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Stream of visitors pays respects to Ford
Dec 31 2006 11:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ordinary Americans paid their respects to Gerald R. Ford on Sunday, walking slowly by his flag-covered casket in the Capitol and remembering how the 38th president likely sacrificed his career by granting the pardon he thought right for the nation.
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Stream of visitors pays respects to Ford
Dec 31 2006 11:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ordinary Americans paid their respects to Gerald R. Ford on Sunday, walking slowly by his flag-covered casket in the Capitol and remembering how the 38th president likely sacrificed his career by granting the pardon he thought right for the nation.
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Stream of visitors pays respects to Ford
Dec 31 2006 11:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ordinary Americans paid their respects to Gerald R. Ford on Sunday, walking slowly by his flag-covered casket in the Capitol and remembering how the 38th president likely sacrificed his career by granting the pardon he thought right for the nation.
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Stream of visitors pays respects to Ford
Dec 31 2006 11:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ordinary Americans paid their respects to Gerald R. Ford on Sunday, walking slowly by his flag-covered casket in the Capitol and remembering how the 38th president likely sacrificed his career by granting the pardon he thought right for the nation.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07
Dec 31 2006 11:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of revelers from all over the world flooded Times Square on Sunday to ring in the New Year at the city's massive holiday party.
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Small plane crashes in N.C. yard; 4 dead
Dec 31 2006 11:36PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A small plane crashed into a yard Sunday morning, killing four people aboard and embedding its engine into a house, authorities said.
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Small plane crashes in N.C. yard, 4 die
Dec 31 2006 11:32PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A small plane crashed into a yard Sunday morning, killing four people aboard and embedding its engine into a house, authorities said.
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Planes seek stranded drivers in Colorado
Dec 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads in Colorado on Sunday, searching for stranded travelers after a powerful winter storm piled drifts up to 10 feet high across much of the Plains.
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Planes seek stranded drivers in Colorado
Dec 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads in Colorado on Sunday, searching for stranded travelers after a powerful winter storm piled drifts up to 10 feet high across much of the Plains.
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Planes seek stranded drivers in Colorado
Dec 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads in Colorado on Sunday, searching for stranded travelers after a powerful winter storm piled drifts up to 10 feet high across much of the Plains.
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Planes seek stranded drivers in Colorado
Dec 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads in Colorado on Sunday, searching for stranded travelers after a powerful winter storm piled drifts up to 10 feet high across much of the Plains.
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Planes seek stranded drivers in Colorado
Dec 31 2006 11:26PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads in Colorado on Sunday, searching for stranded travelers after a powerful winter storm piled drifts up to 10 feet high across much of the Plains.
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Fla. father dies hours after son's birth
Dec 31 2006 11:24PM (CT)
LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. (AP) - A man celebrating the birth of his son was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting after showing off pictures of the newborn at a friend's house.
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Bolts at center of Big Dig collapse case
Dec 31 2006 10:21PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The legacy of the most expensive highway project in U.S. history is being defined not by the underground leaks that plagued it or the quintupling of its price tag to more than $14.6 billion.
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Military nurse recalls softer Saddam
Dec 31 2006 9:40PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A military nurse who cared for Saddam Hussein in jail said the deposed dictator saved bread crusts to feed birds and seldom complained to his captors, except when he had legitimate gripes.
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Irritating, worn-out words of '06 banned
Dec 31 2006 8:52PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - If the media's habit of combining celebrity names didn't cause word watchers enough heartburn in 2006, the past year had plenty of other words and phrases that language purists wish had "gone missing."
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Time to reflect as Iraq toll hits 3,000
Dec 31 2006 8:43PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Perhaps no place illustrates the toll of the Iraq war more vividly than Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. In this "garden of stone," in ruler-straight rows, rest one-tenth of the Iraq war's American dead, whose number has reached 3,000.
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Time to reflect as Iraq toll hits 3,000
Dec 31 2006 8:43PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Perhaps no place illustrates the toll of the Iraq war more vividly than Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. In this "garden of stone," in ruler-straight rows, rest one-tenth of the Iraq war's American dead, whose number has reached 3,000.
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Time to reflect as Iraq toll hits 3,000
Dec 31 2006 8:43PM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Perhaps no place illustrates the toll of the Iraq war more vividly than Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. In this "garden of stone," in ruler-straight rows, rest one-tenth of the Iraq war's American dead, whose number has reached 3,000.
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Poll: Americans predict attacks in 2007
Dec 31 2006 8:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans' grim predictions for the United States in 2007.
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Bush mulls plan as U.S. toll hits 3,000
Dec 31 2006 7:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 on Sunday even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that shows little sign of abating.
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Bush mulls plan as U.S. toll hits 3,000
Dec 31 2006 7:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 on Sunday even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that shows little sign of abating.
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Divers seal broken Gulf oil pipeline
Dec 31 2006 5:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Divers sealed a broken oil pipeline Sunday after about 44,500 gallons leaked into the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said.
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Toddler found playing along busy highway
Dec 31 2006 3:22PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Drivers swerved cars and trucks into other lanes to avoid a 3-year-old boy, wearing only a diaper and T-shirt, who was playing along a busy highway after wandering away from home while his mother slept, police said.
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Timber company to sell Calif. town
Dec 31 2006 2:06PM (CT)
SCOTIA, Calif. (AP) - Along with the scent of freshly cut redwood, an air of uncertainty hangs over this idyllic Northern California logging town.
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Haitian girl returns home with new face
Dec 31 2006 2:02PM (CT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - As her cousins, sisters and parents settled down at the kitchen table, Marlie Casseus surveyed the plates of soft foods before her with a new attitude.
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14-foot python attacks handler
Dec 31 2006 10:37AM (CT)
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - A 14-foot python bit its handler and tried to drag her into its cage during a show at an aquarium, and wouldn't release the woman until a police officer zapped the reptile with a stun gun.
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2 dozen hurt in Calif. prison riot
Dec 31 2006 3:28AM (CT)
CHINO, Calif. (AP) - More than 800 inmates were involved in a state prison riot that sent at least two dozen prisoners to hospitals with moderate to serious injuries, a prison spokesman said.
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Ruling on mentally ill favors Florida
Dec 31 2006 3:22AM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A judge who threatened to drop a mentally ill inmate at the office of the chief of a state agency if the inmate was not moved to a hospital did not have the authority to make such an order, a court ruled.
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Two dozen hurt in Calif. prison riot
Dec 31 2006 3:17AM (CT)
CHINO, Calif. (AP) - More than 800 inmates were involved in a state prison riot that sent at least two dozen prisoners to hospitals with moderate to serious injuries, a prison spokesman said.
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Guilt haunts some surviving Sago miners
Dec 31 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Fred Jamison still thrashes in his sleep. Then, in the mornings, when he inspects the Sago Mine alone to make sure it's safe for the day's incoming crew, he passes the spot that haunts his dreams _ the roped-off underground shrine with dried flowers, a silent and now-sacred space where no footprints disturb the dust.
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Guilt haunts some surviving Sago miners
Dec 31 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Fred Jamison still thrashes in his sleep. Then, in the mornings, when he inspects the Sago Mine alone to make sure it's safe for the day's incoming crew, he passes the spot that haunts his dreams _ the roped-off underground shrine with dried flowers, a silent and now-sacred space where no footprints disturb the dust.
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Guilt haunts some surviving Sago miners
Dec 31 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Fred Jamison still thrashes in his sleep. Then, in the mornings, when he inspects the Sago Mine alone to make sure it's safe for the day's incoming crew, he passes the spot that haunts his dreams _ the roped-off underground shrine with dried flowers, a silent and now-sacred space where no footprints disturb the dust.
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Guilt haunts some surviving Sago miners
Dec 31 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Fred Jamison still thrashes in his sleep. Then, in the mornings, when he inspects the Sago Mine alone to make sure it's safe for the day's incoming crew, he passes the spot that haunts his dreams _ the roped-off underground shrine with dried flowers, a silent and now-sacred space where no footprints disturb the dust.
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Guilt haunts some surviving Sago miners
Dec 31 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Fred Jamison still thrashes in his sleep. Then, in the mornings, when he inspects the Sago Mine alone to make sure it's safe for the day's incoming crew, he passes the spot that haunts his dreams _ the roped-off underground shrine with dried flowers, a silent and now-sacred space where no footprints disturb the dust.
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Guilt haunts some surviving Sago miners
Dec 31 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. (AP) - Fred Jamison still thrashes in his sleep. Then, in the mornings, when he inspects the Sago Mine alone to make sure it's safe for the day's incoming crew, he passes the spot that haunts his dreams _ the roped-off underground shrine with dried flowers, a silent and now-sacred space where no footprints disturb the dust.
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Schwarzenegger released after surgery
Dec 31 2006 2:40AM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was released from a hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to repair a broken leg suffered while skiing.
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Schwarzenegger released after surgery
Dec 31 2006 2:40AM (CT)
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was released from a hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to repair a broken leg suffered while skiing.
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Off-duty NYC cop shot at robbery scene
Dec 31 2006 1:16AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The escape of two masked men making their getaway from a Queens bank disintegrated into a bloody gunfight Saturday when they tried to hijack a car from an off-duty policeman.
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