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Famous warship museum stuck in the mud
Nov 6 2006 11:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The USS Intrepid, the aircraft carrier that survived World War II bomb and kamikaze attacks, got stuck in the mud in the Hudson River on Monday as tugboats tried to pull it from its berth.
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Prayer letters go to pastor's daughter
Nov 6 2006 11:35PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A fisherman who found a bag of 300 letters to God _ many addressed to a New Jersey minister _ floating in the ocean off Atlantic City will give most of them to the late clergyman's daughter.
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Heavy flooding in Washington kills one
Nov 6 2006 11:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A windy Pacific storm dumped heavy rain Monday on western Washington, killing at least one person, prompting warnings of record flooding and forcing rescues by the National Guard.
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Gov't asks to keep Lindh records secret
Nov 6 2006 11:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A government lawyer told a judge on Monday that American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh deserves privacy for his written arguments aimed at shortening his 20-year federal prison sentence.
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Duke prosecutor's office gets complaint
Nov 6 2006 11:02PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A former employee in the office of the district attorney prosecuting the Duke University lacrosse team rape case has filed a sexual harassment complaint against a co-worker.
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Trial starts in deaths of racer, wife
Nov 6 2006 10:42PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Legendary racer Mickey Thompson and his wife were gunned down nearly 19 years ago in a hit ordered by an embittered former business partner, a prosecutor told the jury Monday in a dramatic opening statement.
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Dobson to aid in counseling Haggard
Nov 6 2006 10:40PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Focus on the Family founder James Dobson will be one of the people overseeing counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard, the evangelical pastor who was fired amid allegations of gay sex and drug use, a senior official of Dobson's organization said Monday.
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2 Texas students charged in school plot
Nov 6 2006 10:18PM (CT)
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Authorities uncovered a potentially deadly school attack plot and have charged two high school students with conspiracy to commit capital murder, officials said Monday.
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Marine enters pleas in Iraqi case
Nov 6 2006 9:33PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice before testifying that his squad executed a known insurgent who turned out to be a civilian.
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3 more bone fragments found at WTC site
Nov 6 2006 8:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Workers found three bone fragments in a second manhole at the World Trade Center site, close to where about 200 bones had already been recovered, officials said Monday.
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Firefighters gain on Calif. wildfire
Nov 6 2006 8:54PM (CT)
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - A wind-driven wildfire scorched more than 600 acres of brush on Monday, torched an industrial yard and forced the evacuation of two schools before firefighters gained the upper hand, officials said.
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S.C. governor injures eyes from lights
Nov 6 2006 8:53PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Gov. Mark Sanford burned his eyes under the bright stage lights at a groundbreaking ceremony and had to sit out the last day of the campaign, his wife said Monday.
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More voting equipment scrutiny possible
Nov 6 2006 8:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After a series of voting problems in primaries around the country, the federal agency charged with overseeing elections is poised to approve new security measures to make voting equipment safer and more reliable.
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Fire hits Orlando's Gatorland
Nov 6 2006 8:23PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A fire early Monday destroyed a section of Gatorland, one of Florida's oldest tourist attractions, and killed as many as three pythons and crocodiles.
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Couples go on 'procreation vacations'
Nov 6 2006 8:23PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - When Lucinda Hughes heard she would have to drink sea moss elixir while vacationing in the Bahamas, she was certain it would make her sick. Sure enough, three months later, Hughes is very sick _ every morning _ and expecting her first baby in April. She got pregnant after she and her husband went on a three-day Procreation Vacation at a resort on Grand Bahama Island.
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Pot users relying on home delivery
Nov 6 2006 8:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a city where you can get just about anything delivered to your door _ groceries, dry cleaning, Chinese food _ pot smokers are increasingly ordering takeout marijuana from drug rings that operate with remarkable corporate-style attention to customer satisfaction.
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Abortion clinics request O'Reilly probe
Nov 6 2006 8:18PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Two abortion clinics asked the state's highest court Monday to investigate Attorney General Phill Kline and Fox television's Bill O'Reilly over O'Reilly's statements that he had information from Kansas abortion records.
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Hearing ordered in Ala. corruption case
Nov 6 2006 6:55PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge on Monday scheduled a hearing to determine if jurors who convicted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy of corruption improperly considered information from the Internet or other outside sources.
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Man gets 6 months for animal cruelty
Nov 6 2006 5:42PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to putting his wife's puppy in a 200-degree oven, crippling it, was sentenced Monday to six months in jail.
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Diabetes shouldn't nix heart transplant
Nov 6 2006 5:13PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Diabetics who don't have other health problems survive heart transplants about as well as nondiabetics, according to a new study, which suggests diabetes shouldn't disqualify patients from a transplant waiting list.
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Panel calls for U.N. to be streamlined
Nov 6 2006 4:47PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A high-level panel called for streamlining U.N. programs to fight poverty, provide humanitarian aid and protect the environment, saying competition among agencies often duplicates efforts and fails to deliver results, a final draft of its report says.
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Gowns stolen from breast cancer group
Nov 6 2006 4:12PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A trailer containing thousands of wedding gowns worth an estimated $3 million was stolen from a charity that grants the dying wishes of women with breast cancer.
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Judge extends block on immigrant law
Nov 6 2006 2:34PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge's order temporarily blocking the city of Hazleton from enforcing a crackdown on illegal immigrants was extended Monday to give both sides time to prepare for a trial.
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Memorial held for 5 fallen firefighters
Nov 6 2006 1:07PM (CT)
DEVORE, Calif. (AP) - In an outdoor amphitheater surrounded by soaring mountains, thousands of people turned out to remember five firefighters killed in an arson, with their colleagues expressing themselves in the unique language of firefighting.
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2 more bodies recovered in Reno blaze
Nov 6 2006 11:52AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Two more bodies were recovered Sunday from the rubble of a downtown hotel, bringing the death toll to 11 in the city's deadliest fire. Officials said the toll could still rise.
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Fired evangelist asks for forgiveness
Nov 6 2006 11:49AM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Members of the New Life Church were stunned and brought to tears by the Rev. Ted Haggard's confessions of "sexual immorality," then accepted his plea for forgiveness with open arms.
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Tanker crash, fire snarl Florida's I-95
Nov 6 2006 11:45AM (CT)
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - A fuel tanker truck plummeted from a highway overpass onto a parking lot Monday, igniting a fire that killed one person and forced the evacuation of a school, authorities said.
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New poll: Half in N.J. back gay unions
Nov 6 2006 11:25AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - While half of New Jersey voters agree with the state Supreme Court that homosexual couples should receive the same rights as heterosexuals, just one in four think gay unions should be called marriages, according to a new poll.
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N.H. makes GOP stop some automated calls
Nov 6 2006 10:41AM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The National Republican Congressional Committee agreed to stop placing automated telephone calls to New Hampshire residents on the federal do-not-call list, a state official said.
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Texas DA kills self as police arrive
Nov 6 2006 10:30AM (CT)
TERRELL, Texas (AP) - A prosecutor killed himself as police tried to serve him with an arrest warrant alleging he solicited sex with a minor, authorities said.
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Google targets newspaper advertising
Nov 6 2006 6:59AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. plans to start selling advertising space in 50 top newspapers, expanding the Internet search engine's efforts to provide services off the Web and making it easier for companies advertising online to also show off their products in print.
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Condemned inmates often get sedatives
Nov 6 2006 4:20AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Condemned killer David Brewer, who went calmly to his death after acknowledging his guilt, had a little help with his nerves: an anti-anxiety drug.
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Woman runs for Navajo Nation presidency
Nov 6 2006 4:12AM (CT)
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - One candidate in the Navajo Nation's presidential race promises accountability and staunch protection of tribal land. The other vows to build on the reservation's economic progress in the past four years.
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Ex-Klansman dies serving time in killing
Nov 6 2006 3:19AM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Ellie Dahmer found little comfort in the death of the Ku Klux Klan leader who ordered the assassination of her husband, saying Samuel H. Bowers lived a much longer life than the man she married.
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Thousands mourn Calif. wildfire victims
Nov 6 2006 3:13AM (CT)
DEVORE, Calif. (AP) - The five men killed in the deadliest wildfire disaster in more than a decade were remembered Sunday as both heroes and regular guys at a memorial service attended by more than 10,000 people.
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O'Connor worries about courts' autonomy
Nov 6 2006 12:10AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said she fears judges are under growing political attack nationwide.
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