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Man sentenced to life in Las Vegas crash
Nov 9 2007 11:36PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A California man accused of plowing his car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip in a crash that killed three people was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole, his lawyer said.
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Group to protest Ga. rain prayer
Nov 9 2007 11:29PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A secular group said Friday it would protest Gov. Sonny Perdue's planned prayer service intended to ask for relief from the Southeastern drought, saying the rally violates the principle of separation of church and state.
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Two men arrested in Mo. girl's death
Nov 9 2007 11:17PM (CT)
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) - Two men have been arrested in the death of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found Friday in a hillside cave in southwest Missouri, authorities said. Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland identified one as a 24-year-old male and the other as a man of about the same age.
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Two men arrested in Mo. girl's death
Nov 9 2007 11:17PM (CT)
NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) - Two men have been arrested in the death of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found Friday in a hillside cave in southwest Missouri, authorities said. Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland identified one as a 24-year-old male and the other as a man of about the same age.
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AP IMPACT: New Army chopper overheats
Nov 9 2007 11:15PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Army is spending $2.6 billion on hundreds of European-designed helicopters for homeland security and disaster relief that turn out to have a crucial flaw: They aren't safe to fly on hot days, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.
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AP IMPACT: New Army chopper overheats
Nov 9 2007 11:15PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Army is spending $2.6 billion on hundreds of European-designed helicopters for homeland security and disaster relief that turn out to have a crucial flaw: They aren't safe to fly on hot days, according to an internal report obtained by The Associated Press.
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Judge: Teacher has no right to carry gun
Nov 9 2007 10:56PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An high school English teacher who wanted to take her semiautomatic handgun onto school grounds has no right to do so, a judge said Friday.
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Cop suspected in wife's disappearance
Nov 9 2007 10:40PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities probing the disappearance of a police officer's wife said Friday he is now considered a suspect in a potential homicide investigation, and that the death of an ex-wife three years ago appeared to have been staged as an accidental drowning.
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Cop suspected in wife's disappearance
Nov 9 2007 10:40PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities probing the disappearance of a police officer's wife said Friday he is now considered a suspect in a potential homicide investigation, and that the death of an ex-wife three years ago appeared to have been staged as an accidental drowning.
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Cop suspected in wife's disappearance
Nov 9 2007 10:40PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities probing the disappearance of a police officer's wife said Friday he is now considered a suspect in a potential homicide investigation, and that the death of an ex-wife three years ago appeared to have been staged as an accidental drowning.
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Cop suspected in wife's disappearance
Nov 9 2007 10:40PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities probing the disappearance of a police officer's wife said Friday he is now considered a suspect in a potential homicide investigation, and that the death of an ex-wife three years ago appeared to have been staged as an accidental drowning.
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Cop suspected in wife's disappearance
Nov 9 2007 10:40PM (CT)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities probing the disappearance of a police officer's wife said Friday he is now considered a suspect in a potential homicide investigation, and that the death of an ex-wife three years ago appeared to have been staged as an accidental drowning.
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Ariz. biologist likely died of plague
Nov 9 2007 10:28PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park most likely died from the plague contracted while performing a necropsy on a mountain lion that later tested positive for the disease, officials said Friday.
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S.F. Bay spill recovery continues
Nov 9 2007 10:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Most of the oil that spilled into San Francisco Bay when a container ship struck the Bay Bridge will never be retrieved and eventually will be absorbed into the ecosystem, authorities said Friday.
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S.F. Bay spill recovery continues
Nov 9 2007 10:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Most of the oil that spilled into San Francisco Bay when a container ship struck the Bay Bridge will never be retrieved and eventually will be absorbed into the ecosystem, authorities said Friday.
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S.F. Bay spill recovery continues
Nov 9 2007 10:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Most of the oil that spilled into San Francisco Bay when a container ship struck the Bay Bridge will never be retrieved and eventually will be absorbed into the ecosystem, authorities said Friday.
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S.F. Bay spill recovery continues
Nov 9 2007 10:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Most of the oil that spilled into San Francisco Bay when a container ship struck the Bay Bridge will never be retrieved and eventually will be absorbed into the ecosystem, authorities said Friday.
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S.F. Bay spill recovery continues
Nov 9 2007 10:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Most of the oil that spilled into San Francisco Bay when a container ship struck the Bay Bridge will never be retrieved and eventually will be absorbed into the ecosystem, authorities said Friday.
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3-time escapee deported by Canada
Nov 9 2007 9:34PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A killer and three-time escaped convict who was among the nation's most wanted criminals after more than a year on the lam has been deported to the United States from Canada.
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One Simpson witness contradicts another
Nov 9 2007 9:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - One key prosecution witness contradicted the account of another Friday, saying he used a key to admit O.J. Simpson and a group of men to a hotel room to claim Simpson's property, denying there was a "military style invasion."
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One Simpson witness contradicts another
Nov 9 2007 9:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - One key prosecution witness contradicted the account of another Friday, saying he used a key to admit O.J. Simpson and a group of men to a hotel room to claim Simpson's property, denying there was a "military style invasion."
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One Simpson witness contradicts another
Nov 9 2007 9:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - One key prosecution witness contradicted the account of another Friday, saying he used a key to admit O.J. Simpson and a group of men to a hotel room to claim Simpson's property, denying there was a "military style invasion."
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One Simpson witness contradicts another
Nov 9 2007 9:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - One key prosecution witness contradicted the account of another Friday, saying he used a key to admit O.J. Simpson and a group of men to a hotel room to claim Simpson's property, denying there was a "military style invasion."
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Doctor guilty in midshipmen sex tapes
Nov 9 2007 8:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy doctor was found guilty Friday of using a hidden camera to videotape Naval Academy midshipmen engaged in sex acts and was sentenced to more than 3 1/2 years in prison.
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Ex-NYC top cop Kerik pleads not guilty
Nov 9 2007 8:52PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme.
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Ex-NYC top cop Kerik pleads not guilty
Nov 9 2007 8:52PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme.
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Ex-NYC top cop Kerik pleads not guilty
Nov 9 2007 8:52PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme.
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Bolton: US should support Musharraf
Nov 9 2007 8:41PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States should support President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to prevent Pakistan's nuclear arsenal from falling into the hands of Islamic fundamentalists or al-Qaida terrorists, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Friday.
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Autopsy: Az. airport death accidental
Nov 9 2007 8:36PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A woman who died in police custody during an airport layover was intoxicated on a potent mix of alcohol and antidepressants and accidentally strangled herself on her shackles, an autopsy released Friday concludes.
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Cops make arrest in punk pioneer's death
Nov 9 2007 8:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The personal assistant to a multimillionaire real estate agent and punk rock pioneer was arrested Friday after confessing that she fatally beat her boss with a yoga stick when a barrage of insults threw her into a homicidal rage, police said.
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Novelist's murder conviction upheld
Nov 9 2007 8:19PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld the murder conviction of novelist Michael Peterson, who is serving life in prison for killing his wife.
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2 college students killed in house fire
Nov 9 2007 7:47PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A fire at an off-campus house killed two Rochester Institute of Technology students and injured a third early Friday, hours before the school inaugurated its new president.
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Death of deputy, 76, raises age question
Nov 9 2007 6:50PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Was 76-year-old Deputy Paul Rein too old for duty? It's an unavoidable question in the wake of his death Wednesday. A 40-year-old inmate Rein had been transporting is accused of fatally shooting Rein with his own gun.
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Wallace's shooter released from prison
Nov 9 2007 6:34PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Arthur H. Bremer, who simply reached through a crowd to shoot George Wallace, walked quietly out of prison Friday and into a society far safer for presidential candidates than it was when he paralyzed the Alabama governor.
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Wallace's shooter released from prison
Nov 9 2007 6:34PM (CT)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - Arthur H. Bremer, who simply reached through a crowd to shoot George Wallace, walked quietly out of prison Friday and into a society far safer for presidential candidates than it was when he paralyzed the Alabama governor.
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Spellings pushes on graduation figures
Nov 9 2007 6:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If Congress doesn't get the job done, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says she'll consider using her authority to require states to report high school graduation rates in a more uniform and accurate way.
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Roedemeier named AP's ACOB in New York
Nov 9 2007 6:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Chad Roedemeier, news editor for The Associated Press in Tennessee since 2003, has been named assistant chief of bureau for New York.
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2 girls slain in NJ; half-brother held
Nov 9 2007 5:59PM (CT)
WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) - A young man was charged Friday with strangling his half-sisters, ages 6 and 10, and attacking his mother in a rampage at the family home.
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Musharraf's rule could be short-lived
Nov 9 2007 5:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pakistan's military leader is betting that having flouted strong U.S. warnings not to declare a state of emergency he can now hold off his patron's pleas for a quick return to constitutional rule and go on banking billions in American anti-terrorism aid.
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Renovated Bush museum reopening
Nov 9 2007 5:21PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Visitors to the George Bush Presidential Library can now sit in the Oval Office, land a World War II plane and even see what it feels like to make decisions as commander in chief in a situation room.
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Renovated Bush museum reopening
Nov 9 2007 5:21PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Visitors to the George Bush Presidential Library can now sit in the Oval Office, land a World War II plane and even see what it feels like to make decisions as commander in chief in a situation room.
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Renovated Bush museum reopening
Nov 9 2007 5:21PM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Visitors to the George Bush Presidential Library can now sit in the Oval Office, land a World War II plane and even see what it feels like to make decisions as commander in chief in a situation room.
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Ex-S.D. lawmaker guilty of tampering
Nov 9 2007 5:12PM (CT)
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - A former state lawmaker who was convicted this week of raping two of his former foster daughters pleaded guilty Friday to witness tampering in a deal to avoid a second rape trial.
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Get ready to mail holiday gifts
Nov 9 2007 5:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even though Thanksgiving isn't here yet, it's time to be thinking about sending those holiday gifts to get them delivered overseas by Christmas.
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Soda-maker: Ham flavor will be kosher
Nov 9 2007 4:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - It's rare to find kosher ham. Rarer still to find it carbonated and bottled. Jones Soda Co., the Seattle-based purveyor of offbeat fizzy water, said Friday that it was shelving its traditional seasonal flavors of turkey and gravy this year to produce limited-edition theme packs for Christmas and Hanukkah.
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Florida backs away from water deal
Nov 9 2007 3:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The state of Florida on Friday backed away from a temporary truce brokered by the Bush administration to help settle a long-standing water war, now heightened by an ongoing drought, involving Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
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N.J. to vote on abolishing death penalty
Nov 9 2007 3:45PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Lawmakers in New Jersey, which hasn't executed anyone in 44 years, will decide within two months whether to wipe the death penalty off the books, legislative leaders said Friday.
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Auction may end Pa. mayor's museum dream
Nov 9 2007 2:47PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Halfway across the continent from where Buffalo Bill roamed and Custer made his last stand, the mayor of this debt-ridden city spent millions in public money on everything from six-shooters to covered wagons for a museum about cowboys, Indians and the Wild West.
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Immigrants ripped off by phone cards
Nov 9 2007 2:41PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - They can be seen hanging behind the counter at the mini-mart, those brightly colored phone cards for calling Latin America, Africa and Asia. Often, they are the only reliable way for immigrants to stay in touch with their families.
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Man to plead guilty in runaway case
Nov 9 2007 1:34PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A man accused of kidnapping a teenager found hiding in his home plans to plead guilty to charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life, his attorney said Friday.
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Minn. considers paying bridge victims
Nov 9 2007 12:45PM (CT)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - State lawmakers are considering whether to offer financial help to victims of a deadly interstate bridge collapse, who face mounting medical bills and other costs.
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Suspect arrested in 1974 Utah slaying
Nov 9 2007 12:18PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Authorities said a soil sample containing DNA helped them identify a suspect in the slaying of a Brigham Young University student who was shot five times in 1974.
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Woman fugitive caught after 33 years
Nov 9 2007 11:52AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Deborah Ann Gavin did what many women do. She met a man, married, had two kids and lived quietly as a nurse. Until the day she feared for 33 years finally arrived.
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Los Angeles police plan to map Muslims
Nov 9 2007 10:54AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Civil rights advocates criticized plans by the Los Angeles Police Department to map the city's Muslim communities, calling it racial profiling.
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Fire causes outage at Atlanta airport
Nov 9 2007 10:48AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - An electrical fire cut power to a concourse at Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for more than three hours Friday morning, causing flight delays and cancellations.
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Report details Calif. wildfire drama
Nov 9 2007 8:55AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Powerful winds were driving flames through the rugged hills along the U.S-Mexico border when Thomas Varshock and his son drove up to a fire engine near the highway and asked for help saving their home.
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Couple rescues driver from train tracks
Nov 9 2007 8:05AM (CT)
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - An off-duty police officer and her husband, a volunteer fire chief, rescued a woman from her stalled car seconds before a train smashed into it, police said.
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Anti-abortion postings ordered removed
Nov 9 2007 7:33AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal judge ordered an anti-abortion activist to remove Web site postings that authorities said exhorted readers to kill an abortion provider by shooting her in the head.
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Witness in FBI agent case: I told truth
Nov 9 2007 7:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The mob moll whose conflicting stories sank a corruption case against a former FBI agent said her testimony against him was true, but the tale she told two reporters was not.
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Scranton diocese settles sex abuse case
Nov 9 2007 6:31AM (CT)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - The Diocese of Scranton has agreed to pay $3 million to settle claims brought by a former altar boy who said he was sexually abused by a priest.
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CPSC orders Aqua Dots off store shelves
Nov 9 2007 3:30AM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The parents of a Jacksonville toddler were horrified when their child swallowed part of a colorful toy bead set made in China and then passed out. He apparently was overcome when the coating on the beads metabolized into a chemical compound known as the "date rape drug."
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Prominent AIDS activist dies in Calif.
Nov 9 2007 12:59AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dr. R. Scott Hitt, an AIDS specialist and the first openly gay person to head a presidential advisory board, has died. He was 49.
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Man completes 5,000 mile cancer walk
Nov 9 2007 12:56AM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A Washington state man completed a nearly 5,000-mile cross-country walk Thursday for cancer research in memory of his late mother who died from the disease.
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Man completes 5,000 mile cancer walk
Nov 9 2007 12:56AM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A Washington state man completed a nearly 5,000-mile cross-country walk Thursday for cancer research in memory of his late mother who died from the disease.
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Man completes 5,000 mile cancer walk
Nov 9 2007 12:56AM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A Washington state man completed a nearly 5,000-mile cross-country walk Thursday for cancer research in memory of his late mother who died from the disease.
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Man completes 5,000 mile cancer walk
Nov 9 2007 12:56AM (CT)
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - A Washington state man completed a nearly 5,000-mile cross-country walk Thursday for cancer research in memory of his late mother who died from the disease.
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Oral Roberts' son accused of misspending
Nov 9 2007 12:55AM (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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NO-area noose display prompts suspension
Nov 9 2007 12:22AM (CT)
HARAHAN, La. (AP) - A public works department supervisor has been suspended amid allegations he displayed two nooses, a bullwhip and a dart board with a black man as the bull's-eye in his office, the Jefferson Parish president said Thursday.
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In N.Y., van Gogh landscape doesn't sell
Nov 9 2007 12:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One of Vincent van Gogh's last landscapes, considered a highlight among this year's fall art offerings, has failed to sell at auction.
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