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Ohio dad convicted in molestation case
Dec 14 2006 11:51PM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A man accused of molesting his 4-year-old son who died following a house fire was acquitted of rape Thursday but convicted of gross sexual imposition.
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Fierce storm cuts power in Northwest
Dec 14 2006 11:38PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A powerful storm socked the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and wind gusts close to 100 mph Thursday, flooding streets, toppling trees and cutting power to thousands.
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U.N. secretary-general flunks first test
Dec 14 2006 11:31PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Ban Ki-moon passed a crucial test in Paris last month, a French-only lunch with President Jacques Chirac. But the new U.N. secretary-general flunked his first French test with the U.N. press corps on Thursday.
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Polygamist leader ordered to stand trial
Dec 14 2006 11:22PM (CT)
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - A polygamist church leader accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry and have sex with an older cousin in 2001 was ordered Thursday to stand trial.
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Body found in Mexico with agents' cards
Dec 14 2006 11:18PM (CT)
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Business cards of two U.S. law enforcement officials were found taped to the head of a man whose bloody body was dumped in a Mexican park last month, federal officials said Thursday.
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Wis. nurse suspended in patient death
Dec 14 2006 11:12PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A nurse charged with criminal negligence in a drug mix-up that led to the death of a 16-year-old pregnant girl was suspended Thursday for nine months, the state nursing board said.
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Ohio expected to limit teens' passengers
Dec 14 2006 11:10PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio lawmakers agreed to limit the number of passengers in cars driven by 16-year-olds _ a measure pushed by the parents of a teen who died in an crash this year.
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Jury gets case in debutante slaying
Dec 14 2006 11:06PM (CT)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Jurors began deliberating Thursday in the murder trial of three men charged in the Christmas Eve shooting of a 19-year-old woman hours after she had been presented as a debutante.
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N.J. lawmakers approve civil unions
Dec 14 2006 10:38PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Under pressure from New Jersey's highest court to offer marriage or its equivalent to gay couples, the Legislature voted Thursday to make New Jersey the third state to allow civil unions.
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Fla. to investigate 34-minute execution
Dec 14 2006 10:37PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Defense attorneys and death penalty opponents were outraged Thursday over an execution in which the condemned man took more than half an hour to die, needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals, and appeared to grimace in his final moments.
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Weather stymies Mount Hood search
Dec 14 2006 10:35PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Rescue workers searching for three lost climbers on Oregon's highest peak confronted stormy weather again Thursday and looked in lower elevations in hopes that some climbers had managed to descend that far.
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Weather stymies Mount Hood search
Dec 14 2006 10:35PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Rescue workers searching for three lost climbers on Oregon's highest peak confronted stormy weather again Thursday and looked in lower elevations in hopes that some climbers had managed to descend that far.
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Weather stymies Mount Hood search
Dec 14 2006 10:35PM (CT)
COOPER SPUR, Ore. (AP) - Rescue workers searching for three lost climbers on Oregon's highest peak confronted stormy weather again Thursday and looked in lower elevations in hopes that some climbers had managed to descend that far.
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Mo. offers reservoir breach settlement
Dec 14 2006 10:28PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A state agency has offered to let a utility resolve claims for damages and fines stemming from a reservoir breach for $125 million, according to a settlement offer obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
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Jurors visit Mickey Thompson's home
Dec 14 2006 10:26PM (CT)
BRADBURY, Calif. (AP) - Jurors in the trial of a man accused of arranging the killing of Mickey Thompson and his wife more than 18 years ago visited the racing legend's hillside home Thursday, comparing photos of the crime scene to what they were seeing in person.
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Woman sues again over work spanking
Dec 14 2006 10:21PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A woman who reached a $1.4 million settlement with her former employer after being spanked in front of co-workers is suing the company's insurance carriers because, she says, she has not been paid.
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Testimony: Cages improved kids' behavior
Dec 14 2006 10:01PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Parents charged with forcing some of their 11 special-needs adoptive children to sleep in cages managed to improve the youngsters' behavior with the enclosed bunks, according to testimony from a social worker also charged in the case.
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Testimony: Cages improved kids' behavior
Dec 14 2006 10:01PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Parents charged with forcing some of their 11 special-needs adoptive children to sleep in cages managed to improve the youngsters' behavior with the enclosed bunks, according to testimony from a social worker also charged in the case.
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Testimony: Cages improved kids' behavior
Dec 14 2006 10:01PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Parents charged with forcing some of their 11 special-needs adoptive children to sleep in cages managed to improve the youngsters' behavior with the enclosed bunks, according to testimony from a social worker also charged in the case.
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Testimony: Cages improved kids' behavior
Dec 14 2006 10:01PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Parents charged with forcing some of their 11 special-needs adoptive children to sleep in cages managed to improve the youngsters' behavior with the enclosed bunks, according to testimony from a social worker also charged in the case.
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Testimony: Cages improved kids' behavior
Dec 14 2006 10:01PM (CT)
NORWALK, Ohio (AP) - Parents charged with forcing some of their 11 special-needs adoptive children to sleep in cages managed to improve the youngsters' behavior with the enclosed bunks, according to testimony from a social worker also charged in the case.
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5,000 wreaths placed on Arlington graves
Dec 14 2006 8:57PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A Maine company placed 5,000 wreaths on graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday as part of a nationwide ceremony.
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Mo. attorney general sues group home
Dec 14 2006 8:41PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri attorney general on Thursday sued the owner and operator of a group home where 10 people died in a fire, claiming the business had been secretly and illegally run by a man previously convicted in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.
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Defense: Lineup in lacrosse case flawed
Dec 14 2006 8:33PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The woman who said she was raped at a party thrown by Duke's lacrosse team misidentified her alleged attackers in a photo lineup that was "an incoherent mass of contradiction and error," defense lawyers argued in court papers filed Thursday.
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Former escaped convict details shootings
Dec 14 2006 7:41PM (CT)
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - An escaped convict who pleaded guilty to murdering one state trooper and wounding two others now says he thought two of the officers were bounty hunters and that he only shot them after they opened fire.
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2 plead guilty in ski resort fire
Dec 14 2006 7:39PM (CT)
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Two people who have admitted helping in the $12 million arson of a Vail, Colo., ski resort as part of an ecoterrorism campaign formally pleaded guilty Thursday to federal arson charges.
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N.J. school evacuated after powder scare
Dec 14 2006 7:29PM (CT)
WILLINGBORO, N.J. (AP) - An elementary school was evacuated, a teacher sent to the hospital and hundreds of students quarantined Thursday after the woman opened an envelope containing white powder that was later found not to be hazardous, authorities said.
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Toxic drink victim turns his life around
Dec 14 2006 7:29PM (CT)
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) - A year ago, Rex Leo was fighting for his life _ a life that had fallen into shambles and left him living on the streets. Leo was in a coma after ingesting a mix of sugar, lemon juice and commercial detergent offered by a Waffle House cook who told him he would give him $5 to drink it.
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Pregnant woman dies in Neb. fire
Dec 14 2006 7:26PM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A pregnant woman ready to give birth any day died Thursday in an apartment fire, and the 23-year-old woman's 2-year-old daughter was critically injured.
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Calif. company faces immigration charges
Dec 14 2006 7:26PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California fence-building company and two executives pleaded guilty Thursday to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a combined penalty of $5 million. The executives could also go to prison.
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Calif. company faces immigration charges
Dec 14 2006 7:26PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California fence-building company and two executives pleaded guilty Thursday to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a combined penalty of $5 million. The executives could also go to prison.
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Calif. company faces immigration charges
Dec 14 2006 7:26PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California fence-building company and two executives pleaded guilty Thursday to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a combined penalty of $5 million. The executives could also go to prison.
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Calif. company faces immigration charges
Dec 14 2006 7:26PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Southern California fence-building company and two executives pleaded guilty Thursday to knowingly hiring illegal immigrants and agreed to pay a combined penalty of $5 million. The executives could also go to prison.
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Music pioneer Ahmet Ertegun dies at 83
Dec 14 2006 7:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said.
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Setback for pair accused of terror aid
Dec 14 2006 6:43PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A request by two young men accused of aiding terrorists to throw out certain charges against them should be denied, a judge recommended.
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False report forces plane to land at LAX
Dec 14 2006 6:28PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A United Airlines plane with 115 people onboard was forced to return to Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday after a warning light wrongly indicated a fire in the wheel well, an airport spokeswoman said.
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Training of cops in NYC shooting faulted
Dec 14 2006 6:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four of the five officers who together fired 50 gunshots at the car of an unarmed man on his wedding day hadn't completed mandatory firearms training, a group of black officers alleged Thursday.
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Guards in prison sex scandal sentenced
Dec 14 2006 4:17PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A former federal prison guard who admitted smuggling contraband to inmates for money and sex in a scandal that ended with a deadly shootout was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday.
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Astronauts take a spacewalk
Dec 14 2006 3:17PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two astronauts stepped outside to begin rewiring the international space station Thursday after NASA powered down large sections of the orbiting lab for their own safety.
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Duck die-off in Idaho sparks fears
Dec 14 2006 2:48PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The number of mallard ducks that have died along a creek in southeastern Idaho has climbed to 2,500, as puzzled wildlife officials awaited test results they hoped would provide clues to what is killing them.
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DA: PlayStation 3 investigation goes on
Dec 14 2006 2:19PM (CT)
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - The investigation into the fatal police shooting of a college student suspected of stealing video game consoles is continuing, even though a grand jury declined to indict a former sheriff's deputy, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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For sale: 142 acres with a storied past
Dec 14 2006 2:06PM (CT)
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) - It was called Holy City, but it was not exactly a model of Christian piety. It was, rather, a commune and tourist trap created in the 1920s by a white-supremacist huckster.
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Ga. smuggler flees, vows won't be caught
Dec 14 2006 1:18PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A south Georgia motorcycle dealer sentenced to 27 months for smuggling failed to report to prison and went on the lam after sending e-mails to news organizations vowing not to be captured alive.
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First female U.S. scoutmaster dies at 88
Dec 14 2006 12:41PM (CT)
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - Catherine Pollard, who became the Boy Scouts of America's first female U.S. scoutmaster after a years-long legal fight, died Wednesday. She was 88.
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New citizens, history meet in NYC
Dec 14 2006 12:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Since becoming the nation's chief archivist, Allen Weinstein has embarked on a campaign to expand what he calls "civic literacy" _ teaching people to better understand and appreciate the origins and meaning of American democracy.
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Religion news in brief
Dec 14 2006 12:02PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - A top executive of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) helped Cubans celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the capital's first Protestant house of worship, giving a sermon in which he urged all Christians to do more to eliminate global inequality.
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Religion today
Dec 14 2006 12:01PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Courtney Kuehn went to a Hmong wedding and _ surprise! _ tradition dictated a toast to her old college roommate. Paul Purdy went to synagogue with a Jewish girlfriend and accidentally stood for the Mourner's Kaddish.
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Romney again says he's anti-gay marriage
Dec 14 2006 11:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, who is weighing a White House bid, dismissed criticism that he has flip-flopped on the issues of gay marriage and abortion and reaffirmed his opposition to both.
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2-dose Fla. execution sparks criticism
Dec 14 2006 11:04AM (CT)
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Death penalty opponents criticized the execution of a convicted murderer who took more than half an hour to die and needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals.
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Wash. man found dead, rats eating body
Dec 14 2006 10:17AM (CT)
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - A deputy investigating neighbors' latest complaint that a reclusive homeowner fed rats and didn't take out the garbage found a decomposing body in the home with rats feeding on it.
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NYPD shoots armed man dead in Bronx
Dec 14 2006 8:36AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police said they shot and killed an armed man who ran from uniformed officers and tussled with them in a building lobby, though a witness said the suspect was handing over his gun.
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Calif. city's immigrant housing law dead
Dec 14 2006 6:48AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The city of Escondido said it won't enforce a law that punishes landlords for renting to illegal immigrants, killing a measure that many communities nationwide also have considered in an effort to crack down on undocumented workers.
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Lettuce suspected in Taco Bell E. coli
Dec 14 2006 6:36AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health officials on Wednesday zeroed in on lettuce as the likely suspect in the E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell, though tracing the vegetable's source may prove difficult.
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ACLU: Government seeks 'secret' document
Dec 14 2006 6:02AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union says there's nothing particularly remarkable about a classified document it received this fall _ nothing except the government's efforts to get it back.
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NYPD hosts counterterrorism conference
Dec 14 2006 5:30AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Inside an ordinary-looking trailer in Brooklyn, police have recreated the ramshackle apartment used by terrorists to cook up the explosives used last year in the suicide bombings of the London transit system.
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Prison rape commission meets in L.A.
Dec 14 2006 5:17AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Suffering years of violence and harassment as a transsexual in Mexico, Mayra Soto sought asylum in what she hoped would be a more tolerant U.S.
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Iraq veteran won't face death penalty
Dec 14 2006 4:55AM (CT)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - An Army soldier showed no signs of relief as the Army dropped the death penalty as a possible sentence if he is convicted of rape and murder in the deaths of 14-year-old girl and three others in Iraq.
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Alcohol ban eyed on N.Y. commuter rails
Dec 14 2006 4:39AM (CT)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - It could soon be last call for commuters who enjoy a couple of beers on their trip to or from New York City if one official gets his way.
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Kevorkian looks forward to heading home
Dec 14 2006 3:04AM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian is looking forward to doing a little writing and maybe making some speeches when he leaves prison in June for the first time in more than eight years.
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AAA sees higher holiday travel numbers
Dec 14 2006 2:22AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More Americans than ever will crowd onto roads and into airplanes over the Christmas holiday, thanks to affordable if higher airfares and gasoline prices.
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