sep 22 2006 4:25PM (CT)
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - Hasbro Inc., the nation's second-largest toy maker, is recalling parts of a toy workbench set after two children apparently suffocated on oversized plastic toy nails, company officials said.
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Pizza delivery drivers form a union
Sep 22 2006 4:19PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Eleven Domino's employees hoping to make a little more dough and get a bigger slice of the profits have formed the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers.
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States target pollution from fertilizer
Sep 22 2006 4:04PM (CT)
STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Two major fertilizer and pesticide producers announced Friday that they will halve the phosphorus in products they sell for private use nationwide to help reduce water pollution.
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Astronaut collapses at welcome ceremony
Sep 22 2006 3:56PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - An astronaut collapsed twice Friday, a day after she returned to Earth in the shuttle Atlantis, and officials attributed her wobbles to the adjustment from 12 days at zero gravity.
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Feds drop count in Hamas terrorism trial
Sep 22 2006 3:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors Friday dropped a charge that an alleged fundraiser for the Palestinian militant group Hamas gave material support to terrorists _ a move that stunned defense attorneys.
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Clinton raises billions for world issues
Sep 22 2006 3:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A conference hosted by Bill Clinton on world problems ended Friday with the former president announcing a total of $7.3 billion in pledges to help reduce global warming and fight Third World poverty, disease and ethnic strife.
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Baby dies in bucket of mom's vomit
Sep 22 2006 2:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A baby died after rolling off a bed and falling into a bucket of her teenage mother's vomit at a homeless shelter, police said.
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Drug mix-up results in 3 babies' deaths
Sep 22 2006 2:46PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Early last Saturday, nurses at an Indianapolis hospital went to the drug cabinet in the newborn intensive care unit to get blood-thinner for several premature babies.
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Prosecutor: Man wanted to join Taliban
Sep 22 2006 1:52PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge Friday refused to allow the release on bond of a man prosecutors said wanted to join the Taliban after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks while the United States was at war with the Islamic radical movement.
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Minor quake rattles homes in S. Carolina
Sep 22 2006 12:57PM (CT)
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A minor earthquake shook homes and broke windows around this community Friday morning, but no injuries or serious damage was reported.
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Democrats, Republicans criticize Chavez
Sep 22 2006 12:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Democrats are joining Republicans in condemning Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's speech at the United Nations in which he called President Bush "the devil."
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Official sues students over MySpace page
Sep 22 2006 11:27AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A high school assistant principal is suing two students and their parents, alleging the teens set up a Web page on MySpace.com in her name and posted obscene comments and pictures.
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Church to fight IRS demand for documents
Sep 22 2006 10:42AM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A liberal church that has been threatened with the loss of its tax-exempt status over an anti-war sermon delivered just days before the 2004 presidential election said Thursday it will fight an IRS order to turn over documents on the matter.
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Audio tour invites Indians to Rushmore
Sep 22 2006 9:20AM (CT)
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) - Ben Black Elk was a staple at Mount Rushmore National Memorial during the 1950s and '60s, posing for photos with tourists intrigued by his single-feather headdress and stories of his Lakota people.
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Suspicious package found at Md. airport
Sep 22 2006 7:41AM (CT)
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Two concourses at Baltimore Washington International Airport were evacuated Friday morning after security screeners discovered a suspicious package, authorities said.
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Houston sees rift with Katrina evacuees
Sep 22 2006 7:05AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A gun shop is running a radio commercial advising Houstonians to arm themselves against Katrina evacuees, contributing to rising tensions between longtime residents and the storm refugees who have been blamed for the city's rising crime rate.
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3 teens charged in Wis. school bomb plot
Sep 22 2006 7:03AM (CT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Despairing their failures with girls, two high school seniors agreed to put a Columbine-style end to their lives, according to a criminal complaint. William Cornell and Shawn Sturtz, both 17, planned the attack on East High School for two years and amassed a small arsenal of guns and bombs, investigators said. They were joined by recent graduate Bradley Netwal, 18, police said.
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Crews try to corral California wildfires
Sep 22 2006 6:32AM (CT)
OJAI, Calif. (AP) - Fire crews made an all-out effort Thursday to surround a two-week-old wildfire before hot, dry Santa Ana winds arrived to renew its ferocity.
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Houston police officer fatally shot
Sep 22 2006 5:44AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A veteran police officer was shot and killed as he sat in his patrol car during a traffic stop, authorities said.
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Evangelical voters more jaded in 2006
Sep 22 2006 5:12AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Christian conservatives, traditionally a reliable Republican constituency, aren't necessarily a GOP gimme this time around. There is an undercurrent of concern that some evangelicals, unhappy that the GOP-led Congress and President Bush haven't paid more attention to gay marriage and other "values" issues, may stay home on Election Day or even vote Democratic.
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Spinach growers hammer out safety plan
Sep 22 2006 4:06AM (CT)
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - California produce growers and processors hope to salvage what's left of the spinach season and stop millions of dollars in losses by drafting new food-safety measures.
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Prosecutor: Man convinced son he was ill
Sep 22 2006 3:21AM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Ericka Hollander's search for answers about her son's health began unraveling what prosecutors claim was a string of lies that her estranged husband wove to bilk a sympathetic public.
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AG says he opposed R.I. club fire deal
Sep 22 2006 2:59AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - After 100 people were killed in a nightclub fire three years ago, Attorney General Patrick Lynch promised to prosecute the two brothers who own the club to the fullest extent of the law.
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Mom of boys tossed in bay pleads insane
Sep 22 2006 12:23AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A woman accused of killing her three young sons by tossing them into the San Francisco Bay has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and believes her children are growing up in heaven, according to psychiatric evaluations.
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