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FCC opens media ownership hearings
Oct 3 2006 10:53PM (CT)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - The concentration of media ownership by a few large corporations came under attack Tuesday as the Federal Communications Commission opened a series of hearings on the issue.
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Ga. terror suspects want charges tossed
Oct 3 2006 10:43PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for two men charged with providing material support to terrorists want some charges against their clients dismissed and some evidence and conversations with investigators suppressed.
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Gunman said he molested girls long ago
Oct 3 2006 10:18PM (CT)
QUARRYVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The gunman who killed five girls in an Amish schoolroom confided to his wife during the siege that he molested two relatives 20 years ago when he was boy and was tormented by dreams of doing it again, authorities said Tuesday.
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AWOL soldier surrenders in Ky.
Oct 3 2006 10:10PM (CT)
RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) - An Army soldier who fled to Canada rather than redeploy to Iraq surrendered Tuesday to military officials after asking for leniency.
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Claims against Coke bottlers dismissed
Oct 3 2006 10:09PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits that claimed Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia conspired with paramilitary groups to kill, torture and intimidate people to eliminate labor union activity.
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Mo. couple charged with another murder
Oct 3 2006 10:05PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A couple already facing charges in a gruesome videotaped sex killing of a woman and the sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl were indicted Tuesday in the death of another woman. Prosecutors said they will pursue the death penalty.
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Thousands mourn slain Fla. deputy
Oct 3 2006 10:02PM (CT)
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy gunned down last week after a routine traffic stop was remembered Tuesday as an avid fisherman, doting father and a gifted dog handler.
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Judge: Patriot Act challenge can proceed
Oct 3 2006 9:55PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Nearly three years after hearing arguments in the case, a federal judge has ruled that an American Civil Liberties Union challenge to the constitutionality of the USA Patriot Act may proceed.
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Migrant deaths down along border
Oct 3 2006 9:38PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Deaths among migrants illegally entering the United States dropped slightly during the past fiscal year, according to the most recent Border Patrol statistics.
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School honors slain girl before game
Oct 3 2006 9:26PM (CT)
BAILEY, Colo. (AP) - Nearly a week after a 16-year-old girl was fatally shot by a classroom intruder, the Platte Canyon High School football team took to the field Tuesday night _ but not without pausing for a moment to remember her.
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Defense: Evidence withheld in Karr case
Oct 3 2006 9:22PM (CT)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors withheld evidence that might have led to the dismissal of child pornography possession charges against former JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr, defense lawyers told a judge Tuesday.
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Bus company found guilty after fire
Oct 3 2006 9:19PM (CT)
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The company that owned a bus that exploded during last year's Hurricane Rita evacuation, killing 23 nursing home residents, was found guilty Tuesday of conspiring to falsify logs and poorly maintaining its fleet.
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Former nurse enters plea in 10 deaths
Oct 3 2006 9:19PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former hospital nurse pleaded no contest Tuesday to killing 10 patients nearly six years ago by injecting them with a drug used to temporarily halt breathing.
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Amish schools not likely to modernize
Oct 3 2006 9:16PM (CT)
PARADISE, Pa. (AP) - The quaint, one-room schoolhouses that dot Pennsylvania's verdant countryside are yet another expression of Amish simplicity in a time when some mainstream public schools rely on electronic buzzers and metal detectors to keep students safe.
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Pollen produces new clue in 1979 slaying
Oct 3 2006 9:15PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Three grains of pollen might help solve a 27-year-old murder mystery. To try to identify a teenage girl found slain in a western New York cornfield in 1979, investigators have turned to a pollen-analysis technique rarely used in the United States.
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Parents charged with abducting bride
Oct 3 2006 8:55PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The parents of a bride-to-be told their daughter they were taking her on a shopping trip, but then drove to Colorado and kept her there until she missed the nuptials, officials said.
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Some question Foley's alcoholism claim
Oct 3 2006 8:52PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley announced he was entering rehab for treatment of alcoholism and "other behavioral problems," some of those who have known him for years were shocked and suspicious, saying they rarely saw him drink.
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NYC has 8.2 million people
Oct 3 2006 8:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City has grown to a record 8.2 million people, according to a new population estimate revised after city officials challenged census figures they said missed more than 70,000 residents.
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Indiana nun's body moved to shrine
Oct 3 2006 8:40PM (CT)
ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind. (AP) - Hundreds of worshippers lined up Tuesday to touch the coffin holding the remains of a 19th-century Roman Catholic nun who Pope Benedict XVI plans to canonize this month.
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Forest Service spends $1.5B on wildfires
Oct 3 2006 8:24PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Wildfires across the country have burned a record number of acres this year, and with the scorched land comes a record bill, a federal official said Tuesday.
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Video shows flower girl's last moments
Oct 3 2006 8:17PM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A packed courtroom silently watched Tuesday as a video revealed the final seconds of flower girl Katie Flynn's life: the sudden sight of oncoming headlights and the crunch of a pickup truck striking her limousine head-on.
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Attorney says Foley was molested as teen
Oct 3 2006 8:05PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley said through his lawyer Tuesday that he was sexually abused by a clergyman as a teenager, but accepts full responsibility for sending salacious computer messages to teenage male pages.
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Fla. police kill man after crime spree
Oct 3 2006 7:42PM (CT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - A man suspected of being tied to a string of deadly crimes along the East Coast has been killed by Florida officers, authorities said.
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Officials seek death for Ariz. suspects
Oct 3 2006 6:54PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek the death penalty against two men accused of terrorizing the Phoenix area in a series of random shootings.
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Experts differ on reason for Pa. attack
Oct 3 2006 6:49PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - If the attacker at a Pennsylvania school really acted out of overwhelming guilt from molesting relatives in his youth, as police suggest, he would be a very rare breed, even in the bewildering annals of multiple murder, say experts in such crimes.
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Miami Herald publisher resigns
Oct 3 2006 5:37PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The Miami Herald's publisher resigned Tuesday, saying "ambiguously communicated" personnel policies resulted in the firings of three journalists at its Spanish-language paper who were paid to appear on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba.
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Border issue is tricky in Texas race
Oct 3 2006 3:46PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Locked in a four-way race for re-election, Republican Gov. Rick Perry is walking a 1,200-mile political tightrope _ the Texas-Mexico border.
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Outside world crashes in on Pa. Amish
Oct 3 2006 1:58PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - It's barely a town _ a country crossing is more like it. Not much to it, really, except for a Thursday-night auction hall, a spring-fed swimming pool and a few homes framed by cornfields.
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Jury picks for smuggling deaths trial
Oct 3 2006 1:52PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Potential jurors for in the retrial of a truck driver accused of taking part in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt were questioned Tuesday about their views of illegal immigration and the death penalty.
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Women Sign 'We Had Abortions' Petition
Oct 3 2006 1:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - At a pivotal time in the abortion debate, Ms. magazine is releasing its fall issue next week with a cover story titled "We Had Abortions," accompanied by the names of thousands of women nationwide who signed a petition making that declaration.
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Egyptian freighter stuck in S.C. port
Oct 3 2006 1:21PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A new legal dispute is extending the forced stay of an Egyptian freighter and its 29-man crew, already stranded in port for more than three months because of legal and safety problems.
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Feds will seek death in abduction case
Oct 3 2006 1:10PM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the registered sex offender accused of abducting two children last year and killing one of them, the U.S. attorney's office said Tuesday.
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Ky. plane crash survivor leaves hospital
Oct 3 2006 12:11PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The lone survivor of the airliner crash near Lexington's airport that killed 49 people was released from a hospital Tuesday to begin several weeks of rehabilitation.
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Donors fuel Alaskan villages' patriotism
Oct 3 2006 11:52AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The four remote Alaska villages that rejected free home heating oil from Venezuela may end up with full tanks anyhow.
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Small quake rocks Maine; No injuries
Oct 3 2006 11:51AM (CT)
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - A small earthquake sent rocks tumbling onto a road in Acadia National Park and burst water pipes, but no injuries were reported, officials said Tuesday.
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Forecast team predicts 1 more hurricane
Oct 3 2006 11:50AM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his forecast for the 2006 Atlantic storm season again Tuesday, predicting one more hurricane, two more named storms but no intense hurricanes.
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Official sorry for sterilization remark
Oct 3 2006 10:50AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A city councilman apologized for suggesting that parents who don't properly care for their children should be sterilized to help reduce crime.
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10 killings this year by Ga. county cops
Oct 3 2006 9:48AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - DeKalb County police killed a suspect they were chasing early Tuesday, marking the department's 10th fatal shooting this year.
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Train station to get chemical detectors
Oct 3 2006 7:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A sensor system designed to detect a chemical or poison gas attack will be installed at Pennsylvania Station now that transit officials have concluded they are satisfied with similar equipment at Grand Central Terminal.
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Miami Herald publisher Diaz resigns
Oct 3 2006 7:09AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The Miami Herald's publisher resigned Tuesday, citing the recent revelation that some journalists with its Spanish-language sister paper El Nuevo Herald were paid to appear on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba.
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Man gets 36 years in Cohn shooting
Oct 3 2006 5:40AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A man who shot and wounded singer-songwriter Marc Cohn during a botched carjacking last year was sentenced to 36 years in prison.
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Woman accused of aiding anti-Iran group
Oct 3 2006 4:57AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When the U.S. military two years ago took over parts of Iraq once controlled by a group dedicated to the violent overthrow of Iran's government, the FBI detained and questioned hundreds of the organization's members.
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Prosecutors: Threat notes mentioned Bush
Oct 3 2006 4:53AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An engineer at a nuclear power plant has been charged with sending threatening letters containing a powdery substance to a country club where President Bush is scheduled to appear Tuesday for a Republican campaign event.
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HP tried to identify reporter's source
Oct 3 2006 4:48AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A private investigator hired to get to the bottom of boardroom leaks at the Hewlett-Packard Co. got tips from a former news reporter about how to dupe a journalist into revealing the source of a damaging story about the company.
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Alaska Guard to deploy from Mississippi
Oct 3 2006 4:12AM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - After spending the summer getting used to sweltering temperatures, hundreds of Alaskan soldiers are getting ready to head to Iraq in that state's largest deployment of National Guard troops since World War II.
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Pa. college named nation's fittest
Oct 3 2006 3:12AM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - As a member of Dickinson College's volleyball team, Cara Scaduto gets plenty of exercise, but she still has to take physical education courses in order to graduate.
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N.J. port gets new radiation detectors
Oct 3 2006 2:28AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - More than 200 times each day, authorities detect radiation in containers arriving off cargo ships at Port Newark. It's in ceramic tiles, granite, pottery, kitty litter _ all natural products made from Earth's elements.
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Judge says Jewell libel suit can proceed
Oct 3 2006 1:22AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge ruled Monday that former Olympic security guard Richard Jewell's libel suit against The Atlanta Journal-Constitution can proceed, but threw out most of Jewell's other claims that the newspaper defamed him.
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Eastern N.C. counties face 911 outages
Oct 3 2006 12:49AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Emergency 911 service in about 30 eastern North Carolina counties faced sporadic outages for much of Monday night, and the service provider was trying to determine what knocked out the service.
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