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Police: Escaped Fla. rape suspect captured
Dec 26 2005 11:51PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A man accused of sexually assaulting seven girls and women was recaptured late Monday, a week after escaping from jail by rappelling down the building on bed sheets, police said.
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Katrina victims salvage holiday spirit
Dec 26 2005 11:40PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Harold Hansford didn't make it home for Christmas. He just visited. Hansford spent part of Christmas morning wandering around the gutted house in the New Orleans suburb of Arabi that he, his wife and son called home for the past 17 years.
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New Orleans police shoot, kill man
Dec 26 2005 11:38PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police shot and killed a man who allegedly threatened an officer with a knife, marking the first shooting involving an officer since the city reopened after Hurricane Katrina.
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Ore. surfer who slugged shark recovering
Dec 26 2005 11:03PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A surfer who fended off a great white shark by punching it in the nose said he learned the tactic by watching television shows such as the Discovery Channel's "Shark Week."
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Missing police officer feared dead in N.J.
Dec 26 2005 10:58PM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Two police officers in an emergency truck plunged more than 40 feet off an open drawbridge in thick fog. One was killed; the other was missing and feared dead.
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Rock slides in Vt. force 50 to evacuate
Dec 26 2005 10:02PM (CT)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A series of rock slides dumped boulders the size of cars across a downtown street Monday, forcing about 50 people to evacuate as debris spilled up to their doorsteps.
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Report: Terror drill shows response flaws
Dec 26 2005 9:56PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - An anti-terrorism drill at Logan International Airport revealed flaws in law-enforcement's ability to respond to an attack, according to a newly released report.
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Police search for motive in Va. slayings
Dec 26 2005 9:44PM (CT)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Police said Monday that a Virginia man who killed four people, then himself, on Christmas Day had a history of mental problems.
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Bloomberg's word choice still under fire
Dec 26 2005 8:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four days after the city's transit strike ended, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was still coming under fire for his use of the word "thuggishly" to describe the actions of the leaders of a union that is mostly minority.
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3 siblings die in Houston apartment fire
Dec 26 2005 8:17PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Flames raced through the second floor of an apartment complex Monday, killing three young siblings who were found huddled in a back bedroom. Two others were saved from the fire.
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Miss. abortion clinic awaits license OK
Dec 26 2005 8:03PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's only remaining abortion clinic is waiting to hear if health officials will approve its license to meet ambulatory surgical standards.
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Texas church plans to give away a house
Dec 26 2005 4:08PM (CT)
LA MARQUE, Texas (AP) - In a game show-style giveaway, a church plans to award a $120,000 three-bedroom house to one of its worshippers on New Year's Eve.
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Mother accidentally runs over daughter
Dec 26 2005 1:55PM (CT)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - A woman backing out of a driveway to get Christmas candy accidentally ran over her 6-year-old daughter and killed her, police said.
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Bitter debate over 'birthright citizenship'
Dec 26 2005 1:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A proposal to change long-standing federal policy and deny citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants on U.S. soil ran aground this month in Congress, but it is sure to resurface _ kindling bitter debate even if it fails to become law.
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Permafrost could be melting, study finds
Dec 26 2005 8:35AM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Climate change could thaw the top 11 feet of permafrost in most areas of the Northern Hemisphere by 2100, altering ecosystems across Alaska, Canada and Russia, according to a federal study.
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Bloomberg estimates strike losses at $1B
Dec 26 2005 6:53AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Businesses lost $1 billion in revenue during last week's three-day transit strike, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday.
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Emergency vehicle plunges into N.J. river
Dec 26 2005 6:35AM (CT)
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies were searching the Hackensack River Sunday night for two emergency workers whose vehicle plunged off the Hackensack River Bridge.
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Food tax sends Tenn. shoppers out of state
Dec 26 2005 4:34AM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - When Julie Abel goes grocery shopping each week, she drives more than 25 miles to Georgia to avoid paying the nation's highest average tax on food: 8.4 percent in Tennessee.
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'Mother of all bombs' designer dies at 67
Dec 26 2005 1:25AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Albert L. Weimorts Jr., a civilian engineer for the Air Force whose designs included a satellite-guided weapon known as the "mother of all bombs," has died, his son said. He was 67.
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Manhattan's slasher-Santa display for sale
Dec 26 2005 12:09AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the man who has everything _ or someone really desperate to find a last-minute gift _ Joel Krupnik and Mildred Castellanos have an answer: Their red-suited Santa Claus figure, holding a bloody knife in one hand and a severed doll's head in the other, went up for auction on Christmas Day.
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