|
|
|
|
|
|
|
California wildfire burns 125 acres
Nov 12 2006 11:36PM (CT)
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire was burning out of control Sunday across 125 acres of hillside brush and trees in Riverside County, prompting authorities to order voluntary evacuations for 100 homes, officials said.
|
|
|
21-vehicle crash closes Conn. highway
Nov 12 2006 11:28PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A chain-reaction accident involving 18 cars and three tractor-trailers forced authorities to shut down a rain-slickened section of Interstate 84 in Hartford for two hours Sunday night.
|
|
|
2 ex-presidents tour with well-honed act
Nov 12 2006 10:43PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - They're separated by more than 20 years, they come from opposing political parties, and one evicted the other from the White House. But Bill Clinton and George Bush act like a team, a pair of touring comedians with a well-honed act.
|
|
|
Boy in deportation flap heads to Mexico
Nov 12 2006 10:27PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The 7-year-old son of an immigration activist who has taken refuge in a church to avoid deportation left for Mexico on Sunday in search of support for his mother from legislators and President Vincente Fox.
|
|
|
Driver charged with killing mom, 2 kids
Nov 12 2006 10:06PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A man was charged Sunday with killing a mother and two children in a stroller by driving drunk through a red light and striking the family in a crosswalk, then leaving the scene.
|
|
|
Motorcyclist drives into parade crowd
Nov 12 2006 10:04PM (CT)
EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) - A motorcyclist barreled into a crowd at a Veteran's Day parade in this Detroit suburb Sunday, sending 11 spectators to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
|
|
|
FBI: L.A. man mailed threatening letters
Nov 12 2006 9:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man was arrested and accused of mailing threatening letters laced with white powder to Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, David Letterman and other high-profile figures, the FBI announced Sunday.
|
|
|
Fla. cops arrest man in deputy's death
Nov 12 2006 9:33PM (CT)
TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) - Authorities on Sunday arrested a man they say fatally shot a sheriff's deputy the night before, and were questioning two other suspects in the attack that left another officer wounded.
|
|
|
3 family members die in mule wagon crash
Nov 12 2006 8:15PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A family riding in a mule-drawn carriage alongside a rural highway had pulled closer to the road to get around a stop sign when a tractor-trailer plowed into it, killing three and injuring three others, a relative of the victims said Sunday.
|
|
|
Minn. fire chief faces another lawsuit
Nov 12 2006 5:51PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A male firefighter is the latest person to sue the Minneapolis fire chief, who is lesbian, claiming that she discriminated against him because he is a heterosexual man.
|
|
|
Reaction mixed on Flight 587 memorial
Nov 12 2006 5:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of relatives and friends of the victims in the nation's second deadliest air accident dedicated a much-awaited memorial Sunday with mementoes and mixed emotions.
|
|
|
Pa. child welfare agency making changes
Nov 12 2006 3:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The new leader of the city's Department of Human Services plans to have caseworkers revisit all 26,000 children under the agency's care and to review the performance of contractors hired to monitor thousands of youngsters in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
|
|
|
Texas town joins illegal-immigrant trend
Nov 12 2006 3:42PM (CT)
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) - This Dallas suburb could become the first city in Texas to adopt a sweeping ordinance intended to keep out illegal immigrants, a cause for concern among its large minority population.
|
|
|
Court to hear millennium plot appeal
Nov 12 2006 3:33PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Prosecutors and defense attorneys are challenging aspects of the 22-year sentence imposed on Ahmed Ressam for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the new millennium.
|
|
|
Steele interested in heading RNC
Nov 12 2006 3:21PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who lost his race for a Senate seat, expressed interest Sunday in becoming chairman of the Republican National Committee.
|
|
|
Gallaudet students, faculty offer input
Nov 12 2006 3:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gallaudet University is inviting students, faculty and staff members, and alumni to voice their opinions on the qualities they want in a new leader, following protests that led to the ouster of incoming president Jane K. Fernandes, members of the groups say.
|
|
|
Study: Waltzing helps mend hearts
Nov 12 2006 3:01PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Italian researchers have come up with a novel way for cardiac rehabilitation patients to exercise their damaged hearts without having to squeeze into spandex or gyrate in a gym: waltzing.
|
|
|
Pilot shot down over Laos to be buried
Nov 12 2006 2:02PM (CT)
RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Larry Hull knew exactly what he wanted. His dad was an Air Force master sergeant who worked on planes. And from the time Larry was a boy, he wanted to join the Air Force, like his dad.
|
|
|
Catholic bishops shift focus
Nov 12 2006 1:47PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - There was a time when the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was a powerful force for bringing the church's moral teachings to bear on national policy debates.
|
|
|
Ore. unveils Afghan-Iraqi war memorial
Nov 12 2006 5:04AM (CT)
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An Afghan-Iraqi war memorial that has drawn criticism for its design and its timing was unveiled Saturday before a crowd of veterans and slain troops' relatives.
|
|
|
Mom in Calif. drownings to begin trial
Nov 12 2006 5:02AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - LaShuan Harris took her three children on a train from Oakland into San Francisco on Oct. 19, 2005. She bought the little boys hot dogs, and they walked along Fisherman's Wharf. Then Harris undressed the three boys, ages 16 months, 2 and 6, and dropped them one at a time over the low railing into chilly San Francisco Bay, police say.
|
|
|
Man attacked by shark off Maui beach
Nov 12 2006 12:24AM (CT)
KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) - A shark attacked a man swimming at a Maui beach Saturday, injuring his leg and hand, authorities said.
|
|
|
|
|
|