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Toxic fumes blamed in 4 workers' deaths
Nov 1 2007 11:45PM (CT)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) - Toxic fumes apparently overcame four workers in an industrial well Thursday, killing them before rescuers could reach them, authorities said.
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NJ man convicted of killing 6 as teen
Nov 1 2007 11:05PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A man was convicted Thursday of killing six people, including his aunt and her boyfriend, years ago when he was 16 in one of New Jersey's deadliest killing sprees.
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Episcopal Church suspends Pa. bishop
Nov 1 2007 10:57PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania has been ordered to cease his duties until a church trial about accusations that he concealed a relative's sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl in the 1970s, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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4 convicted in student's 1979 slaying
Nov 1 2007 10:48PM (CT)
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - A jury convicted four men Thursday of kidnapping a college student from her job nearly 30 years ago, then raping and killing her, in a case that was revived after a documentary film about it.
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Neighbor: Fire-starting boy a 'good kid'
Nov 1 2007 10:36PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - When arson investigators went looking for the person who set a blaze that scorched 60 square miles and destroyed 21 homes, Linda Conner says she knew right where to send them.
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Neighbor: Fire-starting boy a 'good kid'
Nov 1 2007 10:36PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - When arson investigators went looking for the person who set a blaze that scorched 60 square miles and destroyed 21 homes, Linda Conner says she knew right where to send them.
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Neighbor: Fire-starting boy a 'good kid'
Nov 1 2007 10:36PM (CT)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - When arson investigators went looking for the person who set a blaze that scorched 60 square miles and destroyed 21 homes, Linda Conner says she knew right where to send them.
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Marines to train for Calif. wildfires
Nov 1 2007 10:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Marines agreed Thursday to train with state firefighters, in a move that could get more water-dropping helicopters into the air when wildfires break out.
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Tennessee town has run out of water
Nov 1 2007 10:03PM (CT)
ORME, Tenn. (AP) - As twilight falls over this Tennessee town, Mayor Tony Reames drives up a dusty dirt road to the community's towering water tank and begins his nightly ritual in front of a rusty metal valve.
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Tennessee town has run out of water
Nov 1 2007 10:03PM (CT)
ORME, Tenn. (AP) - As twilight falls over this Tennessee town, Mayor Tony Reames drives up a dusty dirt road to the community's towering water tank and begins his nightly ritual in front of a rusty metal valve.
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Blaze in upstate NY kills 15,000 ducks
Nov 1 2007 9:59PM (CT)
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) - A blaze broke out at a warehouse rented by the nation's largest producer of foie gras, killing 15,000 ducks and puzzling fire investigators.
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Pilot of plane that dropped A-bomb dies
Nov 1 2007 9:51PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Paul Tibbets, who etched his mother's name _ Enola Gay _ into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, died Thursday after six decades of steadfastly defending the mission. He was 92.
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Pilot of plane that dropped A-bomb dies
Nov 1 2007 9:51PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Paul Tibbets, who etched his mother's name _ Enola Gay _ into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, died Thursday after six decades of steadfastly defending the mission. He was 92.
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Pilot of plane that dropped A-bomb dies
Nov 1 2007 9:51PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Paul Tibbets, who etched his mother's name _ Enola Gay _ into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, died Thursday after six decades of steadfastly defending the mission. He was 92.
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UN panel OKs resolution on nuclear alert
Nov 1 2007 9:47PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly's disarmament committee approved a resolution Thursday calling for all nuclear weapons to be taken off high alert, despite objections from the United States, Britain and France.
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Arabic-speaking passengers sue American
Nov 1 2007 9:41PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Six men of Iraqi descent who were heading home from doing training for the U.S. military sued American Airlines on Thursday, saying employees detained and publicly humiliated them after another passenger voiced suspicions.
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Bridge opening marks recovery milestone
Nov 1 2007 8:51PM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Two years ago, cities on the opposite sides of Biloxi Bay clashed over blueprints for a wider, taller bridge to replace a highway span demolished by Hurricane Katrina's storm surge.
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Autistic hiker receives radio locator
Nov 1 2007 8:38PM (CT)
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - An 18-year-old autistic man who survived four days lost in the West Virginia wilderness now has a high-tech lifeline, should he wander off again.
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Accuser testifies in LI slavery case
Nov 1 2007 8:34PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - An Indonesian woman came face-to-face Thursday with a millionaire couple accused of keeping her and another woman as virtual slaves, subjecting them to physical and psychological abuse.
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Wis. teacher protests No Child law
Nov 1 2007 8:26PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A middle school teacher who refused to administer the first part of a federally required standardized test because of moral objections was reluctantly at his desk for the second round Thursday to save his job.
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Indy paper's blog draws outrage, apology
Nov 1 2007 7:41PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The editor of The Indianapolis Star publicly apologized Thursday for what he and community leaders considered racially offensive comments posted by an editorial writer on one of the newspaper's blogs.
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Priest gets prison in attack on woman
Nov 1 2007 7:27PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest who smashed a wine bottle over a woman's head in a church office attack was sentenced Thursday to four to 12 years in state prison.
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Minneapolis bridge construction starts
Nov 1 2007 7:12PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Crews broke ground Thursday on a new, 10-lane interstate bridge to replace one that collapsed over the summer, killing 13 people and drawing attention to the nation's aging infrastructure.
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Former Atlantic City mayor pleads guilty
Nov 1 2007 6:52PM (CT)
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - The former mayor of Atlantic City pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to enhance his veterans benefits, a crime that played a role in his bizarre three-week disappearance earlier this fall.
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N.C. soldier pleads guilty in HIV case
Nov 1 2007 6:49PM (CT)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - An HIV-positive paratrooper pleaded guilty to assault Thursday for knowingly having unprotected sex with a teenager he met online.
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Alaska lawmaker convicted of bribery
Nov 1 2007 6:44PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A federal jury convicted a former Alaska lawmaker Thursday of corruption charges involving tax protections sought by oil companies as part of plans for a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline.
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Episcopal head warns Pittsburgh bishop
Nov 1 2007 5:51PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh's bishop could face discipline if he continues to support efforts to split his diocese from the Episcopal Church, the presiding bishop of the national church warned in a letter.
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5 million frozen pizzas recalled
Nov 1 2007 5:46PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - General Mills on Thursday recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide under the Totino's and Jeno's labels because of possible E. coli contamination.
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Police searching for teacher and boy
Nov 1 2007 5:29PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities searched Thursday for a 13-year-old boy and a female middle school teacher believed to be on the run from central Nebraska after police began investigating whether the pair had an intimate relationship.
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Man pleads not guilty in home invasion
Nov 1 2007 4:56PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The second of two men charged with killing a woman and her two daughters during a violent home invasion pleaded not guilty Thursday.
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After 3 decades, fugitive is arrested
Nov 1 2007 4:52PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A man who escaped from custody in Tennessee 30 years ago has been arrested in western Massachusetts, where authorities say he started a new life after skipping out on the final four months of a prison term.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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Kids joining parent-teacher conferences
Nov 1 2007 4:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's that time of year when moms and dads across the country are squeezing into uncomfortable kid-sized chairs to discuss with teachers whether their children are off to a good start at school. In some places, the conference comes with a wrinkle: The children sit in.
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School to apologize for teacher's slur
Nov 1 2007 4:24PM (CT)
HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) - A school superintendent will apologize and instructors will receive cultural sensitivity training after a teacher repeatedly used a racial slur during a lesson meant to prepare students to read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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U.S. rests case in terrorism trial
Nov 1 2007 4:15PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors rested Thursday in the trial of seven men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in several cities in hopes of sparking an armed insurrection against the U.S. government.
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Utah voters to decide on voucher plan
Nov 1 2007 4:13PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah voters will decide Tuesday whether to adopt the country's first statewide school voucher program that would be open to anyone. The referendum could influence efforts elsewhere to use tax dollars for private school tuition.
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Utah voters to decide on voucher plan
Nov 1 2007 4:13PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah voters will decide Tuesday whether to adopt the country's first statewide school voucher program that would be open to anyone. The referendum could influence efforts elsewhere to use tax dollars for private school tuition.
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Utah voters to decide on voucher plan
Nov 1 2007 4:13PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah voters will decide Tuesday whether to adopt the country's first statewide school voucher program that would be open to anyone. The referendum could influence efforts elsewhere to use tax dollars for private school tuition.
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FBI agent walks on mob murders
Nov 1 2007 4:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was like a classic episode of "Perry Mason," with an FBI agent charged with murder, a mouthy mob moll and a twist at the end: The FBI guy walked after a reporter with a secret tape exposed the gangster's girlfriend as a liar who couldn't keep her story straight.
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FBI agent walks on mob murders
Nov 1 2007 4:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was like a classic episode of "Perry Mason," with an FBI agent charged with murder, a mouthy mob moll and a twist at the end: The FBI guy walked after a reporter with a secret tape exposed the gangster's girlfriend as a liar who couldn't keep her story straight.
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FBI agent walks on mob murders
Nov 1 2007 4:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was like a classic episode of "Perry Mason," with an FBI agent charged with murder, a mouthy mob moll and a twist at the end: The FBI guy walked after a reporter with a secret tape exposed the gangster's girlfriend as a liar who couldn't keep her story straight.
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Officer shot during Philly holdup dies
Nov 1 2007 3:59PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A police officer shot during a robbery shop died Thursday morning, and his killer remained at large. He was the third city officer shot in the span of four days.
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Officer shot during Philly holdup dies
Nov 1 2007 3:59PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A police officer shot during a robbery shop died Thursday morning, and his killer remained at large. He was the third city officer shot in the span of four days.
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Officer shot during Philly holdup dies
Nov 1 2007 3:59PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A police officer shot during a robbery shop died Thursday morning, and his killer remained at large. He was the third city officer shot in the span of four days.
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State court upholds Fla. executions
Nov 1 2007 3:08PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state's lethal injection procedures as constitutional, possibly clearing the way for an execution scheduled for this month.
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NYC declares day against hate crimes
Nov 1 2007 2:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Proclaiming New York "a city of tolerance," the City Council speaker declared a day against hate to counter a spate of bias crimes, including the discoveries of a swastika and a noose on the doors of two university professors.
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Child's remains wash ashore in Texas
Nov 1 2007 2:36PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Authorities were investigating the identity and cause of death of a young girl whose remains washed ashore inside a storage box on West Galveston Bay.
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Son of Eagles coach gets jail time
Nov 1 2007 1:24PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid's eldest son, who said he got a thrill out of selling drugs in both poor and tony neighborhoods, was sentenced Thursday to up to 23 months in jail for smashing into another motorist's car while high on heroin.
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S.C. nuclear-waste landfill is closing
Nov 1 2007 1:19PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Starting next summer, many power plants, hospitals, universities and companies in 36 states will be forced to store low-level radioactive waste on their own property because a South Carolina landfill is closing its doors to them.
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Smoke, carbon monoxide killed students
Nov 1 2007 1:08PM (CT)
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) - Seven college students killed in a weekend fire at a beach house died from smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning from the blaze, the state's chief medical examiner said.
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Guard shot in Halloween egging incident
Nov 1 2007 1:05PM (CT)
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) - A security guard who tried to stop a group of young men from throwing eggs at cars and people on Halloween night was "fighting for his life" after being shot in the head and chest, the police commissioner said Thursday.
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Ohio man jailed after sex sting arrest
Nov 1 2007 1:04PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A former children's services lawyer was in jail Thursday, a day after authorities allege he went to the Ohio Statehouse to meet someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl he had met online.
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Doctor pleads guilty in fingerprint case
Nov 1 2007 12:13PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A plastic surgeon who replaced the fingerprints of an alleged drug dealer with skin from the bottom of his feet pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of harboring and concealing a fugitive.
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2 N.M. officers charged in Ark. brawl
Nov 1 2007 11:55AM (CT)
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Two police officers from New Mexico are wanted in a bar fight in which one of them stomped a bouncer's head, Fort Smith police said Thursday.
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Coach: I didn't intend to hurt pheasant
Nov 1 2007 11:39AM (CT)
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) - A high school football coach accused of critically injuring a pheasant that was released on the field during a game said he had no intention of harming the bird.
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Men with knives arrested at Ga. airport
Nov 1 2007 11:19AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A man with a box cutter in his luggage got through airport security, and was discovered only after screeners stopped a companion who was carrying knives, authorities said. Terrorism was ruled out but both were arrested on state weapons charges.
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Religion today
Nov 1 2007 11:00AM (CT)
PLANO, Texas (AP) - Chris Wyatt is on a mission.
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Religion news in brief
Nov 1 2007 11:00AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - From prayer rallies to political advocacy, Iowa churches are at the forefront of an escalating fight over a county judge's ruling that overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban.
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Alaska elephant headed to Califonia
Nov 1 2007 10:07AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's only elephant is getting a one-way ticket out of town Thursday, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force.
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Victim in Minn. slaying `like sunshine'
Nov 1 2007 9:05AM (CT)
EDINA, Minn. (AP) - Mourners remembered a 24-year-old woman who was killed after she answered an online ad for a baby-sitting job as a high-spirited woman who needed just a few moments to make a good impression.
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$11M verdict in funeral protesters case
Nov 1 2007 8:25AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Members of a fundamentalist Kansas church ordered to pay nearly $11 million in damages to a grieving father smiled as they walked out of the courtroom, vowing that the verdict would not deter them from protesting at military funerals.
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Tropical Storm Noel buffets south Fla.
Nov 1 2007 8:12AM (CT)
PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tropical Storm Noel buffeted south Florida with high surf and winds as it swirled slowly toward the Bahamas Thursday after triggering mudslides and floods in the Caribbean that killed at least 81 people.
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Tropical Storm Noel buffets south Fla.
Nov 1 2007 8:12AM (CT)
PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tropical Storm Noel buffeted south Florida with high surf and winds as it swirled slowly toward the Bahamas Thursday after triggering mudslides and floods in the Caribbean that killed at least 81 people.
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Tropical Storm Noel buffets south Fla.
Nov 1 2007 8:12AM (CT)
PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tropical Storm Noel buffeted south Florida with high surf and winds as it swirled slowly toward the Bahamas Thursday after triggering mudslides and floods in the Caribbean that killed at least 81 people.
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Tropical Storm Noel buffets south Fla.
Nov 1 2007 8:12AM (CT)
PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tropical Storm Noel buffeted south Florida with high surf and winds as it swirled slowly toward the Bahamas Thursday after triggering mudslides and floods in the Caribbean that killed at least 81 people.
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Tropical Storm Noel buffets south Fla.
Nov 1 2007 8:12AM (CT)
PIEDRA BLANCA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tropical Storm Noel buffeted south Florida with high surf and winds as it swirled slowly toward the Bahamas Thursday after triggering mudslides and floods in the Caribbean that killed at least 81 people.
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Escaped inmates, ex-guard caught in N.M.
Nov 1 2007 8:10AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two fugitives and the former prison guard who may have helped them escape were arrested Wednesday after a short-lived struggle that involved shots fired at the officers, authorities said.
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Police files released in layover death
Nov 1 2007 8:06AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A woman who died in police custody during an airport layover as she was headed to an alcohol rehabilitation program may have ordered liquor on her flight, according to new witness accounts.
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Marine recruiters punished for cheating
Nov 1 2007 7:11AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The military has punished nine Marine Corps recruiters who arranged for stand-ins to take Armed Services entrance exams for new enlistees.
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Slain student had nearly 2 dozen wounds
Nov 1 2007 6:31AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A University of Arizona student who was fatally stabbed inside her dorm room received nearly two dozen knife wounds, mostly to her back, according to an autopsy report.
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Quiet Halloween night in San Francisco
Nov 1 2007 6:15AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A heavy police presence in the city's Castro district seemed enough to spook revelers away from what was once home to the San Francisco Bay area's largest Halloween street party.
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Quiet Halloween night in San Francisco
Nov 1 2007 6:15AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A heavy police presence in the city's Castro district seemed enough to spook revelers away from what was once home to the San Francisco Bay area's largest Halloween street party.
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Ex-manager for Ramones beaten to death
Nov 1 2007 5:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Linda Stein, a pioneer in New York's punk music scene who later became known as a real estate "broker to the stars," was beaten to death inside her Manhattan apartment, the medical examiner ruled.
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Poll: Most OK birth control for schools
Nov 1 2007 5:30AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People decisively favor letting their public schools provide birth control to students, but they also voice misgivings that divide them along generational, income and racial lines, a poll showed.
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Feds OK plan for Columbia and Snake dams
Nov 1 2007 4:46AM (CT)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The agency in charge of restoring Northwest salmon says a court-ordered plan for operating federal dams in the Columbia and Snake River basins is not likely to jeopardize the survival of endangered salmon and steelhead.
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Hooters waitress charged in tot's death
Nov 1 2007 4:13AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A woman who found her 1-year-old son dead in her hot, stuffy car after she worked her seven-hour shift as a Hooters waitress has been arrested, police said Wednesday.
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United Nations to expand police force
Nov 1 2007 4:09AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With the world facing new security threats, the U.N. is planning for an unprecedented expansion of its police missions. U.N. officials say a shift in the nature of conflicts requires revamped peacekeeping operations.
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United Nations to expand police force
Nov 1 2007 4:09AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With the world facing new security threats, the U.N. is planning for an unprecedented expansion of its police missions. U.N. officials say a shift in the nature of conflicts requires revamped peacekeeping operations.
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United Nations to expand police force
Nov 1 2007 4:09AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - With the world facing new security threats, the U.N. is planning for an unprecedented expansion of its police missions. U.N. officials say a shift in the nature of conflicts requires revamped peacekeeping operations.
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NYC mayor's remark sparks `hero' debate
Nov 1 2007 3:52AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The conclusion that a police detective who died of a lung ailment after toiling for months at ground zero may have been injecting drugs has led to a heated debate about what constitutes a hero.
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Pagan holidays added to excused absences
Nov 1 2007 2:49AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - When George Fain visits a grave to mark a pagan holiday, she won't have to worry about the work she's missing in her classes at Marshall University.
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Pagan holidays added to excused absences
Nov 1 2007 2:49AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - When George Fain visits a grave to mark a pagan holiday, she won't have to worry about the work she's missing in her classes at Marshall University.
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Abizaid: Mideast wars may last 50 years
Nov 1 2007 2:41AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - It might take as long as half a century before U.S. troops can leave the volatile Middle East, according to retired Army Gen. John Abizaid.
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Ex-exec sues Japanese company in NY
Nov 1 2007 1:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The former creative director of the U.S. arm of Japan's largest advertising agency sued the company Wednesday, saying he was pressured to visit a brothel and engage in other sexually explicit activities on company outings, then was fired after he complained.
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