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Calif. to review aerial response issues
Oct 26 2007 11:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California officials said Friday they will look into ways to get more firefighting aircraft into the air quickly when flames break out, amid criticism that some aircraft remained grounded during the crucial early hours of this week's fires.
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Calif. to review aerial response issues
Oct 26 2007 11:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California officials said Friday they will look into ways to get more firefighting aircraft into the air quickly when flames break out, amid criticism that some aircraft remained grounded during the crucial early hours of this week's fires.
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Calif. wildfire evacuees face hardships
Oct 26 2007 11:36PM (CT)
RAMONA, Calif. (AP) - With some of the worst wildfires dying down, many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking water.
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Overstock founder hit for comments
Oct 26 2007 11:22PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The founder of Overstock.com rejected the NAACP's demand for an apology Friday after an Internet video surfaced of him saying that Utah minorities who don't graduate from high school might as well be burned or thrown away.
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UN expert to probe killings by US troops
Oct 26 2007 11:21PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A United Nations expert said Friday he plans to study whether members of the U.S. military or government contractors such as Blackwater USA violate international law when they kill civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Army: Black soldiers wronged in POW case
Oct 26 2007 11:18PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Black soldiers court-martialed 63 years ago in the rioting death of an Italian prisoner of war at Fort Lawton were unfairly denied access to their attorneys and investigative records and should have their convictions overturned, the U.S. Army said Friday.
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Wrongly convicted Mass. man found dead
Oct 26 2007 11:07PM (CT)
RANDOLPH, Mass. (AP) - A man who was imprisoned more than six years after his wrongful conviction in the shooting of a Boston police officer was found shot to death in his home, authorities said Friday.
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Conservative author speaks at Columbia
Oct 26 2007 10:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative author David Horowitz spoke at Columbia University amid tightened security Friday _ the latest in a string of political lightning rods to appear at the Ivy League school.
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Conservative author speaks at Columbia
Oct 26 2007 10:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative author David Horowitz spoke at Columbia University amid tightened security Friday _ the latest in a string of political lightning rods to appear at the Ivy League school.
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Conservative author speaks at Columbia
Oct 26 2007 10:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative author David Horowitz spoke at Columbia University amid tightened security Friday _ the latest in a string of political lightning rods to appear at the Ivy League school.
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Probe of Kansas abortion doctor blocked
Oct 26 2007 10:35PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A grand jury investigation of one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was put on hold Friday by the Kansas Supreme Court until it can decide whether the panel should convene.
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Georgia court frees man in teen sex case
Oct 26 2007 10:03PM (CT)
FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) - A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest court, which ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Georgia court frees man in teen sex case
Oct 26 2007 10:03PM (CT)
FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) - A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest court, which ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Georgia court frees man in teen sex case
Oct 26 2007 10:03PM (CT)
FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) - A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest court, which ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Georgia court frees man in teen sex case
Oct 26 2007 10:03PM (CT)
FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) - A former high school football star given 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with another teenager was freed Friday by Georgia's highest court, which ruled that his sentence amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Fire burns illegal border crossing
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Border Patrol agents scoured fire-ravaged ravines and canyons Friday for dead bodies after discovering the charred remains of four people in a remote but heavily trafficked crossing corridor for illegal immigrants from Mexico.
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Fire burns illegal border crossing
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Border Patrol agents scoured fire-ravaged ravines and canyons Friday for dead bodies after discovering the charred remains of four people in a remote but heavily trafficked crossing corridor for illegal immigrants from Mexico.
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Fire burns illegal border crossing
Oct 26 2007 9:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Border Patrol agents scoured fire-ravaged ravines and canyons Friday for dead bodies after discovering the charred remains of four people in a remote but heavily trafficked crossing corridor for illegal immigrants from Mexico.
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Man convicted in 10 immigrant deaths
Oct 26 2007 9:47PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The driver of a dangerously overloaded SUV that rolled while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents last year was convicted in the deaths of 10 of his passengers, prosecutors announced Friday.
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Remains of 5-man U.S. Navy crew IDed
Oct 26 2007 9:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The remains of a five Navy servicemen missing in action from the Vietnam War have been accounted for and were being returned to families for burial, the military announced Friday.
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Ruling favors Mich. inmates serving life
Oct 26 2007 9:14PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The constitutional rights of more than 1,000 inmates serving life sentences in Michigan prisons have been violated ever since parole policies were toughened in the 1990s, a federal judge has ruled.
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Democracy debate centers on Iraq
Oct 26 2007 9:13PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Karl Rove and Max Cleland found themselves in a rare moment of agreement Friday _ that America should bring democracy to the world.
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Lawyer: Fort Dix suspect to plead guilty
Oct 26 2007 9:11PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The defendant facing the least serious charges of six men in the Fort Dix terror plot case is expected to plead guilty Wednesday, according to a lawyer in the case.
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Verdict in stolen-baby case: Execution
Oct 26 2007 9:03PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A federal jury decided Friday that a woman convicted of killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb should receive the death penalty.
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Defense contractor denies bribery
Oct 26 2007 9:00PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A defense contractor emphatically denied bribing former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham as he took the stand in his own defense Friday.
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Many states seen facing water shortages
Oct 26 2007 8:24PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. Across America, the picture is critically clear _ the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.
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Many states seen facing water shortages
Oct 26 2007 8:24PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. Across America, the picture is critically clear _ the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.
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Many states seen facing water shortages
Oct 26 2007 8:24PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each year. Across America, the picture is critically clear _ the nation's freshwater supplies can no longer quench its thirst.
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Teen challenges moment-of-silence law
Oct 26 2007 7:58PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old girl and her outspoken atheist father filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging a new Illinois law requiring a brief period of prayer or reflective silence at the start of every school day.
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Rookie nabs U.S. fugitive in Canada
Oct 26 2007 7:42PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A rookie with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is credited with capturing a U.S. fugitive killer and three-time escapee who has spent two decades dodging and taunting law enforcement.
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Rookie nabs U.S. fugitive in Canada
Oct 26 2007 7:42PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A rookie with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is credited with capturing a U.S. fugitive killer and three-time escapee who has spent two decades dodging and taunting law enforcement.
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Rookie nabs U.S. fugitive in Canada
Oct 26 2007 7:42PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A rookie with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is credited with capturing a U.S. fugitive killer and three-time escapee who has spent two decades dodging and taunting law enforcement.
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Ford's Theatre plans new complex
Oct 26 2007 7:27PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The theater where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated will be renovated and made part of a six-building complex that includes multimedia educational displays on the legacy of the nation's 16th president, the Ford's Theatre Society said Friday.
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Spears' custody hearing closed to media
Oct 26 2007 7:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood's highest-profile custody battle was back in court Friday, with Britney Spears and Kevin Federline going behind closed doors to work out custody arrangements for their two young sons.
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Spears' custody hearing closed to media
Oct 26 2007 7:15PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood's highest-profile custody battle was back in court Friday, with Britney Spears and Kevin Federline going behind closed doors to work out custody arrangements for their two young sons.
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Court allows anti-harass training suit
Oct 26 2007 6:53PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A high school student can pursue nominal damages from an eastern Kentucky school district over its required anti-harassment training, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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Short takes on events in the fire zone
Oct 26 2007 6:09PM (CT)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - When Krystal Nagle isn't at the hospital visiting her newborn daughter, the new mom is exercising outside a shelter trying not to worry about her home.
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Pa. gov. releases polling places list
Oct 26 2007 5:51PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell rescinded a policy Friday that had kept the state's list of polling places hidden from the public because of terrorism fears.
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Priest admits stealing from parishes
Oct 26 2007 5:41PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A retired Roman Catholic priest who prosecutors said stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from two rural parishes pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges.
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Cargo firm admits overbilling military
Oct 26 2007 5:19PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A freight contractor for the military admitted overbilling the Defense Department by millions of dollars and agreed to pay $28 million in fines and restitution.
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Feds form drought panel amid water talks
Oct 26 2007 5:02PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Federal officials met privately Friday with the governors of drought-stricken Alabama and Georgia and announced plans for an interagency team to tackle a long-standing water rights dispute involving those two states and Florida.
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UN expert decries turning food into fuel
Oct 26 2007 4:57PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A U.N. expert on Friday called the growing practice of converting food crops into biofuel "a crime against humanity," saying it is creating food shortages and price jumps that cause millions of poor people to go hungry.
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Teen admits school-assault plot
Oct 26 2007 4:51PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A 14-year-old boy admitted Friday that he planned a Columbine-style attack on a suburban Philadelphia high school, which could keep him in juvenile custody for up to 6 1/2 years.
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Teen admits school-assault plot
Oct 26 2007 4:51PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A 14-year-old boy admitted Friday that he planned a Columbine-style attack on a suburban Philadelphia high school, which could keep him in juvenile custody for up to 6 1/2 years.
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Study: Most immigrants see future in US
Oct 26 2007 4:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Hispanic immigrants believe their future is in the United States, despite maintaining ties to their native countries, according to a new study by the Pew Hispanic Center.
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Ex-Gov. Ryan ordered to prison by Nov. 7
Oct 26 2007 4:10PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Gov. George Ryan was ordered Friday to start serving a 6 1/2-year prison sentence in less than two weeks, but his lawyers held out hope they could keep him out of prison pending a U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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That's the spirit: Belief in ghosts high
Oct 26 2007 3:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. And nearly one out of four, 23 percent, say they've actually seen a ghost or felt its presence, finds a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos.
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That's the spirit: Belief in ghosts high
Oct 26 2007 3:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. And nearly one out of four, 23 percent, say they've actually seen a ghost or felt its presence, finds a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos.
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That's the spirit: Belief in ghosts high
Oct 26 2007 3:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. And nearly one out of four, 23 percent, say they've actually seen a ghost or felt its presence, finds a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos.
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US Army seeks more help for families
Oct 26 2007 3:46PM (CT)
HEIDELBERG, Germany (AP) - The U.S. Army's top general pledged Friday to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families at its posts around the world, a program spurred by the strains of extended deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US Army seeks more help for families
Oct 26 2007 3:46PM (CT)
HEIDELBERG, Germany (AP) - The U.S. Army's top general pledged Friday to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families at its posts around the world, a program spurred by the strains of extended deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US Army seeks more help for families
Oct 26 2007 3:46PM (CT)
HEIDELBERG, Germany (AP) - The U.S. Army's top general pledged Friday to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families at its posts around the world, a program spurred by the strains of extended deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Ohio school feud leads to father's death
Oct 26 2007 3:37PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The plan was simple: Invite families feuding over problems between their fifth-grade sons to counseling sessions. But that went awry when the two families ran into each other in the parking lot, and yet another fight broke out _ this time between adults.
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3 charged in Pa. college student's death
Oct 26 2007 3:27PM (CT)
FLEETWOOD, Pa. (AP) - Three men used a large wooden chair leg to beat a Kutztown University student to death last month in Pennsylvania Dutch country, a prosecutor said Friday in filing capital murder charges.
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Police probe Mexican Consulate explosion
Oct 26 2007 3:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Though more than two years apart, the pair of attacks were strikingly similar: Each involved two small explosive devices fashioned from novelty grenades, a Manhattan consulate targeted in the wee hours, and a mystery cyclist as the possible culprit.
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Animals and owners find refuge on beach
Oct 26 2007 3:03PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - For the past week, the residents of Fiesta Beach have included uptight horses, frightened finches and designer dogs _ as well as pet owners trying to make it all seem like home.
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Animals and owners find refuge on beach
Oct 26 2007 3:03PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - For the past week, the residents of Fiesta Beach have included uptight horses, frightened finches and designer dogs _ as well as pet owners trying to make it all seem like home.
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Chicago politicians seek new taxes, fees
Oct 26 2007 2:49PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Life in America's third-largest city is already expensive: Motorists pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and shoppers get hit with sales taxes higher than those in New York or Los Angeles. Now it could get even worse.
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Extradition denied in assisted suicide
Oct 26 2007 2:45PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Unitarian minister was freed from jail Friday after a federal magistrate ruled he cannot be extradited to Ireland to face trial for his role in a Dublin woman's 2002 suicide.
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Life term for knowledge of shooting plan
Oct 26 2007 2:18PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A 75-year-old woman who had known her family planned to shoot anyone who came on their land was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Friday for her role in the deaths of two law officers.
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Media wants court papers in Nichols case
Oct 26 2007 1:30PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A court should immediately release the state public defender's written response to a request to hold it in contempt for cutting off funding to accused courthouse shooter Brian Nichols' legal team, a media lawyer argued Friday.
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Ex-con arrested in death of Utah woman
Oct 26 2007 1:14PM (CT)
MURRAY, Utah (AP) - A convicted killer sought in the death of a woman who had befriended him in prison was found watching a portable television in a park shed, police said.
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Man gets 3 years for puppy toss
Oct 26 2007 11:55AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - An incredulous judge sentenced a man to three years in prison for tossing a 10-week-old puppy off an apartment balcony during an argument with his girlfriend.
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DA: Bogus NYC dentist dumped patient
Oct 26 2007 11:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A fake dentist is accused of dumping a critically ill woman on the curb outside his office after she lost consciousness during surgery, prosecutors said Friday.
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Barring Muslim scholar's visit debated
Oct 26 2007 8:27AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. government attorney urged a judge not to interfere with the decision to block a prominent Muslim scholar from entering the country.
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Man, woman dead in NYC triple shooting
Oct 26 2007 6:54AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A gunman shot three people in the head inside an apartment early Friday, leaving a man and a woman dead and gravely wounding another man, police said.
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Evacuees return to ashes, uncertainty
Oct 26 2007 5:59AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - As some wildfire evacuees returned to their neighborhoods to find only ashes where their homes once stood, others sought government help for dealing with the uncertainty of their upended lives.
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Evacuees return to ashes, uncertainty
Oct 26 2007 5:59AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - As some wildfire evacuees returned to their neighborhoods to find only ashes where their homes once stood, others sought government help for dealing with the uncertainty of their upended lives.
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Evacuees return to ashes, uncertainty
Oct 26 2007 5:59AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - As some wildfire evacuees returned to their neighborhoods to find only ashes where their homes once stood, others sought government help for dealing with the uncertainty of their upended lives.
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SoCal canyon flourishes after 2003 fire
Oct 26 2007 4:37AM (CT)
ALPINE, Calif. (AP) - The last time President Bush walked the charred ruins of a Southern California home, two sewing machines and an air conditioner were the only recognizable objects amid the debris.
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SoCal canyon flourishes after 2003 fire
Oct 26 2007 4:37AM (CT)
ALPINE, Calif. (AP) - The last time President Bush walked the charred ruins of a Southern California home, two sewing machines and an air conditioner were the only recognizable objects amid the debris.
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SoCal canyon flourishes after 2003 fire
Oct 26 2007 4:37AM (CT)
ALPINE, Calif. (AP) - The last time President Bush walked the charred ruins of a Southern California home, two sewing machines and an air conditioner were the only recognizable objects amid the debris.
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SoCal canyon flourishes after 2003 fire
Oct 26 2007 4:37AM (CT)
ALPINE, Calif. (AP) - The last time President Bush walked the charred ruins of a Southern California home, two sewing machines and an air conditioner were the only recognizable objects amid the debris.
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Floods trash, reshape Miss. river refuge
Oct 26 2007 2:38AM (CT)
MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. (AP) - Not far from Don's Body Shop and the Alcove Bar is a peaceful, green world that ducks, bald eagles and shorebirds call home.
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Floods trash, reshape Miss. river refuge
Oct 26 2007 2:38AM (CT)
MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. (AP) - Not far from Don's Body Shop and the Alcove Bar is a peaceful, green world that ducks, bald eagles and shorebirds call home.
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Floods trash, reshape Miss. river refuge
Oct 26 2007 2:38AM (CT)
MINNESOTA CITY, Minn. (AP) - Not far from Don's Body Shop and the Alcove Bar is a peaceful, green world that ducks, bald eagles and shorebirds call home.
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Fla. mother acquitted in piercing case
Oct 26 2007 1:06AM (CT)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - A woman who had her 13-year-old daughter's genitalia pierced to make it uncomfortable for her to have sex was acquitted of aggravated child abuse on Thursday.
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