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Motorist killed in Va. school bus crash
Oct 24 2005 10:51PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A car crossed a double yellow line Monday and crashed head-on into a school bus, killing the motorist and injuring 11 other people, police said.
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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dies at 92
Oct 24 2005 10:50PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday evening. She was 92.
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Newark pays paper to print only good news
Oct 24 2005 10:20PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Call it pay for praise, greenbacks for good news, bucks for beneficial publicity. The Newark City Council has awarded the Newark Weekly News a $100,000 no-bid contract to publish positive news about the city.
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Body found frozen flown to Hawaii for ID
Oct 24 2005 10:12PM (CT)
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) - A body believed to be that of a World War II airman, found frozen in the Sierra Nevada, arrived Monday in Hawaii for identification, officials said.
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Schwarzenegger: Special election crucial
Oct 24 2005 10:10PM (CT)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (AP) - Defending his November special election before an audience of voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday the ballot initiatives are crucial to continue changes he launched two years ago.
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Wilma kills 6 in Fla.; 6M without power
Oct 24 2005 10:05PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Wilma knifed through Florida with winds up to 125 mph Monday, shattering windows in skyscrapers, peeling away roofs and knocking out power to 6 million people, with still a month left to go in the busiest Atlantic storm season on record.
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Miller 'dismayed' by Times criticism
Oct 24 2005 9:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Times reporter Judith Miller is defending herself against her own paper's criticism of her role in the CIA leak controversy, saying she was proud to serve time in jail to protect a confidential source, "even if he happened to work for the Bush White House."
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ACLU sues Hawaii over youth prison
Oct 24 2005 9:58PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A civil liberties group sued the state of Hawaii on Monday, saying it failed to protect inmates at a youth prison where teens were abused and kept in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions.
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Attorney jailed after going to court drunk
Oct 24 2005 9:30PM (CT)
BENTON, Ark. (AP) - An attorney appealing his second drunken driving conviction was jailed Monday after he came to court intoxicated, officials said.
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Federal jury convicts anti-tax crusader
Oct 24 2005 9:07PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Anti-tax crusader Irwin Schiff and an associate were found guilty Monday of charges including conspiracy, tax evasion and tax fraud that could get each of them decades in federal prison and millions of dollars in fines.
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Ladner leaves American with settlement
Oct 24 2005 8:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two weeks after announcing that American University President Benjamin Ladner was fired following an investigation into his spending, university trustees said Monday that Ladner has accepted a $950,000 settlement.
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Slain wife of attorney stabbed in abdomen
Oct 24 2005 8:54PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The slain wife of prominent defense attorney Daniel Horowitz had a four-inch stab wound in her abdomen and was found lying in a pool of blood, according to documents released Monday.
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Gun possession now OK at FEMA housing
Oct 24 2005 8:44PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Following complaints from gun-rights groups, FEMA said Monday it is lifting a ban on firearms at temporary housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Man sought in wreck 4 years ago captured
Oct 24 2005 8:37PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A man charged in a traffic accident that killed three Washington State University students has been captured in Ireland, four years after he fled to avoid his trial.
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Obama: American Girl boycott threats silly
Oct 24 2005 7:59PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Conservatives overreacted when they threatened to boycott doll-maker American Girl over its contributions to a youth group that supports abortion rights, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said Monday.
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Hurricane center head has had busy 2 years
Oct 24 2005 7:47PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield has become a virtual house guest in millions of homes over the past 15 months, sharing critical information on destructive storms that have torn up much of the southern United States.
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Elderly driver crashes into N.D. hospital
Oct 24 2005 7:15PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - An elderly woman on her way to a doctor appointment smashed her car into the hospital's lobby, sending five women to the emergency room, police said.
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8-year-old hunter bags bear in Md.
Oct 24 2005 7:10PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Md. (AP) - An 8-year-old girl killed the first black bear of Maryland's 2005 hunting season, downing the 211-pound adult male with two shots from a .243-caliber rifle about an hour after dawn Monday, the Department of Natural Resources said.
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Truck collides with N.C. bus, killing 4
Oct 24 2005 6:30PM (CT)
HERTFORD, N.C. (AP) - A truck and a school bus collided Monday, setting both vehicles on fire and killing four people in the truck, authorities said.
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Rescuers search NYC river after crash
Oct 24 2005 6:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A power boat slammed into a private rowing club's boat early Monday and knocked its four occupants into the water, injuring three of them and leaving the fourth missing, authorities said.
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Judge rejects Bush plot suspect's request
Oct 24 2005 5:53PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge ruled Monday that prosecutors can use a confession by a man charged with joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush, despite defense claims that the confession was obtained through torture.
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Wilma wreaks havoc on Fla. farm workers
Oct 24 2005 5:47PM (CT)
NAPLES MANOR, Fla. (AP) - Patricio Sanchez scooped up soggy ceiling tiles Monday from the partially collapsed roof of the small dormitory he shares with other farmworkers in a labor camp battered by Hurricane Wilma.
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Wilma's floods terrify Key West holdouts
Oct 24 2005 4:55PM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - This island city is considered the dividing point between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. But for a few hours in the middle of the night, the two seas converged in the streets here as Hurricane Wilma gave many residents a scare as few other storms have done.
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U.S. material wealth leads to clutter
Oct 24 2005 4:21PM (CT)
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Karen Lowe looks a little lost, even in her own apartment. Board games and puzzles teeter over the hamster's cage. A green metal desk spills toys and papers like a jackknifed truck in what should be the dining room. Upstairs, a computer shoots wires like kudzu around her bedroom.
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Reputed Afghan kingpin extradited to U.S.
Oct 24 2005 4:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Taliban-linked drug lord who allegedly sought to poison U.S. streets with millions of dollars of heroin in a deadly "American jihad" has become the first person extradited from Afghanistan to face federal charges, officials said Monday.
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New Air Force Academy head vows safety
Oct 24 2005 3:31PM (CT)
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - A new superintendent took command of the Air Force Academy on Monday, saying his goal is to make the school a safe environment for cadets amid complaints of sexual assault and religious intolerance.
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Death warrant signed for Crips co-founder
Oct 24 2005 2:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge signed a death warrant Monday for Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the notorious Crips gang, rejecting his attorneys' request for a delay in the execution date to give them more time to seek clemency from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Iraqi-born man sentenced after sting
Oct 24 2005 2:06PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An Iraqi-born man was sentenced Monday to nearly five years in prison after trying to buy machine guns and hand grenades in a federal sting operation.
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NYC mayor blasts WTC developer Silverstein
Oct 24 2005 2:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted the developer of the World Trade Center site in comments to a newspaper editorial board, saying space at ground zero might be better used for schools and residential buildings than office towers.
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Disasters may cut into 9/11 donations
Oct 24 2005 12:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the nation's attention and charitable giving focused on Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, it could be more difficult for fundraisers to collect the half-billion dollars needed to build memorials at each Sept. 11 crash site.
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Bride murder case going back to court
Oct 24 2005 12:35PM (CT)
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - A prosecutor says she will file a more serious charge against a man who admitted killing a mail-order bride because he violated a plea agreement by appealing his 20-year sentence.
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Wilma's force surprises Keys residents
Oct 24 2005 11:02AM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Some residents of the Florida Keys were rethinking their refusal to evacuate for Hurricane Wilma on Monday after the storm isolated them, submerged streets under water up to 5 feet deep and turned out their lights.
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Hurricane center head has had busy 2 years
Oct 24 2005 10:29AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield has become a virtual house guest in millions of homes over the past 15 months, sharing critical information on destructive storms that have torn up much of the southern United States.
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Dad: Caging special-needs kids necessary
Oct 24 2005 9:39AM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The father suspected of keeping some of 11 special-needs adopted children in cages says he confined them only to keep them safe and showed off damage to his home he says they caused.
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Crosswalk flags aid pedestrians in D.C.
Oct 24 2005 6:42AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When 12-year-old Serena Seward and Sarah Appel cross a busy intersection in the nation's capital they carry a bright orange flag. It's a simple idea _ the flags catch the attention of drivers and remind them that city law requires cars to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks.
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S.F. mother's sanity likely to be issue
Oct 24 2005 6:38AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lashuan Harris had been hospitalized and prescribed drugs to quiet the voices inside her head. Still, legal and mental health experts say it will be difficult to prove the 23-year-old mother was legally insane when she dropped her three young sons to their deaths in San Francisco Bay.
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Fort Campbell undergoes $230M makeover
Oct 24 2005 6:37AM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell have become accustomed to living in the past, stuck in a mix of dreary post housing that reflects years of add-ons and a hodgepodge of styles dating back to World War II. But that is beginning to change for the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division, with more then $230 million in projects that include an overhaul of the barracks where single soldiers live and construction of a new headquarters for command units.
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Study: Most Katrina victims were older
Oct 24 2005 6:36AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A majority of people killed by Hurricane Katrina were older residents unable or unwilling to evacuate in the rising floodwaters, according to a study of almost half the bodies recovered in Louisiana.
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United pilot suspended over alcohol smell
Oct 24 2005 5:17AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A United Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit and questioned by police after security screeners at Miami International Airport reported smelling alcohol, police said.
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Ariz. farmers fear worker shortage
Oct 24 2005 2:41AM (CT)
SAN LUIS, Ariz. (AP) - It's only 4 a.m. but the border crossing in this southwest Arizona town is already jammed with cars and people inching northward to enter the United States.
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Sarasota dreads trial over child's slaying
Oct 24 2005 1:10AM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Like others around the world who saw the televised videotape, residents of this city shuddered when they saw the images of a man taking 11-year-old Carlie Brucia by the arm at the back of a car wash.
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Canoe expedition cleans up La. bayou
Oct 24 2005 1:04AM (CT)
MANDEVILLE, La. (AP) - The dragonflies skimming the tea-colored water and the blackbirds in the marsh grasses looked at home along Cane Bayou and the Lake Pontchartrain shore. But canoeing through the waterways Sunday, it was hard not to notice the truck tires, wine bottles and other urban debris left scattered in the shallow water and along the shoreline by Hurricane Katrina.
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Study shows upswing in arrests of women
Oct 24 2005 1:02AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Women made up 7 percent of all inmates in state and federal prisons last year and accounted for nearly one in four arrests, the government reported Sunday.
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