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Ohio father kills son on Thanksgiving
Nov 25 2005 11:58PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A man shot and killed his 26-year-old son after the two got into an argument while preparing Thanksgiving dinner, police said.
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Schwarzenegger mulls clemency for Williams
Nov 25 2005 11:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he would consider granting clemency to convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, the Crips gang founder who became an anti-gang activist while in prison and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Eight inmates escape from Wash. jail
Nov 25 2005 11:51PM (CT)
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Eight inmates escaped from a county jail Friday by breaking an upper floor window and climbing down a rope made of bed sheets, authorities said.
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Fire erupts in Annapolis shopping district
Nov 25 2005 11:42PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A fire erupted in a downtown candy store and quickly spread through three buildings in a shopping district full of holiday revelers Friday evening.
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Wis. father, daughter die in icy pond
Nov 25 2005 11:18PM (CT)
CEDAR GROVE, Wis. (AP) - An ice-skating trip at a small pond ended tragically Friday when a young girl fell through the ice and her father plunged in trying to save her.
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Massachusetts eyes defiance of 'Blue Laws'
Nov 25 2005 10:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' attorney general is launching an investigation into several supermarkets that opened on Thanksgiving in defiance of the state's Puritan-era Blue Laws.
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Bus boycott anniversary will change focus
Nov 25 2005 10:19PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - With the death of Rosa Parks, the 50th anniversary of her arrest and the historic bus boycott it sparked will focus on the protest's lesser-known foot soldiers.
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Holocaust survivor, Polish woman reunite
Nov 25 2005 10:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - More than six decades ago, Joanna Zalucka hid a young Jewish girl in her bedroom for eight months, keeping the child from the Nazis in their native Poland during the Holocaust.
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Thousands at New Orleans zoo for reopening
Nov 25 2005 10:15PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of people, some in tears, streamed into the Audubon Zoo on Friday, the first day it was open since Hurricane Katrina.
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Protesters unveil monument honoring Sheehan
Nov 25 2005 10:10PM (CT)
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - Anti-war demonstrators, back in Crawford to protest during President Bush's holiday vacation, unveiled a stone monument Friday with the words "Sheehan's Stand" in honor of the woman who inspired their efforts.
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Life in Pa. monastery has peaceful rhythm
Nov 25 2005 8:43PM (CT)
ELYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The day begins before dawn for the nuns, who reserve the first hour for quiet prayer before the morning takes hold and the warmth of the rising sun stirs the birds to sing.
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Former Black Panther ordered back to U.S.
Nov 25 2005 8:26PM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - A suspected former Black Panther member accused of shooting a Chicago police officer more than 35 years ago was ordered extradited to the United States Friday.
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Volunteers seek missing Colorado girl
Nov 25 2005 8:24PM (CT)
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Dozens of volunteers knocked on doors and passed out fliers Friday in hopes of turning up clues to the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who investigators believe is dead.
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Two arrested in Texas marijuana bust
Nov 25 2005 8:20PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Two men accused of piloting a boat filled with 900 pounds of marijuana to a remote beach and burying the drugs in a sand dune were behind bars Friday.
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Black bear bites Pa. hunter who shot it
Nov 25 2005 7:36PM (CT)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A black bear bit and clawed a hunter who had just shot it four times in what game authorities said appeared to be a first for the state.
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Governors visit troops in Middle East
Nov 25 2005 6:26PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and three other governors personally thanked their troops serving in the Middle East on Thursday, and they brought Thanksgiving dinner with them.
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Man seeks to bar gay partner's testimony
Nov 25 2005 6:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A gay man charged with helping his lover loot a wealthy school district has asked a judge to rule that state law protecting spouses from having to testify against each other also applies to same-sex partners.
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Ohio cleric to be deported for terror ties
Nov 25 2005 5:56PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Federal authorities arrested an Islamic religious leader Friday as they began the process of deporting him for his ties to terrorist groups.
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Tropical Storm Delta weakens in Atlantic
Nov 25 2005 5:15PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Delta weakened and became less organized in the central Atlantic on Friday, posing no threat to land and almost no chance of developing into a hurricane, forecasters said.
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Public TV outlet battling Christian network
Nov 25 2005 5:07PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - For more than 30 years, public television station KOCE has dedicated coverage to Orange County in a media market otherwise dominated by the news and glitz of nearby Los Angeles.
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Vt. teacher accused of anti-Bush quiz
Nov 25 2005 4:59PM (CT)
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A high school teacher is facing questions from administrators after giving a vocabulary quiz that included digs at President Bush and the extreme right.
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Macy's to host family of injured sisters
Nov 25 2005 4:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Albany sisters struck by a falling street lamp knocked loose by a wayward balloon accepted an offer Friday to attend the 2006 Thanksgiving parade and sit in the VIP section.
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Accused NYC firefighter won't get job back
Nov 25 2005 4:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City firefighter, dismissed after he and two others were accused of having sex with a woman in a Bronx firehouse nicknamed the "Animal House," is not entitled to get his job back, a Manhattan judge has ruled.
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Teens help nab man stealing from church
Nov 25 2005 3:07PM (CT)
MALVERNE, N.Y. (AP) - Two 14-year-olds filming a student documentary helped catch a man stealing money from a church's donation boxes, police said.
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Baltimore losing light poles to thieves
Nov 25 2005 2:38PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - City streets are getting darker because thieves, some disguised as utility crews, are stealing 30-foot light poles, authorities said.
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Judge awards $60M tort claim to Fla. couple
Nov 25 2005 2:24PM (CT)
HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge has awarded $60.9 million to a couple whose son suffered severe brain damage when he was born in a Navy hospital two years ago.
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Bishops preach against stem-cell reasearch
Nov 25 2005 1:51PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri Roman Catholics who attend Mass Sunday can expect to hear a homily against embryonic stem cell research and a statewide petition drive for a voter initiative that would protect such work.
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Photos trace 4 sisters over 31 years
Nov 25 2005 1:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Taken individually, the 31 photos of the four Brown sisters don't tell much of a story. But collectively, they are a thought-provoking photographic essay on family, aging and how human relationships develop over time.
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Oklahoma City shows off transformation
Nov 25 2005 1:12PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - After years of quietly working to reinvent its downtown and shed its image as bombing victim, Oklahoma City has started screaming for attention.
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Mexico OKs extradition in Colo. shooting
Nov 25 2005 11:48AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A man accused of killing a Denver police officer can be extradited to the United States, the Consulate General of Mexico said.
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Gunmaker arms the military and the stars
Nov 25 2005 11:21AM (CT)
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - When U.S. soldiers need to penetrate a tank's armor from a mile away, they count on a weapon that evolved from the garage tinkering of a former wedding photographer.
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Ex-FEMA head starts disaster planning firm
Nov 25 2005 9:31AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job.
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Definition of South, Southern is changing
Nov 25 2005 9:11AM (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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Many blacks take pride in Southern roots
Nov 25 2005 9:10AM (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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Hunting course aims to preserve tradition
Nov 25 2005 5:38AM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Animal-rights activist Heidi Prescott stands before a room full of hunters, baiting them with questions that convey the Humane Society's position on their favorite pastime.
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Traffic trapped cars on Ill. train tracks
Nov 25 2005 5:27AM (CT)
ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. (AP) - A group of cars hit by a commuter train at a suburban Chicago crossing had 54 seconds from the time the gates were activated until the train came barreling through but they couldn't escape, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
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French ties to La. strengthen after storms
Nov 25 2005 3:43AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - France has offered to fly over some of the city's musicians and provide them with rent-free residences and monthly stipends for up to three months, in hopes of compensating for concerts canceled after Hurricane Katrina.
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Philippines officers' club moves to Fla.
Nov 25 2005 3:35AM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The garish, red paisley carpeting is here, as are the red-leather bar stools and the shuffle board table. The names of the past are here, too, engraved in wood by the Filipino artists who, over the years, recorded the exploits and humor of some of the U.S. Navy's most celebrated pilots.
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Thanksgiving 2005 tempered by war, storms
Nov 25 2005 3:26AM (CT)
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - Ricky Bridges stared in disbelief at his brother's dining room on Thanksgiving Day. He wasn't just awed by the homemade desserts placed on a card table that was fast running out of space for food.
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Katrina survivors more thankful than ever
Nov 25 2005 1:37AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With her apron on, Nelle Hill looked the part of the Thanksgiving Day cook, but with no power, no refrigerator and few ingredients, all she could come up with were grilled cheese sandwiches with bacon.
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