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Zoo director says tiger wall was low
Dec 27 2007 11:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The director of the zoo where a teenager was killed by an escaped tiger acknowledged Thursday that the wall around the animal's pen was just 12 1/2 feet high _ well below the height recommended by the accrediting agency for the nation's zoos.
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Zoo director says tiger wall was low
Dec 27 2007 11:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The director of the zoo where a teenager was killed by an escaped tiger acknowledged Thursday that the wall around the animal's pen was just 12 1/2 feet high _ well below the height recommended by the accrediting agency for the nation's zoos.
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Arson damages former Bush home in Texas
Dec 27 2007 10:46PM (CT)
ODESSA, Texas (AP) - An arson fire damaged the Odessa home where former President Bush and his family lived in during the late 1940s early Thursday, authorities said.
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Documents: Suspects admitted 6 deaths
Dec 27 2007 10:19PM (CT)
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) - A woman and her boyfriend admitted to methodically gunning down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to police affidavits filed in court Thursday.
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Documents: Suspects admitted 6 deaths
Dec 27 2007 10:19PM (CT)
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) - A woman and her boyfriend admitted to methodically gunning down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to police affidavits filed in court Thursday.
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Documents: Suspects admitted 6 deaths
Dec 27 2007 10:19PM (CT)
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) - A woman and her boyfriend admitted to methodically gunning down her parents and four other family members in rural Washington on Christmas Eve, according to police affidavits filed in court Thursday.
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2 arrested in NM abortion clinic fire
Dec 27 2007 9:52PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with a fire at an abortion clinic earlier this month, and will likely face charges in the blaze, authorities said.
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Girlfriend of slaying suspect returns
Dec 27 2007 9:02PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The pregnant girlfriend of a man suspected of killing a college student has returned to the United States, her mother said.
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Outages remain in SoCal due to winds
Dec 27 2007 8:28PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thousands of Southern California residents were without power Thursday as strong winds knocked down power lines and blew blinding dust across desert roadways.
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Feds: Bus co. in deadly crash must close
Dec 27 2007 8:19PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - A charter bus company involved in a deadly crash in Arkansas last month must immediately shut down because it is an "imminent hazard to public safety," federal officials said Thursday.
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Zoo cougars captured in Wisconsin
Dec 27 2007 7:46PM (CT)
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) - Two cougars freed from a zoo by vandals were captured Thursday without injuring anyone, the city's mayor said.
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Mich. AG: Only legal residents can drive
Dec 27 2007 7:43PM (CT)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Illegal immigrants are ineligible for driver's licenses, Michigan's attorney general said Thursday in an opinion that affects one of the few states that have been granting licenses to undocumented residents.
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Teen gets 42 years in Ind. sniper case
Dec 27 2007 7:03PM (CT)
BROWNSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - A teenager who pleaded guilty to killing one man and wounding another in a series of 2006 Indiana highway sniper shootings was sentenced Thursday to 42 years in prison.
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FBI mug shots to hit digital billboards
Dec 27 2007 6:52PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The FBI's most wanted bank robbers, violent criminals and terrorists will soon appear on 150 digital billboards in 20 cities nationwide.
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Former Miss. judges report to prison
Dec 27 2007 6:31PM (CT)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two judges convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for favorable rulings reported to federal prison Thursday.
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ACLU: Ohio voting switch may be illegal
Dec 27 2007 6:19PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union urged the elections board in the state's most populous county on Thursday not to make a switch to a new voting system for the state's March presidential primary, warning that the move could violate state law.
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Pakistanis in U.S. fear for homeland
Dec 27 2007 5:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pakistanis across the U.S., regardless of whether they supported Benazir Bhutto, mourned her on Thursday and worried that her assassination could destabilize their homeland and threaten the safety of family members living there.
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Pakistanis in U.S. fear for homeland
Dec 27 2007 5:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pakistanis across the U.S., regardless of whether they supported Benazir Bhutto, mourned her on Thursday and worried that her assassination could destabilize their homeland and threaten the safety of family members living there.
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Pakistanis in U.S. fear for homeland
Dec 27 2007 5:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Pakistanis across the U.S., regardless of whether they supported Benazir Bhutto, mourned her on Thursday and worried that her assassination could destabilize their homeland and threaten the safety of family members living there.
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Man once guilty of killing parents freed
Dec 27 2007 5:00PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A man found guilty 17 years ago of murdering his parents as a teenager was freed from prison Thursday, days after an appeals court overturned the conviction and ordered a retrial because of new evidence.
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New charge against serial slay suspect
Dec 27 2007 4:52PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - An Illinois prosecutor on Thursday announced a seventh murder charge against a longtime prison inmate suspected of killing women in four states during a brief period of freedom that began three decades ago.
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N.J. limits Web for some sex offenders
Dec 27 2007 4:30PM (CT)
EWING, N.J. (AP) - Convicted sex offenders who used the Internet to help them commit their crimes will be banned from using the Internet under a measure signed into law Thursday.
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Cities enticing residents to go green
Dec 27 2007 2:55PM (CT)
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) - Free hybrid-car parking. Cash rebates for installing solar panels. Low-interest loans for energy-saving home renovations. Money to tear up desert lawns and replace them with drought-resistant landscaping.
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More flights scrapped amid Colo. snow
Dec 27 2007 2:01PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - United Airlines, hit hard by weekend storms in the Midwest, canceled dozens more flights Thursday as the second storm since Christmas threatened to pile 20 inches of new snow on Colorado.
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Ohio Supreme Court upholds damages law
Dec 27 2007 1:50PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law Thursday that limits how much a person injured by a defective product can collect in pain-and-suffering damages, reversing its stance on a closely watched issue.
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Files: Mall gunman was satanic, suicidal
Dec 27 2007 7:54AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The teen gunman who killed eight people and himself in a mall this month once told social workers he was satanic and acknowledged that he often acted before thinking of the consequences, according to newly released court records.
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Sealant likely caused NYC steam blast
Dec 27 2007 7:37AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A small clump of sealant probably caused a steam-pipe explosion last summer that blew a crater near Grand Central Terminal, according to the utility that runs New York's underground steam system.
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Bette Davis featured on new 2008 stamps
Dec 27 2007 7:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A face that will tease you, and please you and perhaps unease you is coming to the post office next year, it's those Bette Davis eyes.
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Bette Davis featured on new 2008 stamps
Dec 27 2007 7:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A face that will tease you, and please you and perhaps unease you is coming to the post office next year, it's those Bette Davis eyes.
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Bette Davis featured on new 2008 stamps
Dec 27 2007 7:08AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A face that will tease you, and please you and perhaps unease you is coming to the post office next year, it's those Bette Davis eyes.
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US police fatalities spike in 2007
Dec 27 2007 6:15AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A record number of fatal traffic incidents and a double-digit spike in shooting deaths led to one of the deadliest years for law enforcement officers in more than a decade.
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Arlington bills itself Texas' playground
Dec 27 2007 5:26AM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - With two amusement parks, the Texas Rangers' recently built baseball stadium and the Dallas Cowboys' $1 billion football stadium on its way, Arlington is transforming itself from an aging suburb to the Lone Star State's playground.
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D.C. to fund needle-exchange programs
Dec 27 2007 3:15AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A nine-year ban on city funding for needle-exchange programs in the District of Columbia has been lifted, a move city officials say is key to reducing the soaring rate of AIDS and HIV infections in the nation's capital.
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Part of S.F. health care plan tossed out
Dec 27 2007 3:10AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has struck down a key provision of a new city program providing basic health care to uninsured residents, ruling that employers cannot be required to subsidize the ambitious plan.
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