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Perennial snowmobile debate quiet so far
Dec 18 2005 11:47PM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - For the past two winters, West Yellowstone business owner David McCray hasn't felt optimistic, but he and others in this tiny gateway to Yellowstone National Park are full of hope this year.
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More NYC transit talks ahead of deadline
Dec 18 2005 11:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - New Yorkers and tourists were getting their holiday shopping out of the way Sunday in anticipation of a possible citywide bus and subway strike during the height of the holiday season.
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Overbilling at teaching hospital alleged
Dec 18 2005 10:28PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey medical school, already weathering criticism over its management, is now facing allegations that university officials may have overlooked years of overbilling at a teaching hospital.
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Mom reunited with son 13 years later
Dec 18 2005 9:48PM (CT)
BELLA VISTA, Ark. (AP) - A mother and son who were separated while the boy was still an infant have been reunited more than a decade after the child disappeared with his father.
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2 rescued, 2 missing in Fla. plane crash
Dec 18 2005 9:34PM (CT)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - Two young women were pulled from the ocean Sunday and Coast Guard crews were searching for two people still missing after a small plane went down about a mile off Florida's Atlantic coast.
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Former New Republic publisher Luce dies
Dec 18 2005 9:21PM (CT)
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Robert B. Luce, who was publisher of The New Republic in the turbulent 1960s, died at a Florida nursing home, his widow said Sunday. He was 83.
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Possible break-in before millionaire shot
Dec 18 2005 9:18PM (CT)
HAMILTON, Mass. (AP) - Police investigated a possible attempted break-in at John J. Donovan's home in Hamilton on the same night the former MIT professor and multimillionaire businessman was shot outside his Cambridge office, records show.
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Teacher's son said to take gun to school
Dec 18 2005 8:58PM (CT)
SHICKSHINNY, Pa. (AP) - An elementary school teacher whose 11-year-old son twice brought a loaded handgun to school faces felony child endangerment charges.
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Egeland: Rich nations must give more aid
Dec 18 2005 7:54PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A year of disasters around the world sparked an unprecedented outpouring of aid, but richer nations still are not giving enough money to tackle lingering humanitarian crises, the U.N. humanitarian chief said.
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New Orleans' historic streetcars return
Dec 18 2005 7:03PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The clackety-clack is officially back. New Orleans on Sunday resumed its streetcar service, which had been out of commission since Hurricane Katrina wiped out the utility poles and metal tracks used to propel the city's trademark mode of transportation.
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Children hurt in flood out of hospital
Dec 18 2005 6:36PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two children whose home was hit by the massive flood surge from a reservoir break were released from a hospital Sunday.
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Suspect in Halloween sex assault charged
Dec 18 2005 6:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman while posing as a firefighter was charged with kidnapping, sexual abuse and other offenses, authorities said Sunday.
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Mauling death sets off review of dog laws
Dec 18 2005 6:33PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia lawmaker is proposing tough legislation to punish dog owners whose pets injure or kill, following a fatal attack on an elderly widow by three roaming pit bulls.
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Police: Girl, 9, fatally shoots brother
Dec 18 2005 3:51PM (CT)
RIVERDALE, Ill. (AP) - A 9-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her 13-year-old brother while playing with a semiautomatic handgun that she found in her parents' bedroom, according to police in this Chicago suburb.
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Mother and four children die in Vt. fire
Dec 18 2005 7:35AM (CT)
BARRE, Vt. (AP) - A family friend survived by jumping from a second-floor window as fire swept through a duplex early Saturday, killing a woman and four children and leaving her husband in critical condition.
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2 teens arrested in alleged massacre plot
Dec 18 2005 6:46AM (CT)
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) - Two teenagers were in custody for allegedly plotting to carry out a Columbine-like massacre at their former high school next Valentine's Day, authorities said.
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Group fights Wal-Mart on 'happy holidays'
Dec 18 2005 4:31AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A group of religious protesters demonstrated outside a Wal-Mart superstore Saturday, hoping to turn away customers by calling attention to the retailer's decision to use "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas" in its seasonal advertising.
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Son of accused al-Qaida financier arrested
Dec 18 2005 3:02AM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they have arrested the eldest son of an accused al-Qaida financier on a warrant issued by the United States.
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U.S. Muslims discuss combating extremism
Dec 18 2005 1:11AM (CT)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Muslim leaders who gathered Saturday to discuss their role in combating extremism within the Islamic community complained that two scheduled speakers missed the event after being detained at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Ind. woman injured in Nov. tornado dies
Dec 18 2005 12:32AM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A woman who was injured last month when a tornado swept through mobile home park died Saturday, bringing the storm's death toll to 24.
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