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'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan returns home
Oct 5 2005 11:46PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Peace mom Cindy Sheehan, after wrapping up her tour of the country, returned home Wednesday to northern California where she plans to continue her protest of the Iraq war.
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Attorneys cite videos in servitude case
Oct 5 2005 11:05PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Attorneys in the trial of a couple accused of abusing mentally ill residents painted vastly different pictures Wednesday of the defendants and the care facility they operated.
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Calif. wildfire closes freeway near L.A.
Oct 5 2005 10:57PM (CT)
CALIMESA, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire erupted Wednesday in an area east of Los Angeles, quickly consuming at least 1,000 acres of brush, threatening about 100 homes and burning to the edge of a freeway.
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Calif. court reviews tobacco freebie law
Oct 5 2005 10:49PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Six years after R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was slapped with a $14.8 million fine for giving free cigarettes at public events, the company continued its fight Wednesday against a California law that virtually prohibits tobacco freebies.
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New Orleans sheriff disputes flood account
Oct 5 2005 10:47PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The New Orleans sheriff on Wednesday disputed allegations from a human rights group that inmate corpses were floating in the city jail after Hurricane Katrina and that prisoners were left for days without food or drinking water in cells where the floodwaters were chest-high.
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Three charged with murder in Ga. killings
Oct 5 2005 10:47PM (CT)
TIFTON, Ga. (AP) - Three people were charged with murdering six immigrant farmworkers in a series of robberies by a gang wielding baseball bats and guns.
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Chicago files response to O'Hare challenge
Oct 5 2005 10:38PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to clear the way for a $15 billion makeover of O'Hare International Airport.
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Nevada mine whistleblower plans appeal
Oct 5 2005 10:28PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Labor Department has rejected a complaint from a former federal official who said he was fired because he was outspoken about dangers at a contaminated Nevada mine site.
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N.H. panel looks at defining marriage
Oct 5 2005 10:17PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A state commission studying the issue of gay marriage voted Wednesday to recommend a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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Tropical Storm Tammy center comes ashore
Oct 5 2005 10:03PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The center of Tropical Storm Tammy came ashore in north Florida on Wednesday after skirting the coast and sending heavy rain and gusty winds toward Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Early blizzard knocks out power in West
Oct 5 2005 9:59PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Portions of Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming were hit by a slow-moving snowstorm that knocked out power, closed roads and dumped up to 2 feet by Wednesday night.
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Jackson pushes for local Katrina labor
Oct 5 2005 9:54PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, decrying what he says is a lack of local labor taking part in hurricane cleanup efforts, said Wednesday he plans to bus evacuated residents back to the city.
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Feds to probe substance abuse among miners
Oct 5 2005 9:45PM (CT)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Responding to complaints from mine operators, federal regulators said Wednesday they would study the extent to which miners are showing up for work high on alcohol and drugs.
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Witness: 'Design' replaced 'creation'
Oct 5 2005 8:47PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - References to creationism in drafts of a student biology book were replaced with the term "intelligent design" by the time it was published, a witness testified Wednesday in a landmark trial over a school board's decision to include the concept in its curriculum.
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Investigators find body in Va. woods
Oct 5 2005 8:42PM (CT)
MATHEWS, Va. (AP) - A task force investigating the disappearance of a college freshman unearthed a body from a wooded area Wednesday, but refused to say whether they believe they had found Taylor Marie Behl.
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Bill Clinton vows to aid Miss., Ala. coast
Oct 5 2005 8:19PM (CT)
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton walked ruined streets in Mississippi and Alabama on Wednesday, promising that the money he and former President Bush are raising privately for Hurricane Katrina relief will go where it's most needed.
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Fugitive family patriarch found in Alaska
Oct 5 2005 8:18PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man accused of molesting one of his 15 children while his family lived inside a national park was captured Wednesday more than 200 miles from his home.
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Giuliani: I plan to return to politics
Oct 5 2005 7:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday that he plans to return to politics but that it is too early to say if that will be for the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Key facts and figures on migration
Oct 5 2005 7:36PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Fact figures on worldwide migration, according to the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Organization of Migration:
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Ohio town nips church Katrina shelter plan
Oct 5 2005 7:34PM (CT)
RIDGEVILLE CORNERS, Ohio (AP) - Village leaders turned down a church's request to provide temporary housing for up to 50 people displaced by Hurricane Katrina after some residents expressed concern about safety and whether there were enough jobs to go around.
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NTSB: Boat couldn't handle passenger load
Oct 5 2005 7:24PM (CT)
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) - A tour boat nearly identical to the one that capsized here, killing 20 elderly tourists, became unstable after weight equivalent to just 10 people was placed at the edge of the vessel, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday evening.
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Panel: Int'l. migrants send $240B home
Oct 5 2005 7:02PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - International migrants send about $240 billion to their home countries yearly, a significant engine of growth for the world economy, the Global Commission on International Migration said Wednesday.
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Army interrogator latest to face charges
Oct 5 2005 6:19PM (CT)
FORT BLISS, Texas (AP) - A U.S. interrogator accused of showing prisoners his genitals and threatening to sexually assault them has been charged in the ongoing abuse investigation in Afghanistan, the Army announced Wednesday.
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Official: Big Easy hospitals unsalvageable
Oct 5 2005 5:18PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - New Orleans' two public hospitals should be torn down because Hurricane Katrina inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, leaving them "dangerous, dangerous places," the head of Louisiana's charity hospital system said Wednesday.
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Groups seek help for elderly in disasters
Oct 5 2005 4:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Katrina showed the need for government and private health care providers to keep track of elderly and disabled residents and have detailed evacuation plans for them in place, advocates told senators on Wednesday.
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3 arrested on immigration charges in N.C.
Oct 5 2005 4:01PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Three people who taught foreign languages at a school at Fort Bragg were arrested on immigration charges, federal officials said.
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Berger accused of reckless driving in Va.
Oct 5 2005 3:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two days after he was placed on probation last month for taking classified documents, former national security adviser Sandy Berger was accused of reckless driving in Virginia by police who said he was traveling 88 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone.
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Python bursts after trying to eat gator
Oct 5 2005 3:03PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.
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U.S. said to investigate ex-D.C. mayor
Oct 5 2005 2:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Mayor Marion Barry, who once served prison time on a drug charge, may have a new legal problem. There are reports the government is investigating whether he has filed any federal income tax returns since 1998.
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2 convicted for 1991 slayings in Boston
Oct 5 2005 2:32PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two men were convicted Wednesday in the execution-style slayings of five people in a Chinatown social club nearly 15 years ago.
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Experts: Several factors doomed tour boat
Oct 5 2005 2:21PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The lake was busy with boat traffic. The Ethan Allen was loaded with 47 passengers, all of them senior citizens, some infirm. There was only one crewman aboard, and he was 74.
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Texas court overturns man's death sentence
Oct 5 2005 1:45PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A convicted killer whose case stirred national debate over whether mentally retarded inmates should be executed had his death sentence overturned for the third time Wednesday.
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Texas facility houses disabled evacuees
Oct 5 2005 1:44PM (CT)
PALESTINE, Texas (AP) - Down a winding lane from their dorms to the cafeteria, they hobble along, clutching their caregivers' steady hands or walking just within arm's reach.
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Ex-Wisconsin state senator pleads guilty
Oct 5 2005 1:43PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A former state lawmaker pleaded guilty Wednesday to using state employees to run a political campaign and obstructing a law officer, ending his three-year fight against accusations he abused his political power.
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U.N.: 130 million youth still illiterate
Oct 5 2005 1:07PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Today's youth are the best educated generation in history even though 130 million are still illiterate, according to a new U.N. report that urges greater investment to ensure universal primary schooling.
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Dems pursue Ohio election system overhaul
Oct 5 2005 12:50PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Democrats pushing an overhaul of the election system in Ohio _ the state that swung the White House race to President Bush last year _ are hoping timing truly is everything.
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Mo. popcorn plant settles illness claims
Oct 5 2005 12:47PM (CT)
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - The claims of 19 people who blame lung disease on the butter flavoring used at the popcorn plant where they worked have been settled for an undisclosed sum.
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Building bombed by Rudolph gutted by fire
Oct 5 2005 12:40PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A vacant building that once housed a gay nightclub targeted by convicted serial bomber Eric Rudolph has been gutted by fire.
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Freeway chase in Wash. ends in suicide
Oct 5 2005 11:49AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A 10-mile freeway chase ended early Wednesday when the man pursued by police killed himself, authorities said.
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Witness describes chaos in Ga. courthouse
Oct 5 2005 11:47AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The man accused of killing four people during a rampage that started in a courthouse herded people into an office before the shootings, held a gun to a deputy's head and declared, "I got nothing to lose," a witness told investigators.
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Goodyear to build new version of blimp
Oct 5 2005 10:55AM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said it will build a new version of a bullet-shaped blimp by spring to replace one that crashed in June during a violent storm in Florida.
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Planning commissioner resigns in Chicago
Oct 5 2005 10:13AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The city's planning commissioner has resigned following inquiries into her involvement with her husband's real estate projects.
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GOP-backed candidate forced into runoff
Oct 5 2005 4:55AM (CT)
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Illegal immigration emerged as a critical issue in the race to fill the nation's only vacant House seat, as an anti-immigration activist siphoned off enough votes from the GOP-backed favorite to force a runoff election.
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Archaeologists report on slave community
Oct 5 2005 4:05AM (CT)
VANDALIA, Mich. (AP) - Over the years, Sondra Mose-Ursery received a lot of blank looks from neighbors in response to her questions about a nearly forgotten 19th-century community of fugitive slaves.
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Mayor of New Orleans announces layoffs
Oct 5 2005 3:36AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - His city in financial ruin from Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin is slashing about half the city's work force _ a move he said caused him "great sadness."
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English not only language immigrants learn
Oct 5 2005 3:15AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - When Afghan immigrant Miram Aioby arrived in America in the early 1980s, he landed in Miami Beach, where people thought he was Cuban and insisted he speak Spanish.
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