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Bail denied for man in explosives case
Oct 25 2007 11:55PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge denied bail Thursday for an Egyptian college student arrested after authorities said they found explosive chemicals in his car near South Carolina Navy base.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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6 burned bodies found in California
Oct 25 2007 11:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames.
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Alumni present plan to keep Antioch open
Oct 25 2007 11:52PM (CT)
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) - Alumni of Antioch College formally asked trustees Thursday to reverse their decision to temporarily close the 155-year-old school known for its social activism, saying they've raised $18 million primarily in pledges to keep it going.
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Boy, 15, charged in school shooting
Oct 25 2007 11:01PM (CT)
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy was charged in a shooting near a middle school football game that critically injured a high school student and wounded three other victims.
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Doctor: Drug use caused 9/11 cop's death
Oct 25 2007 10:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The lung disease that killed a police detective who toiled for weeks at ground zero was caused by injecting ground-up pills, not by toxic dust from the World Trade Center, the city medical examiner's office confirmed Thursday.
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As Calif. fires burned, copters grounded
Oct 25 2007 10:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As wildfires were charging across Southern California, nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters and two massive cargo planes sat idly by, grounded by government rules and bureaucracy.
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As Calif. fires burned, copters grounded
Oct 25 2007 10:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As wildfires were charging across Southern California, nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters and two massive cargo planes sat idly by, grounded by government rules and bureaucracy.
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As Calif. fires burned, copters grounded
Oct 25 2007 10:01PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As wildfires were charging across Southern California, nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters and two massive cargo planes sat idly by, grounded by government rules and bureaucracy.
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1st guilty plea linked to shooting spree
Oct 25 2007 9:43PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man charged with selling a handgun to a teenager who killed five people at a shopping mall pleaded guilty on Thursday.
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Nuclear submarine commander removed
Oct 25 2007 9:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The commanding officer of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hampton was relieved of his duty Thursday because of a loss of confidence in his leadership, the Navy said.
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Suit says baby's seizure violated rights
Oct 25 2007 8:55PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska couple sued state health officials Thursday, arguing their rights were violated when their newborn baby was seized by sheriff's deputies so a mandatory blood test could be performed.
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Suit says baby's seizure violated rights
Oct 25 2007 8:55PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska couple sued state health officials Thursday, arguing their rights were violated when their newborn baby was seized by sheriff's deputies so a mandatory blood test could be performed.
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2 plead innocent in boat slayings
Oct 25 2007 8:32PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Two men suspected of killing four people aboard a fishing charter boat pleaded not guilty Thursday to a new grand jury indictment charging each with murder and kidnapping.
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Cleveland school shooting video released
Oct 25 2007 8:29PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - His face concealed by a white hooded sweat shirt, the student gunman climbs an enclosed staircase with his cache of weapons in a backpack, moments before opening fire on classmates and teachers.
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Cleveland school shooting video released
Oct 25 2007 8:29PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - His face concealed by a white hooded sweat shirt, the student gunman climbs an enclosed staircase with his cache of weapons in a backpack, moments before opening fire on classmates and teachers.
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Cleveland school shooting video released
Oct 25 2007 8:29PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - His face concealed by a white hooded sweat shirt, the student gunman climbs an enclosed staircase with his cache of weapons in a backpack, moments before opening fire on classmates and teachers.
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Pa. won't release list of polling places
Oct 25 2007 8:23PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - State officials have decided not to publicize their list of polling places in Pennsylvania, citing concerns that terrorists could disrupt elections in the commonwealth.
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Student hounds prof running for office
Oct 25 2007 8:21PM (CT)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - A politically conservative student armed with a video camera and a Web site is trying to force a Democratic congressional candidate out of his teaching job at Central Michigan University.
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Student hounds prof running for office
Oct 25 2007 8:21PM (CT)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - A politically conservative student armed with a video camera and a Web site is trying to force a Democratic congressional candidate out of his teaching job at Central Michigan University.
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Student hounds prof running for office
Oct 25 2007 8:21PM (CT)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - A politically conservative student armed with a video camera and a Web site is trying to force a Democratic congressional candidate out of his teaching job at Central Michigan University.
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UN proposes new budget
Oct 25 2007 8:19PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Secretary-General proposed a two-year budget of $4.2 billion on Thursday, saying the small increase isn't much in light of the growing demands on the United Nations to address a range of diplomatic and security challenges.
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Federal agent charged in Colo. ad flap
Oct 25 2007 8:18PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A federal immigration agent was charged Thursday after he was accused of using a law enforcement computer to get information that showed up in a campaign ad.
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Judge won't release accused cops' names
Oct 25 2007 8:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday refused to order the city to give aldermen the names of hundreds of police officers who have been repeatedly accused of misconduct.
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Court denies ex-Gov. Ryan a new hearing
Oct 25 2007 7:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court refused Thursday to grant former Gov. George Ryan and a co-defendant a fresh hearing on their racketeering and fraud convictions.
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Death sentence sought for Mo. woman
Oct 25 2007 7:37PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday that a woman violated an expectant mother in the "most wicked way possible" when she strangled her in December 2004 and cut her baby from her womb.
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Destruction all around in wake of flames
Oct 25 2007 7:28PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The camera clicks again and again, until Steve Clamage pauses to take his eye from the viewfinder and gaze at a vista that was never meant to resemble purgatory. Then, he clicks some more.
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Destruction all around in wake of flames
Oct 25 2007 7:28PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The camera clicks again and again, until Steve Clamage pauses to take his eye from the viewfinder and gaze at a vista that was never meant to resemble purgatory. Then, he clicks some more.
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Destruction all around in wake of flames
Oct 25 2007 7:28PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The camera clicks again and again, until Steve Clamage pauses to take his eye from the viewfinder and gaze at a vista that was never meant to resemble purgatory. Then, he clicks some more.
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3 dead in Chicago sailboat accident
Oct 25 2007 7:21PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A 35-foot racing sailboat capsized, struck a breakwater and broke apart in rough conditions on Lake Michigan, killing three of the four men aboard, authorities said Thursday.
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Repair kit offered for recalled cribs
Oct 25 2007 6:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Simplicity Inc. is providing consumers a free repair kit to Simplicity and Graco-brand cribs that were recalled after three children became entrapped and suffocated, the government said Thursday.
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Ga. to build lakes amid drought fight
Oct 25 2007 6:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - With an epic drought gripping the region, Georgia lawmakers announced plans Thursday for a network of state reservoirs, while the governors of Alabama and Florida warned that Georgia's consumption threatens their downstream states.
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Ga. to build lakes amid drought fight
Oct 25 2007 6:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - With an epic drought gripping the region, Georgia lawmakers announced plans Thursday for a network of state reservoirs, while the governors of Alabama and Florida warned that Georgia's consumption threatens their downstream states.
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Mo. governor sued in immigration case
Oct 25 2007 5:59PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A state janitorial contractor that was fired over allegations it employed illegal immigrants sued the state Thursday, accusing Gov. Matt Blunt of racial discrimination and abuse of power.
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Lawyer: Judge denies Skakel's appeal
Oct 25 2007 5:26PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A judge denied Michael Skakel's bid for a new trial Thursday, rejecting a claim that two other men committed a 1975 killing that sent the Kennedy cousin to prison.
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U.S. fugitive murderer caught in Canada
Oct 25 2007 5:13PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - One of the nation's most wanted fugitives was captured Thursday in Canada, more than a year after the convicted murderer slipped out of a federal prison with bags of mail in his third escape from confinement, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
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Italian mobsters in widespread decline
Oct 25 2007 4:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso known as Vinny Gorgeous lasted only slightly longer than a coloring dye job from his Bronx hair salon.
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Italian mobsters in widespread decline
Oct 25 2007 4:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso known as Vinny Gorgeous lasted only slightly longer than a coloring dye job from his Bronx hair salon.
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Italian mobsters in widespread decline
Oct 25 2007 4:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso known as Vinny Gorgeous lasted only slightly longer than a coloring dye job from his Bronx hair salon.
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Fisher-Price recalls more toys with lead
Oct 25 2007 4:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mattel Inc. recalled an additional 38,000 "Go Diego Go!" toys Thursday as part of a larger recall of 665,000 lead-contaminated children's products, the government said.
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Houston mayor coasting to third term
Oct 25 2007 4:00PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The freshman congressman's election night euphoria had barely subsided when a young San Antonio man approached him and drawled: "Congressman ... I'd like to work for you."
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Sentence upheld for Fla. child killer
Oct 25 2007 3:58PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An appeals court has upheld a 30-year probation violation sentence for Lionel Tate, who for a time was the youngest person to be sentenced to life in a U.S. prison.
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Armenian genocide vote delayed
Oct 25 2007 3:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - House sponsors of a resolution that would label the 1915 killing of Armenians a genocide have asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a vote on the measure because they feared it would fail.
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Some businesses thrive in Ga. drought
Oct 25 2007 3:57PM (CT)
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Peeking out over the office buildings and utility poles in this Atlanta suburb, a towering gray drill bores down in search of what everyone in north Georgia seems to be seeking these days: Water.
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Army medics train at Miami trauma center
Oct 25 2007 3:49PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trauma center's radio crackles an alert: A 34-year-old woman injured in an auto wreck is being brought in by helicopter. Parts of her scalp have been torn back, exposing her skull. Broken bones may be sticking out through the skin of her left leg. Her injuries may help save the lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
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Army medics train at Miami trauma center
Oct 25 2007 3:49PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trauma center's radio crackles an alert: A 34-year-old woman injured in an auto wreck is being brought in by helicopter. Parts of her scalp have been torn back, exposing her skull. Broken bones may be sticking out through the skin of her left leg. Her injuries may help save the lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
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Army medics train at Miami trauma center
Oct 25 2007 3:49PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The trauma center's radio crackles an alert: A 34-year-old woman injured in an auto wreck is being brought in by helicopter. Parts of her scalp have been torn back, exposing her skull. Broken bones may be sticking out through the skin of her left leg. Her injuries may help save the lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
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Girl: Mom forced genitalia piercing
Oct 25 2007 3:38PM (CT)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - A 39-year-old woman forcefully had her 13-year-old daughter's genitalia pierced to make it uncomfortable for her to have sex, the girl told jurors in her mother's child abuse trial.
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Poll: One-third believe in ghosts, UFOs
Oct 25 2007 3:22PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It was bad enough when the TV and lights inexplicably flicked on at night, Misty Conrad says. When her daughter began talking to an unseen girl named Nicole and neighbors said children had been murdered in the house, it was time to move.
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Hsu seeks to have Calif. case dropped
Oct 25 2007 2:09PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Disgraced political donor Norman Hsu wasn't hiding from anyone over the past few years, his lawyers say. If California authorities really wanted to find him, they could have asked Hillary Rodham Clinton or one of the other prominent Democrats he showered with cash donations.
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Bridge collapse survivors want fund
Oct 25 2007 1:45PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Almost three months after the deadly bridge collapse crushed her legs, Mercedes Gorden said her medical bills are approaching $300,000.
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Marie Curie's daughter, an author, dies
Oct 25 2007 1:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Eve Curie Labouisse, a journalist who wrote a best-selling biography of her mother, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, has died. She was 102.
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School bus overturns in Virginia
Oct 25 2007 12:03PM (CT)
WARRENTON, Va. (AP) - A school bus ran off a rain-slick highway and overturned on Thursday, sending 18 students and the driver to the hospital with minor injuries, state police said.
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Religion today
Oct 25 2007 11:58AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - James Dobson has become synonymous with the empire that is Focus on the Family. Tourists clamor for photos of the group's founder when he's not taping a radio show, talking about the presidential race on a TV news show or writing another child-rearing book.
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Elevated cancer level found in Pa.
Oct 25 2007 11:47AM (CT)
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - The federal government found an elevated number of cases of a rare blood cancer in northeastern Pennsylvania but uncovered no link to any possible cause in the environment.
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'Preppie Killer' denies drug charges
Oct 25 2007 11:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The so-called "Preppie Killer" who served 15 years in prison for strangling a woman in Central Park pleaded not guilty Thursday to drug sales and possession.
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Religion news in brief
Oct 25 2007 11:00AM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Officials at St. Anne Catholic School here have gotten mixed reactions to their requirement that students speak only in English while at school.
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Fatigue strikes many SoCal firefighters
Oct 25 2007 7:58AM (CT)
RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Forty hours after he arrived in the San Bernardino National Forest, firefighter Peter Stanton stepped gingerly over a sleeping colleague and wondered what his next assignment was going to be.
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The crying game: male vs female tears
Oct 25 2007 7:50AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Please, please, please, just give the dog back," Ellen DeGeneres wept on national TV last week. It was a moment that quickly established itself in the pop culture firmament, less for the plight of Iggy the adopted terrier than for the copious crying itself.
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Some Calif. homeowners return to rubble
Oct 25 2007 7:44AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Patty Thompson's mouth was dry, her hands shaking, as she stepped out of her car in front of the hulking, blackened piles of concrete and twisted metal that were once her home.
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Few labs can test 'dirty bomb' exposure
Oct 25 2007 7:27AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has a shortage of laboratories to test the thousands of people who might be exposed to radiation if a "dirty bomb" detonated in a major city, according to a recent congressional investigation.
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Discovery to rendezvous with station
Oct 25 2007 7:03AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Space shuttle Discovery maneuvered toward a rendezvous with the international space station on Thursday, preparing to embark on the most challenging construction work ever attempted in a single mission.
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N.J. man arrested in Goya painting theft
Oct 25 2007 6:29AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A truck driver who stole an art masterpiece from an unattended transport truck, then claimed he found it in his basement was charged with theft, authorities said.
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Brewer in dispute with real Sam Adams
Oct 25 2007 6:21AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Boston brewers of Sam Adams beer objected when they learned that a mayoral campaign here included Web sites invoking the name of their product.
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Probe finds Taser use on student was OK
Oct 25 2007 4:54AM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - University of Florida police were justified in using a Taser against a student who refused to stop questioning Sen. John Kerry on campus last month, according to a state investigation released Wednesday.
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Looking for an excuse? Company has many
Oct 25 2007 4:52AM (CT)
THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Feeling like playing hooky, but nervous about getting caught? The Excused Absence Network has got your back.
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Looking for an excuse? Company has many
Oct 25 2007 4:52AM (CT)
THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Feeling like playing hooky, but nervous about getting caught? The Excused Absence Network has got your back.
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Looking for an excuse? Company has many
Oct 25 2007 4:52AM (CT)
THACKERVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Feeling like playing hooky, but nervous about getting caught? The Excused Absence Network has got your back.
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Parrot's alarm wakes man, son
Oct 25 2007 4:46AM (CT)
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird's owner says.
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Rabbis nourish crews with food, lessons
Oct 25 2007 4:33AM (CT)
RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Dark beards blowing, black felt fedoras flying off their heads, the four Hasidic rabbis clapped their chests with open palms and cheered as the firefighting helicopter dipped its bucket into their camp swimming pool.
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Rabbis nourish crews with food, lessons
Oct 25 2007 4:33AM (CT)
RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Dark beards blowing, black felt fedoras flying off their heads, the four Hasidic rabbis clapped their chests with open palms and cheered as the firefighting helicopter dipped its bucket into their camp swimming pool.
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Historic SoCal town faces another fire
Oct 25 2007 4:19AM (CT)
JULIAN, Calif. (AP) - Vee Lumpkins stared nervously at the blanket of greenish haze above the nearby rooftops and wondered about her home, the house that stood atop the ashes of the one she lost to a wildfire just four years ago.
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Historic SoCal town faces another fire
Oct 25 2007 4:19AM (CT)
JULIAN, Calif. (AP) - Vee Lumpkins stared nervously at the blanket of greenish haze above the nearby rooftops and wondered about her home, the house that stood atop the ashes of the one she lost to a wildfire just four years ago.
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Historic SoCal town faces another fire
Oct 25 2007 4:19AM (CT)
JULIAN, Calif. (AP) - Vee Lumpkins stared nervously at the blanket of greenish haze above the nearby rooftops and wondered about her home, the house that stood atop the ashes of the one she lost to a wildfire just four years ago.
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La. cotton farms hope for dry weather
Oct 25 2007 3:59AM (CT)
MONROE, La. (AP) - Periodic rains have slowed the cotton harvest in northern Louisiana, and farmers say they need a few days of clear skies to bring in a crop projected to produce record yields.
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Frequent fires imperil native plants
Oct 25 2007 3:15AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The wind-driven infernos that are scarring vast swaths of Southern California's landscape may leave more than just a temporary path of destruction when they are finally extinguished.
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Coast Guard examines new Arctic frontier
Oct 25 2007 2:35AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A Coast Guard reconnaissance team is heading to the far north this week to scope out a new frontier that the warming Arctic climate is opening to ship traffic.
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Testimony: Mob discussed Giuliani hit
Oct 25 2007 12:10AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The bosses of New York's five Mafia families discussed killing Rudy Giuliani in 1986 when he was a mob-busting federal prosecutor, according to testimony Wednesday in the murder trial of a former FBI agent.
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