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San Diego city manager resigns
Nov 23 2005 11:24PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The city manager resigned Wednesday, ending a 19-month tenure marked by a scandal he inherited over woefully underfunded city pensions.
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Chicago commuter train, vehicles collide
Nov 23 2005 11:15PM (CT)
ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. (AP) - A commuter train slammed into several vehicles caught in a traffic jam on a busy road Wednesday evening, starting a chain reaction that damaged more than a dozen cars and injured at least 16 people, authorities said.
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Texas anti-war protesters still determined
Nov 23 2005 11:10PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - War protesters say they are determined to demonstrate outside President Bush's ranch during the Thanksgiving holiday despite the arrests of a dozen people on Wednesday.
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Fired Md. man shoots supervisors, himself
Nov 23 2005 10:42PM (CT)
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) - A fired employee shot two supervisors at a food distribution business Wednesday, then shot fatally himself in the head just outside the front door, authorities and the business owner said.
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Tropical Storm Delta forms in Atlantic
Nov 23 2005 10:29PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Delta _ the 25th storm of the busiest hurricane season in history _ formed in the central Atlantic on Wednesday, but the only threat it posed was to ships at sea, forecasters said.
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Calif. town rejects loan for sewer system
Nov 23 2005 10:29PM (CT)
LOS OSOS, Calif. (AP) - Town officials have rejected a $135 million loan from the state to build a sewer system, setting up this Central Coast community to be fined more than $11 million.
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New Orleans planning shorter Mardi Gras
Nov 23 2005 9:56PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - City officials on Wednesday announced a scaled-down plan for next year's Mardi Gras celebration that will still cover both of its traditional weekends but be four days shorter than usual.
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Definition of South, Southern is changing
Nov 23 2005 9:42PM (CT)
CARY, N.C. (AP) - The joke around here is that this town's name is really an acronym for "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees." As far as Vernon Yates is concerned, they haven't been contained well enough.
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State takes over Detroit mayoral ballots
Nov 23 2005 8:20PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A judge on Wednesday ordered the state to take control of all the ballots in the Detroit mayoral election until a recount is complete.
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Pakistani is convicted of aiding al-Qaida
Nov 23 2005 8:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A Pakistani man who claimed he was pressured into a false confession was convicted Wednesday of trying to help an al-Qaida operative slip past U.S. immigration officials.
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Md. shoppers spark melee in rush for Xbox
Nov 23 2005 8:14PM (CT)
ELKTON, Md. (AP) - A crowd of shoppers sparked a melee in the rush for the new Xbox 360 video game console at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in northeast Maryland, and it took 10 police officers to restore order.
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Ga. apartment fire leaves dozens homeless
Nov 23 2005 8:08PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Fire spread through a pair of two-story apartment buildings Wednesday, injuring a firefighter and leaving dozens of residents without a home on a chilly Thanksgiving eve.
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Ruling is upheld in parental-rights case
Nov 23 2005 7:23PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A state appeals court Wednesday refused to return a 6-year-old Chinese girl to her biological parents, who put her in the custody of an American couple shortly after her birth.
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Judge declares child groom a delinquent
Nov 23 2005 7:17PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A judge on Wednesday declared a 15-year-old boy a delinquent for violating his probation by skipping school to marry a 37-year-old woman who is pregnant with the boy's child.
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FEMA reaches deal on Katrina houses
Nov 23 2005 7:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - FEMA settled a disagreement Wednesday with one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders to help 1,500 Hurricane Katrina families into rent-free houses for 18 months.
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Creator of Stove Top stuffing dies
Nov 23 2005 7:10PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Ruth M. Siems, a home economist who helped create Stove Top stuffing, a Thanksgiving favorite that will be on dinner tables across the country this year, has died at 74.
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Former Abramoff partner to cooperate
Nov 23 2005 7:06PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A former partner of Jack Abramoff has agreed to cooperate in the fraud case against the Washington lobbyist over his 2000 purchase of the SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet.
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Some food banks say Katrina drained aid
Nov 23 2005 6:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After Hurricane Katrina, Americans sent waves of trucks loaded with food to the many thousands of people driven from their homes by the storm. But that generosity may have had a hidden cost.
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Yes, ma'am, there is pride in politeness
Nov 23 2005 6:21PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - At a cozy corner table of Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room, Andrea and Roland Lemke sit elbow-to-elbow with complete strangers as the manager rings the bell at 11 a.m. and asks for bowed heads.
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Many blacks proud to be Southerners
Nov 23 2005 6:21PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Blacks have a complicated love affair with the South. Their ancestors were enslaved in the region for generations, then Jim Crow laws pushed them to the back of the bus. From inner-city slums to old plantation counties, being black too often still means a second-class existence.
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Whither the Southern accent?
Nov 23 2005 6:20PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - "Y'all" isn't welcome in Erica Tobolski's class in voice and diction at the University of South Carolina. And forget about "fixin'," as in getting ready to do something, or "pin" when talking about the writing instrument.
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Northerners make powerful inroads in Va.
Nov 23 2005 6:20PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - At first, state Sen. Don Balfour couldn't understand why other Georgia lawmakers were having such a fit over the governor's call to remove the Confederate fighting banner from the state flag.
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Great literature amid illiteracy
Nov 23 2005 6:19PM (CT)
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - From front-porch rocking chairs to the dog-eared pages of novels, the South boasts a rich legacy of storytelling.
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Country comedy is an evolving tradition
Nov 23 2005 6:19PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - There's a recurring plot on "The Andy Griffith Show" in which outsiders from the big city _ sometimes the state police aiming to set the locals straight, sometimes crooks stalking an easy mark _ pay a visit to tiny Mayberry.
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Kentucky's struggle stems from Civil War
Nov 23 2005 6:19PM (CT)
FAIRVIEW, Ky. (AP) - From across the country they come, Civil War buffs drawn by a towering monument that marks the birthplace of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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Will fajita become the new Moon Pie?
Nov 23 2005 6:19PM (CT)
MONROE, N.C. (AP) - When Flora Lopez moved to North Carolina in the mid-1990s, the grocery stores didn't sell the kind of cornmeal used to make tortillas. Now, a little more than a decade later, tiendas are sprinkled throughout this town of 28,000 _ and not only in Hispanic neighborhoods.
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Police arrest 'Spiderman' in Houston
Nov 23 2005 6:13PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The French building climber who calls himself "Spiderman" was thwarted in a bid to scale a Houston skyscraper and charged with trespassing and possessing drugs _ two pills to relieve anxiety.
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Punched preacher will pray for assailant
Nov 23 2005 6:13PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A preacher who was punched in the face during a church service met with his alleged assailant, saying he wanted to pray for him.
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Jury rejects claim facility caused cancer
Nov 23 2005 5:44PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A federal jury Wednesday rejected an Idaho woman's claim that Cold War emissions from the Hanford nuclear weapons complex caused her thyroid cancer.
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Appeals court reinstates permits process
Nov 23 2005 4:42PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court Wednesday reinstated a streamlined Army Corps of Engineers process for granting permits for mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia.
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Volunteers free dog trapped in W. Va. mine
Nov 23 2005 4:30PM (CT)
PREMIER, W.Va. (AP) - Five men used picks and shovels in freezing temperatures Wednesday to free a dog that had been trapped for several days in a 12-inch-wide pipe at an abandoned mine.
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Harley announces recall of 13,400 bikes
Nov 23 2005 4:12PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Harley-Davidson Inc. issued a voluntary safety recall on 2006 model Dyna series motorcycles built between June 9 and Oct. 19 due to a transmission defect.
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Army drops prisoner abuse charges
Nov 23 2005 3:40PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The Army has dropped criminal charges against a soldier accused of abusing a mentally retarded detainee in Afghanistan.
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Crash injures two kids at Maine day care
Nov 23 2005 2:48PM (CT)
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A pickup truck went out of control on a slippery road and crashed into a daycare center Wednesday morning, hitting and seriously injuring a 4-year-old girl.
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Tenn. prison guard fired in escape plot
Nov 23 2005 2:29PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Prison officials Wednesday fired a corrections officer who they say let an inmate use a cell phone to talk to his wife about three weeks before a courthouse escape that left another prison guard dead.
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Disasters heighten Habitat's profile
Nov 23 2005 2:22PM (CT)
AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - The devastating tsunami and hurricanes of the past year have led to increased visibility for Habitat for Humanity International, resulting in more donations and volunteers.
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Retirees make waves at Leisure World
Nov 23 2005 1:58PM (CT)
SEAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The weather is lovely and the golf above par. But all is not well at Leisure World, one of the nation's first and biggest retirement communities.
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Turkey fryer fire destroys Oregon house
Nov 23 2005 1:52PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A construction worker's tradition of cooking a turkey for an early Thanksgiving celebration went awry when a deep fryer caught on fire, burning the house he and his co-workers had just finished building.
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Students' dogged pursuit in reading
Nov 23 2005 1:50PM (CT)
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - Ross, as the students call him, embodies a new breed of reading teacher in public schools. He's great with kids, patient, and likes to have his ears rubbed.
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Court documents offer Pa. killing details
Nov 23 2005 1:45PM (CT)
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - After they spent the night together at his house, David Ludwig drove his 14-year-old girlfriend home at about 5:30 a.m. and then waited for the customary text-message that she had made it into her room safely.
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FBI closes probe of 1955 Emmett Till death
Nov 23 2005 1:11PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The FBI says it has completed its investigation into the 1955 killing of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a brutal slaying that helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
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Evidence in Kansas City case sold for scrap
Nov 23 2005 12:46PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A drunken driver linked to the deaths of two pedestrians when parts from his car were found near their bodies has avoided a lengthy prison term because the city sold key evidence _ his car _ for scrap.
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New runway precautions at Boston airport
Nov 23 2005 12:38PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) - Officials at Boston's airport are recommending new safety measures to reduce the risk of runway collisions following a series of recent safety lapses, including one in which two planes narrowly avoided a high-speed crash.
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Ind. Court upholds abortion waiting period
Nov 23 2005 12:15PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law that requires women seeking an abortion to get counseling about medical risks and alternatives, and to wait at least 18 hours after the session before going through with the procedure.
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Doctors approve sex criminal's release
Nov 23 2005 11:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Psychiatrists have approved the release of a sex criminal who was among 27 held in mental hospitals on Gov. George Pataki's orders after their prison sentences were completed.
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Tanker fire closes I-95 north of D.C.
Nov 23 2005 11:10AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Traffic was snarled around the nation's capital early Wednesday after a tanker truck carrying 8,700 gallons of gasoline exploded on Interstate 95 on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
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Mother charged in dance contest shooting
Nov 23 2005 11:02AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The mother of a boy who was struck during a neighborhood street dancing contest has been charged with killing the stepfather of another youth.
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Pastor's wife offers killer forgiveness
Nov 23 2005 10:41AM (CT)
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (AP) - The wife of a pastor murdered and burned alongside their daughter in the family's home offered forgiveness to their killer before he was sentenced to life in prison.
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Air travel can trip up infrequent flyers
Nov 23 2005 10:12AM (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. Tight security, new technology and airlines' financial woes are making air travel more complicated than ever this Thanksgiving, when many travelers take their one big trip of the year.
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Nude anti-fur protest held in Times Square
Nov 23 2005 8:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was one of those "only in New York" moments: Two coffins, laid out in the middle of Times Square in a cold rain, with the naked bodies of a man and a woman in them _ talking.
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Fla. teacher pleads guilty in sex case
Nov 23 2005 8:31AM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A female teacher whose sexual liaisons with a 14-year-old middle school student made tabloid headlines has avoided prison time by pleading guilty to having sex with the boy in a classroom and at her home.
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Afghan girl gets chance for healthy life
Nov 23 2005 7:16AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The frail girl arrived at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan weighing scarcely 35 pounds, sluggish and prone to alarming episodes of bluish skin if she so much as walked briskly.
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Would-Be Bush Assassin Convicted in Va.
Nov 23 2005 6:55AM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A member of the jury that convicted an American Muslim student of plotting with al-Qaida to assassinate President Bush said she was struck by the man's videotaped confession, in which he laughed and pantomimed the use of an assault rifle.
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Man charged with starting Texas blaze
Nov 23 2005 12:41AM (CT)
ABILENE, Texas (AP) - A man once hailed as a hero for rescuing four children from a burning apartment complex in 2003 was charged Tuesday with starting the blaze.
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Ala. Gov. Bob Riley urges boycott of Aruba
Nov 23 2005 12:05AM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley has sent letters to his fellow governors across the country, urging them to support his boycott of Aruba on behalf of the family of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway.
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