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California begins transferring inmates
Nov 3 2006 11:57PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California began sending inmates out of state to save space in its overcrowded prisons on Friday, flying 80 to a private prison in Tennessee.
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2nd man arrested in S.C. ditch slayings
Nov 3 2006 11:27PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A second man was arrested and charged with helping hide the bodies of three people found slain in a drainage pipe near a downtown apartment complex, authorities said Friday.
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Official: Man's car spotted near fires
Nov 3 2006 11:20PM (CT)
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A car linked to a man charged with setting a wildfire that killed five firefighters was spotted near at least 10 other arsons, an official involved in the investigation said Friday.
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Evangelical leader says he bought meth
Nov 3 2006 10:49PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Rev. Ted Haggard said Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. But the influential Christian evangelist insisted he threw the drugs away and never had sex with the man.
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Evangelical leader says he bought meth
Nov 3 2006 10:49PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Rev. Ted Haggard said Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. But the influential Christian evangelist insisted he threw the drugs away and never had sex with the man.
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Evangelical leader says he bought meth
Nov 3 2006 10:49PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Rev. Ted Haggard said Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. But the influential Christian evangelist insisted he threw the drugs away and never had sex with the man.
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Evangelical leader says he bought meth
Nov 3 2006 10:49PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Rev. Ted Haggard said Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. But the influential Christian evangelist insisted he threw the drugs away and never had sex with the man.
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Evangelical leader says he bought meth
Nov 3 2006 10:49PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Rev. Ted Haggard said Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a male prostitute. But the influential Christian evangelist insisted he threw the drugs away and never had sex with the man.
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2 ex-officers plead guilty in beating
Nov 3 2006 10:43PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two Milwaukee police officers accused in the beating of a man outside a party at an officer's house two years ago pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges, while three former officers pleaded not guilty and will go to trial.
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6 bodies recovered in Reno hotel fire
Nov 3 2006 10:41PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The bodies of six victims of an arson fire at a downtown casino-district hotel have been recovered, and crews searching the rubble could find more, officials said Friday night.
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N.J. landing error worries experts
Nov 3 2006 10:09PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - To an experienced pilot, Runway 29 at Newark Liberty International Airport is hard to miss. It is half a football field wide, and like all jet runways, is marked by white lights on each side and down its center line.
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Veteran Derby starter Wagoner dies at 75
Nov 3 2006 9:52PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Retired Kentucky Derby starter Tom Wagoner, who sprang open the gates at racing's premier event for nearly a quarter century, has died. He was 75.
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NYC ferry Samaritans want $8M
Nov 3 2006 9:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A tugboat owner and crew believe a maritime custom entitles them to $8 million for securing the Staten Island ferry after it crashed in 2003, killing 11 passengers and injuring dozens.
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Ex-chancellor hospitalized pre-suicide
Nov 3 2006 9:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A former University of California chancellor was discharged from a psychiatric hospital just a day before she jumped 33 stories to her death last June, according to a report released Friday.
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Philly man charged as serial date rapist
Nov 3 2006 9:08PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - He was an online dater's dream: Tall, clean-cut, with a fashionable address and a taste for upscale bars and restaurants. He said he was a doctor, an astronaut, a spy _ though he was really an on-and-off nursing student. With woman after woman, he would slip something in their drinks and then rape them, police say.
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Test of Texas' border Webcams is rocky
Nov 3 2006 9:04PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas launched its ambitious effort to use Internet users to watch the border for illegal immigrants. But the network of surveillance cameras Friday was plagued by technical problems, the images were grainy and the cameras were placed so high that it was hard to distinguish a person from, say, a bush.
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Mistrial declared in Ferrari crash case
Nov 3 2006 9:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the fraud and grand theft trial of a Swedish businessman whose 162-mph wreck in a classic Ferrari led to the charges alleging he stole two luxury sports cars.
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Mistrial declared in Ferrari crash case
Nov 3 2006 9:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the fraud and grand theft trial of a Swedish businessman whose 162-mph wreck in a classic Ferrari led to the charges alleging he stole two luxury sports cars.
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Radio host fired over candidate insult
Nov 3 2006 9:02PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A radio talk show host was fired Friday after he made a derogatory comment about the weight and sexuality of the Green-Rainbow party candidate running for Massachusetts governor.
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Radio host fired over candidate insult
Nov 3 2006 9:02PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A radio talk show host was fired Friday after he made a derogatory comment about the weight and sexuality of the Green-Rainbow party candidate running for Massachusetts governor.
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Coroner says he had no part in ID mix-up
Nov 3 2006 8:58PM (CT)
MARION, Ind. (AP) - A coroner under fire for a mistaken identity case involving two Taylor University students said he had no part in identifying the injured victims of an April crash and that he hoped those responsible would come forward.
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Inquiry of Nev. candidate criticized
Nov 3 2006 8:43PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The lawyer for a woman who accused the Republican gubernatorial candidate of assault said Friday that police have treated his client unfairly and were conducting the criminal probe like "keystone cops."
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Ohio coin trial could end next week
Nov 3 2006 7:47PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A coin dealer accused of stealing $2 million from a $50 million state investment fund used the money to buy boats and fix up his homes, an investigator testified Friday as prosecutors finished their case.
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Judge sets deadline in Cuban exile case
Nov 3 2006 7:21PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A judge has given the U.S. government a Feb. 1 deadline to provide evidence justifying the detention of anti-Castro Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles.
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Police: Ariz. shooter knew victims
Nov 3 2006 6:55PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A former security guard accused of shooting two people at their workplace knew the victims and once even showed one the rifle he is suspected of using against them, according to a court filing released Friday.
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2 dead, trooper hurt in W.Va.
Nov 3 2006 5:29PM (CT)
WELLSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A man suspected of killing his estranged wife and shooting her father and a state trooper Friday was found dead inside his burned-out house.
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Indicted Virginia sheriff on the job
Nov 3 2006 5:18PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The sheriff who was charged this week with being part of a scheme to sell drugs seized from criminals remains on the job, but he said Friday that he will assess his ability to carry out his duties.
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Student body split up after N.C. fire
Nov 3 2006 4:54PM (CT)
GIBSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - More than 1,000 students displaced by a fire that gutted their high school will finish the academic year separately on two sites, officials decided Friday.
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Meatballs blamed in positive drug test
Nov 3 2006 4:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A detective suspended after testing positive for drugs says his wife served him meatballs spiked with marijuana because she wanted to keep him out of harm's way by forcing him into retirement.
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Airport security delays lengthen
Nov 3 2006 4:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Vince Marzula started his trip to Las Vegas by losing money at the security checkpoint at the Atlanta airport.
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Tennessee votes early in record numbers
Nov 3 2006 3:38PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Far more Tennessee voters cast their ballots early this year than in any other non-presidential election, and an election official Friday gave credit to the contentious U.S. Senate race between Republican Bob Corker and Democrat Harold Ford Jr.
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Official repays N.Y. $90K over chauffeur
Nov 3 2006 3:10PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state's financial watchdog paid back an additional $90,000 Friday for using a state employee as his wife's chauffeur, a scandal that has threatened his re-election bid.
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Idaho prof criticized over Bigfoot study
Nov 3 2006 2:22PM (CT)
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Jeffrey Meldrum holds a Ph.D. in anatomical sciences and is a tenured professor of anatomy at Idaho State University.
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Deployment of convicted soldier stopped
Nov 3 2006 1:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A soldier convicted in connection with prisoner abuse in Iraq was sent this week with his military police unit for another tour in Iraq, but the Army on Friday stopped him before he got there, a spokesman said.
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Pardoned businessman found dead in condo
Nov 3 2006 12:26PM (CT)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A businessman pardoned by former President Clinton has been found dead inside his South Beach condo, authorities said.
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Striking janitors block Houston traffic
Nov 3 2006 12:19PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Striking janitors demanding higher wages and better insurance benefits staged a sit-in at one of the city's busiest intersections.
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Woman gets life for killing adopted son
Nov 3 2006 12:17PM (CT)
ALMA, Ga. (AP) - A woman who was convicted of killing her 3-year-old adopted son and reporting that he had been kidnapped was sentenced to life in prison.
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N.Y. Times must disclose anthrax sources
Nov 3 2006 8:42AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge upheld an order requiring The New York Times to disclose a columnist's confidential sources as part of a libel lawsuit filed over its coverage of the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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Ex-firefighter pleads to Mich. arsons
Nov 3 2006 7:55AM (CT)
WEST BRANCH, Mich. (AP) - A former volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty to a series of arsons, including torching a home owned by the local fire chief _ her mother.
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'Fragging' case heads to military court
Nov 3 2006 7:51AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - When Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez appears in court, it likely will take less than an hour for a military judge to complete the arraignment of the only soldier known to be charged with "fragging" _ or killing his superior officer _ during the Iraq war.
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Urban cowboy corrals bull in New Jersey
Nov 3 2006 7:31AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - An urban cowboy appeared to get the upper hand on a bull found roaming the streets of New Jersey's largest city early Friday.
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Family of slain mailman sues pawn shop
Nov 3 2006 1:09AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The family of a postal worker killed after a 1999 shooting at a Jewish center in California has sued the Washington state pawn shop where the white supremacist shooter got the pistol, saying he did not fill out the required documents.
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Police: Identity theft ring disrupted
Nov 3 2006 12:28AM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Ten hotel workers were arrested Thursday in what police said was an identity theft ring that involved thousands of stolen credit card numbers nationwide.
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Convicted Ariz. treasurer to resign
Nov 3 2006 12:17AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - State Treasurer David Petersen said Thursday he will step down Nov. 30, the day before his sentencing for not reporting income from selling character-education materials to schools.
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