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Missing student may have been porn star
Nov 28 2007 11:21PM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play apparently led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane.
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Roberts says God forced his resignation
Nov 28 2007 11:20PM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted.
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Lawyer: Discipline led to girl's death
Nov 28 2007 11:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - The stepfather of a 2-year-old girl lost control and beat her to death because she wouldn't say "please" and "yes sir," an attorney for the girl's mother said Wednesday.
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Contempt citation against bishop dropped
Nov 28 2007 11:01PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Lawyers said Wednesday that a contempt-of-court citation against the Roman Catholic bishop of Orange County was dropped as part of the completion of a nearly $7 million sexual abuse settlement.
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Doctor sentenced in NY terrorism case
Nov 28 2007 10:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A doctor convicted of conspiring to treat injured al-Qaida fighters was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, with the judge reasoning that a sentence to deter others was needed because terrorists cannot carry out their deadly aims without help.
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Hearing focuses on ex-sailor's calls
Nov 28 2007 10:48PM (CT)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A former sailor accused of disclosing information about Navy ships to a terrorism supporter made coded reference to Osama bin Laden in a recorded phone call with friends, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Rock Center's eco-friendly tree is lit
Nov 28 2007 10:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This year, all the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights are green. The holiday display, lit at a Wednesday night ceremony, still includes a rainbow of colors. But this year the 84-foot-tall Norway spruce is sporting energy-saving bulbs, and an array of solar panels atop 45 Rockefeller Plaza will help power them.
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Oil pipeline fire kills 2 in Minn.
Nov 28 2007 10:17PM (CT)
CLEARBROOK, Minn. (AP) - A fire erupted at a pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada to the Midwest on Wednesday, killing two workers who were repairing it, authorities said.
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Conn. cops seek dead doc's porn victims
Nov 28 2007 9:51PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A doctor who once faced child abuse allegations kept a staggeringly large collection of child pornography, found nearly a decade after his death, and investigators fear there could be hundreds of victims, authorities said Wednesday.
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Relative adds fuel to Ill. officer probe
Nov 28 2007 9:18PM (CT)
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A relative of former police officer Drew Peterson reportedly helped him move a large, heavy container out of his suburban home the day his wife vanished, an allegation that sparked a furious denial from Peterson's attorney.
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Relative adds fuel to Ill. officer probe
Nov 28 2007 9:18PM (CT)
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A relative of former police officer Drew Peterson reportedly helped him move a large, heavy container out of his suburban home the day his wife vanished, an allegation that sparked a furious denial from Peterson's attorney.
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O.J. Simpson firmly pleads not guilty
Nov 28 2007 9:03PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson stood before a judge Wednesday and firmly spoke a phrase he has uttered in other courtrooms in the past: "Not guilty."
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O.J. Simpson firmly pleads not guilty
Nov 28 2007 9:03PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson stood before a judge Wednesday and firmly spoke a phrase he has uttered in other courtrooms in the past: "Not guilty."
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O.J. Simpson firmly pleads not guilty
Nov 28 2007 9:03PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson stood before a judge Wednesday and firmly spoke a phrase he has uttered in other courtrooms in the past: "Not guilty."
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O.J. Simpson firmly pleads not guilty
Nov 28 2007 9:03PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson stood before a judge Wednesday and firmly spoke a phrase he has uttered in other courtrooms in the past: "Not guilty."
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Moderate quake shakes Anchorage
Nov 28 2007 8:34PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A moderate earthquake shook the state's largest city for several seconds Wednesday, but no injuries or damage were reported, authorities said.
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Deep Throat a fixture in Nixon files
Nov 28 2007 8:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Deep in Richard Nixon's White House files sit letters from a long-forgotten lobbying campaign to make Mark Felt head of the FBI. Instead, Felt became Deep Throat.
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Teen charged in grad student's death
Nov 28 2007 8:12PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A teenager was charged Wednesday in a series of violent crimes around the University of Chicago campus, including the fatal shooting of a student who was just weeks away from receiving his doctoral degree.
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Teen charged in grad student's death
Nov 28 2007 8:12PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A teenager was charged Wednesday in a series of violent crimes around the University of Chicago campus, including the fatal shooting of a student who was just weeks away from receiving his doctoral degree.
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Teacher back in Nebraska to face charges
Nov 28 2007 7:25PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A former Nebraska schoolteacher who fled to Mexico with a 13-year-old male student was returned Wednesday to her home state to face federal charges.
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2 Fla. deputies killed in car chase
Nov 28 2007 7:19PM (CT)
PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) - Two Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies who had tried to stop a stolen vehicle on a rural road in the Everglades were killed when they were struck by a fellow deputy's patrol car early Wednesday. The driver of the patrol car was injured, authorities said.
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2 Fla. deputies killed in car chase
Nov 28 2007 7:19PM (CT)
PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) - Two Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies who had tried to stop a stolen vehicle on a rural road in the Everglades were killed when they were struck by a fellow deputy's patrol car early Wednesday. The driver of the patrol car was injured, authorities said.
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2 Fla. deputies killed in car chase
Nov 28 2007 7:19PM (CT)
PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) - Two Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies who had tried to stop a stolen vehicle on a rural road in the Everglades were killed when they were struck by a fellow deputy's patrol car early Wednesday. The driver of the patrol car was injured, authorities said.
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Indictments in Canada border crossings
Nov 28 2007 7:06PM (CT)
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A human smuggling operation based in Toronto and another in Montreal moved hundreds of immigrants into the U.S., with some paying $10,000 apiece, American prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing indictments against the groups.
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Mideast envoy has no-nonsense approach
Nov 28 2007 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The retired Marine general who will advise Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on security aspects of the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has a reputation for outspoken independence.
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Mideast envoy has no-nonsense approach
Nov 28 2007 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The retired Marine general who will advise Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on security aspects of the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has a reputation for outspoken independence.
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Mideast envoy has no-nonsense approach
Nov 28 2007 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The retired Marine general who will advise Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on security aspects of the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has a reputation for outspoken independence.
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Mideast envoy has no-nonsense approach
Nov 28 2007 7:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The retired Marine general who will advise Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on security aspects of the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has a reputation for outspoken independence.
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Deal in custody battle over Cuban girl
Nov 28 2007 6:57PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A settlement was reached Wednesday in the court battle between a Cuban farmer and a wealthy Florida couple over the man's 5-year-old daughter, and a person familiar with the deal said it gives the farmer sole custody.
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9-11 doc admits illegal prescriptions
Nov 28 2007 6:49PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A dentist in charge of identifying victims killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by their teeth has admitted to writing illegal drug prescriptions for his girlfriend.
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Migrant thought of own kids in rescue
Nov 28 2007 6:45PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - An illegal immigrant who gave up his long walk into the U.S. to help a boy whose mother was killed in a van crash in the desert said Wednesday that he never thought of leaving the child.
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Migrant thought of own kids in rescue
Nov 28 2007 6:45PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - An illegal immigrant who gave up his long walk into the U.S. to help a boy whose mother was killed in a van crash in the desert said Wednesday that he never thought of leaving the child.
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Boat capsizes off New Jersey; 1 dies
Nov 28 2007 6:25PM (CT)
DOWNE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A boat capsized just off the south Jersey coast on Wednesday, and one of three men plucked from the frigid waters died.
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Police: Couples held Ky. woman prisoner
Nov 28 2007 6:07PM (CT)
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) - A woman was imprisoned for more than four months by two Appalachian couples who kept her in a utility closet and beat her with belts and extension cords, police said Wednesday.
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Air Force planes collide, but crews safe
Nov 28 2007 6:03PM (CT)
SHUQUALAK, Miss. (AP) - Two Air Force training planes collided Wednesday during flights over eastern Mississippi and crashed, but all four crew members ejected safely, an Air Force spokesman said.
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US 4th-graders losing ground on literacy
Nov 28 2007 5:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. fourth-graders have lost ground in reading ability compared with kids around the world, according to results of a global reading test.
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Maryland tallying summit costs
Nov 28 2007 5:31PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Who says peace doesn't come with a price? Maryland state officials have started adding up the costs to state and local officials for helping to host the Mideast peace conference at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Jail for woman who helped hide runaway
Nov 28 2007 5:18PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A beautician who helped a man hide a 14-year-old runaway more than a decade ago, in part by cutting and dyeing the girl's hair, was sentenced Wednesday to six to 23 months in jail.
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12 states sue EPA for data on toxins
Nov 28 2007 5:07PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Twelve states sued the Bush administration Wednesday to force greater disclosure of data on toxic chemicals that companies store, use and release into the environment.
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Wis. man gets 69 years for killing Hmong
Nov 28 2007 5:01PM (CT)
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) - A white hunter convicted of killing a Hmong man while both stalked squirrels was sentenced to the maximum 69 years in prison Wednesday by a judge who rejected his claims of self-defense.
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Ted Turner's land purchases questioned
Nov 28 2007 4:58PM (CT)
MULLEN, Neb. (AP) - Ted Turner's men didn't flinch. As the price climbed past $8 million, $9 million, $9.5 million, they continued bidding at a rapid-fire pace.
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Ill. terror suspect pleads guilty
Nov 28 2007 2:31PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A convert to Islam pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging he plotted to use hand grenades to attack holiday shoppers at a mall in Rockford.
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Pilot safe in Marine jet crash
Nov 28 2007 11:55AM (CT)
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) - A Marine Corps attack jet crashed in a remote desert training area during a training flight but the pilot ejected safely, officials said Wednesday.
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Jennings drops suit over '06 election
Nov 28 2007 11:45AM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Democratic candidate has dropped a lawsuit over her 369-vote loss in a 2006 congressional race because a federal investigation will meet the same goals as the court case, her lawyers said.
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Brooke Astor's son faces robbery charges
Nov 28 2007 9:45AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a strange sight in the rarified world of Manhattan high society: The 83-year-old son of Brooke Astor, the grand dame of New York philanthropy, standing in a courtroom accused of plundering her fortune.
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Brooke Astor's son faces robbery charges
Nov 28 2007 9:45AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a strange sight in the rarified world of Manhattan high society: The 83-year-old son of Brooke Astor, the grand dame of New York philanthropy, standing in a courtroom accused of plundering her fortune.
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Brooke Astor's son faces robbery charges
Nov 28 2007 9:45AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a strange sight in the rarified world of Manhattan high society: The 83-year-old son of Brooke Astor, the grand dame of New York philanthropy, standing in a courtroom accused of plundering her fortune.
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Kan. teen missing; motel room searched
Nov 28 2007 9:41AM (CT)
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say they suspect foul play in the disappearance of an 18-year-old community college student, and are searching for the man she left a bar with the last time she was seen.
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Attys bid to reverse cadet's conviction
Nov 28 2007 9:31AM (CT)
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - Lawyers for a former cadet who was the first student court-martialed in the 130-year history of the Coast Guard Academy's are seeking to reverse his convictions for sexual misconduct.
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Gotti says Feds put him in danger
Nov 28 2007 8:46AM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - John "Junior" Gotti lashed out at the government, saying a report that he has cooperated with investigators put him and his family at risk _ including the danger that he might "get one in my head."
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Alaska's `Papa Pilgrim' gets 14 years
Nov 28 2007 7:10AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A man who called himself "Papa Pilgrim" and took his family far from civilization to raise them according to his interpretation of the Bible was sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a daughter.
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Crossing deserts risky in winter, too
Nov 28 2007 7:07AM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona's southern deserts are notorious for causing the deaths of illegal immigrants who try crossing miles of remote land in sizzling summer heat.
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Not guilty plea in ex-punk manager death
Nov 28 2007 7:03AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The personal assistant of a wealthy real estate agent and punk rock pioneer pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday, while court documents detailed her handwritten confession to her boss' beating death.
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Man indicted in shooting of Fla. deputy
Nov 28 2007 7:00AM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man suspected of fatally shooting a 76-year-old sheriff's deputy who was taking him to a court appearance was indicted Tuesday on charges that could bring the death penalty.
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Texas oilman gets 1-year prison term
Nov 28 2007 6:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors called him a conniving businessman whose conduct contributed to the fog of corruption that enveloped the U.N. oil-for-food program. But a federal judge saw Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. as an extraordinary man driven to break the program's rules because of his strong dislike for U.S. policy in Iraq.
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Texas oilman gets 1-year prison term
Nov 28 2007 6:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors called him a conniving businessman whose conduct contributed to the fog of corruption that enveloped the U.N. oil-for-food program. But a federal judge saw Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. as an extraordinary man driven to break the program's rules because of his strong dislike for U.S. policy in Iraq.
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Texas oilman gets 1-year prison term
Nov 28 2007 6:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors called him a conniving businessman whose conduct contributed to the fog of corruption that enveloped the U.N. oil-for-food program. But a federal judge saw Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt Jr. as an extraordinary man driven to break the program's rules because of his strong dislike for U.S. policy in Iraq.
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Opportunities seen for rural America
Nov 28 2007 3:47AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A top U.S. Agriculture Department official predicts a bright future for rural America if it can take advantage of three things: broadband Internet, $100-a-barrel oil and expanding capitalism in Europe and Asia.
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Tests: No passengers got TB from lawyer
Nov 28 2007 3:44AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Tests of hundreds of airline passengers show that no one caught tuberculosis while flying earlier this year with an infected man who caused an international health scare when he flew to Europe for his wedding.
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Annapolis weathers Mideast summit
Nov 28 2007 3:11AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Traffic gridlock didn't occur and the demonstrations were small. The high-security Middle East peace conference was, well, peaceful.
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Annapolis weathers Mideast summit
Nov 28 2007 3:11AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Traffic gridlock didn't occur and the demonstrations were small. The high-security Middle East peace conference was, well, peaceful.
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Annapolis weathers Mideast summit
Nov 28 2007 3:11AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Traffic gridlock didn't occur and the demonstrations were small. The high-security Middle East peace conference was, well, peaceful.
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Annapolis weathers Mideast summit
Nov 28 2007 3:11AM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Traffic gridlock didn't occur and the demonstrations were small. The high-security Middle East peace conference was, well, peaceful.
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Plane crash in Okla. kills at least 2
Nov 28 2007 2:21AM (CT)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A plane crashed near a small south Tulsa airport on Tuesday night, killing at least two of the three people on board, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.
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Rapper 'Birdman' faces marijuana charge
Nov 28 2007 1:06AM (CT)
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) - Rapper Bryan "Birdman" Williams was among 16 people charged with possession of marijuana Tuesday after the RV they were riding in was pulled over by police for making an improper lane change.
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Sea Launch thwarted by ocean conditions
Nov 28 2007 12:20AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Unusually strong Pacific currents and winds stymied an attempt to launch a rocket carrying a commercial satellite and forced the oceangoing platform and control ship to sail back from the equator to their home port Tuesday.
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Police: Woman dumped mom's body by road
Nov 28 2007 12:03AM (CT)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - A woman wrapped her dead mother's body in garbage bags and dumped it at the side of a road in order to cash her mother's retirement checks, Marion County authorities said Tuesday.
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