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Jena 6 teen released on $45,000 bail
Sep 27 2007 11:49PM (CT)
JENA, La. (AP) - A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights protest here walked out of a courthouse Thursday after a judge ordered him freed.
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Jena 6 teen released on $45,000 bail
Sep 27 2007 11:49PM (CT)
JENA, La. (AP) - A black teenager whose prosecution in the beating of a white classmate prompted a massive civil rights protest here walked out of a courthouse Thursday after a judge ordered him freed.
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Supreme Court spares Texas killer
Sep 27 2007 10:59PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A man condemned for killing his parents avoided the nation's busiest death chamber Thursday night when he won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, which had already agreed to review another state's lethal injection procedures.
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Man gets 20 to 40 years for killing dad
Sep 27 2007 10:52PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man with the word "berserker" tattooed on his forehead was sentenced Thursday to 20 to 40 years in prison for strangling and dismembering his father and putting his head and limbs in a freezer.
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Environmental radical guilty in Calif.
Sep 27 2007 10:47PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A federal jury found a 29-year-old environmental activist guilty Thursday of conspiring to burn down or blow up a northern California dam, a genetics lab, cell phone towers and other targets.
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Supreme Court halts Texas execution
Sep 27 2007 10:34PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of a man who killed his parents nine years ago.
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Man nabbed after victim spots him on bus
Sep 27 2007 10:21PM (CT)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A woman who reported being dragged into a park bathroom and raped helped police arrest her alleged assailant a couple weeks later when she saw him get on the bus she was riding.
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Jury blames murders on mob defendants
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal jury held three aging mobsters responsible for 10 murders Thursday after an extraordinary trial that included colorful witnesses who exposed the seedy inner workings of organized crime in Chicago.
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Jury blames murders on mob defendants
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal jury held three aging mobsters responsible for 10 murders Thursday after an extraordinary trial that included colorful witnesses who exposed the seedy inner workings of organized crime in Chicago.
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Jury blames murders on mob defendants
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal jury held three aging mobsters responsible for 10 murders Thursday after an extraordinary trial that included colorful witnesses who exposed the seedy inner workings of organized crime in Chicago.
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Woman found alive in car after 8 days
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) - A 33-year-old woman who had been missing for eight days was found alive Thursday in her car at the bottom of a steep ravine after searchers traced a signal from her cell phone.
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Woman found alive in car after 8 days
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) - A 33-year-old woman who had been missing for eight days was found alive Thursday in her car at the bottom of a steep ravine after searchers traced a signal from her cell phone.
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Woman found alive in car after 8 days
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) - A 33-year-old woman who had been missing for eight days was found alive Thursday in her car at the bottom of a steep ravine after searchers traced a signal from her cell phone.
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Woman found alive in car after 8 days
Sep 27 2007 10:17PM (CT)
MAPLE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) - A 33-year-old woman who had been missing for eight days was found alive Thursday in her car at the bottom of a steep ravine after searchers traced a signal from her cell phone.
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State shutdown threatened in Michigan
Sep 27 2007 10:11PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Legislative leaders and the governor negotiated into the night Thursday over a temporary state budget and possible tax increases, hoping to avoid a government shutdown next week.
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State shutdown threatened in Michigan
Sep 27 2007 10:11PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Legislative leaders and the governor negotiated into the night Thursday over a temporary state budget and possible tax increases, hoping to avoid a government shutdown next week.
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Okla. attorney leaps from hospital ledge
Sep 27 2007 10:09PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An attorney accused of robbing a pharmacy jumped head first from his fifth-floor hospital room Thursday, landing on the roof of a nearby two-story building.
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Okla. attorney leaps from hospital ledge
Sep 27 2007 10:09PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An attorney accused of robbing a pharmacy jumped head first from his fifth-floor hospital room Thursday, landing on the roof of a nearby two-story building.
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Okla. attorney leaps from hospital ledge
Sep 27 2007 10:09PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An attorney accused of robbing a pharmacy jumped head first from his fifth-floor hospital room Thursday, landing on the roof of a nearby two-story building.
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Clinton mission to target college kids
Sep 27 2007 10:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton has some pretty impressive names coming through his Clinton Global Initiative conference, which brings together heads of state, celebrities and others and asks them to take concrete steps on worldwide issues.
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Clinton mission to target college kids
Sep 27 2007 10:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton has some pretty impressive names coming through his Clinton Global Initiative conference, which brings together heads of state, celebrities and others and asks them to take concrete steps on worldwide issues.
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Clinton mission to target college kids
Sep 27 2007 10:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton has some pretty impressive names coming through his Clinton Global Initiative conference, which brings together heads of state, celebrities and others and asks them to take concrete steps on worldwide issues.
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Chicago cop accused of anti-gay fracas
Sep 27 2007 9:59PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three women claimed Thursday in a federal lawsuit that an off-duty Chicago police officer roughed them up and called them names because of their sexual orientation after this year's gay pride parade.
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Utah manhunt chased false leads
Sep 27 2007 9:49PM (CT)
MANILA, Utah (AP) - The search for two escaped killers suffered a setback Thursday when a key witness confessed he lied about being solicited for a ride by the men two days ago, authorities said.
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Feds raid pot-laced-candy factory
Sep 27 2007 9:40PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal agents said Thursday that they shut down a factory that made marijuana-laced barbecue sauce, chocolate-covered pretzels and other "enhanced" snacks intended for medical users of the drug.
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NYC mover sentenced for Picasso thefts
Sep 27 2007 9:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A mover who stole two drawings by Pablo Picasso from the apartment of a man who died without a will was sentenced to five years' probation Thursday.
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40 to 50 sickened at Pa. hotel
Sep 27 2007 9:12PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Authorities investigating an intestinal illness that has sickened up to 50 people restricted traffic in and out of a Holiday Inn briefly Thursday.
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Trooper charged with dentist's death
Sep 27 2007 8:30PM (CT)
INDIANA, Pa. (AP) - A state trooper has been charged with homicide in the death last year of a dentist who was in the midst of divorcing the lawman's live-in girlfriend.
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Judge: Use of troops' names protected
Sep 27 2007 8:27PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Anti-war T-shirts displaying the names of slain American service members are political speech protected by the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Cadet honored in NYC gun suspect capture
Sep 27 2007 8:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police cadet credited with helping capture a masked student armed with a loaded rifle at St. John's University was honored Thursday, as the student's family blamed the incident on mental illness.
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Cadet honored in NYC gun suspect capture
Sep 27 2007 8:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A police cadet credited with helping capture a masked student armed with a loaded rifle at St. John's University was honored Thursday, as the student's family blamed the incident on mental illness.
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Older girl found in Nev. sex tape search
Sep 27 2007 8:23PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A girl was found "safe and well" after authorities released images of her from a videotape that also showed a man performing explicit sex acts on a younger girl.
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Older girl found in Nev. sex tape search
Sep 27 2007 8:23PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A girl was found "safe and well" after authorities released images of her from a videotape that also showed a man performing explicit sex acts on a younger girl.
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Older girl found in Nev. sex tape search
Sep 27 2007 8:23PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A girl was found "safe and well" after authorities released images of her from a videotape that also showed a man performing explicit sex acts on a younger girl.
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Mayor: Fire Pa. officer who caused crash
Sep 27 2007 8:12PM (CT)
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A rookie police officer who caused a crash that killed a 4-year-old pedestrian was suspended without pay Thursday and the mayor recommended his termination as the city offered $500,000 to settle claims arising from the accident.
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Ex-vice principal sentenced to death
Sep 27 2007 8:12PM (CT)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A former elementary school vice principal was sentenced to death Thursday for the murders of his wife, their three small children and his mother-in-law.
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EBay sale of 'white trash' life halted
Sep 27 2007 7:56PM (CT)
BENTON, Ill. (AP) - A woman who offered two days in her "white trash dream" of a life for sale on eBay _ including her two young daughters and depression medications _ was reaching out for help, authorities said Thursday.
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Kentuckians flee as train derails, leaks
Sep 27 2007 7:36PM (CT)
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - A train car derailed and leaked hydrochloric acid Thursday, leading to residential evacuations, a railroad official said. A radio reporter covering the story was taken to a hospital after being exposed to fumes.
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Court win for Cuban dad in custody case
Sep 27 2007 7:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody dispute should be returned to her father, unless separating the child from her Miami foster parents would cause her extreme harm, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Court win for Cuban dad in custody case
Sep 27 2007 7:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody dispute should be returned to her father, unless separating the child from her Miami foster parents would cause her extreme harm, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Court win for Cuban dad in custody case
Sep 27 2007 7:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody dispute should be returned to her father, unless separating the child from her Miami foster parents would cause her extreme harm, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Court win for Cuban dad in custody case
Sep 27 2007 7:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody dispute should be returned to her father, unless separating the child from her Miami foster parents would cause her extreme harm, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Court win for Cuban dad in custody case
Sep 27 2007 7:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody dispute should be returned to her father, unless separating the child from her Miami foster parents would cause her extreme harm, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Videos spur Va. appointee's resignation
Sep 27 2007 7:24PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A member of the state's Commission on Immigration resigned Thursday, a few hours after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was told about online videos showing the appointee condemning Israel and advocating "the jihad way."
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Feds: Student made bombing how-to video
Sep 27 2007 7:04PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A college student facing a terrorism-related charge made a video showing how to detonate explosives using a remote-controlled toy, and the demonstration was uploaded to a popular Web site before he was arrested, according to court documents.
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5 Pa. students charged in school threats
Sep 27 2007 6:31PM (CT)
CANTON, Pa. (AP) - Five Pennsylvania high school students were arrested after threats of violence shut down their school district for most of the week, police said.
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Lawyer pleads guilty in church-porn case
Sep 27 2007 6:20PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A lawyer admitted Thursday that he destroyed a computer containing child pornography that was evidence in an investigation at a prominent church.
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Navy jet crashes in Texas; pilot ejects
Sep 27 2007 5:23PM (CT)
KINGSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Navy student pilot ejected safely just before his T-45 Goshawk jet trainer crashed Thursday on the King Ranch in South Texas.
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Damaged train rails show vulnerability
Sep 27 2007 5:13PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - News that a dozen railroad spikes disappeared from a section of commuter rail highlighted a fear familiar to many train passengers: Sabotaging the tracks that crisscross the nation would be frighteningly simple.
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Catholic hospitals to follow Plan B law
Sep 27 2007 5:12PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Roman Catholic bishops in Connecticut have agreed to let hospital personnel give emergency contraception to all rape victims, reversing their decision days before a new state law requires it.
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Prisons will return religious materials
Sep 27 2007 5:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Religious materials are being returned to prison chapel libraries, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Thursday, confirming plans to modify a program designed to remove religious books and videos that could incite violence.
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DA: Mom-murder suspect poisoned daughter
Sep 27 2007 5:07PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A woman suspected of killing two husbands was charged with attempted murder Thursday after authorities said she poisoned her daughter and tried to cast suspicion on the younger woman for the two men's deaths.
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Senate panel moves forward on press bill
Sep 27 2007 5:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee on Thursday decided to push ahead with legislation shielding reporters from being forced to reveal their sources in federal court, despite objections from the federal law enforcement and intelligence community.
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Wyo. hospital workers break privacy law
Sep 27 2007 4:59PM (CT)
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - A hospital is reminding employees that federal law prohibits them from looking at even their own medical records, after several workers came forward in the wake of related firings and suspensions and admitted doing so.
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Family says body ID's as missing woman
Sep 27 2007 4:50PM (CT)
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) - A drug sales representative who disappeared last week was found dead Thursday near a forest preserve, not far from where her car was abandoned, her uncle said. However, authorities and other relatives said victim's identity hadn't been confirmed.
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Family says body ID's as missing woman
Sep 27 2007 4:50PM (CT)
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) - A drug sales representative who disappeared last week was found dead Thursday near a forest preserve, not far from where her car was abandoned, her uncle said. However, authorities and other relatives said victim's identity hadn't been confirmed.
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Family says body ID's as missing woman
Sep 27 2007 4:50PM (CT)
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) - A drug sales representative who disappeared last week was found dead Thursday near a forest preserve, not far from where her car was abandoned, her uncle said. However, authorities and other relatives said victim's identity hadn't been confirmed.
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Poll: Simpson divides whites, blacks
Sep 27 2007 4:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Far more whites than blacks say O.J. Simpson will be tried fairly in his armed robbery case and think he is guilty, according to a poll released Thursday that underscores the nation's racial divide over its justice system and the tarnished celebrity.
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Senate drops detainee legislation
Sep 27 2007 4:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate dropped legislation Thursday that would have expanded the legal rights of military detainees, sidestepping for now a potential veto fight with the Bush administration on terrorism trials.
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Med examiner writes of Va. Tech tragedy
Sep 27 2007 4:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The morgue scene couldn't have been more grim: As doctors worked to retrieve evidence from 33 bodies riddled by gunfire, they were unnerved by the ringing of victims' cell phones, signaling loved ones seeking reassurance they would never get.
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Blackwater blamed for guard deaths
Sep 27 2007 4:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Blackwater USA triggered a major battle in the Iraq war in 2004 by sending an unprepared team of guards into an insurgent stronghold, a move that led to their horrific deaths and a violent response by U.S. forces, says a congressional investigation released Thursday.
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Flood insurance program extended
Sep 27 2007 4:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Thursday to strengthen the Katrina-swamped national flood insurance program, but provisions to extend the 40-year-old program to cover wind damage drew a White House veto threat.
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O.J. case clips stay in state hands
Sep 27 2007 4:11PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Lawyers for three co-defendants in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case lost a bid Thursday to force prosecutors to turn over audio recordings made by the man who arranged the meeting between the former football star and two memorabilia dealers.
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49 climate meeting protesters arrested
Sep 27 2007 4:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Forty-nine demonstrators from Greenpeace and other environmental groups were arrested Thursday outside the State Department, protesting President Bush's climate conference taking place inside.
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49 climate meeting protesters arrested
Sep 27 2007 4:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Forty-nine demonstrators from Greenpeace and other environmental groups were arrested Thursday outside the State Department, protesting President Bush's climate conference taking place inside.
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49 climate meeting protesters arrested
Sep 27 2007 4:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Forty-nine demonstrators from Greenpeace and other environmental groups were arrested Thursday outside the State Department, protesting President Bush's climate conference taking place inside.
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Video shows toddler used to steal purse
Sep 27 2007 3:59PM (CT)
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - Police are trying to catch an adult seen on a surveillance videotape using a toddler to steal a purse from a boardwalk arcade worker.
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Texting, Facebook used to alert students
Sep 27 2007 3:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When a masked freshman came to campus at St. John's University with what police said was a loaded rifle sticking out of a bag, the school alerted students via cell-phone text messages within 18 minutes.
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Alabama city reopening fallout shelters
Sep 27 2007 2:57PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an abandoned mine big enough for 20,000 people to take cover underground.
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Rover at 1st destination in Mars crater
Sep 27 2007 2:57PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA's rover Opportunity has reached its first stop inside a huge Martian crater and was poised Thursday to carry out the first science experiments.
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O.J. Simpson's girlfriend stands by him
Sep 27 2007 2:37PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - In her 1993 high school yearbook, Christie Prody wrote that her future plans included "moving somewhere tropical" and buying a luxury car. She's living at least part of her dream as O.J. Simpson's longtime girlfriend.
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Mexico's Gulf Coast braces for Lorenzo
Sep 27 2007 1:51PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Lorenzo formed just off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Thursday after the area was put under a storm warning.
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30-year term for bad checks investigated
Sep 27 2007 1:38PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The state attorney general's civil rights unit is investigating a 30-year sentence given to a black man convicted of writing bad checks who had no prior convictions.
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Governor seeks medal for Va. Tech victim
Sep 27 2007 1:30PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The governor has asked President Bush to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to a Holocaust survivor who died trying to save his students during the mass killings at Virginia Tech.
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6 disciplined over Army training death
Sep 27 2007 1:00PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Six leaders of a Fort Hood officer academy have been disciplined in connection with a soldier's death during a training exercise, their attorney said Thursday.
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Pa. school's football players reinstated
Sep 27 2007 12:29PM (CT)
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Nine Millersville University football players have been reinstated after authorities dropped an investigation of an alleged sexual assault, the school said Thursday.
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Woman sentenced in bathtub burning
Sep 27 2007 11:26AM (CT)
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) - A woman was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the death of a mentally disabled man who prosecutors say was forced to wear a T-shirt soaked in lighter fluid and was then set on fire in a bathtub.
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Religion news in brief
Sep 27 2007 11:04AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An instructor at an Iowa community college claims he was fired after he told his students that the biblical story of Adam and Eve is a fairy tale and should not be interpreted literally.
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Woman's 9/11 survival story questioned
Sep 27 2007 10:45AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A nonprofit organization for 9/11 survivors removed its president after questions were raised about her harrowing account of how she survived but lost a loved one in the World Trade Center attack.
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Painting at center of Holocaust case
Sep 27 2007 9:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The grandson of an Austrian woman who disappeared during the Holocaust is demanding restitution for a Gustav Klimt painting now owned by cosmetics magnate Leonard Lauder, saying the artwork was stolen from his grandmother's home.
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Poll: Simpson divides whites, blacks
Sep 27 2007 9:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation is sharply polarized over O.J. Simpson's armed robbery case, with whites far likelier than blacks to say the former football great is guilty of the charges and is being treated fairly, according to a poll released Thursday.
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2 Patriot Act provisions ruled unlawful
Sep 27 2007 9:17AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A federal judge issued a stern rebuke of a key White House antiterror law, striking down as unconstitutional two pillars of the USA Patriot Act.
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Couple sentenced in teen drinking case
Sep 27 2007 7:19AM (CT)
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A judge sentenced a man to 14 days in jail and his wife to community service for letting a group of teenagers drink alcohol the night of a crash that killed two of them.
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China-made kid's jewelry, toys recalled
Sep 27 2007 5:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Toys and children's necklaces made in China were recalled Wednesday, including five more items from the popular Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway product line, because they contain dangerous levels of lead.
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Beckham returns to London
Sep 27 2007 5:49AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - David Beckham flew to Britain on Thursday because his father was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.
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Mom gives birth to 9th child in SUV
Sep 27 2007 5:16AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - David Harrah thought he had time for coffee before racing his pregnant wife and their eight children 15 miles to the hospital.
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Mistrial declared in Phil Spector case
Sep 27 2007 4:37AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In the first tense hours of deliberations, jurors in Phil Spector's murder trial re-enacted the death of Lana Clarkson, trying to duplicate the angle at which she was shot and determine which way her blood splattered.
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Mistrial declared in Phil Spector case
Sep 27 2007 4:37AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In the first tense hours of deliberations, jurors in Phil Spector's murder trial re-enacted the death of Lana Clarkson, trying to duplicate the angle at which she was shot and determine which way her blood splattered.
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Ill winds for Mont. wind power project
Sep 27 2007 2:24AM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The strong winds that blow across the Northern Plains have been chased over the past two years by a spate of politicians and entrepreneurs eager to exploit them as an energy alternative to fossil fuels.
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Cherokee identity fight reaches Calif.
Sep 27 2007 1:51AM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Diane Ross-Neal grew up learning about her Cherokee heritage. So when the tribe began to promote cultural organizations for the thousands of members living in California, she was eager to share her story.
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Report details items in Simpson case
Sep 27 2007 12:41AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Game balls, photographs and neckties are among the items authorities seized in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery and kidnapping case, according to a police evidence report provided Wednesday.
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6 nuns in Ark. excommunicated for heresy
Sep 27 2007 12:36AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday.
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6 nuns in Ark. excommunicated for heresy
Sep 27 2007 12:36AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Six Catholic nuns have been excommunicated for heresy after refusing to give up membership in a Canadian sect whose founder claims to be possessed by the Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock announced Wednesday.
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Census study eyes blacks in prison
Sep 27 2007 12:06AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released Thursday.
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