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Lethal injection under scrutiny
Sep 28 2007 11:57PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Lethal injection was supposed to be the humane, enlightened way to execute inmates and avoid the pain and the gruesome spectacle of firing squads, the electric chair and the noose.
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Mich. state employees told to stay home
Sep 28 2007 11:43PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Two-thirds of Michigan's state government workers were told Friday not to report to work Monday as negotiations continued on a budget plan that could avert a partial state government shutdown.
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Mich. state employees told to stay home
Sep 28 2007 11:43PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Two-thirds of Michigan's state government workers were told Friday not to report to work Monday as negotiations continued on a budget plan that could avert a partial state government shutdown.
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Girl seen on sex tape found safe
Sep 28 2007 11:26PM (CT)
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - A young girl who was seen being sexually assaulted in a homemade videotape was found Friday and is safe with relatives and sheriff's officials, authorities said.
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Neighbor charged in hanging of girl, 6
Sep 28 2007 11:20PM (CT)
NAVARRO MILLS, Texas (AP) - An apparent stranger to a 6-year-old found hanged in her family's garage was charged with capital murder, authorities said Friday, freshly jolting a community that had been told the main suspect knew the girl.
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Procreation ban on homeless pair tossed
Sep 28 2007 10:44PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A family court judge overstepped her authority by ordering a drug-addicted homeless couple to have no more children, a state appeals court ruled Friday in overturning the ban.
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Physicist, activist Panofsky dies at 88
Sep 28 2007 9:43PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, a physicist who was a consultant on the Manhattan Project and devoted much of his life to promoting nuclear arms control, has died. He was 88.
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Physicist, activist Panofsky dies at 88
Sep 28 2007 9:43PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, a physicist who was a consultant on the Manhattan Project and devoted much of his life to promoting nuclear arms control, has died. He was 88.
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Some arrested in Nev. raids deported
Sep 28 2007 9:20PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - More than half of the undocumented workers arrested in immigration raids on McDonald's restaurants were released Friday for "humanitarian purposes" while they await an appearance in immigration court, a federal official said Friday.
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Tylenol tampering case unsolved at 25
Sep 28 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Helen Jensen can still picture the bottle of Tylenol perched in the medicine cabinet. She feels the receipt she pulled from the wastebasket. She hears the pills she poured onto the kitchen table.
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Tylenol tampering case unsolved at 25
Sep 28 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Helen Jensen can still picture the bottle of Tylenol perched in the medicine cabinet. She feels the receipt she pulled from the wastebasket. She hears the pills she poured onto the kitchen table.
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Tylenol tampering case unsolved at 25
Sep 28 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Helen Jensen can still picture the bottle of Tylenol perched in the medicine cabinet. She feels the receipt she pulled from the wastebasket. She hears the pills she poured onto the kitchen table.
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Tylenol tampering case unsolved at 25
Sep 28 2007 9:18PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Helen Jensen can still picture the bottle of Tylenol perched in the medicine cabinet. She feels the receipt she pulled from the wastebasket. She hears the pills she poured onto the kitchen table.
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Gay cop sues NYC, police, for harassment
Sep 28 2007 8:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A gay police officer has filed a discrimination suit against the city and the New York Police Department, saying he was threatened with violence, called vulgar names and treated unfairly by supervisors because of his sexuality.
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Mary Winkler visit with children blocked
Sep 28 2007 8:34PM (CT)
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - An appeals court Friday blocked a supervised visit between a woman convicted of killing her minister-husband and their children.
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Drought threatens Ala. city's water
Sep 28 2007 8:28PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Officials coping with a severe drought in eastern Alabama and western Georgia issued sweeping bans Friday on outdoor watering and scrambled to secure a dwindling supply of drinking water to more than 50,000 people.
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Dozens charged in Kansas gang case
Sep 28 2007 8:17PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A gang that operated for at least a decade even as its members were sent to prison continued to rule the city's streets through intimidation, federal prosecutors said Friday in announcing charges against 28 people.
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Judge rules for bearded DC firefighters
Sep 28 2007 8:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday struck down a requirement that firefighters in the District of Columbia be clean-shaven.
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Shots fired at school; gunman caught
Sep 28 2007 8:00PM (CT)
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A student gunman held a high school drama class hostage Friday, firing shots and holding three of the students for more than an hour before police persuaded him to surrender, authorities said. No one was hurt.
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Shots fired at school; gunman caught
Sep 28 2007 8:00PM (CT)
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A student gunman held a high school drama class hostage Friday, firing shots and holding three of the students for more than an hour before police persuaded him to surrender, authorities said. No one was hurt.
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UC fined $3 million for lab breach
Sep 28 2007 7:39PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Department of Energy on Friday fined the University of California $3 million for a security breakdown at Los Alamos National Laboratory last year.
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Tampon protests distract N.Y. school
Sep 28 2007 7:24PM (CT)
GRAHAMSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A high school security guard is accused of asking girls whether they were menstruating, leading to a protest in which some students wore tampons on their clothing or carried purses made of tampon boxes.
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Stranger posted bond for one of 'Jena 6'
Sep 28 2007 7:18PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When a 17-year-old at the center of a civil rights controversy in a small Louisiana town left jail, he had a stranger to thank.
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GAO: Smithsonian facilities in decline
Sep 28 2007 7:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian Institution's maintenance backlog has grown to $2.5 billion as the museum complex faces problems such as corrosion of historic airplanes and leaky pools at the National Zoo, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Friday.
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Mom says dead child was misdiagnosed
Sep 28 2007 6:43PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A mother charged with killing her 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription drugs now believes her daughter was probably misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, she said in her first interview since her arrest.
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U.S. missile defense test successful
Sep 28 2007 6:42PM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - A ground-based missile successfully intercepted a target missile Friday in a test of the nation's defense system, the Missile Defense Agency said.
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NY Senate panel demands gov's e-mails
Sep 28 2007 6:40PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Senate committee on Friday said it will demand e-mails and other documents from within Gov. Eliot Spitzer's administration under threat of subpoena in its probe of a political scandal.
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Muslim stamp reissued at new rate
Sep 28 2007 6:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Eid stamp commemorating Muslim holy days was reissued Friday, the Postal Service said.
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Woman found after 8 days stuck in car
Sep 28 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A woman who spent eight days trapped in a wrecked vehicle has severe injuries, but her brain function is normal and she can move her arms and legs, her physician said Friday.
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Woman found after 8 days stuck in car
Sep 28 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A woman who spent eight days trapped in a wrecked vehicle has severe injuries, but her brain function is normal and she can move her arms and legs, her physician said Friday.
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Woman found after 8 days stuck in car
Sep 28 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A woman who spent eight days trapped in a wrecked vehicle has severe injuries, but her brain function is normal and she can move her arms and legs, her physician said Friday.
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Woman found after 8 days stuck in car
Sep 28 2007 6:15PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A woman who spent eight days trapped in a wrecked vehicle has severe injuries, but her brain function is normal and she can move her arms and legs, her physician said Friday.
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Body ID'd as missing Chicago woman's
Sep 28 2007 6:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities said Friday that a badly decomposed body is that of a Chicago woman whose family spent nine days exhaustively searching for her.
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Body ID'd as missing Chicago woman's
Sep 28 2007 6:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities said Friday that a badly decomposed body is that of a Chicago woman whose family spent nine days exhaustively searching for her.
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Body ID'd as missing Chicago woman's
Sep 28 2007 6:04PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities said Friday that a badly decomposed body is that of a Chicago woman whose family spent nine days exhaustively searching for her.
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NJ mayor indicted on corruption charges
Sep 28 2007 5:50PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A town's mayor and his wife surrendered to the FBI on Friday and were charged with diverting campaign funds and taking cash in exchange for aiding a bar owner.
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Jury set in Miami terror trial
Sep 28 2007 5:46PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jury was chosen Friday for the trial of seven men accused of plotting with a man they thought was an al-Qaida operative to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in several U.S. cities.
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Man in shooting spree sentenced to die
Sep 28 2007 5:39PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) - A man who claimed he thought he was attacking space aliens during a two-state shooting rampage that left two people dead was sentenced to death Friday.
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Cops probe claim Ark. justice hit sister
Sep 28 2007 5:30PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A state Supreme Court justice is being investigated over claims that he assaulted his 62-year-old sister at a family reunion earlier this month, a special prosecutor appointed to the case said Friday.
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Granddad: Cops pressured boy over fire
Sep 28 2007 5:17PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A 10-year-old accused of deliberately setting a fire that killed his mother, sister and three other children was interrogated alone and wasn't told of his right to an attorney, his step-grandfather said Friday.
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Texas pepper spray dispute settled
Sep 28 2007 5:15PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A new settlement restricts the use of pepper spray on young offenders in the custody of the Texas Youth Commission, officials said.
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Hiatus possible on Texas executions
Sep 28 2007 5:09PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to give a Texas death row inmate a reprieve shortly after it agreed to consider the legality of lethal injections could mean a hiatus for the nation's busiest death chamber.
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Fundraiser makes brief court appearance
Sep 28 2007 4:54PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A lawyer for Norman Hsu said Friday the Democrat's high-flying years on the political fundraising circuit should have made him easy for authorities to find during 15 years on the lam.
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Fundraiser makes brief court appearance
Sep 28 2007 4:54PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A lawyer for Norman Hsu said Friday the Democrat's high-flying years on the political fundraising circuit should have made him easy for authorities to find during 15 years on the lam.
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Fundraiser makes brief court appearance
Sep 28 2007 4:54PM (CT)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A lawyer for Norman Hsu said Friday the Democrat's high-flying years on the political fundraising circuit should have made him easy for authorities to find during 15 years on the lam.
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School's tracking of suspect in question
Sep 28 2007 4:53PM (CT)
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Testimony by a Delaware State University police officer Friday contradicts assertions by school officials that a student accused of shooting two others last week was being watched when he returned to campus two days later.
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Five Blackwater incidents in question
Sep 28 2007 4:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five cases this year in which private Blackwater USA security guards killed Iraqi civilians are at the core of a U.S. review of how the hired protection forces guard diplomats in Iraq, officials said Friday.
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Key nations agree to delay Iran action
Sep 28 2007 4:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a setback for the United States, Iran won a two-month reprieve from new U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program on Friday. The Bush administration and its European allies ceded to Russian and Chinese demands to give Tehran more time to address international concerns.
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Airliner returns to St. Louis after fire
Sep 28 2007 4:30PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An engine on an American Airlines jet caught fire Friday during a flight to Chicago, forcing the pilots to return to St. Louis and evacuate the aircraft on the runway.
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Breakaway Episcopalians form partnership
Sep 28 2007 4:17PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A leading Episcopal conservative announced plans for a partnership Friday that aims to create an alternative to the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church.
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Breakaway Episcopalians form partnership
Sep 28 2007 4:17PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A leading Episcopal conservative announced plans for a partnership Friday that aims to create an alternative to the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church.
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Ind. school cancels class for funeral
Sep 28 2007 4:08PM (CT)
MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - A Catholic grade school canceled Monday's classes, saying the funeral of a reputed gang member at a funeral home next door threatened security and safety.
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U.S. delays approval of farm pesticide
Sep 28 2007 4:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday delayed approval of a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, after more than 50 prominent scientists objected that the chemical was too dangerous.
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Mukasey protection pricey
Sep 28 2007 4:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Protecting former federal judge Michael Mukasey cost taxpayers an estimated $28 million over more than seven years _ or $10,000 a day _ even as Justice Department agencies argued about how much of a threat he faced.
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Video shows toddler used to steal purse
Sep 28 2007 3:28PM (CT)
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - Police are trying to catch an adult seen on a surveillance videotape using his 4-year-old granddaughter to steal a purse from a boardwalk arcade worker.
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Veto is certain, Bush tells Pelosi
Sep 28 2007 2:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush insisted to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday that he's going ahead with his promised veto of a major expansion of a children's health program despite its overwhelming approval by Congress.
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Courts a tough road to gay marriage
Sep 28 2007 2:52PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - When bells rang in 2004 to celebrate the nation's first gay marriages in Massachusetts, opponents warned that liberal courts were moving to permit gay marriage around the nation.
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Deputy on duty when killers fled quits
Sep 28 2007 2:33PM (CT)
MANILA, Utah (AP) - A deputy in charge when two convicted killers escaped from a jail has resigned, the sheriff said Friday as the manhunt continued for the pair.
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Arrest made in Wis. campus threats
Sep 28 2007 2:10PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The escaped inmate accused of threatening the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus was captured early Friday in California, police said.
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6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes
Sep 28 2007 1:18PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.
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Torture case shows W.Va. racial tensions
Sep 28 2007 1:17PM (CT)
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) - Ever since police arrested six whites in the rape and torture of a black woman, Claude Williams has been accepting apologies.
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Father demands answers after crash
Sep 28 2007 12:52PM (CT)
GARY, Ind. (AP) - Bleeding and disoriented after being thrown from a car in a crash, 17-year-old Darius Moore managed to climb a steep embankment in the darkness and walk a quarter-mile to find help. When police arrived, Moore says, he asked them to look for his buddies who had been in the back seat.
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NYC cabbies lose court battle over GPS
Sep 28 2007 12:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge refused Friday to block a new city rule that requires taxi drivers to install global positioning systems and credit card machines in their cabs by Monday.
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Wis. woman spots alleged rapist on bus
Sep 28 2007 11:48AM (CT)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A woman who was allegedly dragged into a park bathroom and raped helped police nab the suspect two weeks later when he got on the same bus she was riding.
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New stalls for Craig's airport restroom
Sep 28 2007 11:36AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The infamous airport men's room where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested is getting new stall dividers that drop nearly to the floor to make it a less inviting spot for sexual liaisons.
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Prison inmate escapes during Bible study
Sep 28 2007 11:16AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - An inmate facing assault, gun and drug charges escaped from Geiger Corrections Center after being let out of a small building to get some fresh air during his Bible study, officials said.
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Jury blames murders on mob defendants
Sep 28 2007 8:41AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three members of the Chicago mob's top echelon face life behind bars after being blamed by a jury for a 16-year wave of murder aimed at silencing witnesses and settling old scores.
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Jury blames murders on mob defendants
Sep 28 2007 8:41AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three members of the Chicago mob's top echelon face life behind bars after being blamed by a jury for a 16-year wave of murder aimed at silencing witnesses and settling old scores.
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Jury blames murders on mob defendants
Sep 28 2007 8:41AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three members of the Chicago mob's top echelon face life behind bars after being blamed by a jury for a 16-year wave of murder aimed at silencing witnesses and settling old scores.
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Evacuation lifted after train acid leak
Sep 28 2007 8:08AM (CT)
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Authorities lifted an evacuation order several hours after a train car derailed in a Paducah rail yard and began leaking hydrochloric acid leak, emergency management officials said Friday.
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Pelosi criticizes border fence
Sep 28 2007 7:06AM (CT)
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a plan to build fencing along parts of the Mexico border a "terrible idea" that overlooks local communities.
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Judge's exposure conviction is upheld
Sep 28 2007 6:37AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An appeals court upheld the conviction of a former judge who was convicted of exposing himself by using a sexual device while presiding over trials.
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Clinton initiative looks toward colleges
Sep 28 2007 6:08AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a role for artists and other famous faces to play when it comes to global issues, Shakira said during her visit to the Clinton Global Initiative conference, a meeting that has its share of well-known attendees.
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Clinton initiative looks toward colleges
Sep 28 2007 6:08AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a role for artists and other famous faces to play when it comes to global issues, Shakira said during her visit to the Clinton Global Initiative conference, a meeting that has its share of well-known attendees.
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Armless man faces charge in death
Sep 28 2007 5:39AM (CT)
SNELLVILLE, Ga. (AP) - An armless artist has turned himself in to face a misdemeanor charge in a fight with a man who later died.
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Mental illness cited in NYC gun incident
Sep 28 2007 5:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A masked college student arrested on charges of carrying a loaded rifle to campus is schizophrenic and recent back surgery worsened his condition, his lawyer said.
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Mental illness cited in NYC gun incident
Sep 28 2007 5:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A masked college student arrested on charges of carrying a loaded rifle to campus is schizophrenic and recent back surgery worsened his condition, his lawyer said.
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Bid to change Calif. vote rules stalls
Sep 28 2007 4:55AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Several influential Republicans resigned abruptly from a political committee established to change the way California awards its electoral votes in presidential elections, a proposal Democrats claim would rig the 2008 race.
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Wild hog population soars in Texas
Sep 28 2007 2:18AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Ranchers and farmers fighting the nation's largest population of feral hogs could soon be trying to ward off twice as many of the tusked, field-shredding animals.
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Plans for Chicago museum draw ire
Sep 28 2007 2:14AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Nestled between Lake Michigan and downtown skyscrapers, Grant Park is the crown jewel of the city's lakefront, a mile-long ribbon of green that draws local residents and tourists alike.
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Plans for Chicago museum draw ire
Sep 28 2007 2:14AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Nestled between Lake Michigan and downtown skyscrapers, Grant Park is the crown jewel of the city's lakefront, a mile-long ribbon of green that draws local residents and tourists alike.
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Plans for Chicago museum draw ire
Sep 28 2007 2:14AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Nestled between Lake Michigan and downtown skyscrapers, Grant Park is the crown jewel of the city's lakefront, a mile-long ribbon of green that draws local residents and tourists alike.
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Teen jailed with TB has been released
Sep 28 2007 1:36AM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A Mexican teenager who was jailed after refusing treatment for tuberculosis was released after health officials determined he was no longer contagious and is awaiting deportation.
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Colo. town remembers standoff victim
Sep 28 2007 12:26AM (CT)
BAILEY, Colo. (AP) - About 500 people gathered Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the death of 16-year-old girl who was shot at her high school by a gunman who held her hostage.
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Feds raid pot-laced-candy factory
Sep 28 2007 12:08AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal agents said Thursday 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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