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Thousands cheer Farrakhan in Atlanta
Oct 16 2007 11:12PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - In a rare public appearance, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan urged black Americans on Tuesday night to separate from mainstream culture to establish and support their own community.
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W.Va. crews search for autistic hiker
Oct 16 2007 11:10PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Shouting promises of candy and other food, search crews combed rugged terrain Tuesday in hope of luring out an 18-year-old autistic hiker who wandered away from his parents.
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Chemical leak forces evacuation in Mich.
Oct 16 2007 10:53PM (CT)
MELVINDALE, Mich. (AP) - A hydrochloric acid leak at a metal finishing plant Tuesday forced the evacuation of 3,000 residents and schoolchildren, authorities said. At least one injury was reported.
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Tsongas' widow elected to U.S. House
Oct 16 2007 10:28PM (CT)
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - The widow of 1992 presidential candidate Paul Tsongas defeated the brother of an American Airlines pilot who died in the Sept. 11 attacks Tuesday in a special election for the U.S. House.
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Minn., slain student's family settle
Oct 16 2007 10:21PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The family of a college student who was kidnapped and killed by a convicted rapist six months after his release from prison has reached a $300,000 settlement with the state of Minnesota.
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Terror suspect in Gitmo meets his lawyer
Oct 16 2007 10:16PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - A terrorism suspect whom the government considers among the 15 most dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay met with his civilian attorney for the first time Tuesday.
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JFK workers charged with drug smuggling
Oct 16 2007 10:10PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A ring of airline employees exploited weaknesses in security procedures to help a New York drug ring smuggle heroin and cocaine through John F. Kennedy Airport, federal authorities charged Tuesday.
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Fort Dix suspect's sister claims assault
Oct 16 2007 10:05PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - The 12-year-old sister of a suspect in the alleged terrorist plot to attack Fort Dix was attacked at her middle school, two of her relatives said Tuesday.
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Psychiatrist: Woman claimed pregnancy
Oct 16 2007 9:41PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman accused of slicing a baby from another woman's womb and telling others the infant was her own said she believed she had given birth three days before the slaying, a psychiatrist testified Tuesday.
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Fugitive accused of raping child caught
Oct 16 2007 9:37PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A fugitive accused in the videotaped molestation of a toddler was arrested quietly during a traffic stop, telling the officer, "I'm tired of running," police said.
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Fugitive accused of raping child caught
Oct 16 2007 9:37PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A fugitive accused in the videotaped molestation of a toddler was arrested quietly during a traffic stop, telling the officer, "I'm tired of running," police said.
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Calif. sandstorm causes pileup, kills 2
Oct 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - A blinding sandstorm that caught drivers by surprise caused a pileup Tuesday on a highway in the high desert north of Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring 16, authorities said.
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Suit dismissed against Mexican cardinal
Oct 16 2007 9:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera, who had been accused of conspiring with Roman Catholic officials in the U.S. to transfer a priest accused of sexual abuse.
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Suit dismissed against Mexican cardinal
Oct 16 2007 9:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera, who had been accused of conspiring with Roman Catholic officials in the U.S. to transfer a priest accused of sexual abuse.
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Judge: Feds can withhold worker records
Oct 16 2007 8:37PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - A judge says the federal government can legally withhold the names, salaries and positions of more than 900,000 federal employees from a university agency that for years has made the information public.
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Boy to be charged as juvenile in death
Oct 16 2007 8:30PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A 13-year-old boy accused of killing his younger brother over a dessert will be charged as a juvenile, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Diocese seeks $25 million for settlement
Oct 16 2007 8:17PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is asking parishioners to donate $25 million to help pay for its $198.1 million settlement with childhood sex abuse victims.
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Ohio school reopens after shootings
Oct 16 2007 8:12PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Onlookers cheered Tuesday as students filed calmly into their high school for the first time since an armed classmate opened fire last week, wounding four people before killing himself.
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Ohio school reopens after shootings
Oct 16 2007 8:12PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Onlookers cheered Tuesday as students filed calmly into their high school for the first time since an armed classmate opened fire last week, wounding four people before killing himself.
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Ohio school reopens after shootings
Oct 16 2007 8:12PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Onlookers cheered Tuesday as students filed calmly into their high school for the first time since an armed classmate opened fire last week, wounding four people before killing himself.
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Car strikes hospital, killing 2 staffers
Oct 16 2007 8:11PM (CT)
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) - A car driven by a 76-year-old patient smashed into a hospital entrance, killing two staff members including a doctor who witnesses said was trying to push people out of the way, authorities said Tuesday.
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Teen who contracted staph infection dies
Oct 16 2007 7:53PM (CT)
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) - A high school student who was hospitalized for more than a week with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection has died. After a student protest, officials shut down 21 schools for cleaning to keep the illness from spreading.
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Sensor rejected before Minn. bridge fell
Oct 16 2007 7:39PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A consultant for the state Transportation Department recommended installing high-tech sensors to detect cracking on critical sections of an interstate bridge less than a year before the span collapsed, killing 13 people, records show.
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Nev. execution halted; others still on
Oct 16 2007 7:09PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A killer's execution was halted 90 minutes before he was set to die amid arguments from death penalty opponents that the state should wait until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of lethal injections.
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Senate rejects cuts to anti-crime grants
Oct 16 2007 7:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Shrugging off a veto threat by President Bush, the Senate passed a $57 billion bill Tuesday that restores major cuts to an anti-crime program that Bush has sought to virtually eliminate.
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Man kills intruder after alert from bird
Oct 16 2007 6:59PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A homeowner shot to death an intruder Tuesday after his parrot alerted him that someone was on the property, police said.
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West Point grad wins objector status
Oct 16 2007 6:42PM (CT)
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) - A West Point graduate who cited his religious beliefs in a lawsuit against the Army while serving in Iraq has been granted conscientious objector status and given an honorable discharge.
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Cops: 81-year old shoots man in laundry
Oct 16 2007 6:38PM (CT)
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - An 81-year-old woman shot a homeless man after finding him washing his clothes in her laundry room, police said, but the man said from his hospital room Tuesday that he's known the woman for years.
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Bush asks Congress to help fix VA system
Oct 16 2007 6:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pushed Congress on Tuesday to help modernize the government's inefficient system that cares for wounded veterans of war.
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Bush asks Congress to help fix VA system
Oct 16 2007 6:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pushed Congress on Tuesday to help modernize the government's inefficient system that cares for wounded veterans of war.
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Bush asks Congress to help fix VA system
Oct 16 2007 6:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush pushed Congress on Tuesday to help modernize the government's inefficient system that cares for wounded veterans of war.
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Lawmakers: Resolve military benefits
Oct 16 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are urging President Bush to ensure that education benefits are provided to the Minnesota National Guard, calling on him to issue an executive order if necessary to help members of one of the longest serving U.S. military units in Iraq.
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Hanging dummy removed after complaints
Oct 16 2007 6:10PM (CT)
GREENFIELD, Wis. (AP) - A dark mannequin hung from a noose as part of a homeowner's Halloween display drew complaints from members of the local black community, prompting the homeowner to remove it.
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Bill to condemn genocide in jeopardy
Oct 16 2007 6:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House vote to label the century-old deaths of Armenians as genocide was in jeopardy Tuesday after several Democrats withdrew their support and sounded alarms it could cripple U.S. relations with Turkey.
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Ind. inmate found 35 years after escape
Oct 16 2007 6:03PM (CT)
PULASKI, Tenn. (AP) - A 35-year hunt for an escaped Indiana inmate convicted of killing her husband has ended in a small Tennessee town, where the woman had remarried and raised a family, authorities said Tuesday.
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Ind. inmate found 35 years after escape
Oct 16 2007 6:03PM (CT)
PULASKI, Tenn. (AP) - A 35-year hunt for an escaped Indiana inmate convicted of killing her husband has ended in a small Tennessee town, where the woman had remarried and raised a family, authorities said Tuesday.
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Raids highlight prescription drug debate
Oct 16 2007 5:55PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California authorities who raided the homes and offices of two of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors last week made the highest-profile use yet of a controversial state database that can detect suspicious patterns of prescriptions.
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Raids highlight prescription drug debate
Oct 16 2007 5:55PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California authorities who raided the homes and offices of two of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors last week made the highest-profile use yet of a controversial state database that can detect suspicious patterns of prescriptions.
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Mystery surrounds cemetery mix-up
Oct 16 2007 5:54PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Willie Hayes was a Vietnam veteran who proudly served his country, won several medals and earned himself a plot at a veterans' cemetery upon his death two weeks ago. But there was one problem: As far as the U.S. government was concerned, it buried Willie Hayes nearly four years ago.
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Mystery surrounds cemetery mix-up
Oct 16 2007 5:54PM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - Willie Hayes was a Vietnam veteran who proudly served his country, won several medals and earned himself a plot at a veterans' cemetery upon his death two weeks ago. But there was one problem: As far as the U.S. government was concerned, it buried Willie Hayes nearly four years ago.
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NCDC: Drought spread through US in Sept.
Oct 16 2007 4:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Confirming what many farmers, boaters and others already knew, the government reported Tuesday that the drought parching much of the West and Southeast spread into the Mid-Atlantic area in September.
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Early problems with heart wires reported
Oct 16 2007 4:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of injuries linked to a brand of heart defibrillator wires were reported to the government by last winter, a consumer advocate said Tuesday in asking why the wires weren't recalled until this week.
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Prosecutor: Maine man craved killing
Oct 16 2007 3:14PM (CT)
PARIS, Maine (AP) - A former cook who pleaded guilty to killing four people in western Maine's ski country told investigators he had been obsessed with thoughts of killing someone for several years, a prosecutor said.
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African immigrant waits in jail
Oct 16 2007 2:29PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Samuel Komba Kambo and his wife arrived at a government office for what they assumed was a routine green card interview last October. Within minutes, he was handcuffed and accused of war crimes in his native Sierra Leone.
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Tenn. judge ousts 12 elected officials
Oct 16 2007 2:18PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A judge threw a dozen elected officials out of their jobs because they were hand-picked behind closed doors, dealing a severe blow to secrecy that open-government advocates hope serves as a warning to other cities and counties.
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Candidate in shootout won't be charged
Oct 16 2007 11:40AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A mayoral candidate who is also a police officer shot a man in the back during a convenience store argument _ but was only defending himself, a prosecutor said.
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Fire, explosion at Ohio home
Oct 16 2007 11:09AM (CT)
BELOIT, Ohio (AP) - A house caught fire and exploded in northeast Ohio Tuesday, and four family members were taken by helicopter to a hospital's burn unit.
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Action urged on protecting Miss. River
Oct 16 2007 10:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - States and the federal government need to coordinate their efforts to monitor and protect the water of the Mississippi River, a new analysis urges.
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Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes SoCal
Oct 16 2007 6:51AM (CT)
WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) - A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit San Bernardino County early Tuesday, sending shudders across the region, authorities said.
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Deals in O.J. case could cut both ways
Oct 16 2007 6:39AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors normally get a boost from suspects agreeing to testify against one another, but O.J. Simpson's attorneys may be able to use his co-defendants' past legal run-ins to undermine their credibility.
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Deals in O.J. case could cut both ways
Oct 16 2007 6:39AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors normally get a boost from suspects agreeing to testify against one another, but O.J. Simpson's attorneys may be able to use his co-defendants' past legal run-ins to undermine their credibility.
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Colo. girl crushed by homecoming float
Oct 16 2007 6:36AM (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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Some survivors missing from deadly crash
Oct 16 2007 6:33AM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities scrambled 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 16 2007 6:33AM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities scrambled 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 16 2007 6:29AM (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 to grant a broad injunction halting the arrests.
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Cockfighting bust nets 5,000 chickens
Oct 16 2007 5:45AM (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.
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Cockfighting bust nets 5,000 chickens
Oct 16 2007 5:45AM (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.
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Amish farmers eye preservation programs
Oct 16 2007 2:02AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - After years of resistance, a growing number of Amish families are putting their farms into land preservation programs.
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Craig opens another legal battle
Oct 16 2007 1:59AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Sen. Larry Craig has opened a new round in his legal battle stemming from his airport restroom arrest, appealing a judge's refusal to let him to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct.
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DeGeneres under fire for giving away dog
Oct 16 2007 1:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is in the doghouse with a pet rescue agency after giving a pooch away to her hairdresser because it didn't get along with her cats.
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Battle set for Security Council seats
Oct 16 2007 12:53AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - It's Croatia vs. the Czech Republic and Costa Rica vs. the Dominican Republic in this year's battle for seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council.
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