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Colo. girl crushed by homecoming float
Oct 15 2007 11:32PM (CT)
WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) - A high school sophomore attempted to climb aboard a moving homecoming parade float but fell under the wheels and was crushed to death in front of onlookers, authorities said.
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Teacher: Teen gunman had look of hatred
Oct 15 2007 11:26PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A student gunman who shot four people and killed himself at a downtown high school was holding two revolvers and wearing an angry look when he burst into class, a wounded teacher said Monday.
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Life term for running down Ga. mom, kids
Oct 15 2007 11:04PM (CT)
COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Monday to running down two women and three children in a random attack in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant, killing a 2-year-old, and was sentenced to life in prison.
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Cockfighting bust nets 5,000 chickens
Oct 15 2007 10:55PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Authorities made what they called the largest cockfighting bust in U.S. history with the seizure of more than 5,000 roosters, hens and chicks from two training grounds, officials said Monday.
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Cockfighting bust nets 5,000 chickens
Oct 15 2007 10:55PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Authorities made what they called the largest cockfighting bust in U.S. history with the seizure of more than 5,000 roosters, hens and chicks from two training grounds, officials said Monday.
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Bison rebound in Yellowstone Park
Oct 15 2007 10:48PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Yellowstone National Park's bison herd has bounced back to near-record levels following the slaughter of more than 1,000 animals two winters ago to guard against the spread of disease, park administrators said Monday.
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Woman pleads guilty in phony ad case
Oct 15 2007 10:27PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A woman accused of placing an online ad that led to her aunt's vacant house being ransacked pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to three months of home detention.
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Libeled judge faces ethics charges
Oct 15 2007 10:09PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A judge defended himself Monday against ethics charges for writing to a newspaper after a jury found it libeled him, in part by quoting him as having said a rape victim should "get over it."
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Some survivors missing from deadly crash
Oct 15 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities scrambled Monday to find at least nine drivers who apparently escaped from vehicles trapped in a weekend tunnel inferno that killed three people on a key transportation route.
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Some survivors missing from deadly crash
Oct 15 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities scrambled Monday to find at least nine drivers who apparently escaped from vehicles trapped in a weekend tunnel inferno that killed three people on a key transportation route.
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Some survivors missing from deadly crash
Oct 15 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities scrambled Monday to find at least nine drivers who apparently escaped from vehicles trapped in a weekend tunnel inferno that killed three people on a key transportation route.
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Some survivors missing from deadly crash
Oct 15 2007 10:04PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities scrambled Monday to find at least nine drivers who apparently escaped from vehicles trapped in a weekend tunnel inferno that killed three people on a key transportation route.
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Calif. court OKs sex offender arrests
Oct 15 2007 9:42PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Parole agents can continue sweeps of sex offenders living too close to schools and parks after the state Supreme Court refused Monday to grant a broad injunction halting the arrests.
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Mexican cartel leader gets 6 years
Oct 15 2007 9:17PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The eldest of seven brothers behind Mexico's notorious Arellano Felix drug cartel was sentenced Monday to six years in a U.S. prison on cocaine charges from a drug bust that happened 27 years ago.
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Veteran puts Hitler's globe up for sale
Oct 15 2007 9:14PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Days after the end of World War II, an American soldier entering the wreckage of Adolf Hitler's mountain stronghold found that fierce Allied bombing had left the "Eagle's Nest" in ruins.
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Veteran puts Hitler's globe up for sale
Oct 15 2007 9:14PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Days after the end of World War II, an American soldier entering the wreckage of Adolf Hitler's mountain stronghold found that fierce Allied bombing had left the "Eagle's Nest" in ruins.
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Veteran puts Hitler's globe up for sale
Oct 15 2007 9:14PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Days after the end of World War II, an American soldier entering the wreckage of Adolf Hitler's mountain stronghold found that fierce Allied bombing had left the "Eagle's Nest" in ruins.
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Veteran puts Hitler's globe up for sale
Oct 15 2007 9:14PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Days after the end of World War II, an American soldier entering the wreckage of Adolf Hitler's mountain stronghold found that fierce Allied bombing had left the "Eagle's Nest" in ruins.
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N.O. takes on task of demolishing homes
Oct 15 2007 8:55PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city is taking bids to demolish more than 1,800 hurricane-damaged properties, believed to be the last of those ruined by Katrina that are still standing but beyond repair.
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Soldier's mom finds Silly String shipper
Oct 15 2007 8:43PM (CT)
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - After months of frustration, a mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.
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Soldier's mom finds Silly String shipper
Oct 15 2007 8:43PM (CT)
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - After months of frustration, a mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.
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Soldier's mom finds Silly String shipper
Oct 15 2007 8:43PM (CT)
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - After months of frustration, a mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.
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Soldier's mom finds Silly String shipper
Oct 15 2007 8:43PM (CT)
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - After months of frustration, a mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.
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Soldier's mom finds Silly String shipper
Oct 15 2007 8:43PM (CT)
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - After months of frustration, a mother of a soldier in Iraq has found someone to ship about 80,000 cans of Silly String to the troops, who use the foamy substance to detect trip wires on bombs.
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Ex-FBI agent on trial for mob deaths
Oct 15 2007 8:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former FBI agent charged with murder fed a mobster-turned-informant confidential information that was used in four brutal slayings, a prosecutor said in opening statements Monday.
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R.I. to cut 1,000 jobs in budget cuts
Oct 15 2007 8:24PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Don Carcieri announced Monday that he would eliminate more than 1,000 state jobs to help close an estimated $200 million budget deficit in Rhode Island, where the state is the largest employer.
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1983 mass murder trial opens in Texas
Oct 15 2007 8:13PM (CT)
NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) - Blood found at a fast-food restaurant in 1983 ties a convicted burglar to one of the state's oldest unsolved mass murders, a prosecutor said in opening statements Monday, while the defense questioned the reliability of the state's decades-old evidence.
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Searchers find hat of missing hiker
Oct 15 2007 8:06PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Emergency responders and volunteers searching for an autistic hiker in a national park found his hat Monday, a day after he strayed from his parents during a hike.
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Deals in O.J. case could cut both ways
Oct 15 2007 7:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men who cut plea deals Monday in a Las Vegas heist that authorities say O.J. Simpson masterminded could hamper the former football star's defense, but the men's dubious backgrounds could give prosecutors problems.
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Deals in O.J. case could cut both ways
Oct 15 2007 7:56PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two men who cut plea deals Monday in a Las Vegas heist that authorities say O.J. Simpson masterminded could hamper the former football star's defense, but the men's dubious backgrounds could give prosecutors problems.
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Scrutiny dampens Doolittle's fundraising
Oct 15 2007 7:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - GOP Rep. John Doolittle of California, under federal investigation in a Capitol Hill lobbying scandal, is lagging behind Republican and Democratic challengers in fundraising amid growing GOP concerns about whether he can win re-election.
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Ex-Alaska lawmaker sentenced to 5 years
Oct 15 2007 7:47PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A former Alaska lawmaker who was convicted of taking a nearly $24,000 bribe during an FBI sting was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.
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Ex-Alaska lawmaker sentenced to 5 years
Oct 15 2007 7:47PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A former Alaska lawmaker who was convicted of taking a nearly $24,000 bribe during an FBI sting was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.
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Craig appeals Minn. judge's ruling
Oct 15 2007 7:17PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Embattled Sen. Larry Craig asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday to overrule a county judge who refused to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with an arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.
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Flooding, flight troubles in North Texas
Oct 15 2007 7:06PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Heavy storms swept through North Texas on Monday, flooding roads, damaging buildings and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
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Fla. man condemned in girl's gator death
Oct 15 2007 6:34PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man convicted of murder for leaving a 5-year-old girl to be eaten alive by alligators in the Everglades was sentenced to death Monday.
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Bill urges postpartum depression studies
Oct 15 2007 6:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Monday urged health agencies to expand research into postpartum depression problems that affect up to one-fifth of new mothers and can, if untreated, lead to more serious psychoses.
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China protests Dalai Lama honor
Oct 15 2007 6:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - China is protesting U.S. honors for the Dalai Lama this week by pulling out of a planned international strategy session on Iran sought by the United States, a State Department official said Monday.
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Telecoms barred from disclosing spying
Oct 15 2007 5:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three telecommunications companies have declined to tell Congress whether they gave U.S. intelligence agencies access to Americans' phone and computer records without court orders, citing White House objections and national security.
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Man gets 20 years for oven assault
Oct 15 2007 5:02PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A man convicted of beating his wife's lover and then stuffing the unconscious man into a hot oven was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.
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Report: More Medicare savings possible
Oct 15 2007 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seniors and other taxpayers could have saved nearly $15 billion this year if the government slashed administrative costs in the Medicare drug program and negotiated the same kind of discounts it does for poor people under Medicaid, Democratic lawmakers said Monday.
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Drought tightens its grip on Southeast
Oct 15 2007 4:36PM (CT)
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) - If there's a ground zero for the epic drought that's tightening its grip on the South, it's once-mighty Lake Lanier, the Atlanta water source that's now a relative puddle surrounded by acres of dusty red clay.
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Chlorine leak found at water plant
Oct 15 2007 3:08PM (CT)
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - A chlorine dioxide leak was found at a water filtration plant Monday, prompting a nearly nine-hour evacuation of about 1,500 people in homes and businesses, officials said.
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Remains are those of missing Ohio woman
Oct 15 2007 12:31PM (CT)
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - Two women found dead six months after vanishing on a shopping trip likely missed their highway exit in northern Kentucky and then got stuck after going down an embankment, authorities said Monday.
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Remains are those of missing Ohio woman
Oct 15 2007 12:31PM (CT)
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - Two women found dead six months after vanishing on a shopping trip likely missed their highway exit in northern Kentucky and then got stuck after going down an embankment, authorities said Monday.
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Medtronic stops defibrillator wire sale
Oct 15 2007 11:43AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Medtronic Inc. is stopping distribution of wires that connect some of its defibrillators to patients' hearts after learning they may have contributed to five deaths.
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Sen. Craig to file appeal on Monday
Oct 15 2007 11:37AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Sen. Larry Craig says he will file an appeal Monday over a judge's refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.
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Branson: Fossett likely lost forever
Oct 15 2007 7:48AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson said Monday he had all but given up hope that explorer Steve Fossett would be found alive.
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Student spelunkers in Texas found safe
Oct 15 2007 6:54AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Three students rescued after spending 30 hours inside a cave they were exploring gave searchers a guide to find them: a trail of leaves they deliberately left behind.
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California bans chemical found in toys
Oct 15 2007 5:20AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California has banned toys and baby products containing more than a trace amount of a chemical used to soften plastics that scientists have linked to health problems.
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Honeycrisp apple brings sweet success
Oct 15 2007 3:27AM (CT)
EGG HARBOR, Wis. (AP) - Signs advertising Honeycrisp apples dot the Door County peninsula, where travelers and local families eagerly pony up $2 per pound or more for the prized fruit.
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Florida town celebrates tattoo parlors
Oct 15 2007 2:58AM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Tattoo artist Bo Mencarelli chills out on a chair near Duval Street's fish restaurants and beer-soaked bars, dragging on a cigarette and saying, "What's up, brother," to those who recognize the thin man with ink paintings on his arms.
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US feared summer foot-and-mouth outbreak
Oct 15 2007 2:52AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When there were fears of a foot-and-mouth outbreak in the Midwest this summer, the White House received secret briefings that highlighted the potential for old farm diseases to be new national security threats.
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Mass. gambling debate includes students
Oct 15 2007 2:32AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Harrah's Entertainment pitched a proposed Rhode Island casino to college students as a place "to have fun when they're taking a break from studying."
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