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Holiday travelers delayed in Chicago, NY
Dec 21 2007 11:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Dense fog and a low cloud ceiling forced airlines to cancel more than 200 flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday at the start of the busy holiday travel season.
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Florida to register some denied voters
Dec 21 2007 11:38PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Anyone who properly filled out a voter registration form will be able to vote even if the Social Security or driver license number on the application can't be matched with government databases, the state's top elections official said Friday.
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Man charged in 1979 slaying extradited
Dec 21 2007 11:30PM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man accused in the 1979 torture-slaying of an 8-year-old boy made his initial court hearing Friday, a day his extradition from Maine.
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Man charged in 1979 slaying extradited
Dec 21 2007 11:30PM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man accused in the 1979 torture-slaying of an 8-year-old boy made his initial court hearing Friday, a day his extradition from Maine.
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Man charged in 1979 slaying extradited
Dec 21 2007 11:30PM (CT)
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A man accused in the 1979 torture-slaying of an 8-year-old boy made his initial court hearing Friday, a day his extradition from Maine.
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Family adopts slain son's military dog
Dec 21 2007 11:22PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A military working dog wounded in Iraq during a rocket attack that killed its Marine handler was adopted Friday by the slain Marine's family.
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Family adopts slain son's military dog
Dec 21 2007 11:22PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A military working dog wounded in Iraq during a rocket attack that killed its Marine handler was adopted Friday by the slain Marine's family.
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Family adopts slain son's military dog
Dec 21 2007 11:22PM (CT)
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A military working dog wounded in Iraq during a rocket attack that killed its Marine handler was adopted Friday by the slain Marine's family.
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Mich. man convicted of killing wife
Dec 21 2007 11:05PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who tearfully stood before TV cameras and repeatedly denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance was convicted Friday of killing her. Stephen Grant, 37, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tara Grant, 34, at the home they shared in the Detroit suburb of Washington Township.
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Mich. man convicted of killing wife
Dec 21 2007 11:05PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who tearfully stood before TV cameras and repeatedly denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance was convicted Friday of killing her. Stephen Grant, 37, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tara Grant, 34, at the home they shared in the Detroit suburb of Washington Township.
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Mich. man convicted of killing wife
Dec 21 2007 11:05PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who tearfully stood before TV cameras and repeatedly denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance was convicted Friday of killing her. Stephen Grant, 37, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tara Grant, 34, at the home they shared in the Detroit suburb of Washington Township.
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Mich. man convicted of killing wife
Dec 21 2007 11:05PM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who tearfully stood before TV cameras and repeatedly denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance was convicted Friday of killing her. Stephen Grant, 37, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tara Grant, 34, at the home they shared in the Detroit suburb of Washington Township.
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Calif. family blames HMO in girl's death
Dec 21 2007 11:04PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient blamed Cigna Corp. on Friday for her death, saying the health insurance giant's initial refusal to pay for a liver transplant contributed to her death.
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Calif. family blames HMO in girl's death
Dec 21 2007 11:04PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient blamed Cigna Corp. on Friday for her death, saying the health insurance giant's initial refusal to pay for a liver transplant contributed to her death.
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Police: Wife stabs man over X-mas gift
Dec 21 2007 10:24PM (CT)
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) - A woman stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife following an argument that began when she accused him of opening a Christmas present early, authorities said Friday.
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Lesser charges for man in cops' deaths
Dec 21 2007 10:13PM (CT)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A suspected car thief accused of leading police on a chase in which a sheriff's deputy mistakenly killed two colleagues will not face aggravated manslaughter charges in their deaths.
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Texas slaps a tax on strip clubs
Dec 21 2007 10:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas, where strip clubs have given rise to Anna Nicole Smith and many other less-generously endowed performers, is about to make it more expensive to watch a little bump and grind.
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Texas slaps a tax on strip clubs
Dec 21 2007 10:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas, where strip clubs have given rise to Anna Nicole Smith and many other less-generously endowed performers, is about to make it more expensive to watch a little bump and grind.
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Texas slaps a tax on strip clubs
Dec 21 2007 10:12PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Texas, where strip clubs have given rise to Anna Nicole Smith and many other less-generously endowed performers, is about to make it more expensive to watch a little bump and grind.
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Body that may be missing student found
Dec 21 2007 10:02PM (CT)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Investigators found a body in a crawl space Friday that police believe is that of a missing Marshall University student.
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3 plead not guilty in Malibu fire case
Dec 21 2007 9:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three men pleaded not guilty Friday to causing a wildfire that destroyed 50 homes in Malibu, and their lawyers said outside court they were being made scapegoats by an outraged community.
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3 plead not guilty in Malibu fire case
Dec 21 2007 9:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three men pleaded not guilty Friday to causing a wildfire that destroyed 50 homes in Malibu, and their lawyers said outside court they were being made scapegoats by an outraged community.
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3 plead not guilty in Malibu fire case
Dec 21 2007 9:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three men pleaded not guilty Friday to causing a wildfire that destroyed 50 homes in Malibu, and their lawyers said outside court they were being made scapegoats by an outraged community.
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Powerball winners claim $151M jackpot
Dec 21 2007 9:51PM (CT)
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - About three weeks ago, Sheila Botelho told her boss at an Ann & Hope outlet store that she and her husband were retiring earlier than expected.
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Student told to cover up lesbian T-shirt
Dec 21 2007 9:27PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A high school official made a mistake by telling a student to cover up a lesbian-themed T-shirt or face suspension, the school's principal said Friday, a day after the ACLU demanded the school apologize to the teen.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Group helps house New Orleans' homeless
Dec 21 2007 8:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just 10 days ago, he was one of hundreds who shuffled through the homeless camp that stained the mayor's doorstep. On Friday, he was Ricky Kees, guest in Room 402 of a local hotel, holding a steady job and wearing a fresh change of clothes.
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Nuns leave their brains to science
Dec 21 2007 8:35PM (CT)
WILTON, Conn. (AP) - When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related brain disorders.
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Nuns leave their brains to science
Dec 21 2007 8:35PM (CT)
WILTON, Conn. (AP) - When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related brain disorders.
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Black caucus seeks pardon for Jena 6
Dec 21 2007 8:26PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Members of the Congressional Black Caucus called on Gov. Kathleen Blanco to pardon Mychal Bell and five other teenagers known as the "Jena 6."
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Ohio county to switch voting machines
Dec 21 2007 8:04PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's chief elections officer decided Friday to have the state's most populous county switch to a new voting system in time for the March 4 presidential primary.
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Judge doesn't block Ariz. employment law
Dec 21 2007 7:35PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge on Friday refused to block the Jan. 1 implementation of an Arizona law that penalizes businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
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Atty: Profiling led to explosives arrest
Dec 21 2007 7:15PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Evidence used to jail a college student on explosives charges should be thrown out because authorities racially profiled the man, his attorney argued in court documents filed Friday.
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Colo. teens in court over fatal beating
Dec 21 2007 7:11PM (CT)
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A teenage girl and her boyfriend made brief court appearances Friday on charges of beating her 7-year-old half-sister to death while imitating moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game.
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Colo. teens in court over fatal beating
Dec 21 2007 7:11PM (CT)
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A teenage girl and her boyfriend made brief court appearances Friday on charges of beating her 7-year-old half-sister to death while imitating moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game.
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Robbers steal FedEx truck, parcels in NY
Dec 21 2007 6:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gunmen hijacked a FedEx delivery truck loaded with Christmas presents early Friday on a Manhattan street, officials said.
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Defense motion rejected in Ohio slaying
Dec 21 2007 6:42PM (CT)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A judge on Friday rejected a motion that accused prosecutors of withholding evidence in the case of a former police officer accused in the death of his pregnant girlfriend.
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Cops charged in shooting never fired
Dec 21 2007 6:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - No one claims the police chief or his lieutenant fired a shot when officers gunned down a mentally unstable woman in the coastal Northern California city of Eureka last year.
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Clinton neighbor held in NY killing
Dec 21 2007 6:20PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - For more than a year, a disbarred lawyer and neighbor of Bill and Hillary Clinton has insisted that his wife was killed by an assailant who forced their car off a dark road, climbed in through the back and shot her in the head and him in the belly.
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Ind. mourners remember Rep. Julia Carson
Dec 21 2007 6:09PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Loved ones walked about three miles from the home of Rep. Julia Carson with a horse-drawn military caisson that brought her body for public viewing at the Statehouse on Friday.
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Ind. mourners remember Rep. Julia Carson
Dec 21 2007 6:09PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Loved ones walked about three miles from the home of Rep. Julia Carson with a horse-drawn military caisson that brought her body for public viewing at the Statehouse on Friday.
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NY man granted new trial in '88 murder
Dec 21 2007 6:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A state appeals court has granted a new trial to a man who has served more than 17 years in prison for the murder of his parents, citing new evidence that other people may have committed the crime.
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Baby's death blamed on thrown football
Dec 21 2007 5:59PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy threw a football against a pregnant teen's stomach twice, causing the baby to be born prematurely and die hours later, authorities said.
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Ill. Gov's fundraiser pleads not guilty
Dec 21 2007 5:48PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The governor's chief campaign fundraiser pleaded not guilty to tax charges Friday and must get treatment for his gambling problem to stay free on bond.
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More prison for man who kidnapped 2 boys
Dec 21 2007 5:29PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Michael Devlin received one final sentence Friday _ 170 years _ for making pornography of a boy he kidnapped and sexually assaulted over four years.
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Teens suspended over Facebook `parody'
Dec 21 2007 4:24PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Three teenagers have sued school officials over lengthy suspensions they received for setting up a Facebook page that identifies a teacher as a pedophile.
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Pols beware: Late-nite jokes coming back
Dec 21 2007 4:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Attention, presidential candidates: Not to disrupt your holiday plans, but if you have any cringe-inducing mistakes, insensitive jokes or outright hypocrisy yet to engage in, there's no time like the present.
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States step up demands for restitution
Dec 21 2007 3:43PM (CT)
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A young burglar accused of burning down the St. Paul United Methodist Church 13 years ago was ordered to make $2.4 million in restitution. It was, at best, wishful thinking on the part of the court.
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States step up demands for restitution
Dec 21 2007 3:43PM (CT)
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A young burglar accused of burning down the St. Paul United Methodist Church 13 years ago was ordered to make $2.4 million in restitution. It was, at best, wishful thinking on the part of the court.
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NYPD going green on electric scooters
Dec 21 2007 2:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Police working to keep the city safer will be trying to keep it greener too _ by testing an electric, ultra-quiet scooter.
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Nation's need apparent during holidays
Dec 21 2007 2:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A Salvation Army shelter in a well-to-do Kansas county has an unprecedented waiting list that includes families who've lost their homes to foreclosure.
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Gov't wants Kansas doc held until trial
Dec 21 2007 1:40PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Prosecutors are asking a federal magistrate to keep a doctor and his nurse wife in jail pending trial on charges they operated a "pill mill" that allegedly caused the overdose deaths of at least four patients.
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Secret Santa's legacy lives on
Dec 21 2007 1:13PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she wanted to do was get back to family in Minnesota.
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Secret Santa's legacy lives on
Dec 21 2007 1:13PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she wanted to do was get back to family in Minnesota.
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Judge strikes Louisville smoking ban
Dec 21 2007 1:12PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - As Churchill Downs goes, so goes Louisville, according to a circuit judge who struck down a citywide smoking ban citing an exemption for the famed horse track.
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4 quakes hit Alaska's Aleutian Islands
Dec 21 2007 12:29PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Two significant earthquakes that shook Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands were followed Friday morning by two smaller quakes, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries.
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Fla. officer shocks woman yelling at her
Dec 21 2007 11:58AM (CT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A police officer used a stun gun to subdue a woman who yelled at her in a crowded electronics store, and prosecutors are reviewing whether to pursue charges against the customer.
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Oldest U.S. WWI vet dies in Ohio at 109
Dec 21 2007 11:47AM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher, one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war to end all wars," was 109.
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Oldest U.S. WWI vet dies in Ohio at 109
Dec 21 2007 11:47AM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher, one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war to end all wars," was 109.
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Oldest U.S. WWI vet dies in Ohio at 109
Dec 21 2007 11:47AM (CT)
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher, one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war to end all wars," was 109.
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NOLA protesters vow to keep fighting
Dec 21 2007 8:09AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After violent clashes with police at City Hall, protesters vowed that the fight over a plan to demolish 218 public housing buildings for the poor was far from over, both in the courts and on the streets.
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NOLA protesters vow to keep fighting
Dec 21 2007 8:09AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After violent clashes with police at City Hall, protesters vowed that the fight over a plan to demolish 218 public housing buildings for the poor was far from over, both in the courts and on the streets.
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NOLA protesters vow to keep fighting
Dec 21 2007 8:09AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - After violent clashes with police at City Hall, protesters vowed that the fight over a plan to demolish 218 public housing buildings for the poor was far from over, both in the courts and on the streets.
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Inmate: Suspect in boat deaths confessed
Dec 21 2007 7:39AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A jail inmate told investigators that a suspect in the killings of four people aboard a charter fishing boat admitted his role in their shooting deaths, but insisted he did not pull the trigger, according to court documents.
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Mass inmate release possible in Calif.
Dec 21 2007 6:45AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is considering the early release of more than 20,000 low-risk prison inmates from the nation's largest prison system as a way to save money amid a worsening budget crisis, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Va. Tech to put peace program in Norris
Dec 21 2007 5:36AM (CT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Vowing never again to use the Virginia Tech classroom wing where a student gunman killed 30 people and himself for general classes, school officials said the space would be used to study peace.
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