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Jury indicts Siegelman, Scrushy
Dec 12 2005 11:56PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal grand jury on Monday indicted former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chairman Richard Scrushy on more charges in a political corruption case.
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Saudi prince donates $40M to universities
Dec 12 2005 11:53PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A Saudi prince believed to be the wealthiest businessman in the Muslim world has donated $40 million for Harvard and Georgetown to expand their Islamic studies programs, the schools announced Monday.
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Ga. woman says teen groom wooed her
Dec 12 2005 11:49PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A 37-year-old woman who is seven months pregnant by her 15-year-old groom says she prefers older men, but the teenager aggressively wooed her.
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Court, governor won't halt execution
Dec 12 2005 11:28PM (CT)
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams, rejecting the notion that the founder of the murderous Crips gang had atoned for his crimes and found redemption on death row.
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Attorneys seek info. about interrogation
Dec 12 2005 11:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Attorneys defending a man charged with laundering millions of dollars for terrorist activities said Monday they want more information about a journalist's claim she watched Israeli authorities interrogate their client.
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Judge clears way for border fence
Dec 12 2005 10:32PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal judge on Monday lifted the final legal barrier to completing a border fence meant to thwart illegal immigrants in the southwestern corner of the U.S.
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Judge allows subpoenas of Limbaugh doctors
Dec 12 2005 10:26PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors can subpoena Rush Limbaugh's doctors as part of an investigation into whether the conservative radio commentator illegally bought painkillers, a judge ruled Monday.
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Feds raid 13 San Diego-area marijuana shops
Dec 12 2005 10:13PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Federal agents raided 13 San Diego-area marijuana dispensaries Monday, seizing large quantities of the drug, computers and records in one of the largest crackdowns of its kind in California.
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Reduced sentence sought for would-be bomber
Dec 12 2005 10:00PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Lawyers for would-be millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn his conviction on one charge in the hopes of reducing his 22-year prison sentence.
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Supreme Court denies Williams a stay
Dec 12 2005 9:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Crips gang founder Stanley Tookie Williams lost a last-ditch Supreme Court appeal that sought to stop his execution early Tuesday in California.
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Testing co. mistakenly fails Ohio students
Dec 12 2005 8:55PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A testing company faces a fine after it mistakenly failed hundreds of students on Ohio's new graduation test, state education officials said Monday.
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Judge orders extension of FEMA hotel plan
Dec 12 2005 8:32PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge ruled Monday that a program that is putting tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees up in hotels must be extended until Feb. 7 _ a month beyond the cutoff date set by FEMA.
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NYC police call off search for cab driver
Dec 12 2005 8:22PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police scuba divers searched unsuccessfully on Monday for a cab driver who drove his car into the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
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Engineers examine levee wall construction
Dec 12 2005 8:02PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sheets of concrete were cut from a levee wall Monday as the Army Corps of Engineers investigated the failure of the city's flood-protection system during Hurricane Katrina.
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Two killed in Chicago construction accident
Dec 12 2005 7:56PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A concrete slab crashed through the roof Monday of a building under construction on the city's South Side, crushing two workers to death, authorities said.
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Documents reveal worries of Blanco's staff
Dec 12 2005 6:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to avoid a public relations disaster, aides to Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco fretted over her not appearing in charge after Hurricane Katrina hit, even worrying about her clothing, documents released Monday show.
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R.I. nightclub fire trial date set
Dec 12 2005 6:10PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge set a May 1 trial date for one of three men charged in a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people.
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Fire at Mich. nursing home kills two
Dec 12 2005 6:08PM (CT)
ISHPEMING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A fire early Monday at a nursing home in far northern Michigan forced dozens of elderly people into the snow and bitter cold, including many who were unable to walk and wearing only nightclothes. Two people died and at least 70 were injured.
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Va. tribe plans burial for Indian skull
Dec 12 2005 5:09PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Virginia tribal leaders are planning a springtime burial for a possibly 300-year-old Indian skull that was turned over to them by a New York chiropractor, who found it in a closet and tried to sell it on eBay.
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Union ads aim to pressure House members
Dec 12 2005 4:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the nation's largest unions is buying advertisements critical of proposed federal budget cuts in social programs for the middle-class and poor _ aiming the ads at seven GOP House members.
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Federal court drops proposed gag rule
Dec 12 2005 4:17PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The federal court for Rhode Island on Monday dropped a proposed rule that would have banned lawyers and court workers from releasing any information about a case that was not part of the public record.
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Wis. radio station sells naming rights
Dec 12 2005 4:14PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A radio station has sold the naming rights to its newsroom, sparking some concern that advertisers had crossed a line that could influence news coverage.
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Aruban officials to visit Washington
Dec 12 2005 2:42PM (CT)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Aruban authorities, under pressure because of the unsolved disappearance of an Alabama teenager, will meet with officials in Washington to provide a detailed review of the investigation, a congressman said Monday.
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Legendary Chicago news service closes shop
Dec 12 2005 2:01PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - This may be the quintessential City News story: An editor orders a reporter to find a way into the house of a missing girl and says he doesn't care if the guy has to set the place on fire to do it. A few minutes later, the reporter rushes in behind firefighters after a pile of newspapers mysteriously catches fire on the porch.
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Diplomats get better about paying tickets
Dec 12 2005 12:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For years, United Nations diplomats were notorious for running up millions of dollars in parking tickets, then just laughing at the city's attempts to collect. Diplomatic immunity meant there was little U.S. courts could do about it.
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Lawyer reaches fee deal in prayers case
Dec 12 2005 10:16AM (CT)
GREAT FALLS, S.C. (AP) - A lawyer in a case that forced Great Falls to eliminate references to Jesus during prayers before government meetings says he reached a deal over his legal fees.
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Mom says no to trial in teacher sex case
Dec 12 2005 5:46AM (CT)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - The mother of a 14-year-old middle school student says she believes the case of a former teacher accused of having sex with her son should not go to trial.
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Prosecutor in Williams' case faces lawsuit
Dec 12 2005 4:23AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As he presses for Stanley Tookie Williams' execution for four murders, a top county prosecutor faces his own legal troubles for killing a man while on duty as a reserve sheriff's deputy.
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Gas drilling raises dust clouds in the west
Dec 12 2005 4:14AM (CT)
SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) - When Jack Cooper looks out the window of his saddle shop in rural Sheridan County, he sees the jagged Bighorn Mountains to the west and a tree-lined creek winding its way through a wide valley to the east.
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Funeral directors recruit in high schools
Dec 12 2005 4:12AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Career day at Concord High School in Staten Island brought in firefighters, postal workers _ and a well-dressed man with a brochure titled "Searching for a career that's 6 feet above the rest?"
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