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Governor urges end to transit strike
Nov 6 2005 11:51PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Negotiators for the region's transit agency and its workers exchanged contract proposals Sunday after Gov. Ed Rendell urged them to settle the dispute and end the strike that has crippled public transportation in Philadelphia for a week.
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Death row inmate captured in Louisiana
Nov 6 2005 11:49PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A death row inmate who slipped out of a Texas jail last week wearing street clothes was captured Sunday as he talked on a pay phone in Shreveport, La., about 200 miles away, authorities said.
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Doctors say ERs not ready for a disaster
Nov 6 2005 11:11PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - At this city's main trauma hospital, lines of waiting patients clog the hallways _ even on slow days. Doctors say they probably couldn't handle a major plane crash or any other incident with more than 20 or 30 severe injuries.
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Lawyer: JDL activist had been threatened
Nov 6 2005 11:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Jewish Defense League activist who was killed in a federal prison had received death threats because of his militancy and needed more protection from authorities, his former attorney said Sunday.
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Tornado rips through Ky., Ind.; 22 killed
Nov 6 2005 10:22PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A tornado with winds exceeding 158 mph ripped a path of destruction through western Kentucky and Indiana as residents slept early Sunday, reducing homes to splinters and leaving entire blocks of buildings in rubble. At least 22 people were killed and 200 others injured.
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Escaped pit bulls attack six in Illinois
Nov 6 2005 9:22PM (CT)
CARY, Ill. (AP) - A 10-year-old boy was in critical condition Sunday after three pit bulls escaped from a home and went on a rampage, attacking six people before police shot and killed the dogs, authorities said.
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Two workers die at oil refinery in Del.
Nov 6 2005 9:12PM (CT)
DELAWARE CITY, Del. (AP) - Two workers died early Sunday at the Valero Energy Corp. oil refinery after they were exposed to toxic fumes, officials said.
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Pilot, grandson, 10, die in Texas crash
Nov 6 2005 8:55PM (CT)
SPRING, Texas (AP) - A small plane trying to land at an airport Sunday struck power lines and crashed into a car, killing the pilot and his 10-year-old grandson and injuring a woman in the vehicle, authorities said.
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La. Legislature meets on Katrina recovery
Nov 6 2005 8:37PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco warned lawmakers Sunday that the tremendous amount of work needed to help Louisiana recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina will require tough choices as they start their 17-day special session.
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Prince Charles, Camilla attend church
Nov 6 2005 7:56PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, attended Sunday services in a tiny rural church near San Francisco before an evening of theater in the city as they continued the eclectic Californian half of their U.S. tour.
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Boston church property sale may net $90M
Nov 6 2005 7:23PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Archdiocese of Boston is expected to make more than $90 million through the sale of church property as part of a plan to deal with financial struggles blamed in part on the clergy sex abuse crisis, according to a published report.
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Report: Orange County gunman was outcast
Nov 6 2005 7:19PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Orange County man who killed two neighbors and then turned a shotgun on himself desperately sought friends on the Internet but was ridiculed for his sometimes angry and bizarre messages.
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Miss. mom gets support for double losses
Nov 6 2005 7:18PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Elaine Oneto says losing her home to Hurricane Katrina was devastating and losing her son in Iraq just two months later was unimaginable, but the support she has received has been overwhelming.
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Governor talks with Philly transit workers
Nov 6 2005 6:06PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell met with representatives of the region's transit agency and its workers separately on Sunday in an effort to settle a strike that has crippled public transportation in Philadelphia for a week.
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San Francisco issues spark scant interest
Nov 6 2005 4:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Proposals to ban handguns and prevent military recruiters from visiting schools would seem like surefire hits with voters in peace-loving San Francisco.
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Calif. vote may reregulate energy market
Nov 6 2005 3:19PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Five years after California suffered through blackouts, soaring electricity prices and the bankruptcy of its largest utility, voters are being asked to roll back a key part of the deregulation effort blamed for the state's energy crisis.
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Bison hunt to begin outside Yellowstone
Nov 6 2005 1:51PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The five men said little as the slides, narrated by state wildlife officials, clicked along _ revealing the dos and don'ts of hunting bison that leave Yellowstone National Park.
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Two workers die at oil refinery in Del.
Nov 6 2005 12:03PM (CT)
DELAWARE CITY, Del. (AP) - Two workers died while working on a unit at the Valero Energy Corp. oil refinery, a company spokeswoman said Sunday.
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Ex-counterterror czar lauds N.Y. searches
Nov 6 2005 11:46AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke says the random search by police of bags on New York subways is a program that should be copied in other cities.
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Tornado causes several deaths in In., Ky.
Nov 6 2005 8:16AM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Several deaths and scores of injuries were reported early Sunday when a tornado ripped through Henderson County, Kentucky, and the southern Indiana counties of Vanderburgh and Warrick.
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Army trains teams to aid grieving families
Nov 6 2005 7:24AM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Soldiers dressed in crisp, green military uniforms have notified the families of more than 2,000 men and women of a death at war in Iraq. Now, as entire divisions begin redeploying, Army posts are training teams of volunteers to help widows and other grieving family members in ways historically left to neighbors and friends.
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Bodies of 3 Haitians found on Fla. beach
Nov 6 2005 3:44AM (CT)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The bodies of three women thought to be Haitian migrants washed ashore on a South Florida beach, authorities said.
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Episcopalians duck same-sex blessings vote
Nov 6 2005 12:39AM (CT)
MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Representatives of Episcopal congregations in Massachusetts sidestepped a vote on whether to endorse a report that condemns appointments of gay bishops and calls on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to enact a moratorium on same-sex blessings.
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Mich. Democrats blast nominating process
Nov 6 2005 12:32AM (CT)
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Democratic Party took a shot at Iowa and New Hampshire's "monopoly" on the first steps of the presidential nominating process, adopting a resolution Saturday calling for fairness, equity and diversity ahead of future elections.
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Clinton urges better foreign relations
Nov 6 2005 12:08AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - America's security in the future depends on how it acts today _ while it's still the only global superpower, former President Bill Clinton told a crowd Saturday at the University of Minnesota.
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