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Driver hits 2 horse-drawn buggies in Pa.
Nov 20 2006 11:51PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - An allegedly drunken motorist struck a horse-drawn buggy, continued driving for more than a mile, slammed into a second buggy occupied by a family of seven, and then drove some more before being stopped, state police said.
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Ala. bus crashes nose-first; 3 teens die
Nov 20 2006 11:49PM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A school bus packed with high school students smashed through a guardrail along an overpass Monday and crashed nose-first 30 feet below, killing three teenage girls and injuring at least 30 other people, some critically, authorities said.
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Police: Handcuffed suspect shoots self
Nov 20 2006 11:48PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suspect shot himself in the head while in the back of a police car with his hands cuffed behind his back, police said Monday.
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Bodies found behind Atlantic City motel
Nov 20 2006 11:47PM (CT)
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The bodies of four women were found Monday in a ditch behind a motel, not far from the Atlantic City Visitors Welcome Center, authorities said.
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6 removed from flight in Twin Cities
Nov 20 2006 11:45PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Six passengers were removed from a departing flight Monday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and were taken for questioning by police, an airport spokesman said.
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Marine claims he was denied attorney
Nov 20 2006 11:31PM (CT)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Marine charged with helping to kidnap and murder an Iraqi civilian said Monday that government officials violated his basic rights when they interviewed him about the incident _ claims military prosecutors denied.
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Ill. mom says ex meant to kill her, kids
Nov 20 2006 11:04PM (CT)
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A mother on trial in the drownings of her three kids claimed her ex-boyfriend intended to kill her and the children when he sank her car three years ago, but she later backed down from the assertion, according to a taped interview played Monday for jurors.
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Ind. house explodes, killing 1
Nov 20 2006 10:59PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An explosion flattened a home Monday, killing one person and injuring two others, while a utility worker from the gas company was missing and feared dead, authorities said.
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Lawyer: Crime Stoppers official attacked
Nov 20 2006 10:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The head of a crime tipsters group was attacked by a man with a baseball bat and told to drop a lawsuit against a philanthropist over an unpaid reward, the man's attorney said Monday.
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Polygamist accused in illegal marriages
Nov 20 2006 10:43PM (CT)
CALIENTE, Nev. (AP) - Room 15 at the Caliente Hot Springs Motel seems like an unlikely place for a wedding. There are no flower-covered arbors, pews or candles. It is an apartment-style room with a kitchenette, a bed, a dresser, a table and a couch. But it was in Room 15 that dozens of weddings took place between underage girls and men from a polygamist sect, church insiders say.
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Laptop investigated in fraternity fire
Nov 20 2006 10:34PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Investigators are looking into whether a fire at a fraternity house that killed a Nebraska Wesleyan University student was caused by a faulty laptop computer, an official said Monday.
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3 killed in Ill. train-SUV crash, 1 hurt
Nov 20 2006 10:07PM (CT)
MARISSA, Ill. (AP) - A coal train crashed into a sport utility vehicle crossing the tracks Monday, killing three people and injuring a fourth, officials said.
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GOP fundraiser gets 18 years in prison
Nov 20 2006 9:59PM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A GOP fundraiser who embezzled from a state investment in rare coins was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison in a scandal that helped bring down Ohio's ruling Republican Party on Election Day.
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Chicago mayor's former aide sentenced
Nov 20 2006 9:59PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A former high-ranking aide to Mayor Richard M. Daley was sentenced Monday to nearly four years in prison for covering up illegal patronage hiring at City Hall.
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Students read aloud for record 6 days
Nov 20 2006 9:51PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A team of high school seniors set a six-day reading record on Monday as a way to bolster students' interest in books and boost their school's spirit.
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Bishop avoids charges with counseling
Nov 20 2006 9:45PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A bishop who waited to report allegations that a priest sexually abused three boys will avoid criminal charges if he completes counseling, the Sonoma County district attorney said Monday.
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Day laborers win racial lawsuit
Nov 20 2006 9:43PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A suburban village discriminated against Hispanic day laborers when it closed a hiring site and stepped up police patrols on the streets where they looked for work, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Students see little chance of draft
Nov 20 2006 9:42PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Many college students see the latest flirtation with a military draft more as political game-playing than a serious threat.
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Amish shooting donations top $3 million
Nov 20 2006 9:32PM (CT)
NICKEL MINES, Pa. (AP) - Three of the five girls wounded during a massacre in an Amish schoolhouse last month are back in school at least part time, and more than $3.2 million has been donated to help the survivors, a community group said Monday.
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2 Ga. students take small bomb to school
Nov 20 2006 9:32PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Two prep school students have been suspended for bringing a homemade bomb made of firecrackers, BBs and metal shavings to school, a school official said Monday.
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FBI recovers stolen Goya painting
Nov 20 2006 9:28PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The FBI said Monday that it has recovered a 1778 painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya that was stolen as it was being taken to an exhibition earlier this month.
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Man gets probation in fatal Calif. crash
Nov 20 2006 9:25PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An 89-year-old man whose car hurtled through a farmers market, killing 10 people, was let off on probation Monday by a judge who said he believed the defendant deserved to go prison but was too ill.
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Pittsburgh Zoo unveils polar bear home
Nov 20 2006 8:35PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two polar bears at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium should be resting easier these days. The zoo has unveiled a $14 million exhibit for the animals that includes a waterfall, a freshwater stream and a 150,000-gallon pool chilled to between 50 and 55 degrees. It also features a yard where they can play or nap.
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California to restrict ocean fishing
Nov 20 2006 8:34PM (CT)
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) - Flying over California's rugged Central Coast, Mike Sutton pointed to kelp forests and rocky reefs just below the water's surface that will soon be off-limits to fishing under one of the nation's most ambitious plans to protect marine life.
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'Borat' suit says villagers were misled
Nov 20 2006 8:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Residents of a remote Romanian village filed a $30 million lawsuit Monday over their depiction in the hit movie "Borat," accusing the filmmakers of misleading them into thinking the project was a documentary about poverty.
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Ga. prosecutors review shootings by cops
Nov 20 2006 8:24PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Prosecutors in a suburban county plan to review 14 shootings by police, including eight fatalities, amid concern about the high number of killings compared with the nation's two largest cities.
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Previous dispute led to gunfire in mall
Nov 20 2006 7:25PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A fight between youths that led an off-duty Secret Service agent to open fire in a crowded shopping mall stemmed from an earlier confrontation involving the same high school students, officials said Monday.
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Arson suspected in fire that killed 4
Nov 20 2006 7:14PM (CT)
NORTH VERNON, Ind. (AP) - A fire that killed four relatives in a home during the weekend may have been set intentionally, investigators said Monday.
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Family of slain reporter files lawsuit
Nov 20 2006 7:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The family of a veteran New York Times reporter who was beaten to death by muggers filed a $20 million lawsuit Monday against city and hospital officials, claiming their negligence contributed to his death.
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Former mayor's law license suspended
Nov 20 2006 7:12PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday suspended former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell's state legal license, a move the court called "tantamount to disbarment."
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Jamestown skeleton still a mystery
Nov 20 2006 7:04PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Bones discovered four years ago at the site of America's first permanent English settlement could be those of Jamestown's unsung founder, a knight or a captain.
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Restraining order against Ellison tossed
Nov 20 2006 6:48PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A judge on Monday dismissed a woman's attempt to get a restraining order against U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, with whom she claimed to have had an extramarital affair.
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2nd man charged in terrorism TV case
Nov 20 2006 6:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man was charged Monday with supporting terrorists by enabling customers to obtain satellite broadcasts of a Hezbollah television station, the second person accused in a case that has drawn scrutiny over how far the government can go in claiming someone is aiding terrorist groups.
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Newark mayor moves to rough neighborhood
Nov 20 2006 6:30PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Some residents of a drug- and gang-plagued neighborhood of boarded-up houses and empty lots are hoping their new neighbor will bring improvements.
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Fatal shooting at Fla. hospital
Nov 20 2006 6:01PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A woman fatally shot a hospital worker in the head Monday at a busy pharmacy and was quickly arrested, authorities said.
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Government backs off prison restrictions
Nov 20 2006 5:59PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped plans to ask a federal judge to prevent leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang from communicating with anyone but their attorneys, officials said Monday, but they may ask U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to do so instead.
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Bosnian immigrant gets 5 years
Nov 20 2006 5:33PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A Bosnian immigrant was sentenced to more than five years in prison Monday for concealing his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre so that he could get into the United States.
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Court orders more money for NYC schools
Nov 20 2006 5:23PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ordered the state Monday to increase its funding for the New York City school system by at least $1.93 billion per year to provide "a sound, basic education."
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Gingerbread Nazi art display is too much
Nov 20 2006 5:06PM (CT)
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) - An artist's creation of gingerbread Nazis drew complaints after it was displayed in a hardware store window, prompting the store owner to demand the artwork be removed.
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La. judge: Hospital deaths case too slow
Nov 20 2006 4:27PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Frustrated by the slow progress of the case, a judge said Monday that a doctor and two nurses accused of killing four desperately ill patients after Hurricane Katrina should be formally charged or exonerated.
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MLK family dedicates new crypt
Nov 20 2006 4:02PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - In a poetic tribute to their parents, the children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King dedicated a new crypt for both husband and wife Monday and declared "the peacemaker and the peacekeeper are together again."
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Flight crew blamed for Tex. plane crash
Nov 20 2006 3:19PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Federal investigators released a report Monday blaming the flight crew for the fatal 2004 crash of a private jet bound for Houston to pick up former President George H.W. Bush.
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Protection sought for NW Atlantic
Nov 20 2006 2:53PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Portions of the northwest Atlantic Ocean stretching from Cape Cod to the northeastern tip of Nova Scotia should be declared off-limits to fishing and other human activities to protect threatened marine species, two environmental groups said Monday.
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N.Y. must pay schools $1.93B more a year
Nov 20 2006 2:49PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's highest court ordered the state on Monday to increase its funding for the New York City school system by at least $1.93 billion per year to provide "a sound, basic education."
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Islamic charity tries anew to lose label
Nov 20 2006 1:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Missouri-based Islamic charity accused of being part of an international terrorist organization tried to distance itself in federal court Monday from a Sudanese group suspected of financing al-Qaida.
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Degrees available in homeland security
Nov 20 2006 1:53PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Next year, Justan Holloway's class schedule will look like the plot of an action movie: The college student will study international terrorism, disaster planning, criminology, social psychology and Arabic.
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Inquest set in death by lawmaker's gun
Nov 20 2006 1:07PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A coroner said Monday he will conduct a formal inquest to determine how a 14-year-old boy wound up dead behind a state senator's house with the lawmaker's gun at his side.
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3 from Duquesne team hurt in hit-run
Nov 20 2006 12:12PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Three members of Duquesne University's club hockey team were injured by a hit-and-run driver early Monday after an argument at a bar, police and school officials said.
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Truck stop staff helps cops rescue girl
Nov 20 2006 10:15AM (CT)
SMITHTON, Pa. (AP) - A truck driver was in custody Monday, accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old runaway during a cross-country trip, after truck stop employees stalled the man until police arrived.
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Pay packages rise for college presidents
Nov 20 2006 6:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More college presidents are earning annual compensation of $500,000 or more, fueled in part by stiff competition by schools for the best candidates, according to a study.
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NYC rights group criticizes Saddam trial
Nov 20 2006 6:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Human Rights Watch said Monday that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was not given a fair trial, claiming in a report that attorneys and judges undermined the legitimacy of the process by staging repeated walkouts and failing to uphold standards of international law.
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Mass. governor wants gay wedding vote
Nov 20 2006 4:34AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Mitt Romney said Sunday he would ask the state's highest court to order an anti-gay marriage amendment question onto the ballot if legislators fail to vote on the matter when they reconvene in January.
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Varied backgrounds lead to Rhodes honors
Nov 20 2006 4:16AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Washington University student Leana S. Wen's childhood asthma was so severe that part of her lung was removed. Her frequent hospitalizations led her to pursue a career in medicine while she was still a teenager.
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Stricken cruise ship docks for cleaning
Nov 20 2006 3:54AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A thorough scrubbing of the Carnival Liberty began Sunday as the ship docked after a virus sickened nearly 700 passengers on a trans-Atlantic cruise.
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Vets turn to acupuncture for ailing pets
Nov 20 2006 3:32AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When Ann Day's dog had a stroke in July, one side of his face became paralyzed so severely he couldn't blink. She knew she needed to do something before the 13-year-old pug, Jimmy, lost his eye to infection.
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Freeport-McMoRan to acquire Phelps Dodge
Nov 20 2006 3:13AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - For years, officials at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. talked about acquiring copper miner Phelps Dodge Corp. But discussions in recent weeks sealed the deal that will create the world's largest publicly traded copper company.
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Rights group criticizes Saddam trial
Nov 20 2006 2:08AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Human Rights Watch said Monday that the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was not carried out fairly, calling the verdict "questionable" and saying the Iraqi court was not equipped to handle such a complex case.
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