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Planes clip wings at NYC-area airport
Oct 31 2006 11:40PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A plane leaving a terminal at a major New York-area airport clipped wings with another plane being towed to a hangar for service on a taxiway Tuesday evening, the head of the air traffic controller's union said.
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Lawyer: Woman in nuclear probe not a spy
Oct 31 2006 11:36PM (CT)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The woman who lived in a home where classified material from Los Alamos National Laboratory was seized by authorities wasn't a spy _ she was just trying to do her job for the lab, her lawyer said Tuesday.
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Kansas AG gets abortion clinic records
Oct 31 2006 11:30PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state attorney general said Tuesday night that his office has received the records of 90 patients from two abortion clinics and is reviewing them for possible crimes, the culmination of an effort that prompted concerns over patient privacy.
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Fifth firefighter dies of wildfire burns
Oct 31 2006 11:25PM (CT)
COLTON, Calif. (AP) - A fifth U.S. Forest Service firefighter died Tuesday of burns suffered when an engine crew was overrun by a Southern California wildfire, while investigators searched for the arsonist who set the blaze that burned 63 square miles.
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DNA clears man of 1981 rape conviction
Oct 31 2006 11:14PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A decorated Vietnam veteran convicted of rape 25 years ago became a free man Tuesday after a judge ruled he probably wouldn't have been found guilty if DNA testing had been available.
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West seeks end to Sahara region impasse
Oct 31 2006 11:06PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States, Britain and France called for an end to the impasse between Morocco and rebels over the Western Sahara, after joining in a unanimous U.N. Security Council vote Tuesday to extend the U.N. mission in the vast mineral-rich territory.
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AWOL soldier surrenders at Fort Knox
Oct 31 2006 10:54PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A soldier who fled to Canada rather than accept a second tour in Iraq turned himself over to military authorities at Fort Knox on Tuesday, his attorney said.
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College, student settle suit over health
Oct 31 2006 10:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former student who was barred from the campus of George Washington University and threatened with expulsion after checking into a hospital with depression has settled a lawsuit with the college, both sides announced Tuesday.
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Media group wins exit poll injunction
Oct 31 2006 10:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday barred enforcement of a law that prohibited exit poll workers from coming within 100 feet of polling places in Nevada, ruling that such surveys do not infringe on the rights of voters.
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Report: $1.3M misused by Texas Baptists
Oct 31 2006 9:54PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Much of $1.3 million contributed by Texas Baptists that was supposed to help start hundreds of churches in the Rio Grande Valley was misused by three pastors, and only a handful of the churches exist today, a five-month independent investigation has found.
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5 hurt in latest French Quarter shooting
Oct 31 2006 9:44PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A gunman wounded five people in a French Quarter bar early Tuesday, the latest violence in a city struggling to rein in crime as it recovers from Hurricane Katrina.
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Teen shot by police stun gun dies
Oct 31 2006 9:31PM (CT)
JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said.
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WTC insurers need not pay extra $700M
Oct 31 2006 9:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Insurance companies helping to pay to rebuild the World Trade Center complex will not have to spend an extra $700 million to make the buildings "bigger and better" than the destroyed twin towers, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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Patrol: Ohio trooper wasn't drinking
Oct 31 2006 9:28PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A highway patrolman who crashed into a pickup last month, killing himself and two others, had not been drinking even though an autopsy showed alcohol in his system, officials said Tuesday.
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Border agents: 6 years for taking bribes
Oct 31 2006 9:27PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two former Border Patrol agents were sentenced Tuesday to more than six years each in prison for taking nearly $180,000 in bribes in exchange for releasing immigrant smugglers and illegal immigrants from federal custody.
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Madonna: Offered to help boy's father
Oct 31 2006 8:35PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Madonna said Tuesday that the father of the African boy she is trying to adopt refused her offer of financial assistance to help him keep his son.
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Hispanics flee Pa. town before crackdown
Oct 31 2006 8:31PM (CT)
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) - Elvis Soto's variety store used to make money. But few customers have been walking through his door lately, and his merchandise _ calling cards, cell phones, car stereos, clothing _ is collecting dust on the shelves.
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2 planes clip wings at Newark airport
Oct 31 2006 8:27PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A plane taxiing away from a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport clipped wings with another plane being towed to a hangar for service Tuesday evening, according to the head of the airport's air traffic controllers union.
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Ex-fire commander admits starting blaze
Oct 31 2006 8:23PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The former commander of an elite wildland firefighting team has pleaded guilty to starting a fire in a national forest, though he said he doesn't know why he did it.
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Ill. Supreme Court justices testify
Oct 31 2006 7:28PM (CT)
GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - In a rare appearance on the witness stand Tuesday, current and former Illinois Supreme Court justices testified in a colleague's $7.7 million libel case against a suburban Chicago newspaper.
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Fla. man acquitted of sex assault hoax
Oct 31 2006 7:24PM (CT)
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A man was acquitted Tuesday on charges he impersonated a policeman during a phone call to a McDonald's restaurant and talked the managers into strip-searching and sexually abusing an 18-year-old female employee.
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Court keeps Ohio ID law for absentees
Oct 31 2006 6:52PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Ohio can require absentee voters to provide proof of their identification, overturning a lower court's order suspending the new law.
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FBI reviewing Wis. town's river deaths
Oct 31 2006 6:10PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The FBI said Tuesday it will review evidence in the drowning deaths of eight young men in La Crosse-area rivers over the past nine years.
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Priest gets 7 years for child porn
Oct 31 2006 5:41PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest charged with possessing violent child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison by a federal judge who said she could not "help but be appalled."
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W.Va. finds more mine air pack problems
Oct 31 2006 5:40PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's mine safety office warned coal companies Tuesday that some emergency air packs have suffered heat damage and that it cannot say for certain whether thousands of others will work.
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Black suicide attempts worse than thought
Oct 31 2006 4:00PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More U.S. blacks attempt suicide than previously thought, according to a landmark study that could help explode the myth that black suicides are rare because of a mind-set that took hold during slavery.
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Florida may ease gator protections
Oct 31 2006 2:19PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida wildlife officials are considering removing alligators from a list of protected imperiled species and letting homeowners deal with nuisance gators themselves.
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Frat suspended over 'Hood' party
Oct 31 2006 1:31PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Johns Hopkins University has suspended the Sigma Chi fraternity because of a "Halloween in the Hood" party that drew protests by black students.
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Schwarzenegger nixes perks for staff
Oct 31 2006 1:27PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Aides to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger can no longer accept gifts from business interests under new office rules aimed at minimizing any appearance of conflicts of interest.
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Sprinklers sought for nursing homes
Oct 31 2006 12:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - All nursing homes could soon be required to have sprinkler systems, a move aimed at updating an estimated 2,500 older facilities around the country.
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NYC judge refuses to toss terror charges
Oct 31 2006 11:30AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge refused to toss out charges against a jazz musician, a doctor and two other men accused of supporting terrorists.
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New charges over body found in Va. bay
Oct 31 2006 11:27AM (CT)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - A woman accused of hacking her husband into pieces and dumping his remains in suitcases has been indicted on new charges of writing anonymous letters to throw detectives off her trail.
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2 dead in explosion at Arkansas plant
Oct 31 2006 11:07AM (CT)
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - An explosion at an aluminum recycling plant early Tuesday killed two people and injured a third, a company spokesman said.
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Man guilty of student death 6 years ago
Oct 31 2006 10:20AM (CT)
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A 31-year-old handyman has been convicted of murdering an Indiana University student who disappeared six years ago while riding her bicycle.
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Headless Horseman returns to NY village
Oct 31 2006 8:36AM (CT)
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) - The Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane returned to Sleepy Hollow for Halloween, and this time they won't disappear afterward into the mists of legend.
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St. Louis mayor disputes crime ranking
Oct 31 2006 6:26AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mayor Francis Slay said a research company is dead wrong to call St. Louis the most dangerous city in the United States.
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Campaigner against sex trade honored
Oct 31 2006 6:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Cambodian human rights activist who has dedicated her life to rescuing women and girls from sexual slavery said she hopes that being honored as one of Glamour magazine's women of the year will help draw attention to her cause.
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U.N. chief asks new uses for atom energy
Oct 31 2006 5:19AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged the world's nations Monday to adopt a broad new plan for the use of atomic energy to address mounting concerns about the further spread of sensitive technology.
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3rd marine to plead guilty in Iraq killing
Oct 31 2006 5:08AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Another Marine charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man has agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges, his attorney said Monday.
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Red Cross announces management overhaul
Oct 31 2006 5:06AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The American Red Cross, stung by criticism of how it handled Hurricane Katrina and the Sept. 11 attacks, announced plans Monday for a major overhaul that would include slashing its 50-member board and reducing the influence of presidentially appointed overseers.
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NYC ponders ban on trans fats
Oct 31 2006 4:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When some KFC restaurants secretly switched to frying oil free of trans fats, customers didn't notice. Attempts to rid the chain's popular biscuits of a shortening filled with the artery-clogging substance did not go as smoothly.
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NASA to announce Hubble plans
Oct 31 2006 4:22AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin could turn astronomers' Halloween into Christmas with an announcement on whether he will send astronauts on a final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Home gives real-life Halloween frights
Oct 31 2006 3:37AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The young man bent over his dying father in a dimly lit room, trying to hear the slightest breath. It was too late. Seabury Tredwell was gone forever, lying motionless in his bed.
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Duke lacrosse case DA defends actions
Oct 31 2006 3:15AM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The district attorney prosecuting three Duke lacrosse players charged with rape insists that he and police have not mishandled the case and said his only regret was granting so many interviews early on.
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