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Museum: Artifacts report used stolen info
Sep 26 2005 11:48PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - J. Paul Getty Museum officials said Monday a newspaper report alleging the institution knowingly acquired illegally excavated or exported objects was based on information stolen from its files.
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Eight Utah State U. students die in crash
Sep 26 2005 11:41PM (CT)
TREMONTON, Utah (AP) - A Utah State University van overturned Monday on a highway about 65 miles north of Salt Lake City, killing seven students and an instructor, authorities said. Three other students were injured.
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Ex-mobster gets 180 days for drug charges
Sep 26 2005 11:40PM (CT)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - Former mobster-turned-chef Henry Hill, whose experiences inspired the 1990 gangland movie "GoodFellas," has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for attempted possession of methamphetamine.
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Alaska patriarch faces sex assault charges
Sep 26 2005 11:05PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who lived with his wife and 15 children inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park _ and engaged in a widely publicized feud with the park service _ has been charged with numerous counts of sexual assault and incest.
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Rescuers find more survivors, more damage
Sep 26 2005 11:01PM (CT)
CREOLE, La. (AP) - Hurricane Rita's path of devastation along the Texas-Louisiana coast became shockingly clear Monday, as rescuers pulled stranded bayou residents out on skiffs and Army helicopters searched for thousands of cattle feared drowned.
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Eleven priests in Chicago area removed
Sep 26 2005 10:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Eleven priests suspected of sexual misconduct with minors more than 20 years ago have been barred from clerical work, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago said Monday.
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Nagin reopens New Orleans' Algiers section
Sep 26 2005 10:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With Hurricane Rita gone, the mayor picked up where he left off with his plan to reopen New Orleans, inviting people in one largely unscathed neighborhood to come back Monday and "help us rebuild the city."
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4 injured by tornadoes spawned by Rita
Sep 26 2005 10:42PM (CT)
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - A tornado spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Rita ripped through Mississippi State University's campus, injuring four people at a nearby mobile home park and forcing cancellation of some Monday classes.
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Gitmo judge rejects claim he's interfering
Sep 26 2005 10:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge Monday rejected a government argument that he was interfering with the president's constitutional authority to wage war by insisting that Guantanamo Bay detainees be asked if they want their names to be made public.
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Sheehan arrested during anti-war protest
Sep 26 2005 10:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cindy Sheehan, the California mother who became a leader of the anti-war movement after her son died in Iraq, was arrested Monday along with hundreds of others protesting outside the White House.
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'Intelligent design' court battle begins
Sep 26 2005 10:40PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A school district is undermining science education by raising false doubts about evolution and offering "intelligent design" as an alternative explanation for life's origins, a biologist testified at the start of a landmark trial.
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Suspected killer indicted on sex charges
Sep 26 2005 10:36PM (CT)
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - A man suspected in the shooting death of a 13-year-old neighbor has been charged with raping the girl's best friend, according to documents released Monday.
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Pakistani suspect faces new allegations
Sep 26 2005 10:26PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal prosecutors dropped charges against a Pakistani man accused of illegally exporting military jet engine parts, but filed new allegations claiming he conspired to funnel other aircraft components overseas.
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Five die using generator in Texas outage
Sep 26 2005 9:21PM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Quanishia Haynes gave a friendly honk as she drove past her father's apartment Monday morning, just hours after he returned to southeast Texas after fleeing to escape Hurricane Rita.
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Hundreds protest Pa. lawmakers' pay raises
Sep 26 2005 9:05PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - More than 1,000 people shouting "repeal, repay, reform or resign" gathered in drizzling rain Monday to protest recent pay raises for lawmakers passed in the dead of night.
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Judge won't stop killing of Calif. pigs
Sep 26 2005 7:04PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of wild pigs on Santa Cruz Island can be destroyed, a federal judge ruled Monday, but a businessman pledged to continue his fight to save the animals.
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Court urged to nix Ore. gay marriage ban
Sep 26 2005 6:51PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gay rights activists urged a judge Monday to throw out a ban on same-sex marriage enacted by Oregon voters last November.
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N.Y. ex-schools chief: I stole millions
Sep 26 2005 6:07PM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - For years, ex-Roslyn schools chief Frank Tassone admitted, he stole millions of dollars in taxpayer money to finance everything from his breakfast bagel to European jaunts on the Concorde. His next big journey on the taxpayers' dime will be to prison.
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Two swimmers die in Rita's rough Fla. surf
Sep 26 2005 5:56PM (CT)
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Two swimmers died and more than a dozen others had to be rescued from rough surf kicked up by the remnants of Hurricane Rita along the Florida Panhandle, officials said.
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Gunman shoots 3 at upstate N.Y. factory
Sep 26 2005 5:27PM (CT)
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (AP) - A fired employee walked into a nail polish factory Monday and shot the co-owners and a manager in the head before killing himself, police said.
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Judge OKs $25.5M settlement in WWII case
Sep 26 2005 4:38PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Amid objections from some Holocaust survivors, a federal judge Monday approved a $25.5 million settlement between the U.S. government and Hungarian Jews who lost jewelry, artwork and other treasures when a Nazi "Gold Train" was commandeered by the U.S. Army during World War II.
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Parents protest Georgia school closures
Sep 26 2005 4:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Georgia children got a break from classes Monday after Gov. Sonny Perdue asked schools to close for two days as a hedge against possible fuel shortages, leaving many parents struggling to arrange child care.
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Parents protest Georgia school closures
Sep 26 2005 4:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of Georgia children got a break from classes Monday after Gov. Sonny Perdue asked schools to close for two days as a hedge against possible fuel shortages, leaving many parents struggling to arrange child care.
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Inmate pleads not guilty to terror plot
Sep 26 2005 3:55PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A state inmate accused of masterminding a terrorism plot against U.S. military sites appeared Monday before a federal judge who entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf.
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Mazda halts sales and production of Mazda5
Sep 26 2005 3:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mazda Motor Corp. said Monday it had halted the sale and production of the 2006 Mazda5 crossover because a potential heat buildup in the exhaust system could lead to a fire.
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Academic who helped create Head Start dies
Sep 26 2005 3:09PM (CT)
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Urie Bronfenbrenner, a Cornell University psychologist who pioneered an interdisciplinary approach to the study of child development and helped create the federal Head Start program, has died. He was 88.
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Negligence trial opens on 1993 WTC bombing
Sep 26 2005 2:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Port Authority failed to take steps to prevent the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center because it was inconvenient and expensive, an attorney said Monday during a trial to determine whether the agency is liable for damages.
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Hurricanes spawn debate on military role
Sep 26 2005 2:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military units have been battling the ravages of hurricane winds and flooding for nearly four weeks along the Gulf Coast. Now their leaders must navigate a different turbulent path: Congress.
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Judge grants 'Junior' Gotti's release
Sep 26 2005 2:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge agreed Monday to free the son of late mob boss John Gotti on $7 million bond, less than a week after declaring a mistrial on the bulk of the racketeering case against the son of the late Gambino crime boss.
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Miss. looks at post-Katrina rebuilding
Sep 26 2005 2:14PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A month after Hurricane Katrina smashed fishermen's shacks, casinos and historic mansions alike, civic leaders in Mississippi are turning their attention to rebuilding, and are wondering this: Will the coast be restored in all its variety? Or will it give way to strip malls and walls of high-rise condos?
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Driver in Vegas crash to be evaluated
Sep 26 2005 1:51PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A driver accused of killing two tourists and injuring 12 others by plowing a stolen car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip was ordered Monday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
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Cattle feared stranded along La. coast
Sep 26 2005 1:48PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Army used Blackhawk helicopters to search for thousands of cattle feared stranded in high water Monday amid reports that more than 4,000 may have been killed in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.
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Benefits scarce in Mafia retirement
Sep 26 2005 12:46PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - No pension, no medical benefits, no prescription plan. When you're a mob boss, retirement is more bronze casket than golden parachute.
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Activists convicted in bloody flag case
Sep 26 2005 12:35PM (CT)
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) - Four peace activists who spilled human blood on an American flag to protest the war in Iraq were convicted Monday of damaging governmental property, but escaped the most serious charge against them.
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Reputed Chicago mob boss dies in prison
Sep 26 2005 10:32AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Albert "Caesar" Tocco, a reputed mob boss who was sentenced to 200 years after his wife took the unusual step of testifying against him, has died in an Indiana prison. He was 77.
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Dalai Lama tells U.S. crowd war outdated
Sep 26 2005 10:05AM (CT)
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - The Dalai Lama told 36,000 people at Rutgers Stadium that the concept of war was outdated and young people have a responsibility to make this century one of peace.
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Hurricane exposes evacuation plan flaws
Sep 26 2005 9:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 14-hour lines of traffic fleeing Houston _ complete with cars that ran out of gas _ show that four years after the Sept. 11 attacks, it is difficult to evacuate a major metropolitan area.
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Houston residents return after Rita exodus
Sep 26 2005 9:07AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The nation's fourth-largest city began flickering back to life Sunday after Hurricane Rita: Airports bustled, businesses reopened and traffic moved easily over freeways. Officials dispatched buses to bring back thousands of evacuees from shelters.
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2nd suspect arrested in Dartmouth slaying
Sep 26 2005 9:00AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A man sought in the fatal shooting of a high school friend who attended Dartmouth College was arrested after eluding police for two months, authorities said.
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U.S. crime rate holds at 30-year low
Sep 26 2005 8:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's crime rate was unchanged last year, holding at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973, the Justice Department reported Sunday.
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Abu Ghraib deliberations expected to begin
Sep 26 2005 8:07AM (CT)
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors say Pfc. Lynndie England willingly abused prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003. Her attorneys argue that she suffered from depression and was a heedless participant in the abuse. A jury of five Army officers was set Monday to hear both sides during closing arguments and begin deliberating on whether England is guilty of abusing Iraqi detainees.
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Teen beauty pageant contestants injured
Sep 26 2005 7:37AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Five teenage beauty pageant contestants waiting to march in a Hispanic community parade were injured when an SUV driver accidentally stepped on the gas and struck them, police said.
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Possible Annan successor eager to get job
Sep 26 2005 7:12AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Thailand's deputy prime minister said he's eager to be U.N. chief should he be selected to replace Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose term expires next year.
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Galveston County Daily News delivering
Sep 26 2005 4:03AM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - The Galveston County Daily News relied on its online edition to get the news out during Hurricane Rita. Now, the paper will be delivering printed versions of all those missed papers.
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Mail still comes to battered Biloxi, Miss.
Sep 26 2005 3:59AM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - To most folks, the mountains of rubble along U.S. 90 look the same. But Deborah Johnson knows what the splintered boards, ruined furniture and tumbled bricks once were.
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Murdered teen confronted alleged molester
Sep 26 2005 3:42AM (CT)
LOVELAND PARK, Ohio (AP) - When Katelind Caudill's best friend told her how she had been repeatedly molested by her mother's boyfriend, Katelind confronted the man and called him a pedophile.
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