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Tornado kills at least 8 in N.C.
Nov 16 2006 11:58PM (CT)
RIEGELWOOD, N.C. (AP) - A tornado flipped cars, shredded trees and ripped mobile homes to pieces in this little riverside community early Thursday, killing at least eight people, authorities said.
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Man sues cardinals in L.A., Mexico
Nov 16 2006 11:55PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who says he was molested by a Roman Catholic priest almost 10 years ago sued cardinals in Los Angeles and Mexico on Thursday, claiming they knew of the allegations and protected the priest.
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Anti-illegal immigrant law put on hold
Nov 16 2006 11:45PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal judge temporarily blocked the city of Escondido on Thursday from enforcing a law that punishes landlords for renting to illegal immigrants.
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Sept. 11 dentist charged with perjury
Nov 16 2006 11:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The dentist in charge of identifying the teeth of Sept. 11 victims was arrested Thursday, accused of writing illegal prescriptions for his girlfriend and lying about it under oath.
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Ban Ki-moon begins U.N. takeover talks
Nov 16 2006 11:39PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Ban Ki-moon started a six-week transition on Thursday for his new job as U.N. secretary-general, saying he plans to meet candidates for top jobs and hold wide-ranging talks with ambassadors and U.N. officials.
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Vatican defrocks 2 Iowa priests
Nov 16 2006 11:37PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Vatican has defrocked two Roman Catholic priests over allegations they sexually abused minors, the Des Moines diocese said Thursday.
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ACLU sues New Orleans over parade fees
Nov 16 2006 11:36PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city is stifling free speech _ and threatening a unique part of its culture _ by charging steep fees for police escorts at the jazz-and-parasol processions called second lines, the ACLU alleged in a federal lawsuit Thursday.
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Arrest made in Detroit shooting spree
Nov 16 2006 11:14PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man was arrested Thursday after a series of shootings that left two people dead and three others wounded within a span of 10 minutes.
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Parents want gay penguins book blocked
Nov 16 2006 10:55PM (CT)
SHILOH, Ill. (AP) - A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin is getting a chilly reception among some parents in this village who worry about the book's availability to elementary students _ and the reluctance of administrators to restrict access to it.
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Kansas man shoot himself in groin
Nov 16 2006 10:54PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A botched kidnapping ended with one of the assailants shooting himself in the groin, police said.
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Soldier gets 90 years in Iraq rape case
Nov 16 2006 10:47PM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - A soldier was sentenced Thursday to 90 years in prison with the possibility of parole for conspiring to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and kill her and her family.
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Toys for Tots agrees to take Jesus doll
Nov 16 2006 10:12PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program has decided to accept a donation of Bible-quoting Jesus dolls, reversing course after saying earlier this week that it couldn't take them.
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Woman in `Borat' seeks investigation
Nov 16 2006 10:06PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The owner of an etiquette business who was handed a plastic bag supposedly containing feces in the hit movie "Borat" says she was told the filming would be used for a documentary in Belarus.
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Ind. mother arrested in deaths of 4 kids
Nov 16 2006 9:59PM (CT)
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - The mother of four young children found dead in their home was arrested Thursday in connection with their deaths, police said.
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Trash man convicted in Cape Cod slaying
Nov 16 2006 9:57PM (CT)
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A garbage man was convicted Thursday of rape and murder in the slaying of a fashion writer who was found beaten and stabbed in her Cape Cod home, her 2-year-old daughter clinging to her body.
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CDC attempts to improve animal care
Nov 16 2006 9:45PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation's top public health agency has dramatically revamped how it cares for lab animals after an inspection found problems that led to the deaths of six monkeys, agency officials said Thursday.
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Hospital faces homeless dumping charges
Nov 16 2006 9:37PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an unprecedented crackdown on a practice experts say is shamefully common around the country, prosecutors accused a major hospital chain Thursday of ridding itself of a homeless patient by dumping her on crime-plagued Skid Row.
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Second Marine sentenced in Iraqi slaying
Nov 16 2006 9:30PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine lance corporal was sentenced Thursday to a year and nine months in prison for his role in the abduction and slaying of an Iraqi civilian last spring.
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Air Force details secret MiG program
Nov 16 2006 9:05PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A once-secret program that enabled thousands of U.S. military pilots to practice dogfighting against Soviet-designed MiG fighter jets was detailed Thursday by the Air Force as part of the first public acknowledgment of the program's existence.
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Foley e-mails targeted by investigation
Nov 16 2006 8:48PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the sexually explicit computer messages that former Rep. Mark Foley sent to former male congressional pages.
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UCLA police stun student in ID dispute
Nov 16 2006 8:35PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A UCLA police officer shocked a student with a stun gun at a campus library after he refused repeated requests to show student identification and wouldn't leave, police said.
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Shuttle crew practices launch countdown
Nov 16 2006 8:35PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Discovery's seven astronauts put on bright orange spacesuits and strapped into the space shuttle for a practice countdown Thursday, three weeks before their scheduled launch to the international space station.
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Chemical leak closes Ind. highway
Nov 16 2006 8:25PM (CT)
LOWELL, Ind. (AP) - A chemical leaking from a tractor-trailer at a truck stop shut down a stretch of Interstate 65 for nearly six hours Thursday after five people complained of breathing problems.
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No work-release for R.I. fire defendant
Nov 16 2006 8:24PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A co-owner of a nightclub where 100 people died in a fire has been removed from a prison work-release program because of security concerns, a prison official said Thursday.
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Board approves plan to cut Pa. mercury
Nov 16 2006 8:18PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A state regulatory board Thursday approved Gov. Ed Rendell's proposal to make deeper cuts in mercury emissions from Pennsylvania's coal-fired power plants, despite opposition from power plants and mining companies.
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Boston men cleared in slayings sue gov't
Nov 16 2006 8:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two Boston men who spent 30 years in prison for an underworld slaying they did not commit are suing the federal government after the FBI withheld evidence that would have cleared them to protect an informant.
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Wis. efforts to end wasting disease fail
Nov 16 2006 7:56PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state's multimillion-dollar efforts to slow chronic wasting disease in its deer herd aren't working, a state audit released Thursday says.
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Katrina derelict homes hearings begin
Nov 16 2006 7:47PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hearings began Thursday on whether the city should seize or demolish hundreds of buildings damaged in Hurricane Katrina that are still in disrepair.
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Houston teen convicted in racial attack
Nov 16 2006 7:19PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A teenager described by prosecutors as a neo-Nazi skinhead was convicted Thursday of savagely beating and sodomizing a Hispanic youth at a party while yelling racial epithets such as "white power!"
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Man probed in ex-wife's death kills self
Nov 16 2006 7:15PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A man whose ex-wife's skeletal remains were found in a barrel leaped to his death from an 11-story building Thursday, a day after investigators questioned him, authorities said.
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Immigrant groups prepare for reform push
Nov 16 2006 6:45PM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - At a recent strategy session, Hispanic political activists debated ways to characterize the 700-mile fence along the Mexican border approved last month by Congress. "Berlin Wall" was the language used in the meeting agenda. "Better to call it the `Apartheid Wall' because of the racial implications," one man said.
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Airlines caution holiday travelers
Nov 16 2006 6:39PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Airlines say they're prepared for an onslaught of Thanksgiving travelers who may not know that big bottles of shampoo, mouthwash and hairspray are banned from carryon luggage.
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Emory University gets $261 million gift
Nov 16 2006 6:32PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Emory University is receiving $261.5 million from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, one of the largest financial gifts in the history of higher education, school officials announced Thursday.
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Atlantic City smoking ban moves forward
Nov 16 2006 6:01PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Casinos that helped push through an exemption to a new statewide smoking ban may have to start clearing the air anyway.
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Wis. pair sentenced in forced maid case
Nov 16 2006 5:58PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Two doctors were sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for forcing a woman from the Philippines to be a maid in their home for 19 years.
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Marine sentenced in roommate's death
Nov 16 2006 5:39PM (CT)
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - A military court found a Marine Corps reservist guilty Thursday of negligent homicide and sentenced him to five months in prison in the accidental shooting of his roommate in Iraq.
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Tsunamis slap Hawaii, Calif. north coast
Nov 16 2006 5:36PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Tsunamis generated by a major earthquake near Japan left behind little damage but offered a legitimate test of international warning systems.
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Idaho town asks residents to own guns
Nov 16 2006 5:26PM (CT)
GREENLEAF, Idaho (AP) - After seeing the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, a city councilor in this tiny Idaho town founded by pacifist Quakers came up with a novel idea.
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Judge won't toss Katrina insurance suit
Nov 16 2006 3:10PM (CT)
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a couple can proceed with a negligence lawsuit against their insurance company and an agent they claim allowed their flood insurance policy to lapse only days before Hurricane Katrina wrecked their home.
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Ohio courtroom beating caught on tape
Nov 16 2006 2:03PM (CT)
WARREN, Ohio (AP) - A man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and her three children was punched repeatedly while he stood handcuffed in a courtroom, and two relatives of the victims were charged in the videotaped attack.
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N.C. sheriff-elect faces rape charges
Nov 16 2006 2:02PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Chris Abril will be sworn in Dec. 4 as the sheriff of Polk County. A month later, he will appear in court to face charges he raped two girls, ages 10 and 11, nearly 20 years ago.
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AWOL soldier gives up after Ga. standoff
Nov 16 2006 1:54PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - An Army soldier listed as AWOL since 2003 surrendered to Savannah police after a 2 1/2-hour standoff at his mother's home.
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Airport arrest turns up nuclear info
Nov 16 2006 12:54PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying nearly $79,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.
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Financier's 100-year sentence affirmed
Nov 16 2006 12:19PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A former financial adviser serving a 100-year sentence for bilking dozens of wealthy clients out of at least $15 million was appropriately convicted and sentenced, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
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Religion news in brief
Nov 16 2006 12:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The former FBI agent who served for three years as head of child protection for the nation's Roman Catholic bishops says dioceses should find work for priests accused of child molestation who have been permanently removed from public ministry.
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Library still missing antique maps
Nov 16 2006 11:37AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Three dozen antique maps worth about $1 million are still missing from the Boston Public Library from books and atlases used by a dealer convicted of stealing rare maps from libraries in five cities. Thirty-four of the library's maps have already been recovered.
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Court: Bush can't help foreign killer
Nov 16 2006 11:35AM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A state appeals court chastised President Bush for intervening in the case of a condemned killer born in Mexico, one of several dozen cases in which Bush ordered new hearings amid international complaints.
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Man pleads guilty to 'airlift scam'
Nov 16 2006 11:15AM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man pleaded guilty to stealing about $40,000 by telling people over the phone that a member of their family was critically ill and asking them to wire him money to transport their loved one by helicopter.
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Storm knocks out power in Wash. state
Nov 16 2006 11:14AM (CT)
SUMNER, Wash. (AP) - Tens of thousands of people remained without power Thursday morning after rainstorms again battered coastal Washington, just a week after warm-weather storms caused flooding that killed two people and damaged hundreds of homes.
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Homeless exempt from part of registry
Nov 16 2006 10:55AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Homeless sex offenders are exempt from laws requiring them to register a change of address with state officials, Maryland's high court has ruled.
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Couple's eBay ticket auction halted
Nov 16 2006 10:46AM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A woman says eBay has shut down her sale of two tickets to Saturday's Michigan-Ohio State football game that she and her husband had hoped would help them raise money to adopt a boy from Guatemala.
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Victims' families lash out at Simpson
Nov 16 2006 9:53AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Relatives of the victims in the Simpson slayings case are lashing out at the planned publication of a book by O.J. Simpson in which he discusses how he would have committed the killings of his ex-wife and her friend "if I did it."
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700-plus sick on Atlantic cruise
Nov 16 2006 9:16AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - More than 700 passengers and crew members aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms, cruise line officials said.
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Fuel tanker explodes on Fla. interstate
Nov 16 2006 8:24AM (CT)
RIVERVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A chain-reaction crash sent a car slamming into a tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of fuel, setting off an explosion on Interstate 75 and killing the car's driver, authorities said.
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Pa. church panel drops gay marriage case
Nov 16 2006 6:57AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Restrained applause broke the silence as Presbyterian leaders announced their decision to dismiss charges against a minister accused of breaking church law by presiding over the marriage of two woman.
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Reno murder suspect's SUV found
Nov 16 2006 6:57AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The SUV driven by a man charged with killing his wife and shooting the judge who was handling their divorce has been found in Mexico.
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Fallen firefighters remembered
Nov 16 2006 5:59AM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - When Bodie Shaw visited the World War II memorials and Vietnam memorial in Washington, D.C., he viewed them with a mixture of respect _ and a level of detachment.
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Laptop leads to major gambling ring bust
Nov 16 2006 5:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was the high-tech key to a massive, illegal gambling kingdom: a laptop computer that authorities say was owned by a professional poker player named James Giordano.
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Gatorland set to reopen Nov. 24
Nov 16 2006 5:52AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The reopening of Gatorland, the 57-year-old attraction damaged by fire, has been pushed back to Nov. 24, park officials said.
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Northern California serial rapist sought
Nov 16 2006 5:50AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - He studies his victims for days, perhaps weeks, learning their names, their addresses, their habits. He finds out when the women will be vulnerable, then attacks them in their homes.
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Suspect says he only watched arson fire
Nov 16 2006 5:40AM (CT)
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A man charged with arson and murder in a massive wildfire that killed five firefighters said he drove to a spot to watch the blaze but didn't start it, a police report shows.
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Calif. man urges democracy in Vietnam
Nov 16 2006 4:53AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Cong Thanh Do knew he was in trouble when an unmarked yellow sedan pulled up outside his in-laws' home in Vietnam and four police officers stepped out.
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Woman wins religious discrimination case
Nov 16 2006 4:45AM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) - Three years after she was fired for refusing to work on Sundays, Connie Rehm has won back her job on the staff of this small town's public library, and her employers have received a costly education in employment rights law.
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Wis. same-sex vote has some job-hunting
Nov 16 2006 4:22AM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gay and lesbian faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say they might quit their jobs because of the state's passage of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.
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Public weighs in on National Mall status
Nov 16 2006 3:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Mall is often called "America's front lawn," but National Park Service officials have heard that many people believe that lawn needs some landscaping.
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Public weighs in on National Mall status
Nov 16 2006 3:41AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Mall is often called "America's front lawn," but National Park Service officials have heard that many people believe that lawn needs some landscaping.
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Hemp-growing rules take step forward
Nov 16 2006 3:31AM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - State rules for growing industrial hemp are close to taking effect, although federal drug agents will have the final say on whether farmers may cultivate it, Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson said.
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Teen sentenced in murder of aspiring pol
Nov 16 2006 1:52AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A 15-year-old who pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of an aspiring British politician was sentenced to juvenile custody until he is 21, a newspaper reported.
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Student charged with hoax bomb threat
Nov 16 2006 12:56AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A college student was charged Wednesday with making a false threat claiming that a Muslim man would conduct a suicide-bomb attack on the Sears Tower in Chicago.
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Man pleads guilty to nursing home rape
Nov 16 2006 12:33AM (CT)
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A former suburban Chicago nursing home worker charged with raping a profoundly brain-damaged resident who later gave birth changed his plea to guilty Wednesday.
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Former dean admits to child porn charge
Nov 16 2006 12:29AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A former dean at University of San Francisco's School of Education has agreed to plead guilty to a child pornography charge and serve more than 5 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
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Gillespie likely new Va. GOP chief
Nov 16 2006 12:24AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie is a strong favorite to become chairman of Virginia's struggling GOP early next month, party officials said Wednesday.
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Officials say missing boy may be alive
Nov 16 2006 12:20AM (CT)
THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) - Information from a restaurant employee who saw missing 2-year-old Trenton Duckett and his mother the day he disappeared has led investigators to believe the boy is still alive, authorities said Wednesday.
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L.A. man who beat homeless sentenced
Nov 16 2006 12:15AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 21-year-old man convicted of assault for beating two homeless men with a baseball bat was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison.
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