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Settlement reached in W.Va. asbestos suit
Nov 22 2005 11:59PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia University has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit affecting up to 5,600 former and current employees who may have been exposed to asbestos, the school announced Tuesday.
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Egyptian accused of terror ties released
Nov 22 2005 11:58PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Federal officials determined an Egyptian restaurant owner had no ties to terrorism and released him Tuesday, nine months after his name turned up on a terrorist watch list and he was detained.
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Fla. teacher pleads guilty in sex case
Nov 22 2005 11:05PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A female teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with a 14-year-old student, avoiding prison as part of a plea agreement.
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Suspect in assassination plot convicted
Nov 22 2005 11:05PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - An American Muslim student charged with joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush was convicted Tuesday on all counts.
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Report: Calif. to be more crowded by 2020
Nov 22 2005 11:03PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - By 2020, California will be more crowded, its population older and its racial makeup dominated by Hispanics, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Venezuela to provide discount oil to Mass.
Nov 22 2005 10:58PM (CT)
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - Thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will receive discounted home heating oil this winter under an agreement signed Tuesday with Venezuela, whose government is a political adversary of the Bush administration.
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Gubernatorial candidate faces criticism
Nov 22 2005 10:54PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Republican candidate for governor William Weld on Tuesday answered criticism that he's responsible for a failed Kentucky school at the center of a federal fraud investigation.
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Dad calls son in mall shooting a hero
Nov 22 2005 10:37PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The father of the man most seriously wounded in a shooting rampage at a shopping mall called his son a hero Tuesday for drawing a pistol and confronting the gunman before being shot.
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Challenger to seek Detroit mayor recount
Nov 22 2005 10:29PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Challenger Freman Hendrix on Tuesday announced he will ask for a hand recount of votes from the Detroit mayoral election, which he lost earlier this month to incumbent Kwame Kilpatrick.
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Texas property tax ruled unconstitutional
Nov 22 2005 9:34PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court declared Tuesday that the property tax system that supports the state's public schools is unconstitutional, and it gave the Legislature until June 1 to come up with a new way to pay for education.
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Ryan's host in Jamaica tells of Ill. lease
Nov 22 2005 9:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago millionaire who was former Gov. George Ryan's host on luxury vacations testified Tuesday that Ryan arranged for him to lease a suburban property to the state for $120,000 a year.
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La. lawmakers rebalance hard-hit budget
Nov 22 2005 9:15PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Lawmakers wrapped up a special legislative session Tuesday after rebalancing Louisiana's deficit-riddled budget and creating tax breaks to entice businesses back to hurricane-damaged areas.
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Jury awards $3M to fired blind woman
Nov 22 2005 9:15PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A jury awarded $3 million Tuesday to a blind woman who was fired from her job as director of Pennsylvania's agency for the blind and visually impaired.
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Skull of Green River murder victim found
Nov 22 2005 9:13PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A weekend hiker found the skull of one of the 48 women Green River serial killer Gary Ridgway admitted murdering in his 2003 plea bargain with King County prosecutors.
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Univ. of Kansas takes up creation debate
Nov 22 2005 8:57PM (CT)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the theory of evolution.
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Holiday travelers face more complex travel
Nov 22 2005 8:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If you're flying for the holidays you have lots to think about: what to pack _ and leave behind _ what to wear and how early to get to the airport.
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Lawyer: Pa. girl had no role in killings
Nov 22 2005 8:22PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - A 14-year-old girl who ran off with her boyfriend after he allegedly gunned down her parents did not know that he was going to kill them, her lawyer said Tuesday.
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On Gulf Coast, Thanksgiving amid scarcity
Nov 22 2005 8:04PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Debbie Shifter faces the daunting task of whipping up Thanksgiving dinner for 18 in the tiny kitchen of her FEMA trailer.
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Calif. officials probe death of pastor
Nov 22 2005 8:01PM (CT)
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A clergyman awaiting trial on charges of raping two teenage sisters plunged 400 feet to his death in Sequoia National Park, and federal authorities were investigating Tuesday whether he fell, jumped or was pushed.
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Mass. gay marriage foes may get on ballot
Nov 22 2005 7:31PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment to put a stop to gay marriage in Massachusetts said Tuesday they have gathered almost twice the number of signatures needed to put it on the ballot in 2008.
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PETA to push Hormel on humane slaughter
Nov 22 2005 5:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An animal rights group that owns stock in Hormel Foods Corp. is trying to pressure the nation's largest turkey processor to adopt a more humane method of slaughtering the birds.
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Governors to visit troops in Middle East
Nov 22 2005 4:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four governors will travel to the Middle East over the Thanksgiving holiday to visit with troops and meet with senior military and political leaders, Pentagon and State Department officials said Tuesday.
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Survivors, victims to view 9/11 sentencing
Nov 22 2005 4:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has selected six sites for survivors and relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to watch the death penalty phase in the case against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in the 2001 assaults on Washington and New York.
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Jury awards $4.2M in Mormon abuse case
Nov 22 2005 4:15PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The Mormon church has been ordered to pay $4.2 million to two college-age sisters who say a bishop mishandled complaints of sexual abuse by their stepfather, a Mormon priest at the time.
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Man killed in dispute over dance contest
Nov 22 2005 3:56PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man was shot to death in a dispute that began at a dance contest when his teenage stepson hit another boy while performing flailing dance moves, police said.
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Airport lines are already busy
Nov 22 2005 2:16PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Lines are growing longer at the world's busiest airport as holiday travelers fly out two days before Thanksgiving to be with family and friends.
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Warden at Iowa prison sacked
Nov 22 2005 1:44PM (CT)
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Tom Vilsack said he removed the warden of a prison where two inmates escaped last week by using a homemade grappling hook.
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Nike CEO ready to fly again
Nov 22 2005 11:46AM (CT)
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - The CEO of athletic apparel company Nike is ready to go flying again in the company plane in spite of an hours-long, roller coaster ride while the pilots worked to get the landing gear unstuck.
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Video shows rifle-wielding man after chase
Nov 22 2005 11:38AM (CT)
WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) - A motorist killed by a sheriff's deputy had approached the officer with a rifle following a high-speed chase, a videotape shows.
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Attorney: Plea could have stopped shooting
Nov 22 2005 11:34AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A courthouse rampage that led to the deaths of a judge and three others could have been avoided if a tentative plea bargain in the shooting suspect's rape case had not fallen through, a defense lawyer said.
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Two plead guilty in Ohio baby's death
Nov 22 2005 10:46AM (CT)
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - A man and woman who dated as teenagers have pleaded guilty in the death of their newborn son who was stabbed, beaten and stuffed into a duffel bag full of rocks before being thrown in a flooded quarry six years ago.
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Woodward explains silence in leak case
Nov 22 2005 9:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward dismissed claims that he should have revealed his role in the CIA leak case when he discussed the investigation on news interview shows.
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Donations pour in for Philly toddler
Nov 22 2005 9:07AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Strangers from around the country are offering support for a toddler whose teenage father, struggling to raise his daughter on his own, was slain last week on his way home from work.
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DeLay lawyers to seek dismissal
Nov 22 2005 8:46AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Attorneys for Rep. Tom DeLay are hoping a judge will dismiss the conspiracy and money laundering charges against the former House majority leader so he can regain the powerful seat.
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Fired teacher, unwed and pregnant, sues
Nov 22 2005 6:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal discrimination complaint against a Catholic school, charging that it unjustly fired an unmarried teacher for being pregnant.
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Arizona farmers welcoming tourists
Nov 22 2005 6:46AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Some Arizona farmers are finding a way to squeeze a bit more money out of their land _ by opening it up to tourists who want to learn how their meals get from the ground to the dinner table.
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High school student sworn in as mayor
Nov 22 2005 5:44AM (CT)
HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) - Michael Sessions began talking about running for mayor when he was a sophomore in high school. He realized that dream before he got his diploma.
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N.C. Town debates over look of King statue
Nov 22 2005 4:11AM (CT)
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) - It started as a laudable idea: build a park and raise a sculpture in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. at the site where he first told an audience, "I have a dream."
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W.Va. buying property for disaster housing
Nov 22 2005 3:59AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia is buying land for what federal officials say is the nation's first plan to establish permanent housing sites for people displaced by natural disasters.
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Number of biking fatalities up in New York
Nov 22 2005 3:40AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Jen Shao, the immigrant owner of a Chinatown souvenir shop, wasn't trying to make a political statement as she pedaled her bicycle through downtown Manhattan.
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ACLU sues volunteers for event with Bush
Nov 22 2005 2:47AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday sued volunteers for an event with President Bush, saying they violated the civil rights of two people who were tossed out because of their political views.
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Monsignor in Phoenix is arrested
Nov 22 2005 12:38AM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - The former vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix was arrested Monday on charges he fondled boys and young men and asked them prying questions about their sex lives that he pretended were part of confession.
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Nightclub fire prosecutors reject claims
Nov 22 2005 12:38AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State prosecutors on Monday rejected accusations that they concealed evidence from the grand jury that indicted three men in connection with a nightclub fire that killed 100 people, and said there was no reason to dismiss any of the charges.
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