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FBI plants sham candidate in W.Va. race
Dec 2 2005 11:36PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Thomas Esposito's campaign for the Legislature seemed to be following the usual pattern. The longtime Democratic mayor issued press releases, raised money and bought newspaper ads. Signs bearing his name popped up in yards around rural Logan County.
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Court strikes down Ill. video game law
Dec 2 2005 11:32PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that Illinois' restrictions on the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors are unconstitutional and barred the state from enforcing the law.
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Mall resurrects display of hurricane town
Dec 2 2005 11:31PM (CT)
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The outcry was so intense after a suburban New Orleans mall removed a Christmas display of a miniature hurricane-ravaged town that the exhibit is going back up this weekend.
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Hampton University punishes protesters
Dec 2 2005 11:31PM (CT)
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Several students who handed out fliers at a private university criticizing the Iraq war and the federal response to Hurricane Katrina were ordered to perform community service after appearing Friday before a campus disciplinary panel.
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9/11 panel gives gov't poor marks on reform
Dec 2 2005 11:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than four years after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. intelligence agencies still are failing to share information while Congress battles over security funding, a panel that investigated the terrorist hijackings will conclude in a new report.
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Court: Chicago can't take over cemetary
Dec 2 2005 10:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal appeals court Friday temporarily blocked the city of Chicago from taking over a suburban cemetery in the path of the planned $15 billion expansion of O'Hare International Airport.
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Police: Bodies found may be missing kids
Dec 2 2005 10:30PM (CT)
HUDSON, Ohio (AP) - Two bodies discovered in Ohio may be those of two New Hampshire children whose father confessed to killing them and burying them somewhere along a 700-mile stretch of the Midwest 2 1/2 years ago, authorities said Friday.
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Couple uses wedding to protest terrorism
Dec 2 2005 10:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Rob Cass loves Jackie Forster. He also loves New York, its crowds and its buzz, and deplores what happened here on Sept. 11, 2001.
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UW-Whitewater demotes dean for misspending
Dec 2 2005 10:15PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater removed a dean from his administrative post Friday, saying he had misused university funds.
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U.S. stands alone in U.N. budget demand
Dec 2 2005 10:03PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States stood alone Friday in calling for an interim U.N. budget, at odds with Europe and the entire developing world, and Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched urgent talks to try to bridge the divide.
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Mich. court issues new jury selection rule
Dec 2 2005 9:36PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Judges in Michigan cannot use a person's race, gender, religion or nationality to select jurors under a new rule approved by the Michigan Supreme Court.
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S.C. man apologizes before he's executed
Dec 2 2005 9:26PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man was put to death Friday for the 1994 murder of a store clerk, becoming the 1,001st person executed in the United States since capital punishment resumed 28 years ago.
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Fla. man gets prison in obscenity case
Dec 2 2005 9:17PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge sentenced a Florida man on Friday to five years in prison for conspiring to distribute obscene videotapes.
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Ill. murder suspect wanted his name in news
Dec 2 2005 9:16PM (CT)
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A man accused of murdering a college student said the night of her slaying that he felt like killing someone to get his name in the news, a prosecutor said Friday.
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La. gov agrees to postpone Feb. elections
Dec 2 2005 9:12PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco agreed Friday to postpone New Orleans' Feb. 4 elections for mayor and City Council for up to eight months because of the damage and dislocation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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Ex-Ind. police officer gets life in prison
Dec 2 2005 9:05PM (CT)
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a former Gary police officer to life in prison for assisting in a violent campaign against rival drug dealers as part of a cocaine trafficking operation.
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Epsilon becomes record 14th hurricane
Dec 2 2005 8:33PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Epsilon strengthened into a record 14th hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday _ two days after the 2005 season officially ended. Forecasters said it posed no threat to land.
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University of Richmond won't oust president
Dec 2 2005 7:46PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The University of Richmond's board of trustees on Friday agreed not to fire the university's president after he sparked an uproar by insulting alumni and students as "mush," the university said in a statement Friday.
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Immigrant pedestrians facing dangers
Dec 2 2005 7:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Eriberta Mota crossed the unlit, four-lane highway with her two little boys so she could call home to Mexico from a nearby business. As the family crossed back with Mota cradling her 18-month-old and grasping her 3-year-old's arm, a car slammed into them, killing the older boy and fracturing the skull of the younger.
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Bomb threats empty Conn. courthouses
Dec 2 2005 7:17PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Bomb threats prompted police to evacuate the state's 45 courthouses Friday, abruptly interrupting trials while sending judges, lawyers and people with routine court business into the streets.
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La. gov sends Katrina docs to Congress
Dec 2 2005 6:30PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco on Friday sent thousands of Hurricane Katrina-related documents to congressional committees investigating government failures following the storm that killed over 1,000 people in Louisiana.
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Company blocks ads critical of Ohio Rep.
Dec 2 2005 5:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An advertising company that gives most of its political donations to Republicans blocked the Democratic National Committee from putting up billboards criticizing GOP Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio.
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Probe looks at alleged Katrina euthanasia
Dec 2 2005 5:21PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities investigating whether hospital and nursing home patients were put out of their misery during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath are testing as many as 100 of the dead for lethal doses of morphine or other such drugs.
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Democrats divided over Iraq timetable
Dec 2 2005 4:46PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Democrats nationwide generally say that the United States should withdraw its troops from Iraq but remain divided over how and when.
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Judge OKs police subway searches in NYC
Dec 2 2005 4:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge Friday upheld the police department's practice of randomly searching subway riders' bags, saying the intrusion on people's privacy is minimal while the threat of a terrorist bombing is "real and substantial."
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911 tapes show Wash. mall shooting suspect
Dec 2 2005 4:10PM (CT)
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A man accused of shooting six people at a mall and taking hostages was at first calmly boastful as he spoke to dispatchers, but as hours passed he became more frightened, eventually breaking down in tears, 911 tapes show.
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Defense rests in prison ministry suit
Dec 2 2005 3:41PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Testimony ended this week in a federal lawsuit filed by an advocacy group claiming a Christian prison ministry program is unconstitutional and gives preferential treatment to participants.
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Lesbian student can sue school, judge says
Dec 2 2005 2:55PM (CT)
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge ruled that a lesbian student can sue her school district and her principal for revealing her homosexuality to her mother.
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Ill. death penalty case back in court
Dec 2 2005 1:57PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A 10-year-old girl by the name of Jeanine Nicarico helped to transform the debate over the death penalty in America.
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Judge keeps suit against gun makers alive
Dec 2 2005 1:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday that New York City's lawsuit against gun manufacturers may go forward, despite passage of a federal law this fall that was designed to protect the firearms industry from such suits.
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U.S. to release new $10 bills on March 2
Dec 2 2005 12:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The trees won't be the only thing sprouting new colors come springtime. Americans' wallets will have more red, yellow and orange as the first of 800 million redesigned $10 bills start showing up in cash registers and ATM machines on March 2.
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Teen driver charged in cyclist's death
Dec 2 2005 11:50AM (CT)
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - A teenage driver accused of fatally injuring a cyclist while text messaging behind the wheel was charged with a misdemeanor, authorities said.
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Snow blankets Washington state
Dec 2 2005 11:07AM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Storms dumped snow across Washington state, causing at least one death and dozens of traffic accidents, and some schools were closed Friday as a lighter downfall continued.
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Kerrigan attacker wants his record cleared
Dec 2 2005 10:18AM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge refused to clear the record of the man who whacked Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan on the knee in 1994, likely ending his hopes to become a Navy SEAL.
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1,000th person executed in U.S. since 1977
Dec 2 2005 9:37AM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A double murderer who said he didn't want to be known as a number became the 1,000th person executed in the United States since capital punishment resumed 28 years ago.
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Jury votes for death for Fla. girl's killer
Dec 2 2005 7:48AM (CT)
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The search for an 11-year-old girl, fueled by a grainy video of her abduction, ended last year with her family's worst fears realized: Carlie Brucia was dead, her half-naked body discovered behind a church.
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Army seeking to resume training on Oahu
Dec 2 2005 7:07AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The Army wants to resume live-fire exercises in a valley on the island of Oahu that Native Hawaiians consider sacred, despite a settlement agreement prohibiting such training.
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Religion in the news
Dec 2 2005 6:31AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Evangelist Rod Parsley wants to gather voters as he wins souls, a mixture that's causing a stir in the state that put President Bush back in the White House.
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Teen charged in text messaging accident
Dec 2 2005 5:40AM (CT)
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - A teenage driver accused of text messaging behind the wheel and hitting a cyclist was charged with a misdemeanor, authorities said.
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Minn. residents oppose prison fence plans
Dec 2 2005 4:29AM (CT)
SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) - Dave and Joan Hart live across a 3-foot hedge from 79 murderers, 15 robbers, eight burglars and five arsonists. And they like their neighborhood just the way it is, thank you very much.
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3 sailors hurt in apparent suicide attempt
Dec 2 2005 1:58AM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A sailor who was apparently trying to commit suicide Thursday shot and wounded himself and two superiors as they struggled for the gun in an effort to stop him, the base commander said.
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Grace period for Gulf Coast mortgages ends
Dec 2 2005 1:45AM (CT)
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Like many homeowners around here, Janet Kisling owes a pile of debt on little more than a pile of debris. She has a $1,000-a-month mortgage on a home that is uninhabitable.
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Jet makes emergency landing in Kansas City
Dec 2 2005 1:36AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An America West Airbus jet made an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport after someone left a note in the plane's bathroom that said: "Taliban is Here."
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FBI seeks to stop jewel thieves
Dec 2 2005 1:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jewel thieves in hooded sweat shirts have knocked over nearly five dozen stores from New Hampshire to North Carolina in the past two-and-a-half years, eluding capture with an efficient operation that has netted $5.1 million in men's watches, chains, bracelets and rings, the FBI said Thursday.
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Man apologizes for stealing snowplow
Dec 2 2005 12:52AM (CT)
AUBURN, Ind. (AP) - A man returned an 800-pound snowplow to an equipment store, apologizing for stealing it, police said.
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L.A. settles suit, scraps airport plans
Dec 2 2005 12:41AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city announced Thursday it is scrapping most of its $11 billion modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport under a settlement with neighboring cities that sued.
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Court orders Schwarzenegger to remove video
Dec 2 2005 12:11AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A judge Thursday ordered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration to remove a state-produced video intended to look like an objective news report from a government Web site.
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Couple accused in baby's death surrenders
Dec 2 2005 12:10AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A Florida couple accused of feeding their 3-month-old baby a lethal dose of vodka to quiet her surrendered to police in New Jersey Thursday after detectives tracked down a cell phone number and persuaded them to turn themselves in, officials said.
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