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Massive pileup closes Calif. highway
Nov 3 2007 11:53PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - More than 100 cars and trucks crashed on a fog-shrouded freeway Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, the California Highway Patrol said.
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Massive pileup closes Calif. highway
Nov 3 2007 11:53PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - More than 100 cars and trucks crashed on a fog-shrouded freeway Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, the California Highway Patrol said.
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Massive pileup closes Calif. highway
Nov 3 2007 11:53PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - More than 100 cars and trucks crashed on a fog-shrouded freeway Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, the California Highway Patrol said.
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Massive pileup closes Calif. highway
Nov 3 2007 11:53PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - More than 100 cars and trucks crashed on a fog-shrouded freeway Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, the California Highway Patrol said.
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Teacher arrested in Mexico, boy released
Nov 3 2007 11:35PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - A teacher accused of running away with a 13-year-old student planned a romantic life with him in his native Mexico, but she was near broke when they were captured there, authorities said Saturday.
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Final residents return after wildfires
Nov 3 2007 10:20PM (CT)
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - The last group of residents evacuated because of a fire that destroyed 16 houses in Orange County were allowed to return home on Saturday, authorities said.
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Remnants of Noel spare New England coast
Nov 3 2007 9:52PM (CT)
CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) - As the remnants of Hurricane Noel brushed parts of the Northeast with strong winds and heavy rain on Saturday, Heinz Proft sat back and watched the boats moored to the docks rocked back and forth.
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Company recalls tainted beef
Nov 3 2007 9:46PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Cargill Inc. said Saturday it was recalling more than 1 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the second time in less than a month it has voluntarily recalled beef that may have been tainted.
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Play is emblem of New Orleans' problems
Nov 3 2007 8:19PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An empty intersection. A tree surrounded by hurricane debris. Ruined houses still untouched since they were flooded by roof-deep water. Now they've been joined by an outdoor stage, with actors and an audience.
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More states team up to target poachers
Nov 3 2007 6:10PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Curtis Thurman had just finished catching fish when a wildlife enforcement officer popped suddenly out of the forest to issue him a citation for illegal snagging in the South Fork of the Boise River.
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Boy, 4, killed by baseball to chest
Nov 3 2007 5:57PM (CT)
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) - A 4-year-old boy collapsed and died after he wandered in front of a "pitch-back" net and was accidentally struck in the chest by a baseball thrown by another youth.
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Cash-strapped Antioch College stays open
Nov 3 2007 5:49PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Antioch College trustees agreed Saturday to keep the cash-strapped school open with the help of alumni fundraising, reversing plans to shutter the campus.
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Pa. Legislature rocked by bonus probe
Nov 3 2007 5:32PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania grand jury is investigating millions of dollars in bonuses awarded to state legislative staffers in a practice that could prove to be one of the most egregious examples in recent years of legislatures using tax dollars to pay for electioneering.
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W.Va. rally demands hate crimes charges
Nov 3 2007 5:04PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Hundreds of people marched through the state capital on Saturday to urge prosecutors to add hate crime charges against six white people charged in the beating, torture and sexual assault of a 20-year-old black woman.
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W.Va. rally demands hate crimes charges
Nov 3 2007 5:04PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Hundreds of people marched through the state capital on Saturday to urge prosecutors to add hate crime charges against six white people charged in the beating, torture and sexual assault of a 20-year-old black woman.
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W.Va. rally demands hate crimes charges
Nov 3 2007 5:04PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Hundreds of people marched through the state capital on Saturday to urge prosecutors to add hate crime charges against six white people charged in the beating, torture and sexual assault of a 20-year-old black woman.
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Liberal arts schools embrace engineering
Nov 3 2007 2:38PM (CT)
SWARTHMORE, Pa. (AP) - When Kara Peterman was a high school student interested in engineering, she toured a high-powered engineering university in the Northeast that proudly displayed photos of its graduates.
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Ford, union reach tentative deal
Nov 3 2007 2:24PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative contract agreement Saturday with Ford Motor Co., the last of the Big Three automakers participating in a historic round of negotiations that has slashed wages and changed the way health care is provided to retirees.
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Hundreds attend funeral for Ohio student
Nov 3 2007 1:47PM (CT)
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio (AP) - Hundreds of people crowded into a church in a Cleveland suburb Saturday to remember a woman who was among seven college students killed in a North Carolina beach house fire.
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Souvenirs abound at NYC ground zero
Nov 3 2007 11:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Manuel Suarez's job hasn't earned him many fans. He keeps moving, to avoid catching the eye of the police. About 10 times a day, he is screamed at by strangers.
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Souvenirs abound at NYC ground zero
Nov 3 2007 11:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Manuel Suarez's job hasn't earned him many fans. He keeps moving, to avoid catching the eye of the police. About 10 times a day, he is screamed at by strangers.
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NY county recalls lead-laced lunch bags
Nov 3 2007 9:03AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Lunch bags made in China and distributed for a program meant to encourage healthy eating are being recalled because they may contain lead, a suburban county health department says.
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FBI knew of O.J. Simpson plan in advance
Nov 3 2007 6:44AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal agents learned three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned an operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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FBI knew of O.J. Simpson plan in advance
Nov 3 2007 6:44AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal agents learned three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned an operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuclear plant
Nov 3 2007 6:40AM (CT)
WINTERSBURG, Ariz. (AP) - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked.
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Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuclear plant
Nov 3 2007 6:40AM (CT)
WINTERSBURG, Ariz. (AP) - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked.
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Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuclear plant
Nov 3 2007 6:40AM (CT)
WINTERSBURG, Ariz. (AP) - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked.
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Police search for missing Illinois woman
Nov 3 2007 4:39AM (CT)
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - State police sent divers into a retention pond Friday near the home of a suburban Chicago police sergeant whose wife disappeared Sunday and whose former wife was found dead in her bathtub in 2004.
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Alaskan town reacts to rabid wolf attack
Nov 3 2007 2:37AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Children in the village of Marshall do not go out alone without an adult. They have been told to stay inside after dark. When night falls, three sentries are posted along the village periphery to keep the wolves out.
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Evidence against former astronaut tossed
Nov 3 2007 1:39AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A judge agreed Friday to toss much of the evidence against Lisa Nowak, a former astronaut accused of making a diaper-assisted, 1,000-mile drive to confront a woman vying for the affections of the same space shuttle pilot.
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Evidence against former astronaut tossed
Nov 3 2007 1:39AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A judge agreed Friday to toss much of the evidence against Lisa Nowak, a former astronaut accused of making a diaper-assisted, 1,000-mile drive to confront a woman vying for the affections of the same space shuttle pilot.
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