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Town decides against pro-gun ordinance
Dec 6 2006 11:18PM (CT)
CHERRY TREE, Pa. (AP) - Leaders of this small town on Wednesday rejected a proposed ordinance that would have recommended that all households keep weapons and ammunition to prevent crime.
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Not guilty plea in dog crate case
Dec 6 2006 11:16PM (CT)
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A convicted murderer accused of escaping from prison by hiding in a dog crate pleaded not guilty to charges on Wednesday.
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Missing man found dead in Ore. mountains
Dec 6 2006 11:13PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - A San Francisco man who struck out alone to find help for his family after their car got stuck on a snowy, remote road was found dead Wednesday, bringing an end to what authorities called an extraordinary effort to stay alive.
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Taco Bell removes green onions
Dec 6 2006 11:13PM (CT)
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly four dozen people in three states.
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Taco Bell removes green onions
Dec 6 2006 11:13PM (CT)
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly four dozen people in three states.
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Taco Bell removes green onions
Dec 6 2006 11:13PM (CT)
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly four dozen people in three states.
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Taco Bell removes green onions
Dec 6 2006 11:13PM (CT)
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly four dozen people in three states.
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Taco Bell removes green onions
Dec 6 2006 11:13PM (CT)
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Taco Bell ordered scallions removed from its 5,800 U.S. restaurants Wednesday after tests suggested they may be responsible for the E. coli outbreak that has sickened nearly four dozen people in three states.
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Missing Calif. father found dead
Dec 6 2006 11:11PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - It started as a little mistake: the Kim family missed a freeway turnoff that led them down a one-lane road through Oregon's snowy mountains on a Thanksgiving vacation.
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Missing Calif. father found dead
Dec 6 2006 11:11PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - It started as a little mistake: the Kim family missed a freeway turnoff that led them down a one-lane road through Oregon's snowy mountains on a Thanksgiving vacation.
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Missing Calif. father found dead
Dec 6 2006 11:11PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - It started as a little mistake: the Kim family missed a freeway turnoff that led them down a one-lane road through Oregon's snowy mountains on a Thanksgiving vacation.
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Missing Calif. father found dead
Dec 6 2006 11:11PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - It started as a little mistake: the Kim family missed a freeway turnoff that led them down a one-lane road through Oregon's snowy mountains on a Thanksgiving vacation.
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Wis. factory blast kills 3, injures 46
Dec 6 2006 10:48PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - An explosion that may have started in a large propane tank flattened an industrial warehouse near downtown Milwaukee on Wednesday, killing at least three people and injuring 46 others, authorities said.
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Barge hits Texas bridge support
Dec 6 2006 10:39PM (CT)
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) - A barge struck a buffer on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway on Wednesday, shutting down the bridge that links South Padre Island to the rest of Texas.
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About 6 to be charged in Haditha deaths
Dec 6 2006 10:06PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A congressman said Wednesday that about six Marines would be charged in the killing of 24 civilians, many of them women and children, last year in the Iraqi town of Haditha.
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Man sues over church as polling place
Dec 6 2006 10:01PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man who had to vote in a Catholic church has sued election officials, claiming that casting a ballot amid crucifixes and anti-abortion banners violates the principles of church and state separation.
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FBI agent killed while training
Dec 6 2006 9:53PM (CT)
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) - An FBI agent was killed Wednesday during a live-fire training exercise, the agency said.
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Nurses end picketing in Las Vegas
Dec 6 2006 9:41PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Picketing ended Wednesday outside two southern Nevada hospitals, a day after nurses and their employer agreed to a cooling-off period and renewed talks to break a contract impasse.
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Teacher accused in grades-for-cash deal
Dec 6 2006 9:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A computer science lab instructor at a community college changed students' grades for cash and wine and told a student to lie before a grand jury in an attempt to cover up his lucrative scheme, prosecutors said.
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Millennium terrorist writes to judge
Dec 6 2006 9:38PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - An Algerian convicted of plotting to bomb the Los Angeles airport at the turn of the millennium has written a letter to the judge who sentenced him to 22 years in prison, and his lawyers fear it could hurt his chances of winning an appeal.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Mo. utility criticized for storm outage
Dec 6 2006 9:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utility crews restoring power to thousands left in the dark after a snowstorm last week neared the homestretch Wednesday, and hoped to have the majority of customers restored by nightfall.
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Roundup of sick horses ends in Md.
Dec 6 2006 9:34PM (CT)
SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) - A roundup of dozens of sick and underfed horses is complete, five days after animal control authorities seized a farm, the Humane Society said.
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Man sentenced in Tenn. corruption probe
Dec 6 2006 9:15PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A county official whose family has a long history in the civil rights movement was sentenced Wednesday to slightly more than two years in prison for bribery.
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Police: Shooting suspect tried suicide
Dec 6 2006 9:10PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A man accused in serial killings that terrorized the area apparently tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of over-the-counter cold tablets, authorities said Wednesday.
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Forced drugs debated in Smart case
Dec 6 2006 9:06PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A lawyer for a woman accused of helping kidnap teenager Elizabeth Smart told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday that his client shouldn't be forced to take antipsychotic drugs to make her competent for trial.
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Sailor gets 12 years for espionage
Dec 6 2006 8:59PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A Navy petty officer was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for stealing a military laptop and peddling its contents to a foreign government.
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Utah bride: Parents kidnapped me
Dec 6 2006 8:58PM (CT)
PROVO, Utah (AP) - A woman whose parents are charged with kidnapping her to stop her wedding testified tearfully Wednesday that they grabbed her by the hair and told her she was breaking the commandment to honor them.
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Man admits operating Mo. group home
Dec 6 2006 8:52PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man convicted in a Medicare fraud scheme and barred from running long-term care facilities said Wednesday he had been paid to help operate a group home for the mentally ill that was recently destroyed in a fatal fire.
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Prosecutor: Mom plotted kids' drownings
Dec 6 2006 8:46PM (CT)
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A mother helped plot the drownings of her three children to preserve her relationship with the man who killed them, prosecutors said in closing arguments Wednesday in the woman's murder trial.
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Panel: U.S. underreported Iraq violence
Dec 6 2006 8:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military and intelligence officials have systematically underreported the violence in Iraq in order to suit the Bush administration's policy goals, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group said.
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Iraq report proves an Internet hit
Dec 6 2006 7:17PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - How popular was the long-awaited report on U.S. policy in Iraq? Enough to turn a little-noticed Web site into an Internet star for the day. In the first hour that the United States Institute of Peace posted the report Wednesday morning, 450 visitors clicked on its Web site every second, said institute spokesman Ian Larsen. By 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it was still experiencing 100 to 200 hits per second, he said.
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Settlement: Mom to teach police classes
Dec 6 2006 7:09PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A woman whose son suffocated during an arrest when officers held him to the ground will teach city police recruits about his death, according to the settlement of an excessive force lawsuit.
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Group wants Prager removed from board
Dec 6 2006 6:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Islamic civil rights group Wednesday called on President Bush to rescind the appointment of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board member who criticized an incoming congressman, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.
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Conservative scholars ease gay rabbi ban
Dec 6 2006 6:20PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Conservative Jewish scholars eased their ban Wednesday on ordaining gays, upending thousands of years of precedent while stopping short of fully accepting gay clergy.
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Pearl Harbor survivors meet for last time
Dec 6 2006 6:20PM (CT)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - This will be their last visit to this watery grave to share stories, exchange smiles, find peace and salute their fallen friends. This, they say, will be their final farewell.
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LA gives back water to California river
Dec 6 2006 6:14PM (CT)
INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) - Water gushed into the long-dry river along the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday as the city of Los Angeles restored some of the flow it began siphoning off by aqueduct nearly a century ago.
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Border Patrol sees drop in arrests
Dec 6 2006 5:14PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The number of illegal immigrants arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border fell sharply in October and November, a decrease the U.S. Border Patrol attributed in part to having more agents.
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Wis. city apologizes to rape victim
Dec 6 2006 4:47PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - For years, police and city lawyers refused to believe a blind woman who said an intruder raped her at knifepoint. They even charged her with lying about it.
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Son of ex-Liberian president is charged
Dec 6 2006 4:44PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor was indicted Wednesday on U.S. charges of committing torture as chief of a paramilitary unit during his father's regime.
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Nat'l Hurricane Center gets new director
Dec 6 2006 4:40PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A veteran National Weather Service forecaster was named head of the National Hurricane Center on Wednesday, one of meteorology's most highly visible posts.
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Carter book criticized
Dec 6 2006 4:17PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A longtime aide to Jimmy Carter has resigned from the Carter Center think tank, calling the former president's new book on Israel and the Arabs one-sided and filled with errors.
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City dunks cookie-scented ad campaign
Dec 6 2006 4:17PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) - A marketing campaign to promote milk by outfitting city bus shelters with cookie-scented cardboard strips has crumbled.
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City dunks cookie-scented ad campaign
Dec 6 2006 4:17PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) - A marketing campaign to promote milk by outfitting city bus shelters with cookie-scented cardboard strips has crumbled.
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Group sues over Gettysburg visitor site
Dec 6 2006 4:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Park Service wants to demolish a modernistic visitor center on one of the most significant sites of the Gettysburg battlefield, but an architectural preservation group is suing because the building itself is historically important.
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Serious use for Silly String
Dec 6 2006 3:14PM (CT)
STRATFORD, N.J. (AP) - In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly String to Iraq.
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British murder suspect asks for bail
Dec 6 2006 2:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A man accused of killing his wife and baby in their suburban home is asking to be released on bail so he can return to his parents' home in England while awaiting trial.
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Boy takes stand in 'caged kids' case
Dec 6 2006 2:41PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - A boy who had been adopted by the couple on trial for caging some of their children testified Wednesday that he did not like the enclosure that he slept in because it was small and hot, and said some children were struck as punishment.
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Deputy's son faces weapons charge
Dec 6 2006 2:40PM (CT)
KYLE, Texas (AP) - The son of a sheriff's deputy and three other students have been charged with taking an incendiary device made of gasoline and plastic foam to their high school.
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Man missing in Ore. left items as clues
Dec 6 2006 2:15PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - A missing San Francisco father, who set out on foot during the weekend to find help for his stranded family in Oregon's snowy coastal mountains, left clothing and other items that appeared arranged to guide searchers, officials said Wednesday.
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Man missing in Ore. left items as clues
Dec 6 2006 2:15PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - A missing San Francisco father, who set out on foot during the weekend to find help for his stranded family in Oregon's snowy coastal mountains, left clothing and other items that appeared arranged to guide searchers, officials said Wednesday.
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Man missing in Ore. left items as clues
Dec 6 2006 2:15PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - A missing San Francisco father, who set out on foot during the weekend to find help for his stranded family in Oregon's snowy coastal mountains, left clothing and other items that appeared arranged to guide searchers, officials said Wednesday.
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Man missing in Ore. left items as clues
Dec 6 2006 2:15PM (CT)
MERLIN, Ore. (AP) - A missing San Francisco father, who set out on foot during the weekend to find help for his stranded family in Oregon's snowy coastal mountains, left clothing and other items that appeared arranged to guide searchers, officials said Wednesday.
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Serious use for Silly String
Dec 6 2006 2:03PM (CT)
STRATFORD, N.J. (AP) - In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly String to Iraq.
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Holiday surge in child smuggling seen
Dec 6 2006 2:01PM (CT)
LA JOYA, Texas (AP) - Little Douglas Ramirez of Guatemala was crying as the preschooler and his two older sisters, ages 10 and 13, were picked up by border agents last week along a highway just north of the Rio Grande.
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Bogus lottery-ticket creator sentenced
Dec 6 2006 1:38PM (CT)
CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) - A man who created a "winning" Powerball ticket and planted it at work as a practical joke was sentenced to a year of probation for forgery and tampering with public records.
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Villanova U. locked down after shooting
Dec 6 2006 1:23PM (CT)
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Villanova University was locked down for several hours after a suspected prowler fired shots at police and escaped early Wednesday, authorities said.
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Ark. Gov. Huckabee welcomes Hispanics
Dec 6 2006 12:37PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday the nation is being given a chance to make up for past racism by the way it handles the influx of Hispanics.
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Detroit police search for escaped inmate
Dec 6 2006 12:09PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - A man arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of stealing a car was on the run after he scuffled with police at a hospital, stole an officer's gun and commandeered an ambulance, officials said.
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Suit alleges kindergartner sex assault
Dec 6 2006 9:17AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Two parents have filed a lawsuit alleging school officials failed to protect their daughters from sexual assault by another girl in their kindergarten class.
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Wheelchair user charged in Pa. robbery
Dec 6 2006 8:40AM (CT)
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - A wheelchair user and bodybuilding champion who was robbed of $30 by another man in a wheelchair didn't give up without a fight, grabbing hold of the robber's chair and being dragged for several blocks.
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NYPD shooting victim: I thought I'd die
Dec 6 2006 7:08AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One of two men wounded in a hail of 50 police bullets that killed their unarmed friend said he feared he would never survive the ordeal.
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Andy Dick apologizes for using slur
Dec 6 2006 5:20AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andy Dick is apologizing for using the same racial slur that got ex-"Seinfeld" star Michael Richards in trouble last month.
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Trans fats trimmed from NYC eateries
Dec 6 2006 5:19AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In a nation now accustomed to bans on smoking in public places, New York has planted a flag on what could be the next front in community health wars.
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Pear Harbor vets reconcile in Hawaii
Dec 6 2006 4:40AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Sixty-five years ago, Takeshi Maeda and John Rauschkolb tried to kill each other at Pearl Harbor. This week, now both 85, they met face-to-face for the first time _ and shook hands.
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Intrepid towed to New Jersey shipyard
Dec 6 2006 4:21AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In its first voyage since being turned into a floating military museum, the fabled aircraft carrier USS Intrepid traveled five miles to a New Jersey shipyard, ready to undergo a two-year, stem-to-stern overhaul.
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Two problems may hinder Discovery launch
Dec 6 2006 3:55AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Before the space shuttle Discovery can embark on a mission to rewire the international space station's electrical system, NASA engineers have to resolve two late-breaking technical worries: a brief power surge and potential problems with a glue that helps seal rocket boosters.
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Two problems may hinder Discovery launch
Dec 6 2006 3:55AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Before the space shuttle Discovery can embark on a mission to rewire the international space station's electrical system, NASA engineers have to resolve two late-breaking technical worries: a brief power surge and potential problems with a glue that helps seal rocket boosters.
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Two problems may hinder Discovery launch
Dec 6 2006 3:55AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Before the space shuttle Discovery can embark on a mission to rewire the international space station's electrical system, NASA engineers have to resolve two late-breaking technical worries: a brief power surge and potential problems with a glue that helps seal rocket boosters.
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20 alleged Chicago gang members arrested
Dec 6 2006 3:51AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Twenty accused street gang members were arrested on charges of running a sophisticated drug trafficking operation as part of a three-year undercover investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
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Electronic voting panel passes proposal
Dec 6 2006 3:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal advisory panel approved a revised proposal that encourages states to use electronic voting machines that can be independently verified, a day after rejecting a similar recommendation.
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