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Firefighters gaining on deadly wildfire
Oct 29 2006 11:35PM (CT)
BEAUMONT, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters aided by dying winds appeared to be winning the battle Sunday against a 63-square-mile wildfire that killed four of their own and destroyed more than 30 homes.
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High wind knocks out power for thousands
Oct 29 2006 11:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Maine as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 50 mph, knocking over trees and a construction crane. The storm was blamed for at least two deaths.
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Gallaudet rejects incoming president
Oct 29 2006 10:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The board of trustees of the nation's premier school for the deaf voted Sunday to revoke the appointment of the incoming president, who had been the subject of weeks of protests that at times shut down the campus.
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Ohio voting law is back in action
Oct 29 2006 10:28PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court on Sunday put on hold a decision that suspended Ohio's identification requirements for absentee voting, meaning voters applying for the early ballots must continue giving proof of their ID.
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China military to tour U.S. bases
Oct 29 2006 10:17PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - A Chinese military delegation will begin a five-day tour of U.S. military installations in Hawaii and California on Monday and meet with senior U.S. officers in the latest step to repair military ties between the two countries.
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Report: BP knew refinery was at risk
Oct 29 2006 10:13PM (CT)
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - Safety experts for BP PLC warned their bosses of the potential for a "major site incident" 2 1/2 years before an explosion at the company's Texas City refinery killed 15 people, according to a broadcast report.
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Peace activist dies at 87
Oct 29 2006 9:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sally Lilienthal, a staunch nuclear weapons opponent who founded the influential Ploughshares Fund to help shape the Cold War disarmament agenda, has died. She was 87.
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Inmate charged with tattooing killer
Oct 29 2006 7:55PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - An inmate accused of forcibly tattooing a slain 10-year-old girl's name onto her killer's forehead in an Indiana prison was the victim's cousin, a family friend said.
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NYC weighing 1st trans fatty acids ban
Oct 29 2006 3:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There are plenty of things in Kentucky Fried Chicken that are bad for your health _ cholesterol, saturated fat and salt, to name a few. But only one has the potential to get the colonel's recipe banned in New York City.
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Some sex offenders banned from Halloween
Oct 29 2006 2:18PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sex offenders on probation or parole in Tennessee are banned from Halloween costume parties this year and aren't even allowed to put up decorations like jack-o-lanterns that might attract youngsters.
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Fish farmers angry over shipping ban
Oct 29 2006 2:04PM (CT)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A government crackdown on live fish shipments from the Great Lakes states is intended to check the spread of a deadly aquatic virus, but critics say it could devastate the region's fishing industry.
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No answers yet in spinach probe
Oct 29 2006 1:20PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Like lab technicians on a crime-scene television drama, investigators have tracked a strain of bacteria over thousands of miles _ from bagged spinach in Midwestern refrigerators to the guts of a wild pig in the hills of California's central coast.
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Emily Post center pushes modern manners
Oct 29 2006 12:29PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Inside a plain-enough country club restaurant nestled in this Champlain Valley college town, the latest crimes against the laws of social etiquette are being committed during the Monday lunch hour.
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Wind cuts power to thousands in N.Y.
Oct 29 2006 12:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of households in the New York region, mainly on Long Island, were without power Sunday as winds gusting more than 50 miles per hour continued to sweep through the area for a second day.
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Wis. Halloween bash ends peacefully
Oct 29 2006 11:25AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The crowd was a lot smaller, but so were the problems, at an annual Halloween party that ended without violence or the use of pepper spray as it had in recent years.
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