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Sex offender arrested in Virginia
Oct 6 2007 11:48PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A sex offender accused of running off with a 15-year-old Florida girl has been arrested, police said Saturday. The girl was released at a Wal-Mart store this week.
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Boom, bust in area beset by foreclosures
Oct 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (AP) - Out on Phoenix's suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing what's left of the hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to a close. The home hour has arrived.
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Boom, bust in area beset by foreclosures
Oct 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (AP) - Out on Phoenix's suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing what's left of the hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to a close. The home hour has arrived.
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Boom, bust in area beset by foreclosures
Oct 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (AP) - Out on Phoenix's suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing what's left of the hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to a close. The home hour has arrived.
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Boom, bust in area beset by foreclosures
Oct 6 2007 11:38PM (CT)
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (AP) - Out on Phoenix's suburban fringes, where cement mixers are fast colonizing what's left of the hay and cotton fields, the day is winding to a close. The home hour has arrived.
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Foundry explosion rocks Tacoma, Wash.
Oct 6 2007 10:05PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - An explosion heard miles away sent a ball of fire over a historic foundry Saturday afternoon, shutting down a major highway, cutting power to the city's industrial area and critically injuring a truck driver.
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Foundry explosion rocks Tacoma, Wash.
Oct 6 2007 10:05PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - An explosion heard miles away sent a ball of fire over a historic foundry Saturday afternoon, shutting down a major highway, cutting power to the city's industrial area and critically injuring a truck driver.
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Foundry explosion rocks Tacoma, Wash.
Oct 6 2007 10:05PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - An explosion heard miles away sent a ball of fire over a historic foundry Saturday afternoon, shutting down a major highway, cutting power to the city's industrial area and critically injuring a truck driver.
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Foundry explosion rocks Tacoma, Wash.
Oct 6 2007 10:05PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - An explosion heard miles away sent a ball of fire over a historic foundry Saturday afternoon, shutting down a major highway, cutting power to the city's industrial area and critically injuring a truck driver.
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Explosion injures 20 at NYC building
Oct 6 2007 9:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An apparent gas leak caused a Manhattan apartment building to explode, injuring 20 people, four of them children who were critically burned, officials said.
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Explosion injures 20 at NYC building
Oct 6 2007 9:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An apparent gas leak caused a Manhattan apartment building to explode, injuring 20 people, four of them children who were critically burned, officials said.
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Explosion injures 20 at NYC building
Oct 6 2007 9:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An apparent gas leak caused a Manhattan apartment building to explode, injuring 20 people, four of them children who were critically burned, officials said.
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Mother gets plea deal in '81 poisoning
Oct 6 2007 9:43PM (CT)
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A former nurse serving life behind bars for poisoning two of her children more than 25 years ago could be freed soon after a judge accepted a plea agreement in which she admitted to the crimes.
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Man charged in Philadelphia ATM killings
Oct 6 2007 9:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A convicted bank robber charged with killing two armored car guards had spotted the vehicle on the road and followed it to an ATM, where he opened fire, a homicide detective said Saturday.
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Man charged in Philadelphia ATM killings
Oct 6 2007 9:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A convicted bank robber charged with killing two armored car guards had spotted the vehicle on the road and followed it to an ATM, where he opened fire, a homicide detective said Saturday.
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Man charged in Philadelphia ATM killings
Oct 6 2007 9:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A convicted bank robber charged with killing two armored car guards had spotted the vehicle on the road and followed it to an ATM, where he opened fire, a homicide detective said Saturday.
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Man charged in Philadelphia ATM killings
Oct 6 2007 9:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A convicted bank robber charged with killing two armored car guards had spotted the vehicle on the road and followed it to an ATM, where he opened fire, a homicide detective said Saturday.
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San Diego diocese seeks donations
Oct 6 2007 9:00PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Catholic Diocese of San Diego is asking parishioners and priests to make contributions to help pay for the recent $198.1 million sexual abuse settlement.
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Congresswoman dies after cancer fight
Oct 6 2007 8:41PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis, a Republican who represented southeastern Virginia for seven years, died Saturday morning after a two-year battle with breast cancer, her office said.
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Protests disrupt Co. Columbus Day parade
Oct 6 2007 8:23PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Protesters blocked the city's Columbus Day parade route Saturday, pouring a bucket filled with fake blood and dismembered baby dolls onto the street as police arrested 83 people.
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Protests disrupt Co. Columbus Day parade
Oct 6 2007 8:23PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Protesters blocked the city's Columbus Day parade route Saturday, pouring a bucket filled with fake blood and dismembered baby dolls onto the street as police arrested 83 people.
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Protests disrupt Co. Columbus Day parade
Oct 6 2007 8:23PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Protesters blocked the city's Columbus Day parade route Saturday, pouring a bucket filled with fake blood and dismembered baby dolls onto the street as police arrested 83 people.
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Protests disrupt Co. Columbus Day parade
Oct 6 2007 8:23PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Protesters blocked the city's Columbus Day parade route Saturday, pouring a bucket filled with fake blood and dismembered baby dolls onto the street as police arrested 83 people.
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Tammy Faye: 'Little lady who lived big'
Oct 6 2007 8:08PM (CT)
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - More than two months after Tammy Faye Messner died, her family, friends and fans gathered at a massive church to celebrate "the little lady who lived big."
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Sam's Club beef recalled after illnesses
Oct 6 2007 7:50PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Cargill Inc. is voluntarily recalling more than 840,000 pounds of ground beef patties distributed at Sam's Club stores nationwide after four Minnesota children who ate the food developed E. coli illness, a Cargill official said Saturday.
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3 Chicago cops get desk duty after video
Oct 6 2007 6:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Three police officers in a troubled unit have been assigned to desk duty after questions arose about the accuracy of a police report on a March 2004 drug arrest, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Mormon leader names new official
Oct 6 2007 6:33PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints named a new high-ranking church official at the 177th gathering of faithful Mormons on Saturday.
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Mormon leader names new official
Oct 6 2007 6:33PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints named a new high-ranking church official at the 177th gathering of faithful Mormons on Saturday.
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Boy leads La. cops on high-speed chase
Oct 6 2007 3:25PM (CT)
BOUTTE, La. (AP) - An 11-year-old boy led police on a chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph, leading to charges for him and his parents, who are accused of letting him drive for months, state police said.
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Man convicted in LA car trunk killing
Oct 6 2007 1:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man was convicted of murdering a businessman who was stuffed in the trunk of his Bentley and died as his kidnappers fled police eight years ago.
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Simpson case snares hodgepodge cast
Oct 6 2007 1:22PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's alleged hotel room heist involved a group of men with little in common, save for an interest in an infamous former football star and, in some cases, a penchant for running afoul of the law.
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Gunman's ex-wife sought half of property
Oct 6 2007 12:59PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 63-year-old man who killed two people and wounded three others at a downtown law firm was involved in a divorce settlement in which his ex-wife laid claim to half his property, court records show.
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Councilman wants to quit after suicide
Oct 6 2007 12:31PM (CT)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A councilman is considering resigning after a man pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head after the body declined to rezone his property.
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Deck stacked against Philly casino foes
Oct 6 2007 11:30AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Surging gun violence never got Kathy O'Neill to think about moving her family out of Philadelphia. Neither did an ever-struggling school system.
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R.I. grapples with faulty teen jail bill
Oct 6 2007 11:24AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - When 17-year-old Dennys George was arrested this summer, allegedly for carrying 10 grams of crack cocaine, he was taken handcuffed and shackled to the state prison's high-security wing _ not a juvenile facility.
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Oil heiress enters women's hall of fame
Oct 6 2007 8:30AM (CT)
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - For most of her adult life, Swanee Hunt has given away half of her annual income, a commitment she started in 1981 when she earned $70,000.
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Doc: Woman awake as baby taken from womb
Oct 6 2007 8:20AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A medical examiner testified that she believed a 23-year-old pregnant woman was conscious and trying to defend herself as a kitchen knife was used to crudely cut the baby from her womb as she was killed.
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Florida police find body of bank robber
Oct 6 2007 8:06AM (CT)
LAUDERHILL, Fla. (AP) - Police believe they found the body of a man who had robbed a bank and shot a security guard on Friday, authorities said.
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Duke lacrosse players sue Nifong, city
Oct 6 2007 5:40AM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape filed a sweeping federal lawsuit Friday that could return the sensational case to a courtroom, suing disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong, the city of Durham and the police detectives who handled the investigation.
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Marshals arrest N.H. tax evaders
Oct 6 2007 5:39AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - After months of monitoring a couple convicted of tax evasion, all U.S. marshals needed to get inside their fortress-like home was a little deception.
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Marshals arrest N.H. tax evaders
Oct 6 2007 5:39AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - After months of monitoring a couple convicted of tax evasion, all U.S. marshals needed to get inside their fortress-like home was a little deception.
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Marshals arrest N.H. tax evaders
Oct 6 2007 5:39AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - After months of monitoring a couple convicted of tax evasion, all U.S. marshals needed to get inside their fortress-like home was a little deception.
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Incarcerated prosecutor commits suicide
Oct 6 2007 5:38AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A federal prosecutor from Florida accused of flying to Detroit last month to molest a 5-year-old girl committed suicide in his cell Friday in federal prison, authorities said.
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Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts
Oct 6 2007 5:38AM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home."
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Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts
Oct 6 2007 5:38AM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home."
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Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts
Oct 6 2007 5:38AM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home."
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Prosecutor says Devlin will plead guilty
Oct 6 2007 5:37AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - For nearly a year, two Missouri boys have been preparing to walk into a courtroom and face the man accused of kidnapping and abusing them. Now, an apparent surprise deal will spare them the ordeal.
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Prosecutor says Devlin will plead guilty
Oct 6 2007 5:37AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - For nearly a year, two Missouri boys have been preparing to walk into a courtroom and face the man accused of kidnapping and abusing them. Now, an apparent surprise deal will spare them the ordeal.
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Wis. man guilty in Hmong man's death
Oct 6 2007 5:37AM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A guilty verdict provided little solace for the family of a Hmong hunter killed by a white former sawmill worker when they crossed paths while hunting squirrels in northern Wisconsin woods earlier this year.
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McDonald's worker wins strip-search suit
Oct 6 2007 5:36AM (CT)
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louise Ogborn displayed no signs of disappointment after her $200 million lawsuit against McDonald's Corp. resulted in a $6.1 million jury award for being forced to strip in a restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer.
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McDonald's worker wins strip-search suit
Oct 6 2007 5:36AM (CT)
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louise Ogborn displayed no signs of disappointment after her $200 million lawsuit against McDonald's Corp. resulted in a $6.1 million jury award for being forced to strip in a restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer.
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Atlantic City mayor drops out of sight
Oct 6 2007 4:35AM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Under federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam, a groggy-sounding Mayor Robert Levy called in sick at City Hall, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly dropped off the face of the Earth.
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El Salvador fugitive arrested in Calif.
Oct 6 2007 12:01AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former lawmaker from El Salvador wanted in his country on money laundering charges was arrested Friday in Southern California, authorities said.
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