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Three die in Ala. house fire
Oct 10 2005 11:05PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Three people died in a fire Monday that collapsed part of the home and burst a natural gas line, officials said.
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Two Georgia Tech dorms evacuated
Oct 10 2005 11:04PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Students evacuated two Georgia Tech dorms Monday after a chemical-filled bottle found in a campus courtyard exploded. At least two more bottles were found and detonated by police.
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Storm drops 20 inches of snow in Colo.
Oct 10 2005 11:01PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A powerful storm that dropped up to 20 inches of snow in parts of Colorado knocked out power Monday to thousands of people, closed a lengthy stretch of a major highway and triggered rock slides in the foothills.
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American Univ. trustees oust president
Oct 10 2005 10:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - American University trustees announced Monday night that Benjamin Ladner will not return as president after a months-long investigation into his spending.
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Man charged in deaths of three
Oct 10 2005 10:44PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A man was charged with homicide Monday for allegedly stabbing his two daughters and his pregnant girlfriend, then setting their house on fire, authorities said.
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One dead when train rams truck in Texas
Oct 10 2005 10:34PM (CT)
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) - An Amtrak passenger train rammed a pickup truck that had ignored warnings at a railroad crossing Monday, killing a woman and injuring two others, officials said.
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Fraternity suspends Boulder chapter
Oct 10 2005 10:30PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The national office of a fraternity involved in a "date rape" drug investigation at the University of Colorado shut down the Boulder chapter Monday, but said the action stemmed from other violations.
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Radar malfunction causes delays at Logan
Oct 10 2005 10:13PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Air traffic was backed up for several hours at Logan International Airport on Monday because of a glitch in the radar system, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said.
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Vince weakens to tropical storm
Oct 10 2005 10:11PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Vince weakened but did not break up over the cooler water of the far eastern Atlantic, and was expected to make landfall along the southern coast of Portugal or southwestern Spain on Tuesday.
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Subject of taped beating says he was sober
Oct 10 2005 10:07PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A retired elementary teacher who was repeatedly punched in the head by police in an incident caught on videotape said Monday he was not drunk, put up no resistance and was baffled by what happened.
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Lawyers question motives in hospital sale
Oct 10 2005 10:03PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - HCA Inc.'s plan to sell five hospitals, including its four in West Virginia, is a ruse to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in potential damages from malpractice allegations against a doctor, according to lawyers who have asked the state to review the $330 million deal.
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Northeast torrential rains leave 10 dead
Oct 10 2005 10:01PM (CT)
ALSTEAD, N.H. (AP) - Residents assessed the damage wrought by the weekend's deadly floods across the Northeast, but the swollen rivers barely had a chance to recede Monday as more rain was forecast.
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Group asks Calif. gov. to return donation
Oct 10 2005 9:35PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A watchdog group is calling on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign to return a $105,000 donation from the insurance industry that came the same day he vetoed a bill the group opposed. A spokesman for Schwarzenegger said the timing was a coincidence.
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Schwarzenegger enlists McCain
Oct 10 2005 9:22PM (CT)
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - With his popularity at an all-time low, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned Monday to Republican Sen. John McCain to help sell his November ballot proposals to a skeptical public.
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Tenn. man gets life for killing parents
Oct 10 2005 9:14PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A man who said he was heeding a call from God when he gunned down his parents and used a chain saw to cut up his mother's body pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder.
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Ark. Lt. Gov. receives marrow transplant
Oct 10 2005 8:27PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller was recovering at a Seattle hospital Monday following a bone marrow transplant to combat a rare blood disorder that could lead to leukemia.
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Ore. Christian Coalition head to step down
Oct 10 2005 8:26PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The head of the Christian Coalition of Oregon said Monday that he is "withdrawing from public life," a day after news reports detailed accusations of sexual abuse from three female relatives.
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Detroit mayoral candidate's son arrested
Oct 10 2005 8:05PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The son of Detroit mayoral candidate Freman Hendrix was arrested early Monday on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, authorities said.
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Taxicab driver, passenger killed in S.F.
Oct 10 2005 7:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An alleged drunken driver in a pickup truck ran a stop sign and rammed a taxi, killing the cab driver and a passenger, police said Monday.
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New Orleans police struggle with upheaval
Oct 10 2005 7:42PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Their homes are gone, their families scattered, their reputations sliding by the day. Home for most New Orleans police officers is a cramped cruise ship, and work is 12- to 14-hour days in a wrecked city. When time off does come along, there is nowhere to go and no one to spend it with.
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Three bodies found in ruins after fire
Oct 10 2005 6:53PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Three bodies were discovered in the charred ruins of an apartment complex destroyed last week by fire, officials said Monday.
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Ohio upholds grandparents' visitations
Oct 10 2005 6:46PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday that grandparents can be awarded visitation rights with grandchildren over a parent's wishes in some circumstances.
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Scalia leads Columbus Day parade in N.Y.
Oct 10 2005 5:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly a half century after he marched in New York's Columbus Day parade as a high school student, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia returned to his hometown Monday to lead marchers up Fifth Avenue as the procession's grand marshal.
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Governors parking SUVS as gas prices soar
Oct 10 2005 5:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When gas prices soared after Hurricane Katrina, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson looked at the Lincoln Navigator that ferries him around his home state and thought about the message he was sending.
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Police shot man listed as Hurricane victim
Oct 10 2005 4:09PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - One of the people included in Hurricane Katrina's death toll in New Orleans was shot by police. Danny Brumfield, 45, was killed by Officer Ronald Mitchell outside the convention center around 2 a.m. on Sept. 3, just before the National Guard arrived to evacuate the increasingly dangerous and chaotic building, police said.
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Lincoln National to acquire Jefferson-Pilot
Oct 10 2005 3:58PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Lincoln National Corp. said Monday it will acquire rival Jefferson-Pilot Corp. for about $7.5 billion in cash and stock, as the two century-old companies create what executives said would be one of the largest publicly traded life insurance companies in the U.S.
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N.Y. scales back subway security measures
Oct 10 2005 3:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After four days on high alert, police announced Monday that they were scaling back a subway security crackdown prompted by a report of an al-Qaida plot to blow up trains.
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SEALs launching public recruiting effort
Oct 10 2005 3:23PM (CT)
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - The Navy SEALs prefer to operate in the shadows, but the Pentagon's need to increase the ranks of the elite terrorist-hunting commando force is prompting an unusually splashy recruiting effort.
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Ranch officials charged over pesticide
Oct 10 2005 1:42PM (CT)
OAKDALE, Calif. (AP) - The co-owner and a manager of a nut company face felony charges after a hose ruptured and sprayed an almond orchard worker with pesticide, causing life-threatening injuries.
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Katrina evacuees seeing seasons change
Oct 10 2005 12:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Le'Ton Jackson packed a few T-shirts and jeans before heading north to escape Hurricane Katrina's wrath. Her weekend plans turned into a weekslong stay, and pretty soon it dawned on her: New York's winter is on the way, and she might actually need a coat.
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One dead after man drives car into crowd
Oct 10 2005 12:25PM (CT)
ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (AP) - Police were searching Monday for a man who allegedly drove his car into a crowd of people on a sidewalk, killing one and injuring five, after getting into a fight about a soccer match.
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Miers gets standing ovation at church
Oct 10 2005 10:51AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The buzz among members of the breakaway evangelical group called Cornerstone Christian Church normally is focused on the congregation's future.
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Charges announced in 1973 Mich. slaying
Oct 10 2005 10:28AM (CT)
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Two men were charged with murder in the 1973 slaying of a Michigan State University student, including a man who was accused at the time and then freed.
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Elder Bush wraps up tour of Gulf damage
Oct 10 2005 9:56AM (CT)
CAMERON, La. (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush wrapped up a tour of the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast on Sunday with a helicopter trip over parts of Texas and Louisiana, saying the damage reminded him of last year's Asian tsunami.
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Father of U.S. cavalry gets hero's burial
Oct 10 2005 8:20AM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The Polish nobleman regarded as the father of the American cavalry finally received a hero's funeral on the 226th anniversary of the Revolutionary War battle in which he was mortally wounded.
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Police: Man kills wife, then self in Fla.
Oct 10 2005 6:09AM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A man fatally shot his wife and then himself while discussing their upcoming divorce with his attorney on the telephone, police said.
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Sumo champions battle in Vegas exhibition
Oct 10 2005 5:36AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sumo's biggest stars battled each other and the buffets at an exhibition competition in Las Vegas _ perhaps the most unlikely of places for a 1,500-year-old sport steeped in spiritual origins.
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Aquarium fish trade unregulated in Hawaii
Oct 10 2005 3:46AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - After 2 1/2 hours out on the ocean, Randy Fernley returns to dock with six deep plastic bins filled with tropical fish destined for home aquariums.
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U.S. Muslims donate aid for Asian quake
Oct 10 2005 3:41AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Kosar Kazmi planned to journey to Pakistan after getting devastating news from a brother _ many of their relatives had been killed in the earthquake.
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Storm damage scraps hope for Miss. casino
Oct 10 2005 3:17AM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - When Hurricane Katrina finished pounding this seaside city, it appeared the Beau Rivage hotel-casino had escaped serious damage.
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