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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Oct 17 2007 11:49PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Oct 17 2007 11:49PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
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Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Oct 17 2007 11:49PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Sabrina Rahim doesn't practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool.
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Richard Roberts asks ORU board for leave
Oct 17 2007 11:48PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts asked for and was granted a leave of absence Wednesday amid accusations of lavish spending at donors' expense and illegal involvement in a political campaign.
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Co-defendant says O.J. wanted armed men
Oct 17 2007 11:47PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to plead guilty and testify against the former football star.
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Co-defendant says O.J. wanted armed men
Oct 17 2007 11:47PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to plead guilty and testify against the former football star.
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Feds recommend closing Saudi school in Va.
Oct 17 2007 11:25PM (CT)
McLEAN, Va. (AP) - A private Islamic school supported by the Saudi government should be shut down until the U.S. government can ensure the school is not fostering radical Islam, a federal panel recommends.
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Maine middle school to offer the pill
Oct 17 2007 10:47PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening.
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Plains storms injure more than 30
Oct 17 2007 10:38PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A spring-like system raked Oklahoma with severe storms on Wednesday, damaging mobile homes, collapsing festival tents and injuring more than 30 people.
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Fire breaks out at DC airport terminal
Oct 17 2007 10:25PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A construction fire on a roof at Reagan National Airport led to the brief evacuation of a terminal Wednesday night, but no one was injured and the building was undamaged, an airport official said.
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Doc: Montgomery was in out-of-body state
Oct 17 2007 10:23PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb has given different accounts of the crime, but an expert witness testified Wednesday that's not unusual for someone who is delusional.
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N.O. police want federal troops to stay
Oct 17 2007 9:58PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city's police chief wants the Louisiana National Guard to stay past its mid-January pullout date to help bring down a soaring crime rate, but Gov. Kathleen Blanco does not have the authority to keep the troops in place after she leaves office.
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Search continues for autistic hiker
Oct 17 2007 9:52PM (CT)
DAVIS, W.Va. (AP) - A severely autistic hiker was not expected to shy away from strangers calling his name as they searched the dense woods for a fourth day, a spokesman for the rescue effort said Wednesday.
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No one hurt in Mont. refinery explosion
Oct 17 2007 9:23PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A refinery explosion early Wednesday shook nearby houses and sent a fireball into the sky, but an Exxon Mobil Corp. spokeswoman said no injuries were reported.
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Corruption charges dismissed in N.J.
Oct 17 2007 9:10PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A state judge has dismissed all charges against six state Treasury Department officials accused of taking gifts from a company hired to collect back taxes and one former employee of that contractor.
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4 killed in SoCal sandstorm wrecks
Oct 17 2007 9:08PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - Wind advisories were extended Wednesday following blinding sandstorms that helped trigger several car pileups north of Los Angeles that killed at least four people and injured dozens of others, authorities said.
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University president pulls Web profile
Oct 17 2007 9:06PM (CT)
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - Salisbury University's president removed her Facebook profile after being questioned about unprofessional captions posted alongside photos on the Web page.
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Police: Police stormed home on 911 hoax
Oct 17 2007 9:02PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A man being extradited to California this week has been accused of making a bogus emergency call in March that prompted police to storm a house and handcuff a couple at gunpoint before everyone realized the call was a hoax.
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Prostitutes testify in Ca. bribery trial
Oct 17 2007 8:47PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A prostitute whom prosecutors say a defense contractor provided to former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham testified Wednesday that the congressman fed her grapes as she sat naked in a hot tub before they headed to a bedroom at a Hawaiian resort.
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Judge to reporter: Do story or be jailed
Oct 17 2007 8:23PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A judge ordered a TV news reporter Wednesday to produce a public service story as a consequence for interviewing a potential juror before the recent trial of the leader of a polygamous sect.
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Fla. students drop boot camp protest
Oct 17 2007 7:59PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Federal authorities reached a truce Wednesday with college students who had threatened to march on the state Capitol next week to protest the acquittal in state court of seven boot camp guards and a nurse in the death of a teenage boy.
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Fire panel in S.C. releases proposals
Oct 17 2007 7:57PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - City ladder trucks should never roll without at least four firefighters onboard and protective gear should be updated, a panel recommended Wednesday in response to a furniture store inferno that killed nine firefighters.
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Ga. courthouse shooting trial suspended
Oct 17 2007 7:52PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The judge presiding over the murder trial of a man charged with fatally shooting four people in a 2005 rampage suspended jury selection indefinitely Wednesday because the defense hasn't been adequately funded.
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Calif. battle builds over moth spraying
Oct 17 2007 7:49PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - First, the state doused coastal communities with a pesticide aimed at a crop-eating moth that could cause billions of dollars in damage.
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Wounded soldier's Ft. Knox death probed
Oct 17 2007 7:10PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - The Army has relieved three soldiers of leadership roles in a unit for wounded veterans at Fort Knox over last month's death of an Indiana National Guardsman in their care, military officials said Wednesday.
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Parched Georgia threatens to sue Corps
Oct 17 2007 6:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs Wednesday, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials who blame the policy for intensifying a record drought.
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Feds to test virtual fence along border
Oct 17 2007 5:49PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The first section of a high-tech "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border will be tested this month after defense contractor Boeing Co. reported it solved most of the computer glitches that have delayed the program for months, a federal official said Wednesday.
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Body of missing Conn. boater found
Oct 17 2007 5:47PM (CT)
CLINTON, Conn. (AP) - Searchers pulled the body of a woman from Long Island Sound on Wednesday, hours after finding the boat she and a friend had been fishing on capsized four miles from shore, Coast Guard officials said.
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Report says Mexico violence could hit US
Oct 17 2007 5:05PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Deteriorating security in Mexico and clashes between cartels will make this the deadliest year yet for that nation's drug-related crime, and the violence is spilling into the United States, according to a report released Wednesday.
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Trafficking case exposes child servitude
Oct 17 2007 4:34PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The teen slept on a rolled-up mattress on the dining room floor and bathed in the backyard with a garden hose. For six years, she washed dishes, made beds and cooked for a family that beat her and hid her in a closet when visitors arrived. She never went to school.
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Texans celebrate state's first cardinal
Oct 17 2007 4:28PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas Catholics celebrated the appointment Wednesday of one of their two archbishops to become the state's first Roman Catholic cardinal.
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Minn. psychiatrist quits drug panel
Oct 17 2007 4:19PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota psychiatrist who received more than $350,000 in speaking and consulting fees from pharmaceutical companies will quit a panel that advises the state on drugs for low-income Medicaid patients.
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Kansas Planned Parenthood clinic charged
Oct 17 2007 4:08PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Planned Parenthood clinic was charged Wednesday with providing unlawful abortions and other crimes by a county prosecutor who had engaged in a high-profile battle with the clinic when he was Kansas attorney general.
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Theater signals downtown LA's revival
Oct 17 2007 3:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new theater clad in brushed aluminum and bright video screens is beckoning concertgoers into a once-seedy corner of downtown where entertainment used to be limited to peepshows and X-rated movie houses.
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'Fragging' is rare in Iraq, Afghanistan
Oct 17 2007 2:54PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - American troops killed their own commanders so often during the Vietnam War that the crime earned its own name _ "fragging."
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Ohio campus closed over bomb threat
Oct 17 2007 2:32PM (CT)
LIMA, Ohio (AP) - Two state colleges evacuated their shared campus in northwest Ohio and canceled classes Wednesday because of a telephoned bomb threat, a school spokeswoman said.
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Man killed in bank shootout
Oct 17 2007 2:10PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A suspected bank robber was shot and killed by a security guard Wednesday and two other suspects remained at large, police said.
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Judge chides participants in Astor fight
Oct 17 2007 1:45PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - The judge overseeing the family fight over Brooke Astor's $198 million estate told lawyers Wednesday that their failure to settle the case will be costly for Astor's favorite charities.
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D.C. mayor mandates meters for cabs
Oct 17 2007 1:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia will join the nation's other major cities by installing meters in its taxis, abandoning a quirky zone system that has frustrated residents and visitors alike for decades, the mayor announced Wednesday.
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D.C. mayor mandates meters for cabs
Oct 17 2007 1:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia will join the nation's other major cities by installing meters in its taxis, abandoning a quirky zone system that has frustrated residents and visitors alike for decades, the mayor announced Wednesday.
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D.C. mayor mandates meters for cabs
Oct 17 2007 1:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The District of Columbia will join the nation's other major cities by installing meters in its taxis, abandoning a quirky zone system that has frustrated residents and visitors alike for decades, the mayor announced Wednesday.
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Va. prepares execution, Texas cancels
Oct 17 2007 1:38PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia went ahead with preparations to execute a killer by lethal injection Wednesday although several other states halted executions after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review claims that the method is unconstitutionally cruel.
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No bail for cop convicted at mob trial
Oct 17 2007 1:31PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge turned down a request for bail Wednesday from a retired police officer convicted with four alleged members of the Chicago Outfit in the city's biggest mob trial in years.
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Labor's Veterans Program Probed
Oct 17 2007 1:26PM (CT)
ABOARD THE NEW JERSEY (AP) - For 10 months, Iraq war veteran Andrew Schumann has been looking for a job. So far, no luck.
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Lake Havasu signs to give amoeba warning
Oct 17 2007 1:20PM (CT)
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Signs warning of the dangers of a rare amoeba will be posted at Lake Havasu, telling swimmers to take precautions such as plugging their noses when they dive.
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Suspect in taped attack arraigned
Oct 17 2007 12:30PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The man accused of abusing a 3-year-old girl in an explicit sex videotape was arraigned Wednesday on 23 felony charges that could land him in prison for life.
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Suspect in taped attack arraigned
Oct 17 2007 12:30PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The man accused of abusing a 3-year-old girl in an explicit sex videotape was arraigned Wednesday on 23 felony charges that could land him in prison for life.
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Suspect in taped attack arraigned
Oct 17 2007 12:30PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The man accused of abusing a 3-year-old girl in an explicit sex videotape was arraigned Wednesday on 23 felony charges that could land him in prison for life.
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Utility: NYC may be at fault in blast
Oct 17 2007 12:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A utility provider facing multiple lawsuits over a deadly steam pipe explosion says the city may be to blame for the blast, according to a court filing.
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Preventing war leads new naval strategy
Oct 17 2007 12:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the first major revision of U.S. naval strategy in two decades, maritime officials said Wednesday they plan to focus more on humanitarian missions and improving international cooperation as a way to prevent conflicts.
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9 years of La. applicants' data lost
Oct 17 2007 11:57AM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Sensitive data for virtually all Louisiana college applicants and their parents over the past nine years were in a case lost last month during a move, officials said.
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SF archbishop sorry for Communion flap
Oct 17 2007 11:45AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco's top-ranking Catholic clergyman apologized for serving Communion to two men dressed as nuns during a church service in the heart of the city's gay community.
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2 guilty of murdering 2 boys in Detroit
Oct 17 2007 11:39AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man and woman were convicted of murder Wednesday for the killings of two boys who were shot in a ransacked apartment.
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Tsongas widow wins Mass. House seat
Oct 17 2007 11:28AM (CT)
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - The widow of 1992 presidential candidate Paul Tsongas claimed victory in a special election for the U.S. House, becoming the first woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress in nearly 25 years.
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Army hearings for 2 Iraq vets in Hawaii
Oct 17 2007 11:06AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The first of two Hawaii-based soldiers accused of murder in the killing of a civilian in northern Iraq is set for a hearing Thursday that could determine whether he will face court martial.
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Va. county OKs immigration crackdown
Oct 17 2007 10:57AM (CT)
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - One of the nation's toughest local crackdowns on illegal immigration was unanimously approved by Prince William County lawmakers early Wednesday after a 12-hour hearing marked by emotional testimony and scuffles.
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Man kills family with carbon monoxide
Oct 17 2007 10:35AM (CT)
DOUGLASS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A man facing child abuse charges used a combination of over-the-counter pain medication and carbon monoxide gas from his pickup truck to kill his new wife, his 9-year-old son and himself, authorities said Wednesday.
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Pa. town grappling with 2 gas problems
Oct 17 2007 10:29AM (CT)
VERSAILLES, Pa. (AP) - Residents and officials have known for decades that this small borough sits on hundreds of poorly sealed natural gas wells believed to be emitting methane gas.
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Pa. town grappling with 2 gas problems
Oct 17 2007 10:29AM (CT)
VERSAILLES, Pa. (AP) - Residents and officials have known for decades that this small borough sits on hundreds of poorly sealed natural gas wells believed to be emitting methane gas.
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Woman pulled from RR tracks just in time
Oct 17 2007 10:26AM (CT)
GREER, S.C. (AP) - A woman whose car got stuck on railroad tracks was rescued by a police officer moments before an Amtrak train carrying 180 passengers smashed into the vehicle.
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Station pulls Planned Parenthood ads
Oct 17 2007 8:52AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A public radio station has pulled Planned Parenthood advertising and returned more than $5,000 donated after the station's license holder, Duquesne University, said the organization did not share the school's Catholic mission.
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Minn., slain student's family settle
Oct 17 2007 7:07AM (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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Thousands cheer Farrakhan in Atlanta
Oct 17 2007 6:58AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - In a rare public appearance, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan urged black Americans to separate from mainstream culture to establish and support their own community.
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Baby Jessica waits to collect $1M fund
Oct 17 2007 6:47AM (CT)
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - The 18-month old girl pulled from a backyard well two decades ago is now a young wife and mother _ one waiting to collect donations given to her during her ordeal that are expected to total $1 million or more.
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Baby Jessica waits to collect $1M fund
Oct 17 2007 6:47AM (CT)
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - The 18-month old girl pulled from a backyard well two decades ago is now a young wife and mother _ one waiting to collect donations given to her during her ordeal that are expected to total $1 million or more.
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Baby Jessica waits to collect $1M fund
Oct 17 2007 6:47AM (CT)
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - The 18-month old girl pulled from a backyard well two decades ago is now a young wife and mother _ one waiting to collect donations given to her during her ordeal that are expected to total $1 million or more.
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Man gets prison for prepaid burial fraud
Oct 17 2007 6:34AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The head of a prepaid funeral supply business was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for ripping off about $2.5 million from clients by not delivering vaults and caskets.
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Higher milk prices help dairy farmers
Oct 17 2007 3:33AM (CT)
COEYMANS HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) - Higher milk prices might be unwelcome news for grocery shoppers, but they have been a lifeline for dairy farmers who lost money last year when prices bottomed out.
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Higher milk prices help dairy farmers
Oct 17 2007 3:33AM (CT)
COEYMANS HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) - Higher milk prices might be unwelcome news for grocery shoppers, but they have been a lifeline for dairy farmers who lost money last year when prices bottomed out.
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Higher milk prices help dairy farmers
Oct 17 2007 3:33AM (CT)
COEYMANS HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) - Higher milk prices might be unwelcome news for grocery shoppers, but they have been a lifeline for dairy farmers who lost money last year when prices bottomed out.
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