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Defense shows darker side of missing mom
Nov 8 2007 11:52PM (CT)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A defense attorney for a man accused of killing his estranged wife reminded jurors in opening statements Thursday the woman's body was never found, and described her as a deceptive schemer.
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Report details Calif. wildfire drama
Nov 8 2007 11:46PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Four firefighters injured in last month's wildfires found themselves trapped at the end of a dirt road and engulfed in flames after they followed a resident and his son back to their burning home, according to an official account released Thursday.
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Body found near border is 9th fire death
Nov 8 2007 11:32PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man whose body was found in a border area ravaged by recent wildfires was the ninth death directly related to the blazes, authorities said Thursday.
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Fired workers seize La. DA's accounts
Nov 8 2007 11:22PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fired workers seized several bank accounts of the prosecutor's office Thursday, including the one for its payroll, as they seek payment of $3.3 million left to be paid from a discrimination judgment, a lawyer said.
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War objector's 2nd court-martial blocked
Nov 8 2007 11:21PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The Army cannot hold a second court-martial for an Iraq war objector until the resolution of the soldier's claim that it would violate his right against double jeopardy, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Court: Druggists may deny emergency pill
Nov 8 2007 11:19PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A federal judge has suspended Washington state's requirement that pharmacists sell "morning-after" birth control pills, a victory for druggists who claim their moral objections to the drug are being bulldozed by the government.
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Man testifies O.J. burst into hotel room
Nov 8 2007 11:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.
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Man testifies O.J. burst into hotel room
Nov 8 2007 11:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.
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Man testifies O.J. burst into hotel room
Nov 8 2007 11:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.
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Man testifies O.J. burst into hotel room
Nov 8 2007 11:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.
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Man testifies O.J. burst into hotel room
Nov 8 2007 11:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.
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Man testifies O.J. burst into hotel room
Nov 8 2007 11:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.
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Grand jury indicts ex-NYC top cop Kerik
Nov 8 2007 11:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, on corruption charges, a person close to the investigation said Thursday.
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Cargo ship's fuel fouls Bay Area beaches
Nov 8 2007 11:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An oil spill fouled miles of fragile coastline Thursday, sending environmentalists scrambling to save tarred marine life and leaving local officials questioning the Coast Guard's response to the ship collision that triggered the slick.
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Cargo ship's fuel fouls Bay Area beaches
Nov 8 2007 11:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An oil spill fouled miles of fragile coastline Thursday, sending environmentalists scrambling to save tarred marine life and leaving local officials questioning the Coast Guard's response to the ship collision that triggered the slick.
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Cargo ship's fuel fouls Bay Area beaches
Nov 8 2007 11:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An oil spill fouled miles of fragile coastline Thursday, sending environmentalists scrambling to save tarred marine life and leaving local officials questioning the Coast Guard's response to the ship collision that triggered the slick.
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Gun conviction after rape case acquittal
Nov 8 2007 10:47PM (CT)
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - A federal jury took just five minutes Thursday to find a man guilty of a gun charge filed after he was acquitted earlier this year of raping two teen girls in an underground bunker he built.
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Fla. deputy may have broken policy
Nov 8 2007 10:42PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - An elderly sheriff's deputy who police say was fatally shot by an inmate he was transporting in a medical van may have violated policy by pulling over and letting the prisoner out, according to witness statements released Thursday.
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Massive dog breeding farm rescue in Va.
Nov 8 2007 10:31PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A dog breeding operation that was home to more than 600 breeding females is now the site of a huge rescue operation, with the owner agreeing to relinquish nearly 1,000 dogs for treatment and possible adoption.
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No charges in fatal Pa. towboat accident
Nov 8 2007 10:31PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Disobeyed orders, overconfidence and other factors likely led a towboat to be swept over a dam in 2005, killing four of its crew members, according to a Coast Guard report released Thursday.
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NYC reveals new Coney Island plan
Nov 8 2007 10:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Coney Island for the new millennium, combining $2.5 billion in private investment with flourishes from its storied past, was unveiled Thursday as the city released its plan to convert the fading beachfront into a world-class, year-round attraction.
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Nichols lawyers to court: Drop DA's suit
Nov 8 2007 9:27PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Lawyers for a man charged with murder in a rampage that started in a courtroom urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reject prosecutors' efforts to replace them and the judge overseeing the case.
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Ship's oil washing up on Calif. beaches
Nov 8 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Oil leaking from a cargo ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spread throughout the bay and is threatening a majestic stretch of the California coastline, the Coast Guard said Thursday.
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Ship's oil washing up on Calif. beaches
Nov 8 2007 8:40PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Oil leaking from a cargo ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spread throughout the bay and is threatening a majestic stretch of the California coastline, the Coast Guard said Thursday.
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Camp Lejeune homes untainted, tests show
Nov 8 2007 7:44PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The ground beneath houses and a school used by Camp Lejeune military families is clear of chemical contamination, federal environmental regulators said Thursday.
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Last papers released in R.I. club fire
Nov 8 2007 7:31PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former band tour manager's spreadsheet released Thursday could support his claim that he discussed using pyrotechnics before a concert nearly five years ago where the explosives ignited soundproofing foam, killing 100 people.
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Ship carrying 66 runs aground in Va.
Nov 8 2007 7:30PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The captain of a small cruise ship with 66 people aboard ran the vessel aground early Thursday to keep it from sinking after it began taking on water, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Ship carrying 66 runs aground in Va.
Nov 8 2007 7:30PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The captain of a small cruise ship with 66 people aboard ran the vessel aground early Thursday to keep it from sinking after it began taking on water, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Ship carrying 66 runs aground in Va.
Nov 8 2007 7:30PM (CT)
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - The captain of a small cruise ship with 66 people aboard ran the vessel aground early Thursday to keep it from sinking after it began taking on water, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Atari 2600, Raggedy Andy, kite enshrined
Nov 8 2007 7:23PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - To celebrate the toys inducted Thursday in the National Toy Hall of Fame, hug a red-haired doll, grab a single-button joystick _ or go fly a kite.
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Atari 2600, Raggedy Andy, kite enshrined
Nov 8 2007 7:23PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - To celebrate the toys inducted Thursday in the National Toy Hall of Fame, hug a red-haired doll, grab a single-button joystick _ or go fly a kite.
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Atari 2600, Raggedy Andy, kite enshrined
Nov 8 2007 7:23PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - To celebrate the toys inducted Thursday in the National Toy Hall of Fame, hug a red-haired doll, grab a single-button joystick _ or go fly a kite.
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Defendant denies Sears Tower bomb plot
Nov 8 2007 6:49PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man accused of plotting terrorist attacks testified Thursday that none of his six co-defendants was told about a plan to destroy the Sears Tower, a plot he claims he made up to con a financier.
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New trial ordered for former speaker
Nov 8 2007 6:23PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A state appeals court Thursday ordered a new trial for a former Wisconsin Assembly speaker convicted of directing staff members to conduct campaign work on state time.
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Jury deciding Navy doctor sex tapes case
Nov 8 2007 6:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A military jury began deliberations Thursday in the court-martial of a Navy doctor accused of using a hidden camera to videotape Naval Academy midshipmen engaged in sex acts.
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AP IMPACT: Border fence may cut property
Nov 8 2007 5:54PM (CT)
GRANJENO, Texas (AP) - Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government's effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence.
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AP IMPACT: Border fence may cut property
Nov 8 2007 5:54PM (CT)
GRANJENO, Texas (AP) - Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government's effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence.
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AP IMPACT: Border fence may cut property
Nov 8 2007 5:54PM (CT)
GRANJENO, Texas (AP) - Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government's effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence.
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AP IMPACT: Border fence may cut property
Nov 8 2007 5:54PM (CT)
GRANJENO, Texas (AP) - Founded 240 years ago, this sleepy Texas town along the Rio Grande has outlasted the Spanish, then the Mexicans and then the short-lived independent Republic of Texas. But it may not survive the U.S. government's effort to secure the Mexican border with a steel fence.
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Wallace assailant getting out of prison
Nov 8 2007 5:51PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - After 35 years in prison, the man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace during his racially charged 1972 presidential campaign is scheduled to be released Friday into a society more diverse and more restrictive on guns.
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NY lawyer: Steroid probe charges dropped
Nov 8 2007 5:33PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Charges were dropped against two defendants in Albany County's multistate investigation into illegal steroid sales because of a "lack of jurisdiction," a lawyer said Thursday.
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Senators propose new bus safety rules
Nov 8 2007 5:17PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Two U.S. senators, motivated by a bus crash that killed five college baseball players, on Thursday proposed requiring seat belts on long-haul buses.
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Congressman's Florida office evacuated
Nov 8 2007 5:10PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A suspicious envelope sent to U.S. Rep. Ron Klein's office Thursday forced a brief evacuation of the building, but nothing harmful was found and no injuries were reported, police said.
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FEMA to workers: Stay out of trailers
Nov 8 2007 4:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is barring employees from entering thousands of stored travel trailers over concerns about hazardous fumes, while more than 48,000 other trailers continue to be used by hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Man sentenced in Capitol security breach
Nov 8 2007 4:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who ran into the U.S. Capitol with a loaded handgun last year was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison.
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Killer's dad gets 3 years on gun charge
Nov 8 2007 3:47PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A man whose mentally disturbed teenage son shot and killed two police officers last year was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for illegally possessing an AK-47 rifle used in the attack.
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3rd Boston officer pleads in drug case
Nov 8 2007 3:37PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A third Boston police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to drug trafficking charges for protecting truckloads of cocaine during an FBI sting operation.
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Man arrested in Ky. family's slaying
Nov 8 2007 2:54PM (CT)
PIKEVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A man was arrested and charged with murdering a family of five and setting fire to their mobile home in eastern Kentucky nearly four years ago.
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NYC plane searched for bomb
Nov 8 2007 2:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A plane at LaGuardia Airport was searched Thursday after someone reported finding a bomb threat against the plane on the Internet, officials said.
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Oral Roberts' son accused of misspending
Nov 8 2007 2:25PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A Beverly Hills house and country club membership. Vacations in Palm Springs and the South Seas. A closet as big as an apartment, stuffed with hundreds of pairs of shoes, suits, dresses and golf shoes.
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Explosion in Ga. Tech lab; no one hurt
Nov 8 2007 2:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia Tech classroom and office building was evacuated Thursday after what officials described as a minor explosion in a laboratory.
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Va. girl, 5, crushed by dresser
Nov 8 2007 1:22PM (CT)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A 5-year-old girl was crushed when she tried to turn up the volume on a television and the dresser holding the set tipped over, police and family members said.
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N.J. teens fall using sheets to escape
Nov 8 2007 1:08PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Two teens were injured after they fell trying to flee from a parent by scaling down the side of a building using sheets, police said.
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US applauds election plan in Pakistan
Nov 8 2007 12:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush White House on Thursday applauded Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decision to proceed with elections in Pakistan, which has been convulsing from his imposition of emergency rule last week.
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Religion news in brief
Nov 8 2007 12:00PM (CT)
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Concluding a three-day gathering at the nation's largest mosque, a collection of Muslim and Roman Catholic leaders emerged with a 114-word blueprint for greater understanding between the two faiths.
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Religion today
Nov 8 2007 12:00PM (CT)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - When a presidential campaign contacted the Rev. Leith Anderson to ask for a meeting recently, the president of the National Association of Evangelicals said he had a bigger priority that day.
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Study: 1 out of 4 homeless are veterans
Nov 8 2007 11:41AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.
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Study: 1 out of 4 homeless are veterans
Nov 8 2007 11:41AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.
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Titanic survivor dies at 96
Nov 8 2007 11:33AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Barbara West Dainton, believed to be one of the last two survivors from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died in England at age 96.
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Soldier watches child's birth via video
Nov 8 2007 11:30AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Far from home while stationed in Iraq, U.S. Marine Sgt. Chad Mortenson didn't have to miss the birth of his first child.
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1 arrested at Olympia anti-war protest
Nov 8 2007 10:54AM (CT)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Police made one arrest and used batons to clear roads as demonstrators tried to keep military convoys from leaving the Port of Olympia.
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Report: Reagan library can't find items
Nov 8 2007 7:59AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum can't locate or account for tens of thousands of valuable mementos of Reagan's White House years, according to a published report.
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Soldiers cleared of stealing donations
Nov 8 2007 7:33AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Members of a California National Guard military police company accused of stealing donations intended for Southern California wildfire victims were cleared of criminal wrongdoing.
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FBI probes New Orleans-area noose case
Nov 8 2007 7:29AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The FBI is investigating allegations that a public works department supervisor displayed in his office two nooses, a bullwhip and a dart board with a black man as the bull's-eye, an agent said.
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FBI probes New Orleans-area noose case
Nov 8 2007 7:29AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The FBI is investigating allegations that a public works department supervisor displayed in his office two nooses, a bullwhip and a dart board with a black man as the bull's-eye, an agent said.
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Campus honors beach house blaze victims
Nov 8 2007 7:28AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Hundreds of mourners gathered at the University of South Carolina to remember seven students who were killed last month when a beach house caught fire while they celebrated the end of the season's warm weather.
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Ill. governors' office rocked by scandal
Nov 8 2007 7:28AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - It might seem incredible that as a former Illinois governor reports to federal prison, the current chief faces similar misconduct allegations, from handing out state contracts as political rewards to accepting money under suspicious circumstances. But this is Illinois.
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Ill. governors' office rocked by scandal
Nov 8 2007 7:28AM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - It might seem incredible that as a former Illinois governor reports to federal prison, the current chief faces similar misconduct allegations, from handing out state contracts as political rewards to accepting money under suspicious circumstances. But this is Illinois.
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Death of Ill. cop's 3rd wife questioned
Nov 8 2007 7:18AM (CT)
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - The death of the third wife of a police sergeant whose new spouse has been missing for more than a week should have been ruled "undetermined," a county coroner said on Wednesday.
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Suspect in N.J. triple-slay makes plea
Nov 8 2007 7:16AM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The last of the six suspects accused in the shooting deaths of two college students and another teenager in a schoolyard pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
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Military families reconnect at retreats
Nov 8 2007 6:01AM (CT)
WOODBINE, Kan. (AP) - Separated by Army deployments for nearly half of their 13-year marriage, Nancy and Sherwood Smith were eager to reconnect _ especially after his tour in Iraq last year.
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Urn found in the back seat of Buick
Nov 8 2007 3:47AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The back seat of a Buick wasn't intended to be Izetta Dickerson's final resting place, but that's where an urn containing her cremated remains was found.
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Fungus fighters boost sugar beet crop
Nov 8 2007 3:06AM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Plant scientists who work to protect Red River Valley sugar beet fields from weeds and disease have helped farmers enjoy record crops in the last two years.
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Sugar beet disease fighters help farmers
Nov 8 2007 3:05AM (CT)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Plant scientists who work to protect Red River Valley sugar beet fields from weeds and disease have helped farmers enjoy record crops in the last two years.
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County hunter apologizes for using slur
Nov 8 2007 12:45AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman says he can be taught new tricks _ and one of them is never to use the "N-word" again.
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