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Suspect in Philly officer killing caught
Nov 6 2007 11:50PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A nearly weeklong hunt for a man suspected of killing a Philadelphia police officer ended early Tuesday when authorities arrested him as he left the chapel of a homeless shelter in Florida.
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Former SD legislator convicted of rape
Nov 6 2007 11:41PM (CT)
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A former state lawmaker was convicted Tuesday night of raping two former foster daughters during physical examinations that he claimed would help them sell their reproductive eggs.
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Circumcision discussed in custody battle
Nov 6 2007 11:40PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The father of a 12-year-old boy told the Oregon Supreme Court that he should be allowed to arrange for his son to be circumcised, even if his ex-wife has concerns about the procedure.
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Teen kills schoolmate, self after chase
Nov 6 2007 11:28PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A 17-year-old who recently broke up with his girlfriend tracked her down in a car chase, fatally shot one of her companions and then killed himself in front of horrified onlookers, police and witnesses said Tuesday.
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Papers: Polygamist leader tried suicide
Nov 6 2007 11:14PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A polygamous-sect leader tried to hang himself in jail in January, eight months before a jury convicted him of rape as an accomplice, according to documents released Tuesday.
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Chicago police Taser 82-year-old woman
Nov 6 2007 11:13PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's Police Department is investigating an officer's use of a Taser last month on an 82-year-old woman who police say was swinging a hammer when they arrived.
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Porn charge for Children's Museum exec
Nov 6 2007 10:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The chief operating officer of the National Children's Museum in Washington was arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges, accused of using his work computer to send explicit images to others _ including an undercover New York City detective.
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Marine instructor's abuse trial opens
Nov 6 2007 10:57PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine Corps drill instructor being court-martialed on suspicion of abusing recruits was doing his job by toughening them up them for war, his defense lawyers said Tuesday.
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Texas donor under investigation
Nov 6 2007 10:54PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - There was a time when it paid to be friends with Mauricio Celis, who rustled up clients for Texas' swaggering trial lawyers and contributed generously to Democratic candidates, including Hillary Clinton.
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Pregnant woman killed in LA brawl
Nov 6 2007 10:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A pregnant woman who had just returned from her grandfather's funeral was killed when another woman deliberately rammed her car into a crowd during a street brawl involving about three dozen young women, authorities said.
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Pregnant woman killed in LA brawl
Nov 6 2007 10:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A pregnant woman who had just returned from her grandfather's funeral was killed when another woman deliberately rammed her car into a crowd during a street brawl involving about three dozen young women, authorities said.
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Teacher shot outside Fla. high school
Nov 6 2007 10:30PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A teacher was shot and critically injured Tuesday outside a high school during an apparent robbery, forcing lockdowns of several schools for more than two hours and leading to the arrest of a 19-year-old man.
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Indicted Orange Co. sheriff taking leave
Nov 6 2007 10:22PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Orange County's sheriff said Tuesday he will take a two-month leave of absence while he fights federal corruption charges alleging that he and others took nearly $700,000 in bribes and kickbacks.
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New Ky. governor makes unlikely comeback
Nov 6 2007 10:02PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Believing his political career was over long ago, Steve Beshear spent much of last year urging other prominent Democrats to run for governor. When they declined, he decided to run himself.
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New Ky. governor makes unlikely comeback
Nov 6 2007 10:02PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Believing his political career was over long ago, Steve Beshear spent much of last year urging other prominent Democrats to run for governor. When they declined, he decided to run himself.
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New Ky. governor makes unlikely comeback
Nov 6 2007 10:02PM (CT)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Believing his political career was over long ago, Steve Beshear spent much of last year urging other prominent Democrats to run for governor. When they declined, he decided to run himself.
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Woman hurt in NYC steam blast speaks
Nov 6 2007 9:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The fading pink nail polish on Margo Kane's right toes is more than three months old. It marks the time she has lingered in the hospital _ longer than anybody else injured in the July 18 steam-pipe explosion that left her foot hanging by a sliver of skin and muscle. She has endured depression, repeated surgeries and unrelenting pain, and may yet lose her foot.
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Woman hurt in NYC steam blast speaks
Nov 6 2007 9:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The fading pink nail polish on Margo Kane's right toes is more than three months old. It marks the time she has lingered in the hospital _ longer than anybody else injured in the July 18 steam-pipe explosion that left her foot hanging by a sliver of skin and muscle. She has endured depression, repeated surgeries and unrelenting pain, and may yet lose her foot.
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Woman hurt in NYC steam blast speaks
Nov 6 2007 9:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The fading pink nail polish on Margo Kane's right toes is more than three months old. It marks the time she has lingered in the hospital _ longer than anybody else injured in the July 18 steam-pipe explosion that left her foot hanging by a sliver of skin and muscle. She has endured depression, repeated surgeries and unrelenting pain, and may yet lose her foot.
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MIT alleges flaws in Gehry building
Nov 6 2007 9:57PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is suing renowned architect Frank Gehry, alleging serious design flaws in the Stata Center, a building celebrated for its unconventional walls and radical angles.
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N.O. population continues to rebound
Nov 6 2007 9:56PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nearly two-thirds of the city's pre-Hurricane Katrina population has returned, a new report estimates.
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Police: Students used cookies to torture
Nov 6 2007 9:55PM (CT)
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug deal went bad, prosecutors said.
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UN: substance at office `non-hazardous'
Nov 6 2007 9:52PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A panel of experts has confirmed that a mysterious substance found in the U.N. weapons inspection office and initially suspected of being a chemical warfare agent was non-hazardous, the U.N. said Tuesday.
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Defense opens in Florida terrorism trial
Nov 6 2007 9:33PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The suspected ringleader of a group of men accused of plotting terrorist attacks testified in a federal trial Tuesday that his financial struggles to build a community outreach center, not a desire to attack the U.S., landed him in trouble.
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Trial opens in Calif. missing mom case
Nov 6 2007 9:11PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The trial of a computer programmer accused of killing his estranged wife opened with a prosecutor attacking the notion that the woman, whose body has never been found, may yet be alive.
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Navy doctor denies taping sex acts
Nov 6 2007 9:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy doctor who regularly hosted midshipmen at his house testified Tuesday during his court-martial that he did not use a hidden camera to tape them engaged in sexual acts.
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Protestant leading St. Patrick's parade?
Nov 6 2007 8:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The publisher of a local Irish newspaper is calling on the organizers of the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade to begin overhauling the event's image by inviting Northern Ireland's Protestant leader to be a leader of next year's procession.
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FBI chief: Patriot Act ruling misguided
Nov 6 2007 8:38PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday described as "misguided" a recent court decision that would prevent the government from obtaining personal, e-mail and financial records without a judge's approval.
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Texas to accept e-mail death row appeals
Nov 6 2007 8:25PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Weeks after a judge denied a death-row inmate's lawyers a few more minutes to file an appeal, the state Court of Criminal Appeals decided Tuesday to make Texas one of the last states to allow emergency e-mail requests in death penalty cases.
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Calif. court considers marijuana use
Nov 6 2007 8:20PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When Gary Ross was ordered to take a drug test at his new job, the recently hired computer tech had no doubt the results would come back positive for marijuana.
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Ill. governor to report to prison
Nov 6 2007 8:11PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois voters knew George Ryan was no angel when they elected him governor in 1998.
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Ill. governor to report to prison
Nov 6 2007 8:11PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois voters knew George Ryan was no angel when they elected him governor in 1998.
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Ill. governor to report to prison
Nov 6 2007 8:11PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois voters knew George Ryan was no angel when they elected him governor in 1998.
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Ill. governor to report to prison
Nov 6 2007 8:11PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois voters knew George Ryan was no angel when they elected him governor in 1998.
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U.S. appeals case vs. Cuban militant
Nov 6 2007 7:41PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Prosecutors have appealed the dismissal of an immigration fraud case against an anti-Castro militant, arguing that a federal judge went too far in throwing out the entire case.
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Trial begins in Boston cop's drug case
Nov 6 2007 6:41PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A police officer ran criminal rackets and agreed with FBI agents posing as drug dealers to protect shipments of cocaine into the city, prosecutors said as his federal drug trial began Tuesday.
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Tenn. gambling bust nets poker champ
Nov 6 2007 6:32PM (CT)
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) - A divisional winner of the World Series of Poker was arrested with 15 other men during a gambling raid that yielded almost $20,000, police said.
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Sex abuse case against pastor is dropped
Nov 6 2007 5:17PM (CT)
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - In a sudden turn a week before trial, prosecutors on Tuesday dropped a headline-grabbing child sex abuse case against the leader of an isolated church commune in the Ozarks.
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Woodruff's fund holds benefit for troops
Nov 6 2007 4:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In the darkest days, when ABC's Bob Woodruff was just beginning to recover from the Iraq roadside bombing that tore off part of his skull, drove shrapnel into his head and almost killed him, his wife says they told each other jokes to keep from falling apart.
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Man gets 30 years in pipeline plot
Nov 6 2007 3:55PM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for plotting to help a supposed al-Qaida operative blow up U.S. oil pipelines and refineries.
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Court: Child support lawsuit frivolous
Nov 6 2007 1:20PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit nicknamed "Roe v. Wade for Men" filed by a men's rights group on behalf of a man who said he shouldn't have to pay child support for his ex-girlfriend's daughter.
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Teen in tortured tortoise case gets jail
Nov 6 2007 1:08PM (CT)
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A teenager who pleaded no contest to torturing and mutilating the pet tortoise of an autistic boy has been sentenced to spend time in jail, fined and ordered to give up his own pets.
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Teen in tortured tortoise case gets jail
Nov 6 2007 1:08PM (CT)
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A teenager who pleaded no contest to torturing and mutilating the pet tortoise of an autistic boy has been sentenced to spend time in jail, fined and ordered to give up his own pets.
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Fisher-Price kitchen toys recalled
Nov 6 2007 11:33AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mattel Inc. on Tuesday recalled more than 172,000 Fisher-Price kitchen toys in the United States and Europe because several children choked and gagged on small, detachable parts.
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Schwarzenegger orders wildfire review
Nov 6 2007 10:21AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered a review of California's response to the deadly wildfires that destroyed more than 2,000 homes last month, including whether home and business construction should be allowed in fire-prone areas.
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Jury gets car crash fugitive's case
Nov 6 2007 9:58AM (CT)
KELSO, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of causing a car wreck that killed three college students fled to Ireland because he was afraid he wouldn't get a fair trial, his lawyer said in closing arguments.
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Family of woman ignored at ER files suit
Nov 6 2007 8:57AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The family of a woman who died earlier this year after collapsing on an emergency room's floor as she waited for treatment has filed a $45 million lawsuit against the county.
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Service for tot found in box on beach
Nov 6 2007 7:56AM (CT)
TIKI ISLAND, Texas (AP) - Residents held a memorial service for "Baby Grace," a young girl whose remains were discovered inside a storage box that washed ashore on Galveston Bay.
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Accused Neb. teacher appears in court
Nov 6 2007 7:54AM (CT)
EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) - A Nebraska middle school teacher accused of running away to Mexico with a 13-year-old to have sex with him appeared in court to face criminal charges.
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Servant testifies about alleged abuse
Nov 6 2007 7:50AM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - An Indonesian servant for a millionaire couple accused of modern-day slavery testified she was forced to eat her own vomit and was scalded with hot water for misdeeds such as sleeping late and pilfering food.
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Guardsmen accused of taking donations
Nov 6 2007 7:42AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A military police company from the California National Guard has been sequestered pending an investigation into whether troops took donations intended for Southern California wildfire victims, Guard officials said.
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Universities a big part of urban renewal
Nov 6 2007 7:40AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - When people around here talk about "Midtown," the discussion generally concerns new condos, small businesses and lifestyle.
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Universities a big part of urban renewal
Nov 6 2007 7:40AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - When people around here talk about "Midtown," the discussion generally concerns new condos, small businesses and lifestyle.
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Universities a big part of urban renewal
Nov 6 2007 7:40AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - When people around here talk about "Midtown," the discussion generally concerns new condos, small businesses and lifestyle.
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Scientist's ideas on sex re-examined
Nov 6 2007 7:36AM (CT)
RANGELEY, Maine (AP) - Physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his claims of a cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, and the government burned tons of his books and other publications and destroyed his equipment.
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Oregon to vote on children's health care
Nov 6 2007 7:31AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - When Oregon residents weigh in Tuesday on whether to raise the state's cigarette tax to pay for an expansion of children's health care, their votes could resonate 3,000 miles away on Capitol Hill.
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Massachusetts pushes biofuel standards
Nov 6 2007 7:29AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick and top lawmakers want to put Massachusetts on the clean energy map by requiring biofuel blends in home heating oil and providing tax incentives for producers of more efficient ethanol technology, known as cellulosic ethanol.
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Contractor convicted in Cunningham case
Nov 6 2007 7:25AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - When Brent Wilkes was indicted on charges of bribing former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham with cash, trips and meals, the defense contractor responded by sending reporters a statement insisting he was innocent and would prevail in court.
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Deal to pay tomato pickers more in doubt
Nov 6 2007 3:38AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The future of a deal to help migrant workers who pick tomatoes earn more money was cast in doubt when Florida's largest association of growers said none of its members would participate and that it did not believe other growers would, either.
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Deal to pay tomato pickers more in doubt
Nov 6 2007 3:38AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The future of a deal to help migrant workers who pick tomatoes earn more money was cast in doubt when Florida's largest association of growers said none of its members would participate and that it did not believe other growers would, either.
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