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Man sentenced for rotten Alaska salmon
Nov 26 2007 11:47PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Three years ago, Jeremy Oliver swept into the summer fishing community of Ekuk to take over the newly vacated cannery, assuring dozens of families that he would be a reliable buyer and processor of their wild salmon.
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Guard, suspect shot in Georgia mall
Nov 26 2007 11:45PM (CT)
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A gunman tried to rob a security guard at a shopping mall Monday, and both men were shot as a panicked lunchtime crowd ran and ducked for cover, officials and witnesses said.
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Levee repair leads to Calif. fish kill
Nov 26 2007 11:34PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - State and federal officials said Monday they were investigating the death of thousands of game fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta after a federal agency drained the water around a protected island during a levee repair.
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Minneapolis settles shot officer's suit
Nov 26 2007 11:24PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The city agreed Monday to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by an undercover police officer who was shot by a colleague and left permanently disabled.
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Atlanta hospital in grave condition
Nov 26 2007 11:10PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - For generations, Grady Memorial Hospital has treated the poorest of the poor, victims of stabbings and shootings, and motorists grievously injured in Atlanta's murderous rush-hour traffic.
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Atlanta hospital in grave condition
Nov 26 2007 11:10PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - For generations, Grady Memorial Hospital has treated the poorest of the poor, victims of stabbings and shootings, and motorists grievously injured in Atlanta's murderous rush-hour traffic.
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Documents: Mom described killing girl, 2
Nov 26 2007 11:05PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A woman believed to be the mother of a 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl's stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court documents show.
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Documents: Mom described killing girl, 2
Nov 26 2007 11:05PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A woman believed to be the mother of a 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl's stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court documents show.
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Documents: Mom described killing girl, 2
Nov 26 2007 11:05PM (CT)
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A woman believed to be the mother of a 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl's stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court documents show.
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Wife asks court to declare Fossett dead
Nov 26 2007 11:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The wife of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared while flying his plane in September in rugged Western terrain, asked a court Monday to declare him legally dead.
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Model who killed 3 gets 8-year sentence
Nov 26 2007 10:59PM (CT)
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) - A former model was sentenced Monday to 8 years in prison for causing a high-speed crash that killed three people during an apparent suicide attempt.
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Killer escapes from Pa. prison in trash
Nov 26 2007 10:57PM (CT)
ALBION, Pa. (AP) - A convicted murderer sentenced to life behind bars was on the loose Monday after escaping from a medium-security prison in northwestern Pennsylvania by hiding in a garbage can.
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Ky. ex-priest pleads guilty to sex abuse
Nov 26 2007 10:20PM (CT)
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A former Roman Catholic priest whose conviction on sexual abuse charges was overturned by the Kentucky Supreme Court has pleaded guilty in exchange for his release from prison, a prosecutor said.
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Texan kills thieves: Hero or homicidal?
Nov 26 2007 9:47PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The cha-chick of a shell entering a shotgun's chamber rattled through the 911 line just before Joe Horn stepped out his front door.
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Board: Deny U.S. residency to African
Nov 26 2007 9:47PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An African immigrant should be denied permanent U.S. residency because evidence shows he knew about the executions of 29 counterrevolutionaries in 1992 and continued to serve in the Sierra Leone government, an immigration appeals board ruled.
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Weather, planning helped at Malibu fire
Nov 26 2007 9:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After being overwhelmed a month ago, state officials positioned hundreds of firefighters, trucks and planes at strategic staging areas in a bigger-than-usual mobilization that probably saved homes and lives when a wildfire broke out in Malibu over Thanksgiving weekend.
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Weather, planning helped at Malibu fire
Nov 26 2007 9:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After being overwhelmed a month ago, state officials positioned hundreds of firefighters, trucks and planes at strategic staging areas in a bigger-than-usual mobilization that probably saved homes and lives when a wildfire broke out in Malibu over Thanksgiving weekend.
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Weather, planning helped at Malibu fire
Nov 26 2007 9:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After being overwhelmed a month ago, state officials positioned hundreds of firefighters, trucks and planes at strategic staging areas in a bigger-than-usual mobilization that probably saved homes and lives when a wildfire broke out in Malibu over Thanksgiving weekend.
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Lawyer: Brooke Astor's son indicted
Nov 26 2007 8:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The son of philanthropist Brooke Astor and his former lawyer have been indicted on charges apparently stemming from their handling of the late socialite's $198 million estate, an attorney for the lawyer said Monday.
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DA: Candidate staged crash for campaign
Nov 26 2007 8:43PM (CT)
DOVER, N.H. (AP) - A former congressional candidate faked a story about getting lost in the woods after a car crash in an attempt to boost his lagging campaign, a prosecutor alleges in a court document.
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Teen reaches deal in Fla. gang rape case
Nov 26 2007 8:33PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A teenager charged in the horrifying gang rape and beating of a woman and her son agreed to a plea deal Monday that will send him to prison for 20 years.
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Wis. cop must leave U.S. over stolen ID
Nov 26 2007 7:41PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A former police officer who stole his dead cousin's identity to get on the force will not go to prison but must leave the country, a judge decided Monday.
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Wis. cop must leave U.S. over stolen ID
Nov 26 2007 7:41PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A former police officer who stole his dead cousin's identity to get on the force will not go to prison but must leave the country, a judge decided Monday.
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3 die in bus accident on Ark. interstate
Nov 26 2007 7:01PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The investigation of a deadly passenger bus crash along a rain-soaked highway in eastern Arkansas was hindered by a language barrier between state police and the victims, who were primarily Hispanic, authorities said Monday.
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Penn prof pleads guilty to killing wife
Nov 26 2007 6:31PM (CT)
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An Ivy League professor pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter for beating his wife to death with a chin-up bar as she wrapped Christmas presents last year, telling a judge he "just lost it" during an argument.
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Mayo kin among 4 dead in plane crash
Nov 26 2007 5:58PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A small plane flown by a descendant of one of the brothers who built the renowned Mayo Clinic crashed at a southern Minnesota airport, killing all four people aboard.
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Pa. pair seek help to fight deportation
Nov 26 2007 5:37PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A doctor and his wife who face deportation because of a long-ago mistake on their immigration paperwork reported to federal authorities Monday but were allowed to return home while lawyers seek political support for them to remain in the U.S.
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Pa. pair seek help to fight deportation
Nov 26 2007 5:37PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A doctor and his wife who face deportation because of a long-ago mistake on their immigration paperwork reported to federal authorities Monday but were allowed to return home while lawyers seek political support for them to remain in the U.S.
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Pa. pair seek help to fight deportation
Nov 26 2007 5:37PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A doctor and his wife who face deportation because of a long-ago mistake on their immigration paperwork reported to federal authorities Monday but were allowed to return home while lawyers seek political support for them to remain in the U.S.
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Rain slows holiday air travel in East
Nov 26 2007 5:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The long Thanksgiving weekend got a bit longer Monday for some people trying to leave the nation's largest city, where rain and poor visibility delayed some flights for hours.
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Polygamist's attorney wants venue change
Nov 26 2007 4:52PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A lawyer for polygamous-sect leader Warren Jeffs, convicted in Utah for arranging a marriage between an underage woman and her cousin, said Monday that he will ask for a change of venue for his client's related trial in Arizona.
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Indiana lawmaker won't seek re-election
Nov 26 2007 4:21PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Democratic Rep. Julia Carson, who announced over the weekend that she has terminal lung cancer, said Monday that she will not seek re-election to a seventh term next year.
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S.C. man cut off own arm to escape fire
Nov 26 2007 3:32PM (CT)
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) - A man whose hand got caught in a corn harvester cut off his own arm with a pocket knife after the machine started a brush fire.
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First summit demonstration peaceful
Nov 26 2007 2:21PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Authorities barred visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy on Monday in preparation for this week's Mideast peace conference and prepared to block off streets and waterways before representatives from Israel, Arab states and international envoys gather for a daylong meeting on Tuesday.
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First summit demonstration peaceful
Nov 26 2007 2:21PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Authorities barred visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy on Monday in preparation for this week's Mideast peace conference and prepared to block off streets and waterways before representatives from Israel, Arab states and international envoys gather for a daylong meeting on Tuesday.
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First summit demonstration peaceful
Nov 26 2007 2:21PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Authorities barred visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy on Monday in preparation for this week's Mideast peace conference and prepared to block off streets and waterways before representatives from Israel, Arab states and international envoys gather for a daylong meeting on Tuesday.
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Fire in building for elderly, all safe
Nov 26 2007 12:44PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Fire broke out Monday in the fifth-floor of an eight-story building housing elderly residents, forcing the evacuation of 12 people.
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Plot suspects want access to evidence
Nov 26 2007 12:41PM (CT)
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - Three of the five men charged with plotting an attack on the Army's Fort Dix have asked a judge to move them out of a high-security prison unit, saying they were being illegally denied the right to see all of the evidence against them.
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Bones of baby found in Detroit home
Nov 26 2007 12:01PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Police investigating the apparent abuse of a 1-year-old boy say they found the skeletal remains of his baby brother concealed in the ceiling of a home.
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Cops: Dragging victim threatened campers
Nov 26 2007 10:40AM (CT)
NEWPORT, Wash. (AP) - A university student tied to a pickup and dragged to his death on a rural road had been threatening people with an ax during a night of heavy drinking at a hunting campsite, witnesses told police.
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NY library gets Schlesinger documents
Nov 26 2007 10:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Public Library has acquired the papers of acclaimed historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a trove of documents including journal pages, sound recordings and correspondence, the library announced Monday.
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Abbas aide reports progress toward pact
Nov 26 2007 9:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An elusive joint Israeli-Palestinian statement on the contours of future peace talks is within reach, a senior member of the Palestinian delegation said Monday, hours before a high-stakes international conference on the Mideast was to open.
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Abbas aide reports progress toward pact
Nov 26 2007 9:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An elusive joint Israeli-Palestinian statement on the contours of future peace talks is within reach, a senior member of the Palestinian delegation said Monday, hours before a high-stakes international conference on the Mideast was to open.
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History going to school in Annapolis
Nov 26 2007 4:13AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Annapolis is a college town in love with history. Now history is coming to Annapolis in the form of a Middle East peace conference, offering students a close encounter with world events.
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Dioxin spot in Mich. could be worst ever
Nov 26 2007 4:05AM (CT)
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A find of dioxin at the bottom of the Saginaw River could be the highest level of such contamination ever discovered in the nation's rivers and lakes, according to a federal scientist involved in cleanup efforts downstream from a Dow Chemical Co. plant.
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K.C.-area group tries to help Sudanese
Nov 26 2007 3:53AM (CT)
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) - When Rebecca Mabior left Sudan, she was filled with bitterness toward the Arab Muslims who mistreated her throughout her childhood because she was a black Christian.
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K.C.-area group tries to help Sudanese
Nov 26 2007 3:53AM (CT)
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) - When Rebecca Mabior left Sudan, she was filled with bitterness toward the Arab Muslims who mistreated her throughout her childhood because she was a black Christian.
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K.C.-area group tries to help Sudanese
Nov 26 2007 3:53AM (CT)
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) - When Rebecca Mabior left Sudan, she was filled with bitterness toward the Arab Muslims who mistreated her throughout her childhood because she was a black Christian.
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Plan revived for FDR memorial in NYC
Nov 26 2007 2:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington, a Virginian, has his statue on Wall Street, Ohio-born Ulysses S. Grant has his tomb overlooking the Hudson. But for reasons nobody can easily explain, New York native son Franklin Delano Roosevelt has no official memorial in this city.
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Plan revived for FDR memorial in NYC
Nov 26 2007 2:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington, a Virginian, has his statue on Wall Street, Ohio-born Ulysses S. Grant has his tomb overlooking the Hudson. But for reasons nobody can easily explain, New York native son Franklin Delano Roosevelt has no official memorial in this city.
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Plan revived for FDR memorial in NYC
Nov 26 2007 2:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - George Washington, a Virginian, has his statue on Wall Street, Ohio-born Ulysses S. Grant has his tomb overlooking the Hudson. But for reasons nobody can easily explain, New York native son Franklin Delano Roosevelt has no official memorial in this city.
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