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Rare map thief gets 5 years behind bars
Oct 14 2006 11:47PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A man who admitted stealing rare and valuable old maps from libraries has been sentenced to five years in a Connecticut prison.
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Studds, 1st openly gay congressman, dies
Oct 14 2006 11:24PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Former Rep. Gerry Studds, who became the first openly gay member of Congress when his homosexuality was exposed during a teenage page sex scandal, died early Saturday. He was 69.
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Relative: Slain Fla. family had no foes
Oct 14 2006 11:17PM (CT)
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - Yessica Guerrero Escobedo and Jose Luis Escobedo were high school sweethearts, a relative said, who fell in love and married. Recently, they packed up their two children and left their Texas home, headed for Florida in search of a new life.
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Son suspected as 5 in Iowa family slain
Oct 14 2006 11:11PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Three high school girls and their parents were found dead Saturday morning at their home in eastern Iowa, and the couple's son was arrested in Illinois and considered a suspect, officials said.
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Flood watch follows record N.Y. snowfall
Oct 14 2006 9:44PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A flood watch was posted Saturday as the region's record snowfall melted, and around 325,000 homes and businesses still had no electricity.
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Fla. examines camps for delinquents
Oct 14 2006 9:03PM (CT)
GREENVILLE, Fla. (AP) - State juvenile justice officials and other agencies are looking into whether improper and excessive restraint tactics were used at a privately run camp for delinquent boys, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Autopsy performed on Vt. college senior
Oct 14 2006 8:58PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A man authorities are investigating in the case of a University of Vermont senior who was found dead along a ravine was being held without bail on unrelated charges Saturday while an autopsy was performed on the victim.
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Police: Mom used son to hit boyfriend
Oct 14 2006 8:22PM (CT)
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Pregnant with her fifth child, Chytoria Graham often walked the streets of her working-class neighborhood, happily pushing her 1-year-old in a stroller while the other children walked alongside her.
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Shooter's wife thanks Amish community
Oct 14 2006 7:47PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - The wife of a gunman who killed five girls and injured five others at an Amish school released a statement thanking the Amish and others in the Lancaster County community for their "forgiveness, grace and mercy."
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Minn. principal who shot kittens resigns
Oct 14 2006 7:41PM (CT)
INDUS, Minn. (AP) - A school principal has resigned and could face felony firearm charges after he shot and killed two orphaned kittens on school property last month.
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Canoers stranded in Ariz. storm rescued
Oct 14 2006 7:22PM (CT)
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - Park rangers rescued dozens of stranded visitors at the popular Willow Beach and Black Canyon areas on the Arizona side of the Colorado River Saturday after a strong storm lashed the region.
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At long last, a Va. Air Force memorial
Oct 14 2006 5:08PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - President Bush helped the Air Force make a dream come true on Saturday, dedicating a hilltop monument for the service to the memory of airmen lost defending America and to those that fight for it still.
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Pilots adjust to new NYC flight rules
Oct 14 2006 5:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pilots and aviation experts said Saturday they weren't sure whether new rules placing restrictions on flights over the East River would make the skies safer, and some said they could prompt aviation companies to take their business elsewhere.
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Jury selection set in Cape Cod slaying
Oct 14 2006 4:18PM (CT)
TRURO, Mass. (AP) - It's been four years since fashion writer Christa Worthington was found dead on the bloody kitchen floor, her baby clinging to her body.
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200Mth American ready to pass the torch
Oct 14 2006 3:41PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - When the 300 millionth American is born or immigrates this week, Bobby Woo will welcome a new milestone that surpasses an unofficial distinction he has held for nearly 39 years.
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Gallaudet classes set to resume Monday
Oct 14 2006 3:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Classes were scheduled to resume Monday at the nation's only liberal arts university for the deaf and hearing-impaired after more than 100 demonstrators were arrested in a protest over its incoming president.
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4 kids killed in refugee family violence
Oct 14 2006 3:12PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Fatuma Amir and Said Biyad, members of a persecuted minority, came to the United States from Somalia to escape the violence in their homeland and make a better life for themselves and their four young children.
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NYC mayor has own air crash experience
Oct 14 2006 2:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Long before he was mayor, Michael Bloomberg was a recreational pilot who successfully crash-landed a burning helicopter with inches to spare and once glided a powerless airplane to an airport after a mechanical failure.
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2 still missing from La. pipeline blast
Oct 14 2006 2:04PM (CT)
CYPREMORT POINT, La. (AP) - Investigators were trying Saturday to determine the cause of a gas pipeline explosion that killed four people off the Louisiana coast, as a Coast Guard auxiliary plane searched for two people still missing since the blast.
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Chrysler execs test drive used fleet
Oct 14 2006 11:18AM (CT)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The top 250 executives at Chrysler are test driving 3-year-old vehicles to check reliability and the consumer experience at the request of Chrysler Group President and Chief Executive Tom LaSorda.
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Police find body of Vt. college student
Oct 14 2006 9:15AM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - After chasing leads for nearly a week, police investigating the disappearance of a University of Vermont student got a break when a group of hikers spotted a body in a rocky ravine.
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Arbitrator: Supermax prison understaffed
Oct 14 2006 6:13AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Staffing at the Supermax prison has gotten so low that job hazards have increased for correctional officers watching over the nation's worst terrorists, an arbitrator has ruled.
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'Guru of Ganja' indicted again
Oct 14 2006 5:37AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal grand jury has again indicted the self-proclaimed "Guru of Ganja" on charges that he grew hundreds of marijuana plants for a dispensary.
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Experts analyze Lidle's fatal U-turn
Oct 14 2006 4:37AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Aviation experts said Friday that inexperience, the tight airspace over the city, mechanical failure, hazy weather or a gust of wind through New York's concrete canyons could explain why Cory Lidle's plane failed to execute a U-turn and slammed into the side of a high-rise.
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SEAL falls on grenade to save comrades
Oct 14 2006 3:45AM (CT)
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.
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Teen questioned for online Bush threats
Oct 14 2006 3:12AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com.
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Black Panthers reunite 40 years later
Oct 14 2006 2:19AM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - The Black Panther Party officially existed for just 16 years, but its reach has endured far longer.
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Arrest made in Ariz. reservation rapes
Oct 14 2006 1:57AM (CT)
FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. (AP) - Federal officials arrested a man Friday who they believe was posing as a police officer and raping young girls on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
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