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Prince, Camilla wrap up tour at shelter
Nov 8 2005 11:30PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Prince Charles and his new wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wrapped up their visit to the United States on Tuesday by touring a homeless shelter.
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Hmong immigrant gets life in hunter slay
Nov 8 2005 11:29PM (CT)
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) - A Hmong immigrant convicted of murdering six deer hunters and attempting to kill two others after a trespassing dispute was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday with no chance for parole.
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Oregon foursome claims $340M in lottery
Nov 8 2005 11:29PM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A family that parlayed $40 worth of tickets into the second-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history came forward Tuesday to claim their $340 million prize.
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Advocacy group questions Air Force suit
Nov 8 2005 11:12PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A group that advocates for religious expression wants to intervene in a lawsuit that claims senior officers and cadets at the Air Force Academy illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.
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Kan. school board OKs evolution approach
Nov 8 2005 11:04PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.
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Hundreds face wreckage of Midwest tornado
Nov 8 2005 10:58PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Crews finished draining a four-acre retention pond Tuesday as they made sure there were no more victims of the huge tornado that killed 22 people over the weekend.
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One dead, 2 hurt in Tenn. school shooting
Nov 8 2005 10:54PM (CT)
JACKSBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A teenager shot and killed an assistant principal and seriously wounded two other administrators at a high school on Tuesday, officials said. The student was arrested.
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Defense says U.S. targeted ex-professor
Nov 8 2005 10:41PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A former professor was described by his attorneys Tuesday as a crusader for the Palestinian cause whose inflammatory words have been twisted by federal prosecutors intent on proving he is a terrorist.
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Group: Honda Civic tops stolen-car list
Nov 8 2005 10:21PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - The 1995 Honda Civic, 1989 Toyota Camry and 1991 Honda Accord were the vehicles most often reported stolen in the United States in 2004, according to a nonprofit group that tracks insurance crimes.
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Lobbyist apologizes to R.I. governor
Nov 8 2005 10:13PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Democratic lobbyist apologized to Gov. Don Carcieri and his family Tuesday for his televised comments that Carcieri had mistresses.
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Witnesses recognized Fla. kidnap suspect
Nov 8 2005 10:03PM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A business partner, roommate and other acquaintances of a man accused of raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl testified Tuesday that they recognized him in images captured by a security camera.
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Ill. agency opts not to tout gov.'s record
Nov 8 2005 9:34PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A second state agency planned to have its staff tout Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legislative record to potential voters, but it dropped the idea after employees complained about being told to give the letters to foster families.
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Alabama governor calls for Aruba boycott
Nov 8 2005 9:08PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley called for a nationwide travel boycott of Aruba on Tuesday on behalf of a missing Alabama teenager's family, who accuse the island's government of not fully cooperating with the investigation into her disappearance.
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Tenn. farmer found injured woman by chance
Nov 8 2005 7:39PM (CT)
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A cattle farmer who changed his mind about going to the market, instead found himself rescuing a woman who had been caught in a barbed wire fence for two days.
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Airline faces fine; ticketless man boarded
Nov 8 2005 6:21PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - American Airlines could be fined up to $25,000 after a man who was apparently trying to get a free flight managed to get aboard a plane without a ticket or a boarding pass, authorities say.
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Reputed mobster who vanished is acquitted
Nov 8 2005 6:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A reputed mobster who disappeared in the middle of his waterfront corruption trial and was feared killed by the Mafia was acquitted in absentia Tuesday along with two officials of the dockworkers union.
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Man killed walking home after party
Nov 8 2005 2:36PM (CT)
SULTAN, Wash. (AP) - A man walking home after his 55th birthday party because friends and family believed he was too drunk to drive was struck and killed by another vehicle, police said.
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Man charged with killing alleged attacker
Nov 8 2005 2:34PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A young man was charged with stabbing to death one of four teenagers who allegedly attacked him and taunted him because he is gay.
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Jury acquits union leaders on mob charges
Nov 8 2005 12:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two executives of the International Longshoremen's Association and a reputed mobster who went missing mid-trial were acquitted Tuesday of charges that they helped the Mafia keep its grip on the New York waterfront.
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Small plane crashes into N.H. Wal-Mart
Nov 8 2005 10:39AM (CT)
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A small cargo plane with only the pilot on board crashed into a Wal-Mart Tuesday. The pilot was hurt but able to walk away from the crash, and there were no reports of injuries on the ground.
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Baltimore seeks image makeover
Nov 8 2005 6:04AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - The city wants a makeover, or what's known in the tourism industry as "destination repositioning."
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Case of fired blind agency director opens
Nov 8 2005 4:36AM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A blind woman who was fired from her job as director of Pennsylvania's state agency for the blind and visually impaired was discriminated against because of her disability, her lawyer told jurors in opening statements of a civil trial.
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Dual-language public school OK'd in Ga.
Nov 8 2005 4:31AM (CT)
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - A school board has voted to open a public elementary school where students will be taught to be equally proficient in English and Spanish by fifth grade.
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Escaped death-row inmate returns to Texas
Nov 8 2005 4:24AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A death row inmate has been escorted back to the same county jail he escaped from last week when he ditched his prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and fooled guards with a fake ID.
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Disabled prisoners at issue in high court
Nov 8 2005 4:18AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Tony Goodman says that when he tried to hoist himself from his wheelchair onto the toilet in his cramped prison cell one day, he slipped, fell onto the floor and suffered a seizure, breaking a toe and crushing his right knee.
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Pakistani wins ruling in terror trial
Nov 8 2005 12:46AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Pakistani man can use statements from al-Qaida prisoners to defend himself against charges alleging he agreed to help terrorists sneak into the United States, but he won't be allowed to call Khalid Sheik Mohammed or two other al-Qaida operatives as witnesses, a judge ruled Monday.
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High school evacuated after mercury spill
Nov 8 2005 12:42AM (CT)
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) - Students spilled mercury in a classroom laboratory Monday, forcing the evacuation of 2,400 high schoolers, officials said.
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Audubon Society sues over spotted owl
Nov 8 2005 12:41AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The northern spotted owl was listed as an endangered species in 1990 because of logging in the Northwest, but federal officials have yet to come up with a plan to protect it, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.
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Ohio governor delays killer's execution
Nov 8 2005 12:40AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Bob Taft on Monday delayed for the second time in two months the execution of a condemned man who says he's innocent.
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Salesman testifies in nightclub fire case
Nov 8 2005 12:40AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A salesman who sold the insulating foam involved in a deadly nightclub fire said it was his company's policy not to warn customers the material was flammable, according to newly filed court documents.
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Liberal church may lose funds over sermon
Nov 8 2005 12:15AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service has warned a prominent liberal church that it could lose its tax-exempt status because of an anti-war sermon a guest preacher gave on the eve of the 2004 presidential election, according to church officials.
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