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Northeasterners wait longer to get married
Oct 12 2005 11:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Couples in the Northeast are hearing wedding bells later than men and women elsewhere in the country _ especially Utah, where younger newlyweds are the norm.
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U.S. case against N.M. treasurer expands
Oct 12 2005 11:30PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Federal prosecutors charged New Mexico's state treasurer with 19 counts of extortion Wednesday, alleging he pocketed $265,000 in kickbacks while investing public money.
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Six days of rain in N.J.; N.H. awaits more
Oct 12 2005 11:12PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A sixth straight day of rain from a storm that has parked itself over New Jersey snarled traffic Wednesday, delaying flights and causing flooding that was only expected to worsen.
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Wis. raid nets 49 on drug, murder charges
Oct 12 2005 11:07PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Forty-nine members of a street gang known as the Almighty Latin King Nation were indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges for crimes that include four murders, 38 attempted murders and widespread drug trafficking.
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Fla. man kills self as shot wife gets help
Oct 12 2005 11:02PM (CT)
SWEETWATER, Fla. (AP) - A man shot his wife Wednesday, then forced his way into the ambulance where she was being treated by paramedics and fatally shot himself, authorities said.
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Texas gays denounce marriage amendment
Oct 12 2005 10:52PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Gay and lesbian rights groups unveiled a series of television ads on Wednesday using same-sex couples to speak against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
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Explosion damages new pork plant, 1 dead
Oct 12 2005 10:35PM (CT)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - An explosion ripped through a pork processing plant under construction Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 14 others just days before production was to begin.
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Spokane mayor tries to block files release
Oct 12 2005 10:24PM (CT)
RITZVILLE, Wash. (AP) - Lawyers for embattled Spokane Mayor James E. West told a judge Wednesday that the contents of his City Hall laptop computer were not public records and should not be released.
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Prosecutors seek BTK killer restrictions
Oct 12 2005 10:23PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - A judge recommended Wednesday that BTK killer Dennis Rader receive treatment as a sexual offender while he serves the rest of his life in prison for 10 murders.
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LA Archdiocese papers may rush settlements
Oct 12 2005 10:22PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Newly released documents detailing sex abuse allegations against Roman Catholic priests could help speed hundreds of lawsuits toward settlement as the Los Angeles Archdiocese faces potentially damaging developments on other fronts in the abuse crisis.
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States aim to protect poor from heat bills
Oct 12 2005 10:21PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - With fuel bills expected to rise sharply this winter, states are setting aside extra money for the poor, dispensing energy-conservation tips and pleading for federal aid to help Americans keep the heat on when the weather turns cold.
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Mobile homes, campers wait at FEMA sites
Oct 12 2005 10:02PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - More than 9,000 mobile homes and campers meant for the victims of Hurricane Katrina are sitting unused at government staging areas while displaced families continue to live out of tents and shelters.
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Big Easy cops deny using excessive force
Oct 12 2005 10:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A police union official and a lawyer for officers accused in the beating of a retired teacher on Wednesday sharply disputed the man's contention he was brutalized during his arrest, which was captured on video.
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Arkansas mother gives birth to 16th child
Oct 12 2005 9:56PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again. Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces.
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Former N.C. congressman gets four years
Oct 12 2005 9:36PM (CT)
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - Former Rep. Frank Ballance was sentenced Wednesday to four years in federal prison for conspiring to divert taxpayer money to his law firm and family through a charitable organization he helped start.
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U.N. looking for cheap temporary space
Oct 12 2005 9:13PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations is looking at everything in its search for cheap temporary space _ islands, cruise ships, and even large tents. And Brooklyn is definitely still in the running.
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Attorney: Children once caged now struggle
Oct 12 2005 9:02PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - An attorney for a couple who kept some of their 11 adopted children in cages at night said Wednesday the youngsters have been placed with foster parents unequipped to take care of their special needs.
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Prosecutors: Wife sent dead husband's ring
Oct 12 2005 8:49PM (CT)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - A woman accused of dismembering her husband and dumping the body in suitcases off the Virginia coast recently tried to frame his sister by sending authorities a package containing his wedding ring and keys, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Judge to decide fate of soldier's remains
Oct 12 2005 8:16PM (CT)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - The final resting place of a 28-year-old soldier killed in Iraq is now in the hands of a judge who said he would have preferred the bitterly divided family could have resolved the matter without him.
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Consular: Man in Bush plot denied torture
Oct 12 2005 7:29PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A U.S. consular officer in Saudi Arabia who made jail visits to a man accused of plotting to assassinate President Bush testified Wednesday that he saw no evidence the inmate had been tortured, but he said he was denied access to him for nearly a month.
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Man charged with murder in Kansas fire
Oct 12 2005 7:00PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - A man suspected of setting a fire that killed three fellow residents at an apartment complex was charged Wednesday with three counts of first-degree murder.
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Man arrested on charges of stealing jet
Oct 12 2005 6:52PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A man was arrested on charges of stealing a charter jet and taking it on a 350-mile joy ride from Florida to Georgia, police said Wednesday.
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New Orleans worries about resident exodus
Oct 12 2005 6:50PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Clarence Rodriguez has ripped up the water-buckled floor tiles and is hard at work scraping mold off the walls of his home in the mostly black and impoverished Ninth Ward. But as for his neighbors, many have gathered up their belongings and left, with no intention of returning ... and that worries Rodriguez and others.
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U.S. judge awards hostage's family $91M
Oct 12 2005 6:50PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Relatives of a former U.S. hostage held in Lebanon for more than five years were awarded $91 million by a U.S. judge for emotional distress in a lawsuit filed against Iran.
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Minivan rollover accident kills 1 in Utah
Oct 12 2005 6:15PM (CT)
MOAB, Utah (AP) - The 17-year-old driver of a minivan crammed with illegal immigrants apparently fell asleep at the wheel, causing a rollover accident that killed one passenger, authorities said.
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22,000 wait to leave hurricane shelters
Oct 12 2005 5:56PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Three days before the federal government's self-imposed deadline for emptying shelters of Hurricane Katrina victims, more than 22,000 people are still waiting to get out, the head of the relief effort said Wednesday.
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Mardi Gras to go on, but specifics murky
Oct 12 2005 5:20PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras organizers promised Wednesday to roll out the city's signature celebration in February despite the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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Award-winning journalist Jack White dies
Oct 12 2005 5:07PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Jack White, a reporter whose story on President Nixon's underpayment of income taxes won a Pulitzer Prize and prompted Nixon to utter the famous line, "I am not a crook," died Wednesday at 63.
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Donor response to quake aid falls short
Oct 12 2005 4:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - American donors, overwhelmingly generous following the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, are responding much more slowly to the devastating earthquake in Pakistan.
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FEMA reconsiders gun ban at trailer park
Oct 12 2005 3:20PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Amid complaints from gun-rights groups, FEMA said Wednesday it is reconsidering a ban on firearms at emergency housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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St. Louis to pay to settle homeless suit
Oct 12 2005 3:08PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The city agreed Wednesday to pay 25 homeless people $80,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing police of harassing and unjustly jailing them to clear downtown over the Fourth of July weekend last year.
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Joan Kennedy recovers from cancer surgery
Oct 12 2005 1:01PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Joan Kennedy, former wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy and mother of Rep. Patrick Kennedy, was recovering Wednesday from breast cancer surgery.
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Court: Colo. arsonist faces resentencing
Oct 12 2005 11:51AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The state Supreme Court let stand a ruling that a former forestry worker serving a 12-year sentence for starting Colorado's worst wildfire must be resentenced because evacuees from the blaze included the trial judge.
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Operations back to normal at Mass. airport
Oct 12 2005 11:01AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Operations were back to normal at Logan International Airport on Wednesday, after two days of delays caused by a faulty radar antenna.
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Ga. teacher denies molesting students
Oct 12 2005 10:57AM (CT)
SYLVESTER, Ga. (AP) - A third-grade teacher accused of slashing her wrists in front of her class and molesting students has pleaded not guilty.
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Tooth donation nets $500 for Katrina aid
Oct 12 2005 9:50AM (CT)
BRANDON, S.D. (AP) - An 8-year-old girl with a big heart and loose tooth found a creative way to help people displaced by the hurricanes.
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Ga. Tech student arrested for making bomb
Oct 12 2005 9:08AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia Tech freshman has been arrested after confessing to making a bottle bomb that exploded in a campus courtyard and led to the evacuation of two dormitories, authorities said.
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Ex-Chicago foreman sentenced in scheme
Oct 12 2005 8:32AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago Department of Transportation foreman who admitted selling city-owned asphalt for his own profit was sentenced to six months in prison.
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Flights are back on schedule in Boston
Oct 12 2005 8:08AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Flights were back on schedule at Logan International Airport on Wednesday, after two days of delays caused by a faulty radar antenna.
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8-year-old girl sends tooth to Red Cross
Oct 12 2005 5:54AM (CT)
BRANDON, S.D. (AP) - An 8-year-old girl with a big heart and loose tooth found a creative way to help people displaced by the hurricanes.
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Lawyers: 3 conspired in Hastings murders
Oct 12 2005 5:29AM (CT)
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) - The son of a Hastings couple conspired with two other teenagers to kill his parents because of recent arguments and to cash in on their estate, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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NYC mayor feeds campaign workers well
Oct 12 2005 4:12AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Stale coffee and day-old pizza _ the typical fuel for political campaigns _ have no place at the table in billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg's re-election operation.
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Environmentalists want wildlife overpass
Oct 12 2005 2:33AM (CT)
VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Deer tracks are easy to find in the tall grass and wildflowers bordering Interstate 70, where cars and trucks roar past on their way through the Colorado mountains.
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Study released on poverty in the U.S.
Oct 12 2005 12:54AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Many of the country's most disadvantaged minority households are trapped in pockets of concentrated urban poverty, preventing them from getting the educations and jobs that would enable them to rise above the poverty line.
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Report released on life sentences for kids
Oct 12 2005 12:50AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - There are 2,225 people serving life terms in prison without parole for crimes committed as children, most of them in a handful of states where judges don't have the discretion to impose lighter penalties.
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