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N.D. City Council cancels male dance show
Oct 28 2005 11:58PM (CT)
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) - An official with Australia's "Thunder from Down Under" male revue called cancellation of a scheduled North Dakota performance following protests from religious leaders a shocking form of censorship.
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Former Detroit FBI informant gets prison
Oct 28 2005 11:28PM (CT)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A former FBI informant was sentenced Friday to 10 years and one month in prison for scheming to ruin the head of the agency's Detroit office.
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Parks honored in King's former Ala. church
Oct 28 2005 11:11PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hundreds of people packed a historic church Friday to remember Rosa Parks, and a veteran of the Montgomery bus boycott encouraged them to carry on her legacy of civil rights activism.
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Company wanted out of body collection job
Oct 28 2005 10:47PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A company assigned the delicate duty of collecting Hurricane Katrina's dead in Louisiana wanted out of the federal job days later, complaining of a "bureaucratic quagmire" in its dealings with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Police: NYC couple killed family, selves
Oct 28 2005 10:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Toxicology tests showed a couple killed their two young children before committing suicide with carbon monoxide from burning coals, the medical examiner's office said Friday.
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Bikers face charges in fatal Nev. brawl
Oct 28 2005 10:32PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two more members of the Hells Angels were indicted Friday on federal racketeering charges related to a deadly 2002 biker brawl in a casino hotel.
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Ariz. court: Embryo outside not 'person'
Oct 28 2005 10:19PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A days-old human embryo preserved outside the womb isn't a person under the Arizona law that allows lawsuits for wrongful deaths, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.
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New Orleans police fire 51 for desertion
Oct 28 2005 10:01PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fifty-one members of the New Orleans Police Department _ 45 officers and six civilian employees _ were fired Friday for abandoning their posts before or after Hurricane Katrina.
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Alaska high court backs partner benefits
Oct 28 2005 10:00PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday it is unconstitutional to deny benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees, a victory for gay rights advocates in one of the first states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
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Man accused of sabotaging Ariz. gas lines
Oct 28 2005 9:56PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A fired employee of a natural gas distribution company has been indicted on charges he sabotaged the utility's pipelines by puncturing them and tampering with valves, authorities said.
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Bone fragments found near WTC said human
Oct 28 2005 9:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Ten bone fragments discovered more than four years after the World Trade Center attacks on the rooftop of a nearby skyscraper are human, officials said Friday.
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Prosecutor subpoenas MoveOn.org director
Oct 28 2005 9:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Texas prosecutor has subpoenaed the head of a liberal activist group and records of political contributions from mostly Republican state judges in advance of a hearing Tuesday to decide who should preside over former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's criminal case.
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Charges dropped vs. mother in lawyer slay
Oct 28 2005 9:37PM (CT)
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors dropped charges Friday against the mother of a teenager accused of killing a prominent attorney's wife.
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Report warned Fla. power co. about poles
Oct 28 2005 9:24PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The damage to wooden utility poles in Hurricane Wilma had Florida Power & Light defending its maintenance record on Friday against a critical state report this summer.
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Births to unmarried U.S. women set record
Oct 28 2005 9:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 1.5 million babies, a record, were born to unmarried women in the United States last year, the government reported Friday. And it isn't just teenagers any more.
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Texas leads nation in household hunger
Oct 28 2005 9:12PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A higher percentage of Texas households were at risk of going hungry over the past three years than in any other state, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Agriculture Department.
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Colorado convictions could be thrown out
Oct 28 2005 9:00PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Convictions against eight people accused of crimes including sex assault are at risk because a court reporter who has battled cancer quit her job before fully transcribing her notes, prosecutors said.
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Panel: Security woes hinder Iraq coverage
Oct 28 2005 8:50PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Deteriorating security in Iraq has made it much more difficult to provide the news coverage Americans need to understand the war and reconstruction efforts, several journalists said Friday.
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Mother appears in court; supporters rally
Oct 28 2005 7:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Supporters of the 23-year-old mother accused of throwing her three sons into San Francisco Bay held hands and prayed for the woman before her latest court appearance on murder charges Friday.
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Outburst precedes Mich. scam sentence
Oct 28 2005 6:53PM (CT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The ringleader of a scheme that bilked investors out of millions of dollars was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday, but not before the screaming defendant was removed from the courtroom.
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Publisher: NYT slow in correcting coverage
Oct 28 2005 6:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Times Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said Friday that the newspaper was far too slow in correcting its reports indicating Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but the blame did not lie entirely with Judith Miller, the author of many of the stories.
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Lawyer: Clients tied to coin dealer safe
Oct 28 2005 6:50PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A lawyer for two public officials and a former mayor who helped a major GOP donor accused of illegally funneling campaign donations said Friday that he doesn't think his clients will be prosecuted.
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Wilma hits elderly especially hard
Oct 28 2005 6:33PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Mary Gaiter has high blood pressure, bursitis, arthritis, asthma and a leaky heart valve. "You name it, I got it," the 75-year-old widow says. This week, Gaiter's biggest problem is Wilma.
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Power slowly being restored in Florida
Oct 28 2005 6:31PM (CT)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Simple tasks like buying gas, cooking food and even turning on the lights got a little easier Friday, with power restored to nearly half the homes and businesses that lost it during Hurricane Wilma.
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Court backs bar on gay marriages by mayor
Oct 28 2005 4:46PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state appeals court unanimously upheld a ruling barring a village mayor from performing same-sex marriages, saying he acted beyond his authority when he presided over two dozen such ceremonies last year.
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Philly transit union walks out on talks
Oct 28 2005 4:44PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The union representing Philadelphia subway, trolley and bus workers walked out of contract talks Friday, days before a threatened strike that would leave hundreds of thousands of passengers to find alternate ways to travel.
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Georgia congresswoman fined $33,000
Oct 28 2005 4:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Cynthia McKinney must pay a $33,000 fine and reimburse as much as $72,000 to political donors after accepting excessive contributions in the 2002 election, the Federal Election Commission said Friday.
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Marion Barry pleads guilty in tax case
Oct 28 2005 4:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry pleaded guilty Friday to two misdemeanor counts stemming from his failure to file tax returns in 2000.
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Schwarzenegger: Unions blocking reform
Oct 28 2005 4:31PM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is complaining that California's Democrats and union bosses are standing in the way of government reform and "want to destroy me."
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Police: Woman used stolen card in lottery
Oct 28 2005 4:31PM (CT)
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said.
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Coastal Miss. police using hand-me-downs
Oct 28 2005 2:43PM (CT)
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) - Long before the sun rises over this small coastal city, Sgt. Trent Boyd arrives at the Waveland Police Department. Or what's left of it.
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General Motors Corp. recalling SUVs
Oct 28 2005 1:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - General Motors Corp. said Friday it was recalling about 100,000 sport utility vehicles in 20 northern states because corrosion can affect latches on the two backseat doors, potentially allowing the doors to open while the vehicle is being driven.
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Former dog-track execs sentenced to prison
Oct 28 2005 1:44PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Two former dog-track executives were sentenced to prison Friday for conspiring to bribe the Rhode Island House speaker in a bid to get more gambling at the track and block a rival Indian casino.
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St. Louis' Gateway Arch rings in 40th year
Oct 28 2005 1:14PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - When architect Eero Saarinen was creating the design of this city's famed Gateway Arch, he constructed his first model out of pipe cleaners. A long way from its humble beginnings, the shimmering steel Arch celebrated its 40th anniversary Friday.
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Business frightful for some haunted houses
Oct 28 2005 1:08PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - When Dwayne Throneberry closed his haunted house, The Main Street Morgue, two falls ago, he swore he'd shaken his last skeleton at his last screaming teenager.
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Woman gets 7 years for wrong-way drive
Oct 28 2005 11:55AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for her suicidal wrong-way drive on an interstate in which she narrowly missed several vehicles, including a police car.
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Ex-bar owner sentenced in patron's death
Oct 28 2005 11:28AM (CT)
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - A former bar owner was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for the death of a woman who prosecutors said participated in a drinking contest involving a red, yellow and green concoction called the "Stoplight Challenge."
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TV reporter resigns amid romance rumors
Oct 28 2005 10:54AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A television reporter who covered the Oregon Legislature said he has resigned because of a personal relationship with a state lawmaker who recently announced her resignation after being charged with drug possession.
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Mother of suspect arrested in Vitale case
Oct 28 2005 8:44AM (CT)
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) - The mother of a teenager accused of killing a prominent attorney's wife did not attend his court appearance, after she was arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to murder.
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La. hospital officials: Federal aid needed
Oct 28 2005 5:48AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Southern Louisiana's only trauma center was shut down by Hurricane Katrina, and what is left of the rest of the hospital system is only a step away from financial disaster, the president of the New Orleans Medical Society said.
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Prosecutor seeks DeLay associates' e-mails
Oct 28 2005 3:33AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Three indicted associates of Republican U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay are being asked to hand over to a Texas prosecutor all their e-mails from 2002 in an investigation into an alleged campaign finance scheme.
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Neel, Stevens portraits at D.C. museum
Oct 28 2005 3:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alice Neel specialized in painting 20th century American women and could do cute kids and attractive teenagers. She had more unusual interests, too: old ladies and pregnant young women.
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Default judgment granted in al-Qaida case
Oct 28 2005 12:08AM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A soldier wounded in a firefight in Afghanistan and the widow of his slain comrade won a default judgment against the estate of a suspected al-Qaida financier.
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