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Study: Side air bags lower driver deaths
Oct 4 2006 11:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Driver deaths in side-impact collisions dropped by more than half in sport utility vehicles equipped with head-protecting side air bags, insurance industry research shows.
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Schwarzenegger won't release tapes
Oct 4 2006 11:37PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office on Wednesday rejected a request that it release several hours of audio tape that contained the governor's now infamous comments about the mingling of "black blood" and "Latino blood."
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Candidates trade barbs in Ohio debate
Oct 4 2006 11:32PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Republican Ken Blackwell and Democrat Ted Strickland wrangled Wednesday night about whether deep tax cuts would boost the state's economy or help the wealthy during the third debate in Ohio's closely watched governor's race.
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Rapist sought on Ariz. reservation
Oct 4 2006 10:33PM (CT)
WHITERIVER, Ariz. (AP) - At least 10 girls and women have been raped on the Fort Apache Reservation by a man who poses as a police officer, federal authorities said.
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N.Y. teacher charged with raping student
Oct 4 2006 10:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A middle school math teacher was arrested on charges he raped a 14-year-old student when she went to his home for tutoring, police said Wednesday.
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Trial ordered for 3 in Duquesne shooting
Oct 4 2006 10:26PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two men accused of shooting five Duquesne University basketball players outside a school dance were ordered Wednesday to stand trial.
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Pellet gun leaves 6 hurt at Md. school
Oct 4 2006 10:04PM (CT)
PIKESVILLE, Md. (AP) - A student fired a pellet gun in a courtyard during lunch at a high school Wednesday, leaving six boys with minor injuries, police said.
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Man suspected of shooting 3 in Texas
Oct 4 2006 9:58PM (CT)
FOREST HILL, Texas (AP) - Authorities were trying to negotiate Wednesday evening with a man suspected of shooting and wounding at least three people in an apparent domestic dispute and was holed up in a home with hostages, officials and residents said.
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Calif. to transfer inmates out of state
Oct 4 2006 9:53PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Wednesday in California's critically crowded prisons, a step that allows him to use his executive powers to ship inmates to other states.
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Kin say school gunman didn't molest them
Oct 4 2006 9:44PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - Two relatives of the man who attacked an Amish school said they were not molested by him 20 years ago as he had claimed, investigators said Wednesday.
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Bride's parents charged with kidnapping
Oct 4 2006 9:39PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A pre-wedding shopping trip for a 21-year-old bride ended with felony charges against her parents, who she says kidnapped her and drove her 240 miles to Colorado, trying to talk her out of the nuptials along the way and holding her until she missed the ceremony.
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Pennsylvania's Rendell, Swann debate
Oct 4 2006 9:37PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell attacked challenger Lynn Swann's lack of experience in government and condemned his property-tax overhaul plan as "a disaster" as they squared off in the first of two debates in Pennsylvania's gubernatorial campaign.
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2 women plead guilty in UW ecoterrorism
Oct 4 2006 9:06PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - Two women pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy, arson and bomb charges in the 2001 firebombing of the University of Washington's horticulture center, one of the Northwest's most notorious acts of ecoterrorism.
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Ex-schools chief arrested in hospital
Oct 4 2006 8:33PM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - A former superintendent who admitted stealing at least $2 million from a Long Island school district was handcuffed in his hospital bed and placed under arrest Wednesday after missing his sentencing hearing for the second time in three weeks.
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Fort Lewis soldier faces court-martial
Oct 4 2006 8:32PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A soldier who said she was sexually harassed by noncommissioned officers and refused to return to Iraq will face a military trial.
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Pilot dies in N.M. air show crash
Oct 4 2006 8:10PM (CT)
TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) - An Oklahoma stunt pilot was killed when his single-engine plane crashed Wednesday while performing a loop at an air show, police said.
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Ex-prosecutor to plead in tax scheme
Oct 4 2006 8:10PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former U.S. attorney, state judge and state Republican chairman has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to a tax fraud conspiracy, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
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2 firms searched in FBI spinach probe
Oct 4 2006 8:06PM (CT)
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (AP) - The FBI searched two produce companies Wednesday for evidence of a crime in the nationwide E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened at least 192 others.
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N.C. boy mauled to death by dog
Oct 4 2006 7:52PM (CT)
SNOW HILL, N.C. (AP) - A Rottweiler dug his way out of a pen and mauled a toddler before the dog was shot to death by sheriff's deputies.
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Gingrich: Dems' sex scandals are worse
Oct 4 2006 7:30PM (CT)
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Democratic sex scandals have been far worse than the suggestive Internet messages sent to teenage congressional pages by former Rep. Mark Foley.
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Karr porn charges still stand
Oct 4 2006 7:13PM (CT)
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - A judge refused Wednesday to grant a second request by the defense to dismiss the child pornography case against the one-time suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case.
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Despite revealing photos, senator to run
Oct 4 2006 7:10PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - State Sen. Randy White said Wednesday he would continue his campaign for a second term, despite the embarrassment of revealing photos of him aired on a Charleston television station.
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Marines plead not guilty to murder
Oct 4 2006 6:56PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - Two Marines accused of kidnapping and murdering a civilian man in rural Iraq entered not guilty pleas in a military court Wednesday, and a judge barred lawyers from discussing the case with the media.
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Bloomberg tapped to raise memorial funds
Oct 4 2006 6:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Members of the foundation raising money for the Sept. 11 memorial have nominated Mayor Michael Bloomberg to head its board, hoping the billionaire philanthropist will use his name and influence to spark a slow-moving fundraising effort.
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Judge throws out citizenship voting rule
Oct 4 2006 6:34PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a first-of-its-kind voting rule that required naturalized citizens in Ohio to provide proof of their citizenship if challenged by a poll worker.
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Tenn. crash leaves 4 dead
Oct 4 2006 5:56PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A tractor-trailer truck loaded with batteries was rear ended by an 18-wheeler at a traffic light and burst into flames, leaving four people dead, police said.
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Firefighter charged with killing teen
Oct 4 2006 5:42PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A firefighter was charged Wednesday with kidnapping a teenager at gunpoint, then shooting him on a roadside and leaving his body, according to officials and arrest records.
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Pilot dies in N.M. air show crash
Oct 4 2006 5:26PM (CT)
TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) - A pilot was killed when his small single-engine plane crashed Wednesday at an air show, police said.
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Workers treated after refinery gas leak
Oct 4 2006 5:23PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Sulfur dioxide gas leaked from a refinery Wednesday, and nearly 30 workers were treated for minor respiratory problems, officials said.
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Court temporarily OKs domestic spying
Oct 4 2006 5:16PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Iowa couple claims $200M Powerball prize
Oct 4 2006 5:09PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Fort Dodge couple who bought three Powerball tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the $200 million jackpot.
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Suburbs near NYC have highest tax bills
Oct 4 2006 5:05PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Homeowners in the suburban counties closest to New York City pay the highest property taxes in the country, a tax research group said Wednesday.
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Debate shifts after Foley says he's gay
Oct 4 2006 4:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - By finally acknowledging after years of evasion that he is gay, Mark Foley has altered the debate among conservatives and gays over his overtures to male pages in Congress.
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Teens ID'd as online gossips, police say
Oct 4 2006 4:50PM (CT)
WATKINSVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A list that appeared on MySpace.com with the names of about two dozen students and their alleged sexual exploits was posted by two 15-year-old girls, authorities said Wednesday.
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Correction: South Carolina Shootings
Oct 4 2006 4:44PM (CT)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - In an Oct. 1 story about the slayings of a woman and her four children in a mobile home, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the woman's surviving son, Christan Rainey, is a student at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.
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Harvard mulls course changes
Oct 4 2006 4:44PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Harvard University, founded 370 years ago to train Puritan ministers, should again require all undergraduates to study religion, along with U.S. history and ethics, a faculty committee is recommending.
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Colo. school gunman was shot 4 times
Oct 4 2006 4:02PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The man who took six girls hostage at a Colorado high school last week was shot four times as the standoff ended _ once by his own gun and three times by SWAT officers, according to autopsy results released Wednesday by state officials.
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Not guilty pleas in nursing home deaths
Oct 4 2006 3:55PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - The owners of a nursing home where 35 people died in the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm.
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Name change sought at college building
Oct 4 2006 3:53PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia have launched a campaign to rename the student union building because it is christened in honor of a former dean who worked to purge the campus of gay students and professors more than a half-century ago.
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Grand jury opens Big Dig death probe
Oct 4 2006 3:49PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A special grand jury has been convened to investigate the construction and design of Big Dig tunnels as part of a criminal probe into a tunnel ceiling collapse that killed a Boston woman.
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Trial ordered for 3 in Duquesne shooting
Oct 4 2006 3:43PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two men accused of shooting five Duquesne University basketball players outside a school dance were ordered Wednesday to stand trial.
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NYT correspondent R.W. Apple dead at 71
Oct 4 2006 3:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - R.W. Apple Jr., the colorful New York Times correspondent who charted the fall of Richard Nixon and covered wars from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf while having a parallel career as a food and travel writer, died Wednesday. He was 71.
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Thieves using forklifts to steal ATMs
Oct 4 2006 3:18PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Leave the gun. Bank robbers have found an easier way to make off with other people's money: Around the country, thieves have hot-wired forklifts at construction sites, chugged up to banks and scooped up their ATMs, with all the cash inside.
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Facebook looks to register young voters
Oct 4 2006 1:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Between photo galleries of college friends and fan clubs such as "Kid Rock for President," visitors to a popular Web site can now register to vote.
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DNA may implicate Malibu stars' toilets
Oct 4 2006 1:28PM (CT)
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Just whose waste is fouling the most star-studded stretch of the Southern California coast? Los Angeles County officials intend to find out, and if the evidence leads back to the toilets of some of Hollywood's rich and famous, the sewage could really hit the fan. "This is going to get messy," predicts Mark Pestrella, the public works official assigned to the project.
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Dad pleads guilty in Del. beating death
Oct 4 2006 1:19PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminally negligent homicide for beating to death a 77-year-old man he believed had molested his young daughter.
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Urban schools improving security
Oct 4 2006 1:10PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - At the Samuel H. Daroff Elementary school in West Philadelphia, students must pass a security officer who uses a metal detector wand to search for possible weapons. A network of cameras pans the grounds and beyond for any sign of trouble.
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Woman arrested after disrupting flight
Oct 4 2006 1:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman was charged Wednesday with sexual assault after an altercation with a flight attendant on an airplane flying from Charlotte, N.C., to London, an official said.
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Feds divided over recount fundraising
Oct 4 2006 12:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deadlocked federal regulators on Wednesday kept in place 1970s rules that permit House and Senate candidates to raise unlimited amounts of money to pay for vote recounts.
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Mass. candidate wrote on rapist's behalf
Oct 4 2006 11:20AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick acknowledged Wednesday he had more contact with a convicted rapist than he had previously told reporters, after a report showed he corresponded with the man in the 1990s and wrote at least two letters to the parole board on his behalf.
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3 plead to recruiting of illegal workers
Oct 4 2006 10:47AM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Three people and the temporary labor companies they ran in Ohio and Tennessee pleaded guilty to using more than 1,000 illegal immigrants to sort air freight over several years.
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Gov't to stop seizing drugs from Canada
Oct 4 2006 10:31AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The federal government will stop seizing small amounts of lower-priced prescription medications mailed from Canada, officials said.
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Rita blast bus co. guilty of violations
Oct 4 2006 10:13AM (CT)
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The owner of a bus that caught fire and killed 23 people while trying to evacuate nursing home residents during Hurricane Rita was convicted of maintenance and inspection charges but acquitted on a more serious conspiracy count.
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Gonzales cites I-10 in human trafficking
Oct 4 2006 8:03AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An interstate that runs from California to Florida has become a magnet for human traffickers seeking to exploit labor needs on the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said.
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Ga. mother seeks Harry Potter ban
Oct 4 2006 8:00AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A suburban county that sparked a public outcry when its libraries temporarily eliminated funding for Spanish-language fiction is now being asked to ban Harry Potter books from its schools.
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Guilty plea in Fla. prison sex scandal
Oct 4 2006 6:31AM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A third prison guard charged in a sex-for-contraband scandal that ended in a deadly shootout between a corrections officer and federal agents pleaded guilty to mail fraud.
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'Innocence is gone' at Pa. Amish school
Oct 4 2006 5:29AM (CT)
PARADISE, Pa. (AP) - From the countryside they came, wending through the corn and alfalfa on foot and by buggy, leaving behind fields and flocks to seek solace in one another's words and comfort in each other's arms.
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'Cold Mountain' author promotes new book
Oct 4 2006 4:26AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - "Cold Mountain" author Charles Frazier said the Cherokee Indians were a natural subject for his second novel because their history surrounded him as a youth.
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Agency to re-examine stem cell patents
Oct 4 2006 4:02AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine patents covering embryonic stem cell discoveries made by University of Wisconsin researchers.
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Feds indict Pa. man on terror charges
Oct 4 2006 3:55AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted a man on charges of offering to help al-Qaida blow up fuel facilities in at least three states.
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Calif. baby sitter picks up wrong child
Oct 4 2006 3:49AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A baby sitter bungled her first day on the job by picking up the wrong 5-year-old boy from his elementary school, police said.
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Mark Foley claims being molested as teen
Oct 4 2006 3:24AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former Rep. Mark Foley, under investigation for sending lurid Internet messages to young male Capitol Hill pages, issued a series of revelations from rehab, including a claim that he had been sexually abused as a teen.
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AWOL soldier surrenders in Ky.
Oct 4 2006 2:37AM (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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Homeless: older, with infirmities of age
Oct 4 2006 1:01AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - So where does he go, this aging veteran, now that his legs and kidneys don't work and everything he owns fits inside the pair of pajama pants tied to his wheelchair?
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