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Motor City named nation's most dangerous
Nov 18 2007 11:47PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.
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Chicago Lutheran church ordains lesbian
Nov 18 2007 9:47PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations.
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Tides could spread oil spilled in SF Bay
Nov 18 2007 9:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tides predicted to peak shortly after Thanksgiving could wash sticky, thick balls of oil off beaches and spread them to places previously unaffected after a cargo ship hit a bridge this month, spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel.
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Tunnel breakdown snarls Northeast trains
Nov 18 2007 9:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An electrical breakdown snarled train traffic on the Northeast rail corridor for hours Sunday, delaying trains arriving at New York's Penn Station from Philadelphia and Boston.
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Ex-cop's lawyer disputes autopsy report
Nov 18 2007 9:29PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for a former police officer suspected in the disappearance of his current wife disputed Sunday a renowned pathologist's recent conclusion that one of the man's previous wives had been killed, not accidentally drowned.
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Families stay close after murder-suicide
Nov 18 2007 9:28PM (CT)
WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) - They grew up 20 minutes apart in northwest Ohio, Michelle from a town of 1,750, her dad a postal worker, her mom a shirt embroiderer.
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Families stay close after murder-suicide
Nov 18 2007 9:28PM (CT)
WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) - They grew up 20 minutes apart in northwest Ohio, Michelle from a town of 1,750, her dad a postal worker, her mom a shirt embroiderer.
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Bush to highlight Va. thanksgiving site
Nov 18 2007 8:59PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The Pilgrims' feast in Massachusetts has always overshadowed Berkeley Plantation's place in history. Now, a planned visit from President Bush has some Virginians giving thanks for the recognition.
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$50M priest abuse deal reached in Alaska
Nov 18 2007 8:28PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A Roman Catholic religious order has agreed to pay $50 million to more than 100 Alaska Natives who allege sexual abuse by Jesuit priests, a lawyer for the accusers said Sunday.
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Calif. fire crews prepare for dry winds
Nov 18 2007 6:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Officials in Southern California began deploying firefighting crews and equipment Sunday as meteorologists predicted a return of the dry winds that stoked last month's devastating brush blazes.
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Kin want infamous NY rape case reopened
Nov 18 2007 6:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flashpoint, Tawana Brawley's mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Va. college's art sale plans raise ire
Nov 18 2007 5:17PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Randolph College simply wanted to sell four highlights from its renowned American art collection to boost its endowment and protect its accreditation. Instead, it has fallen into a bitter legal battle with art lovers who consider the sale an unethical breach of public trust.
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Rhodes Scholars' accomplishments impress
Nov 18 2007 5:08PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A translator for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a boxer from the Bronx and an ultimate Frisbee player were among 32 Americans selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.
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America ships electronic waste overseas
Nov 18 2007 1:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones. But chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas.
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NOLA council wins white majority
Nov 18 2007 2:11AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former councilwoman won an at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council on Saturday, creating the first white majority in more than two decades.
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