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7 plead guilty in corpse plundering scam
Oct 18 2006 11:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Seven funeral home directors linked to a scheme to plunder corpses and sell the body parts for transplants pleaded guilty to undisclosed charges and have agreed to cooperate with investigators, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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5 dead in Arizona plane crash
Oct 18 2006 11:05PM (CT)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - A twin-engine plane carrying five people on a flight to photograph a vintage Soviet jet fighter crashed Wednesday, killing everyone on board, a federal official said.
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Surf champ sentenced to prison for fraud
Oct 18 2006 11:00PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Hawaiian "surf king" Sunny Garcia was sentenced Wednesday to three months in federal prison for failing to pay taxes on more than $417,000 in prize money won riding waves from Fiji to Brazil.
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Hawaii hopes quake won't rattle tourism
Oct 18 2006 10:50PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Sewage spills, flooding and now an earthquake and aftershocks _ what a challenging year it's been for Hawaii and its tourism officials.
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Cousins feud in Philly cheesesteak suit
Oct 18 2006 10:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The battle for cheesesteak supremacy _ usually fought with beef, onions and cheese _ has moved out of the kitchen and into the courthouse.
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Pa. man gets life in theater shooting
Oct 18 2006 10:25PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man who fatally shot a former prison rival at a theater showing rapper 50 Cent's movie was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison, in part because of his violent criminal history.
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Fort Lewis soldier guilty of murder
Oct 18 2006 10:10PM (CT)
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - A Special Forces soldier was convicted Wednesday of killing two people outside a tavern near this Army post south of Tacoma.
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Suicide note leads to dismembered body
Oct 18 2006 10:06PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A note found on the body of a suicide jumper led police to a French Quarter apartment where they found a woman's charred head in a pot, her arms and legs in the oven and her torso in the refrigerator, police said Wednesday.
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Feds net 125 nationwide in kid-porn case
Oct 18 2006 10:04PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A Bible camp counselor and a Boy Scout leader were among 125 people arrested nationwide in an Internet child pornography case in which subscribers purchased photos and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults, federal authorities said Wednesday.
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Brown U. report seeks slavery memorial
Oct 18 2006 9:42PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Brown University should invite fresh reflection of its history involving the slave trade, a panel studying the issue said Wednesday in recommending the creation of a memorial and an academic center focused on slavery and justice.
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Mass. Turnpike board OKs toll removal
Oct 18 2006 9:36PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board on Wednesday moved to eliminate tolls on the 138-mile long roadway that spans the state, leaving in place only those in the metropolitan Boston area.
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NYC mayor's car stolen, employee beaten
Oct 18 2006 9:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's personal employees was beaten by a thief who then stole the billionaire's car Wednesday morning in New Jersey, authorities said.
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Rep. Sweeney trip raises ethics question
Oct 18 2006 9:15PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Rep. John Sweeney asked the House Ethics Committee for guidance Wednesday after a published report said he did not properly report a 2001 trip with a lobbyist now cooperating in a federal investigation of congressional corruption.
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Power still out for some after NY storm
Oct 18 2006 8:54PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The state sent extra nurses Wednesday to help out at busy hospitals treating people for injuries related to last week's record-setting snowstorm, which knocked out power to thousands and was blamed for 12 deaths.
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3 Marines face courts-martial on charges
Oct 18 2006 8:51PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three Camp Pendleton Marines will face courts-martial on murder and kidnapping charges in the death of an Iraqi man in the town of Hamdania, but will not face the death penalty, the Marine Corps said Wednesday.
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Florida executes man for 1985 slaying
Oct 18 2006 8:40PM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Vietnam veteran and handyman who tried to challenge the state's lethal injection statutes was executed Wednesday for the 1985 murder of a widow in her Florida home.
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FBI to join probe into Colo. attack ad
Oct 18 2006 8:21PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Information in an attack ad run by Rep. Bob Beauprez against his Democratic opponent for governor used illegal confidential information from a federal law enforcement database, Colorado authorities said Wednesday.
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Lawyer: Police unfairly nabbed defendant
Oct 18 2006 8:14PM (CT)
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - Racially prejudiced authorities, feeling pressure to solve a three-year-old murder, unfairly arrested a black garbage man for the rape and stabbing of a white Cape Cod fashion writer, a defense attorney argued at the start of the murder trial Wednesday.
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Man executed for pair of Miss. slayings
Oct 18 2006 7:43PM (CT)
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man was executed by lethal injection Wednesday for fatally stabbing two women he led home from a bar in 1982.
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Free phone translators bridge immigrants
Oct 18 2006 6:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Judy Tao speaks Mandarin and Taiwanese, but not English, making even a quick call to the bank to check her balance a task that requires advance planning and assistance from her English-speaking sister. So when she heard about a new service launched here Wednesday that will let her dial up an interpreter who would translate her phone conversations with her bank, the city government and several other businesses for free, she put down her grocery bag to find out more.
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Toxic plume prompts evacuation in N.C.
Oct 18 2006 6:21PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Emergency crews evacuated businesses near a chemical waste plant Wednesday after a chemical reaction sent a toxic plume into the air two weeks after a raging inferno at the same site forced thousands of people from their homes.
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Troops to face courts-martial on charges
Oct 18 2006 6:10PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Eight soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were ordered Wednesday to be court-martialed on murder charges stemming from their service in Iraq, and two could get the death penalty for allegedly raping a 14-year-old and killing her and her family.
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Accused officer said to focus on troops
Oct 18 2006 5:44PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - An Army Reserve officer accused of ignoring abuses of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison spent most of his time improving living conditions for troops and did not appear to be in charge of interrogations, defense witnesses testified Wednesday.
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Agents break up money-laundering ring
Oct 18 2006 5:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Law enforcement agents broke up a Colombian money-laundering ring Wednesday, arresting 26 people in three countries and seizing more than $16.5 million in cash and drugs, drug enforcement officials said.
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FEMA does post-quake review in Hawaii
Oct 18 2006 3:33PM (CT)
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - The earthquake that jolted the Hawaiian Islands over the weekend set off one of the biggest FEMA deployments since Hurricane Katrina, including a planeload of about 100 federal experts who arrived here to find no catastrophe.
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Minn. student charged in visa scheme
Oct 18 2006 3:22PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A standout law school student has been charged with using a congressman's signature machine and official stationery to try to obtain visas for relatives and others in his native Cameroon.
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Mass. agency moves to drop roadway tolls
Oct 18 2006 2:40PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board on Wednesday moved to eliminate tolls along the 138-mile long roadway that spans the state, leaving in place only those in the metropolitan Boston area.
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VA worker sentenced for taking kickbacks
Oct 18 2006 2:23PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Veterans Affairs employee was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for taking more than $115,000 in kickbacks on the purchase of red tape _ actual red tape.
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Nude resorts expose themselves to world
Oct 18 2006 2:05PM (CT)
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Clothing-free resorts have traditionally been rustic, mom-and-pop campgrounds hidden deep in the woods, away from prying eyes and bluenosed politicians. But now, fancy nude recreation spots are springing up along major highways, and resort owners are joining chambers of commerce, sponsoring charity drives and hosting civic events.
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Ex-commander talks at Abu Ghraib hearing
Oct 18 2006 1:10PM (CT)
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - An Army Reserve officer accused of ignoring abuses of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison was a daily visitor to the "hard site," where some detainees were stripped naked as an interrogation technique, a former military police commander testified Wednesday.
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Judge: Libel limit applies to Web
Oct 18 2006 1:09PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A one-year statute of limitations for bringing libel lawsuits in Texas also applies to articles posted on the Internet, a federal judge has ruled.
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Chicago police raid targets bad heroin
Oct 18 2006 12:35PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Police raided a public housing complex Wednesday in a sweep targeting suspected dealers of deadly fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities said.
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Youth pastor gets life in wife's murder
Oct 18 2006 12:21PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A youth minister who confessed to killing his wife and burying her body in the woods amid wild boar carcasses, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
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Search on for boy missing at Crater Lake
Oct 18 2006 12:11PM (CT)
CRATER LAKE, Ore. (AP) - Searchers in helicopters and with rappelling equipment spent a fourth day Wednesday scouring the woods and embankments surrounding Crater Lake where an 8-year-old boy wandered off during a weekend hike with his father.
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Frail Gerald Ford may sell Colorado home
Oct 18 2006 9:58AM (CT)
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) - Former President Ford is considering selling his longtime home in this ski resort town because of his frail health, his spokeswoman said.
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Crash victim's family sues over mix-up
Oct 18 2006 9:06AM (CT)
MARION, Ind. (AP) - Relatives of a university student misidentified as a classmate who was killed in highway accident have told officials they plan to sue over handling of the crash.
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U.S. frees ex-Nazi camp guard in Mich.
Oct 18 2006 8:22AM (CT)
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Federal authorities freed a former Nazi concentration camp guard after failing to find a country willing to take the 81-year-old man, who had been stripped of his U.S. citizenship.
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Frugal Floridian leaves $35M to research
Oct 18 2006 7:09AM (CT)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - A 100-year-old woman who quietly amassed a vast fortune before her death last year left $35.6 million to local diabetes and cancer research.
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Attorney: Foley will name alleged abuser
Oct 18 2006 6:01AM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Mark Foley plans to reveal the name of a clergyman he says abused him as a teenager, a move his attorney said would deflate claims the former congressman fabricated the allegations as an excuse for sending sexually explicit e-mails to teenage pages.
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Congressman's spouse can't have pension
Oct 18 2006 5:37AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - When same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, among those who tied the knot were former Rep. Gerry Studds and Dean Hara.
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Lay conviction vacated
Oct 18 2006 5:06AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Enron founder Kenneth Lay's criminal record is now clean.
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Murder verdict in New York DWI crash
Oct 18 2006 4:14AM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - When Martin Heidgen drove into oncoming traffic after a night of heavy drinking, drivers flashed their headlights and honked their horns to warn him, prosecutors said.
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Yoga guru's company agrees to fines
Oct 18 2006 4:11AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A company operated by an Indian yoga guru pleaded no contest to three safety violations at one of its studios and agreed to pay more than $8,000 in fines and penalties.
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Judge: NYC open to Ground Zero claims
Oct 18 2006 4:04AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city and its contractors are not immune from lawsuits brought by emergency workers sickened after toiling amid toxic dust at ground zero, a judge ruled, clearing the way for what he said should be the speedy resolution of thousands of claims.
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Idaho killer holds key to laptop mystery
Oct 18 2006 3:25AM (CT)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - As the man accused of kidnapping two children and killing their family waits in a jail cell for a federal indictment to be handed down, he still holds what could be a bargaining chip: An encrypted laptop that may contain more horrors.
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Hawaii quake damage hits $46 million
Oct 18 2006 3:24AM (CT)
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - Preliminary damage estimates from the earthquake that shook Hawaii over the weekend hit $46 million on Tuesday, and President Bush declared a major disaster, opening the way for federal aid.
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Happy, confident students do worse in math
Oct 18 2006 2:38AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kids who are turned off by math often say they don't enjoy it, they aren't good at it and they see little point in it. Who knew that could be a formula for success?
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Prosecutors want to question shoe bomber
Oct 18 2006 12:28AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Federal investigators told a judge Tuesday that they want to question would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid because it was likely that he has "important information" about terrorist activities.
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Slain boy's father asks to be believed
Oct 18 2006 12:04AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A man who said his wife killed their adopted son fought to defend his credibility Tuesday as the defense questioned discrepancies in his testimony and plea deal with prosecutors.
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