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Plane crash at Ala. air show kills 3
Sep 23 2006 11:57PM (CT)
CALERA, Ala. (AP) - A small plane crashed into an airport fence Saturday during an air show, killing two men and an 11-year-old boy on board.
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9 dead in storms hitting Midwest, South
Sep 23 2006 11:54PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, leaving at least nine people dead, stranding people in cars, forcing others from their homes and leaving thousands without power.
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Lost evidence investigated in Karr case
Sep 23 2006 11:43PM (CT)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - The Sonoma County Sheriff has launched an internal investigation into the department's handling of the John Mark Karr child pornography case.
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Kids of slain Ill. woman are found dead
Sep 23 2006 11:33PM (CT)
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Three young children were found dead Saturday, hours after a woman was charged with killing their pregnant mother and her fetus in a grisly attack in which authorities believe her womb was cut open after she was knocked unconscious.
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Utah high court to hear Smart case
Sep 23 2006 11:11PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal on whether a woman accused in the 2002 abduction of then-14-year-old Elizabeth Smart may be forcibly medicated in the hope she may become mentally fit to stand trial.
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Hot, dry winds blow into Calif. wildfire
Sep 23 2006 10:23PM (CT)
OJAI, Calif. (AP) - Hot, dry Santa Ana winds gusting to more than 50 mph Saturday stoked the flames of a three-week-old wildfire in Los Padres National Forest and ignited at least two new fires. The winds also briefly grounded water-dropping helicopters, but they were back in the air by the afternoon.
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5 more E. coli cases blamed on spinach
Sep 23 2006 9:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach was blamed for another five cases of illness Saturday, raising the number of people sickened to 171, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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Firings over Milwaukee inmate's hanging
Sep 23 2006 9:53PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two corrections officers will be fired and four others suspended after the hanging death of an inmate, a corrections department spokesman said.
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Hurricane Helene to affect Bermuda surf
Sep 23 2006 9:53PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Helene became a hurricane again Saturday as it moved quickly over the open Atlantic, and the storm will likely create hazardous surf conditions for Bermuda, forecasters said.
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Gay priest not picked as N.J. bishop
Sep 23 2006 9:49PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Avoiding further controversy in the worldwide Anglican family, the Episcopal Diocese of Newark on Saturday chose a Massachusetts priest as their new bishop, rather than an openly gay candidate on the ballot.
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Car dealership decried for jihad ad
Sep 23 2006 9:44PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A car dealership's planned radio advertisement that declared "a jihad on the automotive market" has drawn sharp criticism for its content but will not be changed, the business said Saturday.
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Musharraf at Texas hospital for tests
Sep 23 2006 9:39PM (CT)
PARIS, Texas (AP) - Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf underwent routine testing with his doctor Saturday during an unannounced visit to this rural East Texas town.
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H.S. athlete faces assault charges
Sep 23 2006 9:23PM (CT)
LAYTON, Utah (AP) - A 15-year-old high school football player faces simple assault charges for putting a thumbtack in his glove before shaking hands and high-fiving players from a rival school, authorities said.
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Missing Fla. boy's mom left suicide note
Sep 23 2006 9:18PM (CT)
LEESBURG, Fla. (AP) - A woman who killed herself days after reporting her 2-year-old son missing said in a suicide note she ended her life after facing ridicule and criticism, according to a letter authorities released Saturday.
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Police: Couple in La. stabbing divorced
Sep 23 2006 7:42PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Texas man accused of repeatedly stabbing his toddler and ex-wife along an interstate while horrified motorists looked on in rush-hour traffic had just been divorced from the woman earlier in the day, authorities said Saturday.
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Prying N.Y. hospital workers suspended
Sep 23 2006 7:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city's public hospital system said it will suspend 39 employees without pay for peeking at the private medical records of a 7-year-old girl whose death from beatings and torture prompted an overhaul of New York's child welfare system.
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Dalai Lama draws thousands to Woodstock
Sep 23 2006 7:34PM (CT)
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) - The Dalai Lama took Woodstock by surprise, offering a speech on world peace to thousands who gathered on word of mouth alone.
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La. cattlemen struggle 1 year after Rita
Sep 23 2006 7:00PM (CT)
CAMERON, La. (AP) - Summer rains have brought back the coast's usual lush green grazing land. Life for Louisiana's cattlemen, however, is far from normal.
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GOP showcases Harris, other candidates
Sep 23 2006 6:44PM (CT)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - Days after President Bush flew into the state and complimented U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, the congresswoman got some more love _ this time from GOP activists at a rally Saturday.
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Analysis: U.S. expected little at U.N.
Sep 23 2006 5:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. officials had low expectations for the current U.N. meetings, marked by anti-American insults heaped on President Bush, and have scant accomplishments to show so far.
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Immigration work force fights corruption
Sep 23 2006 4:49PM (CT)
OTAY MESA, Calif. (AP) - Under the glare of the port lights, federal agents watched as the GMC Yukon approached the immigration booth. Two years of legwork _ interviewing sources, listening to wiretaps and watching just as they were watching now _ had led to this. Aurora Torres, the suspected smuggler, was behind the wheel.
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Police: Guards fatally shoot Pa. inmate
Sep 23 2006 4:08PM (CT)
EBENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - An inmate at a Pennsylvania prison was fatally shot by guards during a hostage-taking attempt, state police said Saturday.
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Farrakhan says he is seriously ill
Sep 23 2006 3:49PM (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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11 injured in western Mich. bus crash
Sep 23 2006 3:32PM (CT)
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A bus returning from a casino rolled onto its side in a construction zone early Saturday, injuring 11 passengers and closing the roadway for more than two hours, authorities said.
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'Che' Guevara's iconic image endures
Sep 23 2006 2:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - There's something about that man in the photo, the Cuban revolutionary with the serious eyes, scruffy beard and dark beret. Ernesto "Che" Guevara is adored. He is loathed. Dead for nearly 40 years, he is everywhere _ as much a cultural icon as James Dean or Marilyn Monroe, perhaps even more so among a new generation of admirers who've helped turn a devout Marxist into a capitalist commodity.
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Some Texans still cleaning up after Rita
Sep 23 2006 2:26PM (CT)
WEST ORANGE, Texas (AP) - Sam Henry swept dead pigs off Highway 87 two days after Hurricane Rita tossed them there. Then his job turned really unpleasant.
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Caskets still missing a year after Rita
Sep 23 2006 2:26PM (CT)
CAMERON, La. (AP) - A year after Hurricane Rita, the grave at Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery sits empty, half-filled with stagnant water, its vault and casket yanked out of the ground and carried north by churning floodwater from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Shots fired at mosque as Ramadan begins
Sep 23 2006 10:40AM (CT)
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - A mosque was hit by gunfire as members inside celebrated the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, authorities said Saturday.
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N.Y. priest who stole $800K gets prison
Sep 23 2006 8:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An apologetic Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $800,000 from his parish to finance vacations, country clubs and fancy clothes.
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Feds seek to block Oregon spying case
Sep 23 2006 4:44AM (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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Playmate sues taxi driver, NYC police
Sep 23 2006 3:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Playboy Playmate has sued a taxi driver, police and the city, claiming that officers roughed her up based on the cabbie's false accusation that she was armed and dangerous.
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AWOL soldier plans to return from Canada
Sep 23 2006 3:41AM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A soldier who fled to Canada two years ago after serving in Iraq said he would return home to face consequences from the U.S. Army.
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Sentence may revive death penalty debate
Sep 23 2006 3:12AM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A death sentence in North Dakota's first capital punishment case in nearly a century could prompt lawmakers to reconsider whether the state should have the penalty, the governor and attorney general said.
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