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LA police chief scraps Muslim mapping
Nov 15 2007 11:57PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday a plan to map out where Muslims lived had been scrapped, saying strong reaction from Muslim communities forced the department to change course.
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LA police chief scraps Muslim mapping
Nov 15 2007 11:57PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday a plan to map out where Muslims lived had been scrapped, saying strong reaction from Muslim communities forced the department to change course.
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Jeweler convicted in NYC bogus bomb plot
Nov 15 2007 11:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A jeweler was convicted Thursday of falsely reporting that five Arab men were plotting to bomb New York subways on July 4, 2006, a hoax apparently meant to cause trouble for former business associates.
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Flyer told to change outfit poses nude
Nov 15 2007 11:46PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy's Web site.
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Old O.J. Simpson trial shadows new
Nov 15 2007 11:44PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A kidnapping and robbery trial against O.J. Simpson would give his attorneys a chance to knock holes in the credibility of dubious prosecution witnesses. But it also might tempt jurors to pass judgment on a criminal case Simpson walked away from.
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Milwaukee chooses new police chief
Nov 15 2007 11:40PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The city's Police and Fire Commission chose a new police chief on Thursday to take over a department that has been blemished by a string of embarrassing incidents involving police officers over the past four years.
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FAA: Error nearly led to jets colliding
Nov 15 2007 11:34PM (CT)
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Two commercial airliners nearly collided over Indiana because of an air traffic controller's error, but a cockpit safety device in one jet helped avert a disaster, aviation officials said Thursday.
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Doc once banned from executions hired
Nov 15 2007 11:18PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A surgeon once barred from participating in state executions because of a federal judge's concerns about his dyslexia and lack of expertise has been hired for a federal government execution team, according to court records.
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Rare robbery case brings cries of racism
Nov 15 2007 11:05PM (CT)
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death _ but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder.
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Rare robbery case brings cries of racism
Nov 15 2007 11:05PM (CT)
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death _ but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder.
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Rare robbery case brings cries of racism
Nov 15 2007 11:05PM (CT)
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death _ but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder.
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Rare robbery case brings cries of racism
Nov 15 2007 11:05PM (CT)
LAKEPORT, Calif. (AP) - Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death _ but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder.
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Ill. man ordered deported for Nazi ties
Nov 15 2007 10:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal immigration judge ordered an 87-year-old retired carpenter deported to Ukraine for taking part in a police organization that helped the Nazis round up Ukrainian Jews during World War II, authorities said Thursday.
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Atty.: Chambers to use psych defense
Nov 15 2007 10:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The so-called "Preppie Killer" plans to offer a psychiatric defense to fight drug charges that could send him to prison for life, his lawyer told a judge Thursday.
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Marine instructor gets 6 months in brig
Nov 15 2007 9:51PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A military jury on Thursday sentenced a Marine drill instructor to six months in the brig and gave him a bad-conduct discharge for abusing 23 recruits.
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Drug smuggler shot by agents indicted
Nov 15 2007 9:35PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An admitted Mexican drug dealer shot by a pair of U.S. Border Patrol agents who were later convicted in the shooting has been charged with smuggling marijuana, authorities said Thursday.
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Oil spill keeps crabbers away in SF
Nov 15 2007 8:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Boats sat tied to the docks in San Francisco Bay on the opening day of Dungeness crab season Thursday as concerns over contamination from last week's oil spill weakened demand for the tasty crustaceans and kept crabbers off the water.
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Oil spill keeps crabbers away in SF
Nov 15 2007 8:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Boats sat tied to the docks in San Francisco Bay on the opening day of Dungeness crab season Thursday as concerns over contamination from last week's oil spill weakened demand for the tasty crustaceans and kept crabbers off the water.
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Former D.C. chief named Philly's top cop
Nov 15 2007 8:09PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A former District of Columbia police chief was tapped on Thursday to become Philadelphia's next police commissioner, taking over a department trying to stem a rise in murders and a series of shootings targeting police.
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ORU provost to quit if president stays
Nov 15 2007 7:44PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Oral Roberts University's provost pressed the school's Board of Regents Thursday to keep Richard Roberts from returning as president, saying he will resign if the panel reinstates the evangelist accused of improper spending.
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Document: Boy in teacher sex case is 13
Nov 15 2007 7:31PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A birth certificate provided by a Mexican police officer who found a schoolteacher and the boy she is accused of having sex with shows that the boy is 13, contradicting claims from her lawyers that he may be older.
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Woman wins $8M in lawsuit against father
Nov 15 2007 7:27PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A judge ordered a prominent businessman to pay $8 million to his daughter, who claimed he sexually abused her for decades beginning when she was a preschooler and included a rape the night she was crowned homecoming queen.
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2 bodies found along Ill. bike path
Nov 15 2007 7:14PM (CT)
LEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Bodies of two men wrapped in plastic, bed sheets and packing tape were found Thursday by construction crews working to pave a bike path, authorities said.
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Former Pa. lawmaker arraigned
Nov 15 2007 7:10PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A former 10-term Democratic state lawmaker was arraigned Thursday on charges that he put two relatives in no-show state jobs.
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Jury gets case of birder who shot cat
Nov 15 2007 6:36PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Jurors on Thursday began weighing the fate of a prominent bird watcher accused of animal cruelty for shooting a cat that lived under a bridge.
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Second woman dies at squalid Fla. house
Nov 15 2007 6:20PM (CT)
HUDSON, Fla. (AP) - A second woman was reported dead in a squalid house north of Tampa that deputies say was filled with dogs and feces.
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Minister struggles with death penalty
Nov 15 2007 6:02PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - It's not easy for Richard Hawke to support the death penalty. The retired Methodist minister knows that his church opposes capital punishment. And he knows what scripture says about forgiveness.
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Historic whiskey could go down drain
Nov 15 2007 5:57PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.
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Historic whiskey could go down drain
Nov 15 2007 5:57PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.
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Historic whiskey could go down drain
Nov 15 2007 5:57PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.
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Spitzer blamed for license plan failure
Nov 15 2007 5:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Long before Gov. Eliot Spitzer killed his plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, there were plenty of pallbearers awaiting its funeral: CNN's Lou Dobbs, politicians on both sides of the aisle and the majority of New Yorkers loudly opposed to the idea.
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Plan dropped to force diplomats to Iraq
Nov 15 2007 5:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department is dropping plans to force diplomats to serve in Iraq because volunteers have filled all 48 vacant positions at the Baghdad embassy and outlying provinces, The Associated Press has learned.
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Immigration officials separate girl, mom
Nov 15 2007 5:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - An 8-year-old girl was separated from her pregnant mother and left behind for four days at a detention center established to keep immigrant families together while their cases are processed.
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Conn. man changes mind in runaway case
Nov 15 2007 5:08PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A man charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenage runaway found hiding in his home backed out of a planned plea deal Thursday, his attorney said.
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Supreme Court halts Fla. execution
Nov 15 2007 5:00PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of convicted child killer Mark Dean Schwab on Thursday, hours before he was scheduled to die.
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Cows escape from truck in La. wreck
Nov 15 2007 3:19PM (CT)
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Police warned drivers Thursday to watch out for cows that may have strayed from a tractor-trailer that flipped over on an interstate.
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Georgia gets rain, but it may not help
Nov 15 2007 2:47PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A storm system crashed through the Southeast and brought up to an inch of rain in parts of drought-stricken Georgia, but forecasters said the storm likely did little to ease the state's historic drought.
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Chicago tenants fear being pushed out
Nov 15 2007 2:20PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Jacqueline Thompson has lived in the public housing projects for nearly half a century and can't remember ever seeing this many police officers around before.
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GPS helps cities catch goof-offs
Nov 15 2007 1:53PM (CT)
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - GPS tracking devices installed on government-issue vehicles are helping communities around the country reduce waste and abuse, in part by catching employees shopping, working out at the gym or otherwise loafing while on the clock.
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Gas prices won't deter holiday travelers
Nov 15 2007 1:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gas prices near record highs at a time of year when they typically decline will not deter drivers from hitting the road this Thanksgiving, AAA said Thursday.
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Gas prices won't deter holiday travelers
Nov 15 2007 1:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gas prices near record highs at a time of year when they typically decline will not deter drivers from hitting the road this Thanksgiving, AAA said Thursday.
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Gas prices won't deter holiday travelers
Nov 15 2007 1:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gas prices near record highs at a time of year when they typically decline will not deter drivers from hitting the road this Thanksgiving, AAA said Thursday.
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Gas prices won't deter holiday travelers
Nov 15 2007 1:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gas prices near record highs at a time of year when they typically decline will not deter drivers from hitting the road this Thanksgiving, AAA said Thursday.
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Lawyer: O.J. to spend time golfing
Nov 15 2007 1:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's lawyer said the former football star plans to spend the next two weeks in Miami "playing golf and taking care of the kids" before returning to a Nevada courtroom to be arraigned on kidnapping and armed robbery charges that could mean life in prison.
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Lawyer: O.J. to spend time golfing
Nov 15 2007 1:04PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson's lawyer said the former football star plans to spend the next two weeks in Miami "playing golf and taking care of the kids" before returning to a Nevada courtroom to be arraigned on kidnapping and armed robbery charges that could mean life in prison.
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Former NY rep pleads guilty to DWI
Nov 15 2007 12:42PM (CT)
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. John Sweeney pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated under a deal that will spare him any jail time.
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Dinosaur had mouth like a vacuum cleaner
Nov 15 2007 12:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Perhaps it was one of those eureka moments, when the scientists realized they had discovered a new dinosaur with mouth parts designed to vacuum up food.
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Religion news in brief
Nov 15 2007 12:01PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Under pressure from Baltimore's new Roman Catholic archbishop, a priest resigned as pastor to three parishes and signed a statement apologizing for "bringing scandal to the church" after offenses that included officiating at a funeral Mass with an Episcopal priest, a violation of canon law.
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Religion today
Nov 15 2007 12:00PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anyone who thinks Britney Spears' best days are behind should know this _ she does have a prayer.
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City schools gain, yet still lag nation
Nov 15 2007 11:01AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Students in selected city schools are making modest gains on math and reading tests, but they continue to lag behind their counterparts nationwide, scores released Thursday show.
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32 Cuban migrants reach Fla.; 1 dies
Nov 15 2007 10:45AM (CT)
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A boat carrying Cuban immigrants apparently capsized offshore Thursday, leaving one dead and 32 others to swim to shore.
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Bush tries to cut airline delays
Nov 15 2007 9:33AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ahead of the holiday travel crunch, President Bush has settled on steps intended to reduce air traffic congestion and long delays that have left passengers stranded.
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Broadway talks to resume this weekend
Nov 15 2007 9:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Striking stagehands and Broadway producers are going back to the bargaining table, less than a week before the start of the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday weekend when most plays and musicals experience a box-office bonanza.
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Broadway talks to resume this weekend
Nov 15 2007 9:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Striking stagehands and Broadway producers are going back to the bargaining table, less than a week before the start of the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday weekend when most plays and musicals experience a box-office bonanza.
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Broadway talks to resume this weekend
Nov 15 2007 9:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Striking stagehands and Broadway producers are going back to the bargaining table, less than a week before the start of the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday weekend when most plays and musicals experience a box-office bonanza.
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Hawaii Superferry gets green light
Nov 15 2007 6:57AM (CT)
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - A state judge cleared the way for Hawaii's new inter-island ferry to operate before an environmental assessment is complete, disappointing critics who had argued the giant vessel could harm whales and damage the area's fragile ecology.
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Lawsuit: Katrina landfill illegal
Nov 15 2007 6:50AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The controversy over the biggest dump for Hurricane Katrina debris got a lot messier with a lawsuit claiming the city and the landfill's operators illegally used private land.
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Cowboy tours country to find good news
Nov 15 2007 6:48AM (CT)
FREDONIA, Kan. (AP) - When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there's more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.
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Cowboy tours country to find good news
Nov 15 2007 6:48AM (CT)
FREDONIA, Kan. (AP) - When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there's more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.
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Cowboy tours country to find good news
Nov 15 2007 6:48AM (CT)
FREDONIA, Kan. (AP) - When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there's more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.
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Cowboy tours country to find good news
Nov 15 2007 6:48AM (CT)
FREDONIA, Kan. (AP) - When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there's more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.
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Cowboy tours country to find good news
Nov 15 2007 6:48AM (CT)
FREDONIA, Kan. (AP) - When rancher Bill Inman decided to show there's more to America than the gloom-and-doom on the nightly news, he hopped on his horse and started riding.
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Safety of predator control criticized
Nov 15 2007 6:43AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Wildlife advocates are accusing federal officials of doing little to improve the safety of a program designed to protect livestock from coyotes and other predators.
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Ruling: Government can seek Lay money
Nov 15 2007 4:18AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge says the federal government can proceed with its attempt to seize nearly $13 million from the estate of former Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay.
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Cop denies involvement in wife's death
Nov 15 2007 12:22AM (CT)
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Nobody listened when Kathleen Savio said she was afraid of her husband. But now, three years after she was found dead in a bathtub in what was ruled an accidental drowning, authorities are paying close attention.
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Cop denies involvement in wife's death
Nov 15 2007 12:22AM (CT)
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Nobody listened when Kathleen Savio said she was afraid of her husband. But now, three years after she was found dead in a bathtub in what was ruled an accidental drowning, authorities are paying close attention.
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Cop denies involvement in wife's death
Nov 15 2007 12:22AM (CT)
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Nobody listened when Kathleen Savio said she was afraid of her husband. But now, three years after she was found dead in a bathtub in what was ruled an accidental drowning, authorities are paying close attention.
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Cop denies involvement in wife's death
Nov 15 2007 12:22AM (CT)
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Nobody listened when Kathleen Savio said she was afraid of her husband. But now, three years after she was found dead in a bathtub in what was ruled an accidental drowning, authorities are paying close attention.
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Drought threatens Texas A&M bonfire
Nov 15 2007 12:08AM (CT)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Drought conditions and a countywide ban on outdoor burning may extinguish plans for a huge off-campus bonfire Texas A&M University students light before the annual football game against their archrival.
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