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Ice storm causes blackouts, deaths
Dec 10 2007 11:56PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 17 deaths in Oklahoma and Missouri were blamed on the conditions, with 15 of them killed on slick highways.
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Ice storm causes blackouts, deaths
Dec 10 2007 11:56PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 17 deaths in Oklahoma and Missouri were blamed on the conditions, with 15 of them killed on slick highways.
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4 men get life terms in 1979 Mich. death
Dec 10 2007 11:35PM (CT)
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - Four men were sentenced Monday to spend the rest of their lives in prison for kidnapping, raping and murdering a young hotel clerk in 1979.
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Sharpton issues plan for Chicago police
Dec 10 2007 11:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday issued a series of recommendations for reforming the police department as he reiterated his threat to lobby against the city's Olympic bid if the mayor doesn't respond soon.
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Ship owners sued over S.F. Bay oil spill
Dec 10 2007 11:31PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The city filed a lawsuit Monday against the owner and operator of a cargo ship that struck a bridge support tower last month, causing San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades.
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N.D. mom admits killing, discarding baby
Dec 10 2007 11:20PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Dana Deegan hid her pregnancy from her family, including the father of her three children, for nine months. Then she gave birth to a healthy boy, fed him, dressed him, wrapped him in a blanket and left him to die.
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Colo. church gunman had been kicked out
Dec 10 2007 11:16PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The gunman believed to have killed four people at a megachurch and a missionary training school had been thrown out of the school a few years ago and had been sending it hate mail, police said in court papers Monday.
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Colo. church gunman had been kicked out
Dec 10 2007 11:16PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The gunman believed to have killed four people at a megachurch and a missionary training school had been thrown out of the school a few years ago and had been sending it hate mail, police said in court papers Monday.
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Colo. church gunman had been kicked out
Dec 10 2007 11:16PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The gunman believed to have killed four people at a megachurch and a missionary training school had been thrown out of the school a few years ago and had been sending it hate mail, police said in court papers Monday.
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Colo. church gunman had been kicked out
Dec 10 2007 11:16PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The gunman believed to have killed four people at a megachurch and a missionary training school had been thrown out of the school a few years ago and had been sending it hate mail, police said in court papers Monday.
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Former fugitive sentenced for child porn
Dec 10 2007 11:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A child pornographer who was on the FBI's most wanted list and was captured in Canada after years on the run was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison.
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Attacks force churches to boost security
Dec 10 2007 10:51PM (CT)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - When a black-clad gunman walked into New Life Church on Sunday and started shooting, he was met with the church's first line of defense: a congregant with a concealed-weapons permit and a law enforcement background.
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Man in sextuplets hoax gets prison time
Dec 10 2007 10:29PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A man who lied about being the father of sextuplets so he and his wife could solicit donations was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for violating probation.
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Closings at NY slave-labor trial
Dec 10 2007 10:29PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - Two Indonesian housekeepers were subjected to "a cruel form of torture," a prosecutor said Monday at the trial of a millionaire couple charged with modern-day slavery.
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Closings at NY slave-labor trial
Dec 10 2007 10:29PM (CT)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - Two Indonesian housekeepers were subjected to "a cruel form of torture," a prosecutor said Monday at the trial of a millionaire couple charged with modern-day slavery.
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Sears Tower terror jury told to work on
Dec 10 2007 9:58PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Jurors said Monday they were still deadlocked in the trial of seven men accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, but a federal judge ordered the panel to continue deliberating.
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DOJ: Don't blame Whitman for 9/11 speech
Dec 10 2007 9:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A former Environmental Protection Agency chief should not be held personally liable for telling residents near the World Trade Center site that the air was safe to breathe after the 2001 terrorist attack, a government lawyer argued Monday.
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Search called off for missing helicopter
Dec 10 2007 9:51PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Authorities called off the search Monday for a medical transport helicopter that disappeared a week ago with four people on board.
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Naval academy fights booze with booze
Dec 10 2007 9:40PM (CT)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The U.S. Naval Academy is fighting alcohol with alcohol to educate midshipmen on the dangers of drink. Capt. Margaret Klein, commandant of midshipmen, told the academy's Board of Visitors on Monday she's pleased with the results of a new program aimed at demonstrating to midshipmen at special 21st birthday dinners how little booze it takes to reach a 0.08 blood-alcohol content, the legal standard for drunken driving in Maryland.
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Funerals begin for mall shooting victims
Dec 10 2007 9:40PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A priest told friends and family Monday at one of the first funerals for the eight victims of a gunman's deadly department store rampage that the city embraced the grieving families "with a huge group hug."
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Funerals begin for mall shooting victims
Dec 10 2007 9:40PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A priest told friends and family Monday at one of the first funerals for the eight victims of a gunman's deadly department store rampage that the city embraced the grieving families "with a huge group hug."
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Funerals begin for mall shooting victims
Dec 10 2007 9:40PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A priest told friends and family Monday at one of the first funerals for the eight victims of a gunman's deadly department store rampage that the city embraced the grieving families "with a huge group hug."
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Funerals begin for mall shooting victims
Dec 10 2007 9:40PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A priest told friends and family Monday at one of the first funerals for the eight victims of a gunman's deadly department store rampage that the city embraced the grieving families "with a huge group hug."
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Raid conducted in Katrina attorney case
Dec 10 2007 9:34PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Federal agents raided the office of an attorney hired to defend Richard "Dickie" Scruggs in a judicial bribery case that threatens the storied career of one the nation's most famous trial lawyers.
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Trucker to change plea in Mass. attack
Dec 10 2007 9:26PM (CT)
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - A trucker from North Carolina who had pleaded not guilty to breaking into a house intending to rape and kill a 15-year-old girl is scheduled to change his plea, court papers indicate.
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Mo. prosecutors: Man admits to killing 9
Dec 10 2007 8:49PM (CT)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - A man already behind bars and with a long history of sex crimes has admitted killing nine people in cold cases dating back at least 30 years, authorities said Monday.
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2 NC school bus crashes injure 23
Dec 10 2007 8:16PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Two crashes involving three school buses seriously injured one of the drivers Monday and sent about 20 students to hospitals Monday with minor injuries, officials said.
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N.J. Senate moves to ban death penalty
Dec 10 2007 7:11PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey took a major step Monday toward becoming the first state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years, a change that is expect to become law within a month.
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N.J. Senate moves to ban death penalty
Dec 10 2007 7:11PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey took a major step Monday toward becoming the first state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years, a change that is expect to become law within a month.
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Sex scandal rocks Kansas AG's office
Dec 10 2007 6:09PM (CT)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' attorney general has admitted having an extramarital affair with a former staffer, and the governor said Monday he should resign if allegations including workplace sexual harassment are proven.
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Calif. town divided over Blackwater plan
Dec 10 2007 6:03PM (CT)
POTRERO, Calif. (AP) - A proposal by security contractor Blackwater has divided residents of this sleepy mountain village into two camps: Those who welcome the company's plans to build a firing range here and critics who want to keep it out of town.
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Report of armed teen shuts Ariz. school
Dec 10 2007 5:53PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A student told authorities that an armed teenager confronted him Monday in a high school bathroom, prompting a campus-wide lockdown and a manhunt for the teen, police said. No one was injured.
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Mourners applaud Evel Knievel's spirit
Dec 10 2007 5:40PM (CT)
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Mourners remembered daredevil Evel Knievel on Monday as a red, white and blue American icon who made a spiritual leap of faith long after his death-defying motorcycle jumps.
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Mourners applaud Evel Knievel's spirit
Dec 10 2007 5:40PM (CT)
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Mourners remembered daredevil Evel Knievel on Monday as a red, white and blue American icon who made a spiritual leap of faith long after his death-defying motorcycle jumps.
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Mourners applaud Evel Knievel's spirit
Dec 10 2007 5:40PM (CT)
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Mourners remembered daredevil Evel Knievel on Monday as a red, white and blue American icon who made a spiritual leap of faith long after his death-defying motorcycle jumps.
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Mourners applaud Evel Knievel's spirit
Dec 10 2007 5:40PM (CT)
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Mourners remembered daredevil Evel Knievel on Monday as a red, white and blue American icon who made a spiritual leap of faith long after his death-defying motorcycle jumps.
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FBI backing plan for Vegas mob museum
Dec 10 2007 4:27PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas is building a museum about some of its founding fathers and most influential figures _ guys with names like Bugsy, Lefty and Lansky.
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Catholic bishops fault theologian's book
Dec 10 2007 3:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A book on interfaith relations by a Georgetown University theologian does not accurately reflect Roman Catholic teaching, a U.S. bishops' committee said Monday.
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General: Some Iraq gains 'permanent'
Dec 10 2007 12:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. commander in western Iraq said Monday that progress against insurgents in his area is "permanent" but that it will be another 19 months before Iraqi forces can operate there by themselves.
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Forecasters watch storm near Puerto Rico
Dec 10 2007 11:30AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A weather system off Puerto Rico on Monday still had the potential to become a late tropical or subtropical storm, although that potential had diminished, the National Hurricane Center said.
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First lady criticizes Myanmar's generals
Dec 10 2007 11:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Laura Bush on Monday used International Human Rights Day to call on Myanmar's military-run government to step aside if it cannot help bring about a democratic transition in the Southeast Asian nation.
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First lady criticizes Myanmar's generals
Dec 10 2007 11:03AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Laura Bush on Monday used International Human Rights Day to call on Myanmar's military-run government to step aside if it cannot help bring about a democratic transition in the Southeast Asian nation.
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NY Philharmonic to perform in N. Korea
Dec 10 2007 9:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Philharmonic has decided to perform in North Korea, a cultural breakthrough as tense relations between the United States and the reclusive Communist nation ease, the orchestra's president said Monday.
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Supreme Court announces cases
Dec 10 2007 8:26AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court meets Monday morning to issue opinions and announce cases it has rejected.
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Group targeted in shooting has far reach
Dec 10 2007 7:32AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Begun in 1960 after a 20-year-old college student said he experienced a vision from God, Youth With a Mission has grown into one of the world's most formidable Christian missions groups.
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Group targeted in shooting has far reach
Dec 10 2007 7:32AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Begun in 1960 after a 20-year-old college student said he experienced a vision from God, Youth With a Mission has grown into one of the world's most formidable Christian missions groups.
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Oil, gas companies fund Wyo. ambulance
Dec 10 2007 7:28AM (CT)
PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) - Mike Becker works long days as a welder at a natural gas field so remote that the only light at night comes from scattered drilling rigs that operate 24 hours a day.
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Wis. victims' families press for changes
Dec 10 2007 7:26AM (CT)
CRANDON, Wis. (AP) - Relatives of six people killed by a young off-duty sheriff's deputy who then apparently killed himself called for required psychological screening, full training and a minimum age of at least 21 for anyone hired as an officer.
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Historians embrace Schlesinger papers
Dec 10 2007 3:47AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After 19 books and thousands of articles and other writings spanning 70-plus years, the question is how many undiscovered nuggets of insight researchers may yet find in the private papers of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
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