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Man gets 5 years in clinic attack plot
Dec 18 2006 11:43PM (CT)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A man who plotted to attack an abortion clinic with a pipe bomb and handgun was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.
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2 climbers may have fallen and died
Dec 18 2006 11:27PM (CT)
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - Two climbers still missing on Mount Hood may have been swept to their deaths over a treacherous cliff by howling winds of more than 100 mph after they left their injured companion behind in a snow cave to get help.
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2 climbers may have fallen and died
Dec 18 2006 11:27PM (CT)
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - Two climbers still missing on Mount Hood may have been swept to their deaths over a treacherous cliff by howling winds of more than 100 mph after they left their injured companion behind in a snow cave to get help.
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2 climbers may have fallen and died
Dec 18 2006 11:27PM (CT)
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) - Two climbers still missing on Mount Hood may have been swept to their deaths over a treacherous cliff by howling winds of more than 100 mph after they left their injured companion behind in a snow cave to get help.
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Graham to decide burial site with wife
Dec 18 2006 11:26PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Ailing evangelist Billy Graham said Monday he and his wife Ruth are deciding together where they will be buried, an announcement apparently sparked by a recent report the family is feuding over the issue.
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Rapist preys on men in Houston area
Dec 18 2006 11:25PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - A rapist who preys on young men has struck five times in the Houston area since mid-September, and police said Monday there may be even more victims, but they are too ashamed to come forward.
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Northwest storm death toll rises to 14
Dec 18 2006 11:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Four family members were found dead Monday in their home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the death toll from the Northwest's worst windstorm in a decade to 14.
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Northwest storm death toll rises to 14
Dec 18 2006 11:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Four family members were found dead Monday in their home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the death toll from the Northwest's worst windstorm in a decade to 14.
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Northwest storm death toll rises to 14
Dec 18 2006 11:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Four family members were found dead Monday in their home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the death toll from the Northwest's worst windstorm in a decade to 14.
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Northwest storm death toll rises to 14
Dec 18 2006 11:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Four family members were found dead Monday in their home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the death toll from the Northwest's worst windstorm in a decade to 14.
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Northwest storm death toll rises to 14
Dec 18 2006 11:24PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Four family members were found dead Monday in their home of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, bringing the death toll from the Northwest's worst windstorm in a decade to 14.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Spacewalkers free jammed solar array
Dec 18 2006 11:22PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two spacewalking astronauts finished folding up a stubborn, accordion-like solar array Monday, resolving the only complication in space shuttle Discovery's otherwise smooth mission to the international space station.
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Govt. cedes in ACLU fight over document
Dec 18 2006 11:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After demanding that the American Civil Liberties Union turn over a classified document it had been given and prove it had destroyed every copy of it, the government agreed Monday to make the document about photographs of detainees public.
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Climber had a passion for adventure
Dec 18 2006 10:56PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Kelly James' passion for adventure took him around the world. He scaled treacherous peaks in Europe, South America and Alaska. He even proposed to his wife on a mountaintop.
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Rockers sue memorabilia Web site
Dec 18 2006 10:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Some rock legends are taking a music memorabilia Web site owner to court, claiming he is illegally selling vintage recordings and memorabilia.
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Calif. man accused of impersonating feds
Dec 18 2006 10:40PM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A bounty hunter charged with impersonating federal agents says he was only doing the government's work _ arresting fugitives wanted for immigration violations.
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Calif. to reconsider injection process
Dec 18 2006 10:36PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday ordered his staff to begin revising the state's lethal injection procedure after a federal judge ruled the existing method was unconstitutional.
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3 to plead guilty in Ala. church arsons
Dec 18 2006 10:27PM (CT)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Three former college students accused of setting nine rural Alabama churches ablaze in February will plead guilty to federal charges, a court filing Monday said.
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S.C. 'santa' charged with kidnapping girl
Dec 18 2006 10:19PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man dressed as Santa Claus lured an 8-year-old girl onto his motorcycle and drove away, and her father chased him until he pulled over and gave her back, authorities said. The man, John Michael Barton, 55, was charged with kidnapping, police said. He was being held in jail Monday night on $100,000 bond.
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Leader: Episcopal Church not splintering
Dec 18 2006 10:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Episcopal Church is not splintering, despite a decision by several Virginia parishes to leave and join Anglican conservatives, the head of the church said Monday.
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Carbon monoxide feared in 7 Mo. deaths
Dec 18 2006 9:57PM (CT)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Investigators said Monday they were looking at the possibility that seven people found dead in an apartment were killed by carbon monoxide.
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Carbon monoxide feared in 7 Mo. deaths
Dec 18 2006 9:57PM (CT)
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) - Investigators said Monday they were looking at the possibility that seven people found dead in an apartment were killed by carbon monoxide.
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Publisher allegedly cited 'Jewish cabal'
Dec 18 2006 9:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an explosive telephone argument that led to her firing, publisher Judith Regan allegedly complained of a "Jewish cabal" against her in the book industry and stated that Jews "should know about ganging up, finding common enemies and telling the big lie."
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S.C. embankment collapse kills 2 teens
Dec 18 2006 9:34PM (CT)
NEW ELLENTON, S.C. (AP) - An earthen embankment collapsed at a construction site, killing two teenagers who were buried under an estimated five tons of dirt, authorities said.
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Cartoon creator Joe Barbera dies
Dec 18 2006 9:27PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95.
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Closing arguments in Thompson killings
Dec 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor got down on his knees before jurors Monday, imitating a pose racing legend Mickey Thompson's wife was reportedly in as she pleaded for her life moments before she and her husband were gunned down almost two decades ago.
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Closing arguments in Thompson killings
Dec 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor got down on his knees before jurors Monday, imitating a pose racing legend Mickey Thompson's wife was reportedly in as she pleaded for her life moments before she and her husband were gunned down almost two decades ago.
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Closing arguments in Thompson killings
Dec 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor got down on his knees before jurors Monday, imitating a pose racing legend Mickey Thompson's wife was reportedly in as she pleaded for her life moments before she and her husband were gunned down almost two decades ago.
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Closing arguments in Thompson killings
Dec 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor got down on his knees before jurors Monday, imitating a pose racing legend Mickey Thompson's wife was reportedly in as she pleaded for her life moments before she and her husband were gunned down almost two decades ago.
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Closing arguments in Thompson killings
Dec 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor got down on his knees before jurors Monday, imitating a pose racing legend Mickey Thompson's wife was reportedly in as she pleaded for her life moments before she and her husband were gunned down almost two decades ago.
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Closing arguments in Thompson killings
Dec 18 2006 9:24PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A prosecutor got down on his knees before jurors Monday, imitating a pose racing legend Mickey Thompson's wife was reportedly in as she pleaded for her life moments before she and her husband were gunned down almost two decades ago.
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Mayor: NAACP nears move to D.C.
Dec 18 2006 9:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The NAACP is close to making a deal to move its headquarters from Baltimore to the nation's capital, District of Columbia officials and the civil rights group's president said Monday.
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Marine to be charged in Haditha case
Dec 18 2006 8:35PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Marine captain has been told he will be criminally charged in connection with the killing of 24 civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha, his attorney said Monday.
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Reno hotel fire suspect to stand trial
Dec 18 2006 8:30PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A woman convicted of murder in 1987 was ordered Monday to stand trial on 12 counts of murder and one count of arson in the deadliest fire in the city's history.
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Reno hotel fire suspect to stand trial
Dec 18 2006 8:30PM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A woman convicted of murder in 1987 was ordered Monday to stand trial on 12 counts of murder and one count of arson in the deadliest fire in the city's history.
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Mich. to delay affirmative action ban
Dec 18 2006 7:36PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's three top-tier universities can continue using race and gender in admissions and financial aid awards through the current admission cycle, under an agreement proposed Monday.
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Ex-legislator charged in Tenn. probe
Dec 18 2006 7:32PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former lawmaker already indicted on bribery allegations has been charged with taking more than $800,000 in consulting fees from contractors working for a state Medicare program, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.
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Ex-legislator charged in Tenn. probe
Dec 18 2006 7:32PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former lawmaker already indicted on bribery allegations has been charged with taking more than $800,000 in consulting fees from contractors working for a state Medicare program, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.
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Suspected Smart abductor unfit for trial
Dec 18 2006 7:11PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom in 2002 and holding her for nine months was again declared unfit to stand trial Monday after screaming at a judge to "forsake those robes and kneel in the dust."
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Anti-Castro TV starts airing in Miami
Dec 18 2006 6:50PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida Spanish-language TV station began broadcasting programs Monday produced by TV Marti, the federally owned station that beams anti-Castro programming into Cuba, U.S. officials said.
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Rudolph the red-nose present
Dec 18 2006 5:43PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Bob Hicks is taking a uniquely Alaskan gift to a Christmas party in New York City: hot and mild sausages made with reindeer meat.
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Rudolph the red-nose present
Dec 18 2006 5:43PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Bob Hicks is taking a uniquely Alaskan gift to a Christmas party in New York City: hot and mild sausages made with reindeer meat.
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Rudolph the red-nose present
Dec 18 2006 5:43PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Bob Hicks is taking a uniquely Alaskan gift to a Christmas party in New York City: hot and mild sausages made with reindeer meat.
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NJ moves on embryonic stem cell work
Dec 18 2006 5:22PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - State officials announced plans Monday to invest $7 million next year in federally restricted embryonic stem cell research and $3 million for less controversial research into adult stem cells.
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Mental exam ordered for terror suspect
Dec 18 2006 5:16PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge ordered a mental exam Monday to determine whether Jose Padilla _ charged with being part of a support cell for Islamic extremists around the world _ is competent for trial.
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S.C. embankment collapse kills 2 teens
Dec 18 2006 4:45PM (CT)
NEW ELLENTON, S.C. (AP) - An earthen embankment collapsed at a construction site, killing two teenagers who were buried under an estimated five tons of dirt, authorities said.
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States sue EPA over soot levels
Dec 18 2006 4:40PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
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Norovirus eyed in Olive Garden sickness
Dec 18 2006 2:10PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A norovirus may have caused hundreds of people to become sick last week after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant, a health official said Monday.
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Glitzy Las Vegas battles over homeless
Dec 18 2006 2:09PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - This is a boomtown, but it is also scattered with signs of bust _ namely, homeless people. And the city is taking a hard line against them.
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Family of 4 killed in Ohio plane crash
Dec 18 2006 1:59PM (CT)
BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) - A plane crashed in a field, killing four members of a Texas family and raining debris on a nearby apartment complex, authorities said.
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Vt. woman is an unlikely peace activist
Dec 18 2006 1:45PM (CT)
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Meet the anti-war movement's newest folk hero: 69-year-old Rosemarie Jackowski, whose arrest during an anti-war protest has made her a cause celebre.
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Colleges zero in on students' majors
Dec 18 2006 11:27AM (CT)
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Colleges around the country are devoting more time, money and staff power to students who can't decide on a major, concerned that many of them will leave school without graduating or will prolong their college careers and take up precious spots for prospective students. Indecision can be costly for students, as well, in times of rising tuition.
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Gates, Hewlett foundations team up
Dec 18 2006 8:01AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Two of the nation's largest charitable foundations announced plans Monday to work together to improve education in developing countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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AP: Few rules govern propane checks
Dec 18 2006 7:34AM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - As he left the funeral of one of three colleagues killed in a warehouse explosion believed to have been sparked by a propane leak, Rick Pollak was shocked to learn that inspections of propane tanks and pipes aren't required by law.
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Express Scripts bids $26B for Caremark
Dec 18 2006 6:10AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS, (AP) - Pharmacy-benefit manager Express Scripts Inc. launched a $26 billion bid Monday for its larger competitor Caremark Rx Inc., potentially scuttling a competing offer from drug chain CVS/pharmacy.
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Air America Radio close to getting sold
Dec 18 2006 2:48AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Air America Radio, the liberal talk radio network headlined by the comedian and author Al Franken, is close to a sealing a deal with a buyer, a network spokeswoman said.
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Realogy purchased by firm: $6.6 billion
Dec 18 2006 1:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A major private equity firm is set to purchase real estate giant Realogy Corporation, the parent company of Century 21 and Coldwell Banker, for more than $6.6 billion, the companies announced Sunday.
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Restaurant shooting kills 1, injures 2
Dec 18 2006 12:36AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Frightened customers at a crowded Chicago pizzeria dove for cover behind tables and chairs as a gunman opened a door Sunday evening and began firing inside, killing one teen and injuring two others, police and a restaurant employee said.
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