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Airborne laser closer to completion
Oct 27 2006 11:37PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency rolled out an airborne laser aircraft on Friday, the latest development in a missile-defense system that was once ridiculed as a "Star Wars" fantasy.
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La. sheriff's suggestion upsets blacks
Oct 27 2006 11:30PM (CT)
GRETNA, La. (AP) - An outspoken sheriff in suburban New Orleans has again upset black leaders, this time by suggesting deputies would stop, search and run background checks on young black males congregating in high-crime areas.
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Weary eagle takes flight again in Wis.
Oct 27 2006 11:21PM (CT)
FREDONIA, Wis. (AP) - A young golden eagle returned to the wild Friday, days after being found in an eastern Wisconsin wildlife area weary and unable to fly.
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Former pastor gets 11 years in prison
Oct 27 2006 11:19PM (CT)
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) - A former Baptist pastor who disappeared with a 15-year-old girl for a month and later pleaded guilty to raping her was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in federal prison.
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Ohio St. closes 7th elevator after death
Oct 27 2006 11:06PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State University shut down another elevator Friday because it showed potential problems during a test following a fatal accident last week, the school said.
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Judge tells lawyer to drop Rove claim
Oct 27 2006 11:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge refused Friday to toss out charges against a Florida businessman whose lawyer claimed that presidential adviser Karl Rove set off probes against his client to retaliate for a flood of spam e-mails to President Bush.
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Reward for Calif. arsonist now at $500K
Oct 27 2006 10:57PM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Calif. (AP) - As flames roared through the canyons of Southern California, authorities increased the reward to $500,000 Friday for the arrest of the arsonist responsible for the deaths of four firefighters in the nation's worst such tragedy in five years.
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Gov. gives $450M to coal research
Oct 27 2006 10:53PM (CT)
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman announced on Friday $450 million in grants during the next decade to further research into technology that would lessen the environmental impacts of coal use.
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L.A. clergy sex case settled for $10M
Oct 27 2006 10:50PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Roman Catholic religious order and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles will pay a combined $10 million to seven people to settle allegations of clergy sexual abuse, attorneys said Friday.
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Feds in Wyo. take over Colorado ad probe
Oct 27 2006 10:40PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The FBI said Friday that Wyoming officials would take over an investigation into a Colorado gubernatorial candidate's campaign ad to avoid potential conflicts of interest after authorities learned a Denver-area federal agent may have been involved.
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$18M for Calif. man's harassment claim
Oct 27 2006 10:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury has ordered The Vons Companies Inc. to pay more than $18 million in damages to a former employee who claimed the supermarket chain fired him after he filed a report accusing a female supervisor of sexual harassment.
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Convicted sniper admits to 2002 slaying
Oct 27 2006 9:57PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Convicted Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tearfully confessed to police that he and John Allen Muhammad were responsible for the 2002 killing of a 60-year-old man on a golf course, Tucson authorities said Friday.
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Ohio house fire kills teen mom, 3 kids
Oct 27 2006 9:40PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An overheated extension cord sparked a house fire early Friday that killed a teenager and her three young children in an upstairs room, authorities said. The youngest victim was 2 weeks old.
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Substance at Clinton's office not toxic
Oct 27 2006 9:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police and Secret Service agents determined Friday that a suspicious substance found at former President Clinton's office in Manhattan was not toxic.
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ACLU drops Patriot Act challenge
Oct 27 2006 9:14PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday dropped a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the USA Patriot Act.
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Man: Didn't know about secret nuke data
Oct 27 2006 8:40PM (CT)
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - A self-described methamphetamine addict said he doesn't know anything about the classified Los Alamos National Laboratory data that authorities found in the mobile home where he was staying.
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Court: Foley voters may see name list
Oct 27 2006 8:16PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Voters deciding on a replacement for disgraced Rep. Mark Foley may be provided with a list of candidates in the race as they enter the voting booth next month, an appeals court ruled Friday.
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Army arraigns soldier charged with rape
Oct 27 2006 8:05PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - The Army arraigned a 101st Airborne Division soldier Friday who was charged with raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing three others in her family.
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Ryan lawyers try to postpone sentencing
Oct 27 2006 7:55PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Gov. George Ryan's lawyers made a fresh effort Friday to postpone the day he must start serving his 6 1/2-year federal prison sentence for racketeering and fraud.
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AP seeks action on detained photographer
Oct 27 2006 7:47PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. military's indefinite detention of an Associated Press photographer in Iraq, without charges, is an outrage and should be seen as such by the journalistic community, AP editors said Friday.
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Jet makes emergency landing at airport
Oct 27 2006 7:40PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A regional jet made an emergency landing at Louisville International Airport Friday shortly after it took off from the airport, a spokeswoman said.
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Blagojevich campaign donor pleads guilty
Oct 27 2006 7:38PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A millionaire campaign donor for Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded guilty Friday to using his seats on two state boards in a bid to collect millions of dollars in kickbacks.
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NYC expands hunt for remains at WTC site
Oct 27 2006 7:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city broadened its search for human remains at ground zero Friday, expanding the effort to a service road and several nearby streets, buildings and rooftops that may have been missed in the cleanup after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Trial draws attention to genital cutting
Oct 27 2006 6:25PM (CT)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The trial of an Atlanta-area father accused of circumcising his 2-year-old daughter with scissors is focusing attention on an ancient African practice that experts say is slowly becoming more common in the U.S. as immigrant communities grow.
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Amish couple challenges U.S. photo rule
Oct 27 2006 5:08PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Amish couple filed a lawsuit _ something that runs counter to their principles of nonresistance _ to safeguard another cherished belief, that having their photo taken is against the Bible.
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Primary school attendance up worldwide
Oct 27 2006 5:08PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Primary school enrollments increased significantly in much of the developing world from 1999 to 2004, but 77 million young children are still not attending school, according to a new U.N. report.
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Search for stray manatee ends
Oct 27 2006 4:46PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Would-be rescuers ended their search Friday for a manatee that strayed an unprecedented 700 miles up the Mississippi River, leaving the warm-water mammal to an uncertain fate far north of its natural range.
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Pa. lawmakers approve lobbyist bill
Oct 27 2006 4:43PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Legislature gave final approval Friday to a bill that would end Pennsylvania's distinction as the only state without a law requiring lobbyists to report how much money they spend wining, dining and otherwise persuading lawmakers.
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Suspect held in slaying of Fla. family
Oct 27 2006 4:31PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities investigating the slaying of a family of four alongside a Florida highway said Friday that the father was probably involved in drug trafficking and that the suspected killer was in custody.
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Prosecutor yet to interview rape accuser
Oct 27 2006 4:21PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players accused of raping a woman at a team party said during a court hearing Friday that he and his assistants haven't interviewed the accuser about the facts of the case.
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DA race seen as referendum on Duke case
Oct 27 2006 3:34PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The race for district attorney in Durham is shaping up as a referendum on the Duke lacrosse rape case. But a defeat for D.A. Mike Nifong would not necessarily spell the end of the case.
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Man arrested after fire at Oregon church
Oct 27 2006 2:14PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of bursting into a church, sloshing fuel onto congregants and setting a fire had spent five years in a psychiatric hospital after being convicted of killing his daughter, records show.
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Pa. men burnt by wires get $24 million
Oct 27 2006 2:01PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A jury awarded $24 million to two men who were severely burned by electrical wires as teens when they trespassed onto railroad property and climbed atop a rail car.
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U.S. returns to standard time on Sunday
Oct 27 2006 1:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Autumn's chill is in the air, and little ghosts and goblins are preparing to play trick-or-treat. It must be time to set the clocks back. Officially we will fall back to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday, though most folks will change their clocks Saturday night.
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Mich. mother found guilty in son's death
Oct 27 2006 1:27PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A mother who claimed that her missing 7-year-old son had run away was found guilty Friday of murder after prosecutors said she struck him in the head and then neglected to seek help as he slowly died of his injury.
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Dismemberment murder rivets New Orleans
Oct 27 2006 1:24PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is a city fascinated with the macabre. Carriage drivers regale French Quarter tourists nightly with phantasmagoric tales of black magic, debauchery and murder. Visitors stroll around the legendary cemeteries, known as "Cities of the Dead," and enjoy picnic lunches amid grand but crumbling tombs that look like something from the fevered mind of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Border fence plan worries Texas ranchers
Oct 27 2006 1:18PM (CT)
MISSION, Texas (AP) - Jeff Reed offers outdoor dining on the Rio Grande at his restaurant, Pepe's on the River. But with the U.S. government planning to build 700 miles of fence along the Mexican border, he has to wonder: Will his restaurant soon be "Pepe's on the Fence"?
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Rolling reportedly admitted La. murders
Oct 27 2006 12:52PM (CT)
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Shortly before he was executed in Florida this week, serial killer Danny Rolling handed his spiritual adviser a handwritten confession to a grisly triple murder 17 years ago in his hometown of Shreveport, police said Friday.
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Executed killer claimed 3 more victims
Oct 27 2006 12:35PM (CT)
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Shortly before he was executed in Florida this week, serial killer Danny Rolling handed his spiritual adviser a handwritten confession to a grisly triple murder 17 years ago in his hometown of Shreveport, police said Friday.
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Priest's lawyer denies 2nd abuse claim
Oct 27 2006 11:32AM (CT)
ROME (AP) - The lawyer for a Catholic priest who acknowledged fondling Mark Foley when the former congressman was a teenager said Friday there were no grounds for legal action against the clergyman, and he denied allegations by a second man claiming the priest molested him.
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Colorado highways reopen after snowstorm
Oct 27 2006 11:11AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Some schools were closed Friday but highways and runways were back open and a ski resort was getting ready for an early start for the season after a storm left up to 2 feet of snow.
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Safavian's sentencing set for Friday
Oct 27 2006 8:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sentencing for former Bush administration official David Safavian was set for Friday, another election-season reminder of the Jack Abramoff scandal.
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Woman says she didn't kill social worker
Oct 27 2006 8:06AM (CT)
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) - A woman accused with her boyfriend of kidnapping her baby and killing a social worker said Thursday she did not participate in the slaying.
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Life in prison sought for S.C. rapist
Oct 27 2006 7:56AM (CT)
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) - Prosecutors intend to seek a life prison sentence for a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping and raping two teenage girls in a crypt-like space beneath his home.
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Boy dies in crash on polygamist's land
Oct 27 2006 7:38AM (CT)
ELDORADO, Texas (AP) - A 3-year-old boy was killed and another child was injured Thursday when a minivan they were riding in crashed on a ranch owned by polygamist sect led by Warren Jeffs.
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Marine pleads guilty to assaulting Iraqi
Oct 27 2006 6:27AM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice in the death of an Iraqi civilian, telling a judge he knew his actions would fuel anti-war sentiment.
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AP's Online Video Network honored
Oct 27 2006 5:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The team responsible for creating AP's new Online Video Network has won The Associated Press' 2006 Chairman's Prize.
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N.C. nurse charged in patient's death
Oct 27 2006 1:22AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - For five years, the death of Sandra Baker Joyner after a mini-facelift was attributed to medical error. But last month, investigators proposed a more sinister explanation. As she lay bandaged in the recovery room, Joyner was poisoned by a nurse anesthetist who believed Joyner had stolen her boyfriend back in high school some 30 years ago, authorities say.
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