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Alaska lawmaker against benefits for gays
Oct 31 2005 11:44PM (CT)
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A state Republican lawmaker said Monday that he plans to draft a consitutional amendment to counter last week's Alaska Supreme Court decision to grant public employee benefits to gay couples.
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Multiple court mistakes free Wisconsin man
Oct 31 2005 11:42PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A man who was tried four times over seven years for an alleged sexual assault was freed Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from prosecutors.
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Businessman offers alternate Blake theory
Oct 31 2005 11:37PM (CT)
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - A businessman testified Monday that he tried to alert authorities to an alternate theory of who killed actor Robert Blake's wife, but his story apparently was discounted.
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Texas pastor electrocuted during baptism
Oct 31 2005 11:36PM (CT)
WACO, Texas (AP) - The University Baptist Church band had just led the congregation in praise songs when the Rev. Kyle Lake stepped into a tank on the stage to baptize a new member, something he did several times a year.
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Phila. starts week with transit strike
Oct 31 2005 10:59PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Commuters laced up their walking shoes, pedaled bicycles and hitched rides Monday as a transit strike brought the city's buses, subways and trolleys to a halt. With no new negotiations scheduled, they expected to do it again Tuesday.
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Structure fire burns in San Francisco
Oct 31 2005 10:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An explosive three-alarm structure fire burned in a downtown industrial area Monday afternoon, sending plumes of black smoke over the city.
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Ancient artifacts to be returned to Mexico
Oct 31 2005 10:33PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - U.S. customs officials plan to return a pair of seized ancient stone artifacts to Mexico this week during a repatriation ceremony.
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Halloween is Hurricane Wilma's new victim
Oct 31 2005 10:28PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Little ghosts and goblins in cities across South Florida were stuck inside Monday night as officials urged parents to call off trick-or-treating because of the damage from Hurricane Wilma.
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Young Texas patient to go back to parents
Oct 31 2005 10:06PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A 13-year-old cancer patient who was put into foster care after her parents refused to allow radiation treatment will be reunited with her family, a judge ruled Monday.
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Teen charged with murder of Ala. teacher
Oct 31 2005 10:05PM (CT)
MOULTON, Ala. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder Monday in the killing of a teacher who was beaten, robbed and left for dead at the school where she worked.
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Lawsuit filed over New Orleans landfill
Oct 31 2005 10:03PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Environmentalists filed a lawsuit Monday over the state's decision to reopen an old landfill to handle debris from Hurricane Katrina.
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NYC Halloween parade honors New Orleans
Oct 31 2005 10:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a nod to hurricane battered New Orleans, New York raised the Cajun spirits Monday, styling its annual Village Halloween parade on the southern city's traditional jazz funerals.
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Texas judge orders mayor to leave town
Oct 31 2005 9:55PM (CT)
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) - A Texas mayor can't set foot in the small city he leads until a criminal case against him is over, but he still plans on running it.
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Parks remembered for her courage, strength
Oct 31 2005 9:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Linking hands and singing "We Shall Overcome," old friends and Washington's establishment remembered Rosa Parks on Monday as a quiet, gentle woman whose courage in the face of segregation helped inspire generations.
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Tribes, ed. leader debate Left Behind Act
Oct 31 2005 9:37PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - American Indian leaders argued Monday that the No Child Left Behind Act is too rigid and has forced rural schools to cut tribal culture and language classes.
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Methodists defrock lesbian minister
Oct 31 2005 9:36PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lesbian minister was defrocked Monday by the highest court within the United Methodist Church, which found that she violated the denomination's ban on "self-avowed, practicing homosexual" clergy.
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Florida soldier killed in Iraq promoted
Oct 31 2005 9:35PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - An Army officer who was promoted to colonel after his death in a Baghdad explosion has become the highest-ranking soldier killed in action in Iraq, the Pentagon said Monday.
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Coin dealer GOP donor pleads not guilty
Oct 31 2005 9:06PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A coin dealer and major GOP donor who has been caught up in a state government scandal pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush's re-election campaign.
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Truck driver charged in S.C. hayride fatal
Oct 31 2005 9:01PM (CT)
TEMPERANCE HILL, S.C. (AP) - The driver of a tractor-trailer was charged Monday with drunken driving after slamming into a hayride and killing four people, including a toddler.
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Mont. wildlife officials kill nine Wolves
Oct 31 2005 8:59PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Federal wildlife managers killed nine wolves in just over a month for allegedly attacking or killing livestock in southwest Montana.
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U.N. nuclear chief urges cooperation
Oct 31 2005 8:53PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In his first speech at the United Nations since winning the Nobel Peace Prize, U.N. nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei warned Monday that threats to arms control and nonproliferation "cannot be wished away."
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver treated for stroke
Oct 31 2005 8:47PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the mother of California first lady Maria Shriver, was hospitalized during the weekend after suffering a minor stroke, according to a UCLA Medical Center statement issued Monday.
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Wis. to require livestock registration
Oct 31 2005 8:42PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin becomes the first state in the nation Tuesday to require registration of all places where livestock are kept.
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Brother of fugitive polygamist arrested
Oct 31 2005 8:29PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A Utah man was charged with harboring and concealing his older brother, a fugitive polygamist leader who's accused of arranging a marriage between a 16-year-old girl and a married man.
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Mich. court: Proposal should go on ballot
Oct 31 2005 8:27PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A proposal to end some affirmative action programs in Michigan should be allowed on the November 2006 ballot, the state appeals court ruled Monday.
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Torture suit begins for Salvadoran officer
Oct 31 2005 8:20PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A former Salvadoran Army colonel was in a U.S. court Monday to defend himself against accusations that his soldiers tortured and killed civilians during El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s.
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'View tax' triggers revolt in rural N.H.
Oct 31 2005 7:58PM (CT)
ORFORD, N.H. (AP) - The one-room cabin David Bischoff built in a cow pasture three years ago has no electricity, no running water, no phone service and no driveway. What it does have is a wide-open view of nearby hills and distant mountains _ which makes it seven times more valuable than if it had no view, according to the latest townwide property assessment. He expects his property taxes to shoot up accordingly.
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Wis. school: No American Girl fashion show
Oct 31 2005 7:53PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A Roman Catholic school is canceling a fashion show by the manufacturer of American Girl dolls and books amid conservative groups' criticism of a girls organization that receives support from the company.
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Explosives manufacturer fined $1 million
Oct 31 2005 7:32PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A federally licensed explosives manufacturer was fined more than $1 million Monday for falsifying records to cover up the disappearance of explosives from some of its plants, prosecutors said.
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Family stands by suit over 1969 race riot
Oct 31 2005 7:31PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Relatives of a black woman who was shot to death by a gang of white men in 1969 after driving into their neighborhood asked a federal judge on Monday not to throw out their civil lawsuit.
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Hartford archdiocese settles abuse cases
Oct 31 2005 7:08PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford agreed Monday to pay $22 million to 43 people who said they were molested by priests.
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Mich. appeals court halts same-sex ruling
Oct 31 2005 6:37PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Court of Appeals temporarily halted a ruling Monday that allowed governments and public universities to provide health insurance to the partners of gay employees.
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Serious breakdowns in Wal-Mart settlement
Oct 31 2005 6:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - There were serious breakdowns in a government settlement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over child labor law violations _ including allowing attorneys for the world's largest retailer to write key parts of the deal, according to a Labor Department inspector general report Monday.
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Trial set to begin on NYC subway searches
Oct 31 2005 6:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A top police official defended the city's policy of screening subway riders Monday, testifying that the random searches are necessary to thwart terrorists who may target areas with few officers.
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Graduate students at NYU vote to OK strike
Oct 31 2005 6:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The union representing New York University graduate teaching assistants said Monday it has authorized a strike for Nov. 9 over the university's refusal to negotiate a second contract.
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Ex-fugitive to plead guilty in 1993 heist
Oct 31 2005 6:12PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A former armored car driver who turned herself in after more than a decade on the run has agreed to plead guilty in a $2.9 million heist at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Man pleads guilty in Ind. teens' killings
Oct 31 2005 5:25PM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Monday to killing three teenagers and burying their bodies in the basement of his rented home.
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Case opens in alleged plot against Bush
Oct 31 2005 5:23PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A man accused of plotting to kill President Bush was a trained terrorist who betrayed the United States because he was intent on "killing the leader of the infidels," prosecutors said in opening statements Monday.
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October sets rainfall records in the East
Oct 31 2005 5:21PM (CT)
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Weeks of heavy rain Maine to Maryland made this the wettest October on record in many East Coast cities, meteorologists reported Monday.
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Alito has diverse, extensive legal resume
Oct 31 2005 2:32PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Mobsters, oil companies, a bearded Muslim police officer _ and even water-logged hams _ have marked a nearly quarter-century legal career for Samuel Alito that ranged from time at the Reagan Justice Department to work in New Jersey and in the federal court system.
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Overhaul of teacher pay on Denver ballot
Oct 31 2005 1:39PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Every year, Greg Ahrnsbrak decides whether to keep his job as a public school teacher or look for a career that would pay him more money.
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Donors avoid Latin America in giving aid
Oct 31 2005 12:41PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Hispanic groups across the country ask for donations for victims of Hurricanes Wilma and Stan, they often promise contributors one thing: The governments of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador will not get their hands on the money.
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Wilma limits trick-or-treating in Fla.
Oct 31 2005 12:37PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Lingering safety concerns a week after Hurricane Wilma struck meant a curtailed Halloween on Monday for most South Florida children.
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Teacher beaten at Alabama school dies
Oct 31 2005 12:01PM (CT)
MOULTON, Ala. (AP) - A teacher who was beaten at a school last week has died, and authorities said murder charges were possible against the 15-year-old boy accused of attacking her.
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Closing arguments begin in Vioxx case
Oct 31 2005 11:32AM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Closing arguments began late Monday morning in the second Vioxx product liability trial, with Merck & Co. lawyer Diane Sullivan urging jurors not to hold the drug maker responsible for plaintiff Frederick "Mike" Humeston's heart attack four years ago.
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Woman hurt in hot-air balloon accident
Oct 31 2005 8:52AM (CT)
BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A woman helping her husband launch his hot-air balloon was critically injured when her leg got caught in a rope and she was pulled up into the air and fell through the roof of a barn.
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Michael Jackson attorney honored in L.A.
Oct 31 2005 6:08AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gospel music rocked the rafters as the mayor and police chief of Los Angeles joined hundreds of members of a black church to honor Michael Jackson's lawyer, Thomas Mesereau Jr., as "a champion of justice."
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Gov. Schwarzenegger trolls for votes
Oct 31 2005 5:15AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded into a lunchtime crowd to kick off a final week of campaigning for his four state ballot initiatives, telling customers waiting on shrimp salad and clam chowder that lawmakers have failed them.
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Voodoo practitioners scatter after Katrina
Oct 31 2005 4:54AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The last time Don Glossop saw his customers they were ritually burning green candles, hoping voodoo would pierce the federal bureaucracy and hasten the arrival of desperately needed relief checks.
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Hundreds arrested in Wis. Halloween crowd
Oct 31 2005 12:13AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A weekend of Halloween celebrations popular with college students resulted in more than 400 arrests, and police used bursts of pepper spray early Sunday to break up crowds of revelers.
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Calif. police seek motive in fatal rampage
Oct 31 2005 12:08AM (CT)
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Investigators said Sunday they may never know why a 19-year-old man dressed in a dark cape and paintball mask went on a shooting rampage in an upscale community, killing two neighbors and himself.
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