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Girl charged with stabbing classmate
Nov 22 2006 11:45PM (CT)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a classmate in the chest with a pick-like metal comb, piercing her heart, was charged as an adult Wednesday with attempted homicide.
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Ryan co-defendant to do time in W.Va.
Nov 22 2006 11:28PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The co-defendant in former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering trial said Wednesday he will begin serving his prison sentence in West Virginia.
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Gusty wind threatens Macy's balloons
Nov 22 2006 11:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts for powerful wind gusts threatened to keep them grounded during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade instead of floating through the corridors of Manhattan.
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Gusty wind threatens Macy's balloons
Nov 22 2006 11:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts for powerful wind gusts threatened to keep them grounded during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade instead of floating through the corridors of Manhattan.
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Gusty wind threatens Macy's balloons
Nov 22 2006 11:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts for powerful wind gusts threatened to keep them grounded during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade instead of floating through the corridors of Manhattan.
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Gusty wind threatens Macy's balloons
Nov 22 2006 11:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - As the giant Snoopy and Big Bird balloons began to inflate Wednesday, forecasts for powerful wind gusts threatened to keep them grounded during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade instead of floating through the corridors of Manhattan.
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TV station shooter sentenced to prison
Nov 22 2006 11:22PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A mentally ill man convicted of attempted murder for shooting a former TV employee in the station's entryway was sentenced Wednesday to several years in prison.
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Marine charged in baby son's death
Nov 22 2006 11:18PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A Marine accused of killing his newborn son after his wife died of childbirth complications was charged Wednesday, four days after the 3-month-old's death.
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Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police
Nov 22 2006 11:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Many people on the rundown northwest Atlanta street where Kathryn Johnston lived fortify their windows with metal bars and arm themselves for protection. Johnston, 92, was no exception. She was waiting with her gun on Tuesday night when a group of plainclothes officers with a warrant knocked down her door in a search for drugs, police said. She opened fire, wounding three officers, before being shot to death, police said.
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Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police
Nov 22 2006 11:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Many people on the rundown northwest Atlanta street where Kathryn Johnston lived fortify their windows with metal bars and arm themselves for protection. Johnston, 92, was no exception. She was waiting with her gun on Tuesday night when a group of plainclothes officers with a warrant knocked down her door in a search for drugs, police said. She opened fire, wounding three officers, before being shot to death, police said.
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Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police
Nov 22 2006 11:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Many people on the rundown northwest Atlanta street where Kathryn Johnston lived fortify their windows with metal bars and arm themselves for protection. Johnston, 92, was no exception. She was waiting with her gun on Tuesday night when a group of plainclothes officers with a warrant knocked down her door in a search for drugs, police said. She opened fire, wounding three officers, before being shot to death, police said.
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Woman, 92, dies in shootout with police
Nov 22 2006 11:14PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Many people on the rundown northwest Atlanta street where Kathryn Johnston lived fortify their windows with metal bars and arm themselves for protection. Johnston, 92, was no exception. She was waiting with her gun on Tuesday night when a group of plainclothes officers with a warrant knocked down her door in a search for drugs, police said. She opened fire, wounding three officers, before being shot to death, police said.
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Crowd remembers JFK assassination
Nov 22 2006 11:11PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - About 300 people, including history buffs, conspiracy theorists and even two Elvis impersonators, gathered in Dealey Plaza on Wednesday to mark the 43rd anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination in a loosely organized ceremony that was part memorial and part circus.
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Crowd remembers JFK assassination
Nov 22 2006 11:11PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - About 300 people, including history buffs, conspiracy theorists and even two Elvis impersonators, gathered in Dealey Plaza on Wednesday to mark the 43rd anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination in a loosely organized ceremony that was part memorial and part circus.
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Crowd remembers JFK assassination
Nov 22 2006 11:11PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - About 300 people, including history buffs, conspiracy theorists and even two Elvis impersonators, gathered in Dealey Plaza on Wednesday to mark the 43rd anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination in a loosely organized ceremony that was part memorial and part circus.
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Damage could reach $30M at Rainier
Nov 22 2006 11:07PM (CT)
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) - Repairs to Mt. Rainier National Park, which has been closed since a heavy storm damaged park roads, trails and campgrounds two weeks ago, will cost about $30 million, a park official said Wednesday.
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Ohio boys admit school bus vandalism
Nov 22 2006 11:03PM (CT)
NEWARK, Ohio (AP) - Two fifth-grade boys admitted in court Wednesday that they vandalized more than 50 city school buses, saying they were upset with their bus driver.
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Pa. man exonerated by DNA arrested
Nov 22 2006 10:48PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A man freed from prison after DNA exonerated him in a rape case has been charged with trying to hire someone to make a witness in another case "disappear," according to police records.
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Minn. man convicted in pharmacy case
Nov 22 2006 10:42PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 26-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of running an online pharmacy that prosecutors described as a multimillion-dollar empire that dispensed prescription medication to drug addicts.
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Man fatally shot in N.M. courthouse
Nov 22 2006 10:16PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man on the second floor of a county courthouse Wednesday, authorities said, and investigators were trying to determine what led to the shooting.
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Feds: Couple stole millions from schools
Nov 22 2006 9:53PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A retired school district program director and her husband are accused of stealing millions in federal grant money through a scheme that involved distributing illegally photocopied books to students, the U.S. attorney said Wednesday.
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Ill. inmate claims torture; gets hearing
Nov 22 2006 9:21PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that a state inmate who claims Chicago police officers tortured him into a 1983 murder confession will get a new parole hearing.
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Man killed by commuter train was dragged
Nov 22 2006 9:10PM (CT)
BRADLEY BEACH, N.J. (AP) - A crew member aboard a commuter train that dragged a passenger to his death may not have been correctly positioned to watch the platform as the car pulled away, authorities said Wednesday.
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Cosmonaut hits golf ball into space
Nov 22 2006 8:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin was late for his tee time in space Wednesday, but still managed to launch a super-lightweight golf ball into orbit _ even if he shanked his shot.
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NYC mayor creates health food task force
Nov 22 2006 8:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched another assault on unhealthy food Wednesday, creating a task force and a food czar to encourage grocers in poor neighborhoods to stock reduced-fat milk, fruits and vegetables.
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Chemical plant explodes near Boston
Nov 22 2006 8:42PM (CT)
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) - A chemical plant outside Boston blew up Wednesday with a roar so thunderous that people thought it was an earthquake or a plane crash, destroying two dozen homes in the tightly packed neighborhood but causing only minor injuries.
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Chemical plant explodes near Boston
Nov 22 2006 8:42PM (CT)
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) - A chemical plant outside Boston blew up Wednesday with a roar so thunderous that people thought it was an earthquake or a plane crash, destroying two dozen homes in the tightly packed neighborhood but causing only minor injuries.
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Chemical plant explodes near Boston
Nov 22 2006 8:42PM (CT)
DANVERS, Mass. (AP) - A chemical plant outside Boston blew up Wednesday with a roar so thunderous that people thought it was an earthquake or a plane crash, destroying two dozen homes in the tightly packed neighborhood but causing only minor injuries.
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FAA: Plane tried to use wrong Ky. runway
Nov 22 2006 8:42PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A single-engine plane tried to take off from the wrong runway less than three months after a deadly crash in which a jet mistakenly took off on the same strip, the Federal Aviation Administration told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Youth suicides baffle Mo. county
Nov 22 2006 8:41PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Four young men from the same rural Missouri county have committed suicide by hanging themselves in a similar fashion in the past five months, and authorities are investigating whether the cases are related.
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Gay R.I. couple files for divorce
Nov 22 2006 8:40PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage.
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More Katrina victims are in trailers
Nov 22 2006 8:39PM (CT)
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - Cradling an 18-pound turkey, Hurricane Katrina victim Nancy Prattini hauled groceries from her minivan, preparing for her family's first Thanksgiving dinner in their cramped FEMA-issued trailer.
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Man's remains found in NYC woman's bed
Nov 22 2006 8:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man hoping to reconcile with his parents after years of estrangement made a grisly find: His mother may have been living with his father's corpse for three years, police said.
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Sears sued over fake-wishbone promotion
Nov 22 2006 7:20PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A small Seattle manufacturer claims Sears, Roebuck and Co. stole its design for plastic wishbones, a legal argument the retailer contends is a turkey.
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Fraternity passed inspection before fire
Nov 22 2006 7:11PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A fraternity house at Nebraska Wesleyan University had passed a fire inspection just two months before a blaze erupted, killing one student and seriously injuring three others, a school official said Wednesday.
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Some House races remain unresolved
Nov 22 2006 6:44PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rep. Robin Hayes is calling on his Democratic challenger to give up a fight for a hand recount in the nation's closest U.S. House race.
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Atlantic City prostitutes fear a killer
Nov 22 2006 6:42PM (CT)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Prostitutes working in the shadows of Atlantic City's glitzy casinos say they are living in fear of a possible serial killer after the bodies of four women were found in a drainage ditch behind a row of seedy motels.
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Ky. court upholds lethal injection
Nov 22 2006 5:51PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's lethal injection method is constitutional, the state Supreme Court said in a ruling Wednesday that could clear the way for executions to resume.
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Midnight Zamboni run prompts firings
Nov 22 2006 5:30PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Two employees of the city's ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis. An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to the rink around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. The squat, rubber-tired vehicles, which have a top speed of about 5 mph, drove 1 1/2 miles in all.
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Midnight Zamboni run prompts firings
Nov 22 2006 5:30PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Two employees of the city's ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis. An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to the rink around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. The squat, rubber-tired vehicles, which have a top speed of about 5 mph, drove 1 1/2 miles in all.
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Simpson says he did book for money
Nov 22 2006 5:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - O.J. Simpson said Wednesday that he knew any profit from his "If I Did It" book would be "blood money," but that he took part in the project to pay his bills.
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Wee bit of white stuff in Orlando, Fla.
Nov 22 2006 5:05PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - There was hardly a run on snow shovels, but a few flakes of the white stuff hit the ground in Orlando for the first time since 2003, meteorologists said.
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Animal ID won't be mandatory
Nov 22 2006 4:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Farmers and ranchers won't be forced to register their cows, pigs and chickens in a nationwide database aimed at helping track the outbreak of disease, the Bush administration said Wednesday.
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Woman gave her son pot
Nov 22 2006 3:26PM (CT)
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A woman who admitted smoking marijuana daily with her 13-year-old son to reward him for doing his homework was sentenced to three months in prison.
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Fla. agency head threatened with jail
Nov 22 2006 2:51PM (CT)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A judge threatened to jail the head of the state Department of Children & Families if the agency can't explain why it consistently has failed to get mentally ill jail inmates into psychiatric treatment.
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Ind. mom charged with murder of 4 kids
Nov 22 2006 1:52PM (CT)
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - A woman accused of strangling her four young children was charged with murder Wednesday, a day after hundreds of people attended the youngsters' funeral.
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Ind. mom charged with murder of 4 kids
Nov 22 2006 1:52PM (CT)
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - A woman accused of strangling her four young children was charged with murder Wednesday, a day after hundreds of people attended the youngsters' funeral.
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Ind. mom charged with murder of 4 kids
Nov 22 2006 1:52PM (CT)
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - A woman accused of strangling her four young children was charged with murder Wednesday, a day after hundreds of people attended the youngsters' funeral.
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Man gets life for stepdaughter's murder
Nov 22 2006 12:27PM (CT)
TOWSON, Md. (AP) - A convicted sex offender was sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his 13-year-old stepdaughter to death and setting the family's home on fire to cover it up.
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Calif. cities reject coal-fired power
Nov 22 2006 11:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California is gambling its future power needs on its constant sunshine, wind and the ability of engineers to effectively harness those and other alternative energy sources.
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Firefighters battle Calif. brush fire
Nov 22 2006 10:15AM (CT)
YUCAIPA, Calif. (AP) - Crews were battling a brush fire in a national forest Wednesday, but no homes appeared to be threatened and no evacuation orders had been issued.
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Students mourn Ala. school bus deaths
Nov 22 2006 9:08AM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - At a campus sometimes divided by cliques and racial splits, students put aside their differences to grieve the loss of four classmates killed in a school bus crash.
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Students mourn Ala. school bus deaths
Nov 22 2006 9:08AM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - At a campus sometimes divided by cliques and racial splits, students put aside their differences to grieve the loss of four classmates killed in a school bus crash.
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Students mourn Ala. school bus deaths
Nov 22 2006 9:08AM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - At a campus sometimes divided by cliques and racial splits, students put aside their differences to grieve the loss of four classmates killed in a school bus crash.
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Students mourn Ala. school bus deaths
Nov 22 2006 9:08AM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - At a campus sometimes divided by cliques and racial splits, students put aside their differences to grieve the loss of four classmates killed in a school bus crash.
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Students mourn Ala. school bus deaths
Nov 22 2006 9:08AM (CT)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - At a campus sometimes divided by cliques and racial splits, students put aside their differences to grieve the loss of four classmates killed in a school bus crash.
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2 teens expelled over bomb at Ga. school
Nov 22 2006 8:51AM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Two prep school students have been expelled for bringing a homemade bomb made of firecrackers, BBs and metal shavings to school.
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Some Muslims call airport detention bias
Nov 22 2006 6:02AM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The police report listed the incident as "Security-Other," but some saw the detention of six imams at the airport here as a case of "Flying while Muslim" _ the idea that Muslims come in for extra scrutiny when they fly.
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Husband not ruled out in murder probe
Nov 22 2006 5:36AM (CT)
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) - Questions have multiplied since police began their investigation into the weekend shooting of a disbarred lawyer and his wife, who lived on the same cul-de-sac as former President Clinton.
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LA police cars to add video cameras
Nov 22 2006 5:36AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Police Department will begin installing digital video cameras in some patrol cars to better track how arrests are made _ an issue under scrutiny since two amateur videos recently surfaced showing forceful tactics by officers.
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American Music Awards presented
Nov 22 2006 5:08AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - They ruled the American Music Awards with three wins, but don't look for the Black Eyed Peas to score another trifecta when Grammy nominations are announced next month.
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Director Robert Altman dead at 81
Nov 22 2006 5:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Altman was battling the cancer that eventually killed him even as he directed "A Prairie Home Companion" _ a film he once succinctly described as "about death."
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Romney forges on, heedless of GOP losses
Nov 22 2006 3:50AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - By almost any measure, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney _ a would-be presidential candidate _ should be hanging his head right now.
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2 unrepentant about sale of Katrina home
Nov 22 2006 3:46AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned around and sold the place without ever moving in, and went back to New Orleans.
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Iowa professor tackles uncivil students
Nov 22 2006 3:37AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - During lectures, they answer their cell phones, text message their friends and play games on their laptop computers. Are college students really that rude? Yes, says Delaney Kirk, a professor of management at Drake University in Des Moines. But, she adds, it's not their fault.
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Nursing moms rally at airports
Nov 22 2006 3:15AM (CT)
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Carrying signs with slogans such as "Best in-flight meal ever," scores of mothers breast-fed their babies at airports around the country Tuesday in a show of support for a woman who was ordered off a plane for nursing her daughter without covering up.
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4 out of 10 U.S. births out of wedlock
Nov 22 2006 3:13AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Out-of-wedlock births in the United States have climbed to an all-time high, accounting for nearly four in 10 babies born last year, government health officials said Tuesday.
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Ex-prosecutor indecency case is dropped
Nov 22 2006 12:18AM (CT)
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) - Charges against a former city prosecutor accused of public indecency were dropped Tuesday because they were improperly filed, his lawyer said.
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