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Colo. vote leaning toward new tax plan
Nov 1 2005 11:42PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A ballot measure asking Colorado voters to give up more than $3 billion in taxpayer refunds to stave off drastic cuts in spending on college education and health care for the poor held a slim lead with two-thirds of the vote counted Tuesday.
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Researchers say levees had design flaws
Nov 1 2005 11:04PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The engineers who designed the floodwalls that collapsed during Hurricane Katrina did not fully consider the porousness of the Louisiana soil or make other calculations that would have pointed to the need for stronger levees with deeper pilings and wider bases, researchers say.
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Ga. woman pleads guilty in child's killing
Nov 1 2005 11:01PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A woman accused of helping her husband kill their 8-year-old daughter because they believed she demonic pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday.
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Bond denied for suspect in fake flu shots
Nov 1 2005 10:14PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A federal judge denied bond Tuesday for a man accused of providing fake flu shots for hundreds of Exxon Mobil employees and senior citizens, declaring him a flight risk.
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Saudi warden says Abu Ali was treated well
Nov 1 2005 10:12PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Jurors in the trial of an American student accused of joining al-Qaida viewed a videotape Tuesday of a Saudi prison warden who denied the defendant's claims that he was tortured while in Saudi custody.
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Fla.'s top elections official steps down
Nov 1 2005 9:56PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Secretary of State Glenda Hood, who was tapped to restore confidence in Florida's maligned election system after the 2000 presidential election debacle but faced criticism over a system to purge felons from voter rolls, resigned Tuesday.
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Post-Katrina elections present problems
Nov 1 2005 9:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Orleans is scrambling to hold credible elections next year though hundreds of thousands of voters have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's secretary of state said Tuesday.
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NAACP leader voices concerns about Alito
Nov 1 2005 9:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only minutes after Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman asked blacks to consider supporting the GOP, NAACP President Bruce Gordon talked about his deep concerns about the Bush administration's nominee to the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito.
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Trees where famous parrots live may be cut
Nov 1 2005 9:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A flock of wild parrots that took up residence on a hill overlooking the bay, becoming the subject of a best-selling book and documentary film, were nowhere to be seen Tuesday after one of their perches was cut down and two others faced a similar fate.
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Detroit residents pay respects to Parks
Nov 1 2005 9:53PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - People stood in a line that spilled out into the street Tuesday as they waited to pay their final respects to the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks.
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Hispanics' schools are largest, neediest
Nov 1 2005 9:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic children are much more likely than white or black students to attend the nation's largest and poorest public high schools, a new analysis shows.
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Judge rules soldier's body stays in Okla.
Nov 1 2005 9:51PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge in a bitter dispute between divorced parents over where to bury a son killed in Iraq sided with the soldier's father Tuesday, saying he did not believe the mother's tearful testimony.
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U.N. whistleblower draft protects staff
Nov 1 2005 8:58PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A new draft United Nations whistleblower policy requires U.N. staff to report any rule violations and explicitly protects them from retaliation, according to a copy obtained Tuesday.
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Ex-head of Kansas space museum convicted
Nov 1 2005 8:50PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The former head of a Kansas space museum was found guilty Tuesday of stealing and selling spacesuit components and other artifacts that belonged to the institution and NASA.
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Philly transit workers vow long strike
Nov 1 2005 8:15PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Resolute, angry transit workers vowed Tuesday to remain on strike for weeks or even months if they don't get an acceptable contract, a grim prospect for hundreds of thousands of riders forced to find other ways to get around.
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Two inmates escape S.C. prison via trash
Nov 1 2005 8:05PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A murderer and another violent criminal escaped from a maximum-security prison aboard a garbage truck early Tuesday after hiding inside a trash bin, authorities said.
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Two cleared in 1987 Phila. murders freed
Nov 1 2005 7:59PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two men cleared of a 1987 murder after a prosecutor said there was substantial doubt about their guilt have been released from prison after serving more than 18 years of life sentences.
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Bans may be harder on Hispanic gay couples
Nov 1 2005 7:56PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Texas could hurt gay Hispanic couples more than Anglos because they have more children, make less money and are less likely to be U.S. citizens, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force said Tuesday.
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La. hospital bodies said very decomposed
Nov 1 2005 7:55PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The bodies recovered from a nursing home and hospital after Hurricane Katrina were so decomposed they may not yield any evidence for prosecuting crimes, the coroner overseeing the autopsies says.
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Prince Charles, Camilla visit ground zero
Nov 1 2005 7:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Under unseasonably balmy November sunshine, small but enthusiastic crowds greeted Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as the couple began their first joint trip to the United States by paying tribute Tuesday to victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Man sought in Ind. deaths caught in Minn.
Nov 1 2005 7:41PM (CT)
ROCKVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A man accused of killing his wife and two stepdaughters was arrested about 600 miles away from home Tuesday after a 30-minute, high-speed chase that began when he left a gas station without paying for fuel, police said.
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La. lawmakers summoned for Katrina session
Nov 1 2005 5:38PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State lawmakers were called into special session to consider a wide range of recovery measures for hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including budget cuts and tax relief.
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Woman accused of poisoning scientist dead
Nov 1 2005 4:51PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The girlfriend of a poisoned nuclear physicist was found dead just days before police were going to arrest her on murder charges.
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Mayor of Mass. city accused of extortion
Nov 1 2005 2:41PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - The mayor of Chicopee was arrested Tuesday, charged a week before Election Day with extorting $10,000 in campaign contributions, the FBI said.
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Fla. farmworkers face uncertain season
Nov 1 2005 1:12PM (CT)
IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) - The migrant farmworkers who pick more than half of the nation's winter vegetable supply and three-quarters of the U.S. citrus crop are facing a season of uncertainty because of Hurricane Wilma.
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Mayor of Mass. city accused of extortion
Nov 1 2005 11:25AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A city mayor was arrested Tuesday by federal agents and charged with extorting $10,000 in campaign contributions a week before election day, an FBI official said.
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Raped Pakistani woman brings fight to U.S.
Nov 1 2005 10:54AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a quiet voice _ almost a whisper _ Mukhtar Mai spoke of her fight against a system back home in Pakistan that allowed a tribal council to deem it acceptable that four men could rape her to avenge their honor after her brother allegedly had sex with a woman above his class.
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Hearing set for judge in DeLay case
Nov 1 2005 10:43AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Attorneys defending Republican U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay are hoping they can convince a judge that Democratic state district Judge Bob Perkins should not oversee DeLay's criminal trial. On Tuesday, Visiting Judge C.W. Duncan was to hold a hearing on whether Perkins should be removed from DeLay's politically charged case because of alleged bias. DeLay was expected to attend the hearing.
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Home economics programs attracting men
Nov 1 2005 10:39AM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - University of Georgia student Brandon Esco has faced his share of razzing for being a nutrition science major _ a field traditionally dominated by women. "You're only in that major because of the girls," is the most common teasing he's heard.
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Work becoming grueling at FEMA call center
Nov 1 2005 10:36AM (CT)
DENTON, Texas (AP) - Some hurricane victims tearfully call Evelyn Simmons from motel rooms, out of money and hope, begging for any kind of help she can provide from the federal call center where she works.
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Suicide message was posted before rampage
Nov 1 2005 9:16AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 19-year-old man who killed two neighbors then himself while dressed in a cape and paintball mask had posted suicidal messages on a Web site, according to a report published Tuesday.
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Fla. judge overturns ban on grouper
Nov 1 2005 6:53AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A two-month ban on recreational grouper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico that was scheduled to begin Tuesday has been overturned.
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Miami marks Halloween despite storm damage
Nov 1 2005 6:42AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Raymond Perez had his candy ready, plenty of electricity and a sidewalk mostly cleared of storm debris, but Hurricane Wilma still frightened away most of the trick-or-treaters who usually stop by.
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Former top mayoral aide charged in Mass.
Nov 1 2005 5:00AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - He was one of the most powerful players in Springfield politics. A young, ambitious chief of staff to a mayor who often called this down-on-its-luck town the "Comeback City."
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Businessman offers alternate Blake theory
Nov 1 2005 1:54AM (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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New York candidate spoofs Bloomberg in ad
Nov 1 2005 1:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With one week to the election, the Democrat challenging Michael Bloomberg for mayor is launching a rare animated political ad spoofing the mayor in the style of the wildly popular JibJab Internet parodies.
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Accident on a Texas highway kills four
Nov 1 2005 12:12AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A van carrying a group of older adults blew a tire on a Texas highway Monday and was rear-ended by a cement mixer, killing four people in the van and injuring three others, police said.
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Board member testifies in evolution case
Nov 1 2005 12:10AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A school board member who supported including a reference to "intelligent design" in the district's science curriculum testified in a landmark federal lawsuit Monday that the board only intended for teachers to mention the concept, not teach it.
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