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Flight attendant accused of setting fire on airplane
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5.16.2008 : 12:14 am
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FARGO, N.D. -- A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.
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Probe of Iraq shooting by contractor moves forward
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5.16.2008 : 12:12 am
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SEATTLE -- A Justice Department team has traveled to Iraq to investigate the fatal shooting of an Iraqi guard by a security contractor, hastening the resolution of questions about whether U.S. attorneys can prosecute him, an official said Thursday.
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UN: World economy to grow by 1.8 percent in 2008
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5.16.2008 : 12:07 am
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UNITED NATIONS -- The world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections Thursday.
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Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case
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5.15.2008 : 11:26 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
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Obituaries in the news
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5.15.2008 : 11:17 pm
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Tommy Burns GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Tommy Burns, who played for Celtic before holding coaching roles at the club including manager, died Thursday. He was 51.
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Louisiana teenager accused of poisoning teacher
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5.15.2008 : 11:09 pm
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VIDALIA, La. -- A 16-year-old student is accused of poisoning his teacher, who went to the hospital with "severe intestinal distress" after the teen spiked a soft drink with eye drops, authorities said.
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Ex-Army Corps consultant indicted in bribery case
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5.15.2008 : 11:06 pm
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NEW ORLEANS -- A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor were indicted Thursday on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina.
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Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended
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5.15.2008 : 10:37 pm
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes.
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Jury in triple murder trial convicts firefighter
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5.15.2008 : 10:28 pm
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CLEVELAND -- A jury convicted a city firefighter Thursday of fatally shooting three people and wounding two others during a late-night Fourth of July celebration, rejecting defense claims that he was angered by the noise and snapped.
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Police arrest suspect in slaying of father-to-be
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5.15.2008 : 10:26 pm
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CATONSVILLE, Md. -- Police say they have charged a teenager with murder in the Mother's Day stabbing death of a 19-year-old man who was refueling his car to take his wife to the hospital to give birth.
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Prosecutor: Landlord tried to kill man over rent
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5.15.2008 : 10:20 pm
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NEW YORK -- Prosecutors say a New York landlord who tried to kill a tenant with a bomb has been indicted on attempted murder and other charges. The tenant lost a leg in the blast.
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Chief: Man prime suspect in Florida fires
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5.15.2008 : 10:02 pm
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PALM BAY, Fla. -- A man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into the woods as firefighters battled large blazes nearby set several other small fires to throw off officers who were pursuing him, police said Thursday.
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La. officials to take over Katrina collections
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5.15.2008 : 9:45 pm
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NEW ORLEANS -- The state will take over an effort to collect grant money from Hurricane Katrina victims who got too much, citing a lack of confidence in a private contractor's ability to determine who owes money, a Louisiana official said Thursday.
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California's top court legalizes gay marriage
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5.15.2008 : 9:15 pm
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SAN FRANCISCO -- California's Supreme Court declared that gay couples in the nation's biggest state can marry -- a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony.
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LA jury convicts Hollywood private eye in racketeering case
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5.15.2008 : 9:11 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- A Hollywood private investigator was convicted Thursday of federal racketeering and other charges for digging up dirt for his well-heeled clients to use in lawsuits, divorces and business disputes against the rich and famous.
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Tiger victims' parents seek compensation from city
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5.15.2008 : 8:46 pm
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The parents of a teenager killed by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo filed a claim against the city Thursday, seeking monetary compensation for the mauling of their 17-year-old son.
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Report: Poor training led to 9 S.C. fire deaths
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5.15.2008 : 8:24 pm
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment helped lead to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters fighting a furniture store blaze last year, according to a long-awaited analysis by fire experts released Thursday.
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Ohio writer of racial hate letters pleads guilty
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5.15.2008 : 8:05 pm
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CLEVELAND -- A man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to writing racially hateful letters and e-mails to black or mixed-race people, including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,078
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5.15.2008 : 8:02 pm
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As of Thursday, May 15, 2008, at least 4,078 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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New York outlaws displaying nooses as a threat
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5.15.2008 : 7:15 pm
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- The state of New York has outlawed the display of a noose as a threat, following several high-profile cases involving the symbol of racist lynchings.
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Controversy sizzles over taco truck restrictions
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5.15.2008 : 7:12 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Jose Ochoa has parked his taco truck on the same stretch of road since 1989, and, like scores of other lunch vendors around Los Angeles, he refused to pack it up Thursday, the first day for a new law requiring food wagons to move every hour or face $1,000 fines.
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Reactions to California Supreme Court gay marriage ruling
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5.15.2008 : 7:01 pm
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Some reactions to Thursday's California Supreme Court ruling that overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage. The ruling would allow same-sex couples in the biggest U.S. state to wed.
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Storms kill 1 in South, damage Texas Capitol
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5.15.2008 : 6:20 pm
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NEW ORLEANS -- Severe storms with damaging winds and possible tornadoes pounded the South, killing at least one person in Louisiana and shattering windows at the Texas Capitol.
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Iraqi forces mount al-Qaida hunt in Mosul
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5.15.2008 : 5:54 pm
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BAGHDAD -- U.S. and Iraqi troops moved against al-Qaida on two separate fronts Thursday, with house-to-house searches in Mosul and an operation in the desert to stanch the flow of insurgents and weapons to that northern city.
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DoD: Chinook helicopters at Pa. plant vandalized
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5.15.2008 : 5:24 pm
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RIDLEY PARK, Pa. -- Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward.
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Colombian pleads not guilty to US drug charges
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5.15.2008 : 5:11 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Days after being hurriedly extradited from Colombian prisons, a group of right-wing paramilitaries expressed surprise Thursday as they stood in a U.S. courtroom, flanked by armed marshals and wearing bright orange jumpsuits and slippers.
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Correction: Elderly Shootout story
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5.15.2008 : 4:53 pm
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ATLANTA -- In a May 14 story about a former Atlanta police officer's trial in a raid that led to an elderly woman's death, The Associated Press misspelled the prosecutor's first name. The correct spelling is Kellie S. Hill, not Kelly.
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Ariz. man charged in serial predator investigation
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5.15.2008 : 4:07 pm
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MESA, Ariz. -- Police say a 38-year-old man has been charged with multiple murder and sexual assault counts after DNA evidence connected him to attacks against four women.
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Several injured in Alabama factory roof collapse
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5.15.2008 : 3:51 pm
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LEEDS, Ala. -- Several workers were injured and others needed help getting out of the rubble when a roof collapsed Thursday at a clothes hanger factory, company officials said.
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IHT editor Oreskes named AP editor for US news
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5.15.2008 : 3:41 pm
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NEW YORK -- Michael Oreskes, editor of the International Herald Tribune and a longtime news executive for The New York Times, has been named by The Associated Press to the new position of managing editor for U.S. news.
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Judge to stay on Atlanta courthouse shooting case
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5.15.2008 : 3:41 pm
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ATLANTA -- The judge presiding over the murder trial of the man accused of opening fire in an Atlanta courthouse can stay on the case.
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State policies on gay marriage
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5.15.2008 : 3:06 pm
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Ten states now offer some form of legal recognition to same-sex couples, while 26 states have approved constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage, and three more may be considering such bans in November. The details:
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Jury gets case of Ga. cop accused of lying in raid
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5.15.2008 : 2:41 pm
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ATLANTA -- An Atlanta police officer accused in a botched drug raid in which a 92-year-old woman was shot to death hasn't stopped lying about his part in a cover-up, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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USMA chief wants to change lyrics of 2 West Point songs
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5.15.2008 : 2:32 pm
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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it's time to replace the "men" and "sons" in West Point's two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics.
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Polygamist sect's finances are murky
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5.15.2008 : 2:16 pm
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ELDORADO, Texas -- In just five years, the West Texas polygamist sect transformed 1,700 acres of scrubland purchased for $700,000 into a bustling ranch with a blazing-white limestone temple, sprawling three-story log cabins, woodworking shops and a dairy.
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Pa. woman, brother separated by Nazis to reconnect
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5.15.2008 : 1:17 pm
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PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia woman separated from her family by the Nazis is preparing for a reunion with a brother she hasn't seen in 66 years.
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Attorney objects to book by witness in Jeffs trial
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5.15.2008 : 12:36 pm
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A book and promotional tour by a woman who helped convict polygamist leader Warren Jeffs could taint the jury pool in a rape case against her cousin and former husband, the husband's attorney said.
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United Way targets education, health, income
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5.15.2008 : 10:31 am
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BALTIMORE -- The United Way of America plans to steer money raised during the next 10 years to support programs directly related to education, income and health care.
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82nd forced to expand memorial as war deaths mount
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5.15.2008 : 10:01 am
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- When the Army's 82nd Airborne Division dedicated a memorial to paratroopers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, organizers believed three sides of a wide granite column would be plenty of space to engrave the names of the fallen.
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Earthquake in China struck in 2 stages
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5.15.2008 : 6:35 am
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TOKYO -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday.
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HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer
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5.15.2008 : 6:32 am
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DALLAS -- An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
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NY prosecutor wins big with Spitzer investigation
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5.15.2008 : 6:29 am
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NEW YORK -- Michael Garcia's predecessors as U.S. attorney in Manhattan took on all five mob families, the titans of Wall Street, Osama bin Laden and even Martha Stewart. So it was largely unnoticed when Garcia wanted to attack public corruption.
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Some wine grape growers turning to dry farming methods
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5.15.2008 : 6:19 am
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KENWOOD, Calif. -- Vineyard manager Steve Thomas grasps the trunk of a zinfandel vine, a redwood of the vineyard, gnarled with age and planted in the days when irrigation meant a barrel of water on a horse-drawn cart.
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Sea lions likely died from the heat
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5.15.2008 : 6:14 am
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- The deaths of six sea lions found in traps on the Columbia River earlier this month were likely caused by the heat, and not by gunshots as officials first suspected, the National Marine Fisheries Service said.
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Immigrant workers in New Orleans start leaving
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5.15.2008 : 4:33 am
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NEW ORLEANS -- Josue Vega was one of thousands of immigrant workers who flocked to New Orleans in 2005 in hopes of finding a rebuilding job in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Man gets more than 6 years for posting police threat video
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5.15.2008 : 4:16 am
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MIAMI -- A reputed street gang leader was sentenced to more than six years in prison after posting an Internet video threatening police with guns and taunting them to arrest him.
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5th person charged in Redskins safety's killing
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5.15.2008 : 2:37 am
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MIAMI -- Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office spokesman Ed Griffith says Wednesday that 16-year-old Timothy Brown is charged with first-degree murder. He is also charged with armed burglary of an occupied dwelling.
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Scandal-plagued Ohio attorney general resigns
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5.15.2008 : 2:17 am
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.
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Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe
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5.15.2008 : 2:12 am
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NEW YORK -- A woman accused of booking clients for a high-priced call girl ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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NJ woman vanishes after fall from cruise ship
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5.15.2008 : 12:51 am
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BORDENTOWN, N.J. -- A woman taking a cruise with her boyfriend plunged into the sea off New Jersey from a balcony attached to her room, and the FBI is investigating whether a crime occurred.
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Scientists are building database of bite marks
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5.14.2008 : 11:33 pm
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MILWAUKEE -- It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork.
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Calif. tribal chairman denounces sheriff's deputies
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5.14.2008 : 11:29 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- The tribal chairman at an American Indian reservation said Wednesday that the law enforcement shootings of three people in gunbattles in the last week had turned tribal lands into a police practice range.
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911 operator fired for cursing after report
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5.14.2008 : 11:00 pm
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Nashville 911 operator has been fired after he was recorded saying that he didn't "give a s---" about what happened to a woman who had just called to report her ex-boyfriend was threatening her.
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Court hears man's claim to cut of Hughes' estate
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5.14.2008 : 8:44 pm
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DENVER -- It's the stuff movies are made of -- literally: A delivery man says he rescued Howard Hughes after he found him face down and bloodied in the desert, so the reclusive billionaire left him $156 million in a hand-scrawled will as a reward.
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NH driver in fatal crash says she felt threatened
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5.14.2008 : 8:31 pm
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NASHUA, N.H. -- A woman charged with murder in a fatal crash that followed an argument over the Yankees and Red Sox told police she was trying to scare off people who were hitting her car and jumping on it, a detective said in court Wednesday.
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WVU faculty demands school president ouster again
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5.14.2008 : 8:30 pm
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia University's faculty demanded Wednesday that embattled President Mike Garrison quit over a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter, the second call for his resignation in 10 days.
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Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
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5.14.2008 : 8:24 pm
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DALLAS -- In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
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OSHA cites Mass. power plant where blast killed 3
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5.14.2008 : 7:59 pm
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SALEM, Mass. -- The owner of a Massachusetts power plant where an explosion killed three workers has been cited for federal safety violations.
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Chicago overturns ban on foie gras in restaurants
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5.14.2008 : 7:46 pm
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CHICAGO -- Dining on foie gras -- a delicacy made of duck and goose liver -- will soon be legal again in Chicago.
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3 in 10 get all or most calls on cell phones
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5.14.2008 : 7:23 pm
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WASHINGTON -- For nearly three in 10 households, don't even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.
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Easley seeks disaster declaration for Bertie County
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5.14.2008 : 7:05 pm
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley has sent a letter to the Small Business Administration requesting a disaster declaration for Bertie County in the wake of last weekend's severe weather.
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Calif. gov: Borrow from lottery to close deficit
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5.14.2008 : 6:57 pm
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed borrowing on future lottery sales to eliminate a massive deficit in the state's spending plan and avoid unpopular cuts to the school system, state parks and prisons.
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Coal exec proves stumbling block for W.Va. justice
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5.14.2008 : 6:49 pm
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian coal executive Don Blankenship has a track record of flexing his financial muscle to shape West Virginia's political landscape.
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Tony Blair to address Yale seniors this month
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5.14.2008 : 6:18 pm
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale University says former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be its Class Day speaker this year. Yale's senior class officers announced Wednesday that Blair will appear May 25.
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Va., Del. death row inmates challenge lethal injections
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5.14.2008 : 5:57 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Attorneys for death row inmates in Virginia and Delaware argued Wednesday that their states' lethal injection procedures need changing despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the most widely used method of execution.
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A personality test for your cat
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5.14.2008 : 5:02 pm
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It happens to all of us. You fall in love with someone's looks... but then he's not quite what you expected. Even, sometimes, if he's a cat.
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Gay ex-governor says he has no money for alimony in divorce
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5.14.2008 : 4:47 pm
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ELIZABETH, N.J. -- The nation's first openly gay governor tried to convince the judge in his divorce case Wednesday that he's too poor to pay alimony, saying he's been financially crippled by his resignation and marital troubles.
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Non-profit group Teach for America sees big growth
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5.14.2008 : 4:41 pm
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WASHINGTON -- Backpacking in Europe? Nah, the dollar's too weak -- and for some, the needs closer to home are too great. More than ever, graduating college seniors are signing up to spend two years in America's poorest communities as part of Teach for America, the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains top college students for teaching jobs.
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More Americans are taking prescription medications
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5.14.2008 : 4:18 pm
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TRENTON, N.J. -- For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.
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Texas cops: Substitute teacher came to class drunk
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5.14.2008 : 3:33 pm
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RICHARDSON, Texas -- A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
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Correction: Missing helicopter story
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5.14.2008 : 3:21 pm
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MADISON, Wis. -- In a May 11 story about a University of Wisconsin Hospital Med Flight helicopter crash, The Associated Press, relying on a news release from the university, misidentified the type of helicopter. It was an American Eurocopter EC135, not an American Eurocopter EC13, the university now says.
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10-year-old scholar takes Calif. college by storm
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5.14.2008 : 3:14 pm
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DOWNEY, Calif. -- With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.
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Mixed results for divisive ballot measures
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5.14.2008 : 3:02 pm
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Opponents of abortion and race-based affirmative action have had more setbacks than victories so far this political season as they try to place measures with a strong pull for conservative voters on the ballots of numerous states this November.
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Canadian polygamist sect under pressure
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5.14.2008 : 2:42 pm
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LISTER, British Columbia -- Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class.
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Ex-Marine to pay $11K in recruiting sex case
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5.14.2008 : 2:00 pm
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UKIAH, Calif. -- A former U.S. Marine has agreed to pay $11,000 to a woman who accused him of coercing sex during an overnight party at a recruiting station.
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Mich. man goes for deputy's gun after conviction
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5.14.2008 : 2:00 pm
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- A man punched a sheriff's deputy and tried to grab the officer's handgun from its holster after a judge convicted him of murdering his wife and son.
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Texas man accused of trying to sell cyanide
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5.14.2008 : 2:00 pm
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MUSKOGEE, Okla. -- A Texas man claimed he had a 25-gallon drum of cyanide and tried to sell it to an FBI informant, touting the poison's usefulness in mass killings, according to a court affidavit.
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Trial ordered for Marine in killing of Iraqi
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5.14.2008 : 1:28 pm
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Camp Pendleton's commanding general has ordered a Marine to be tried on a murder charge in the killing of an unarmed detainee in Fallujah, Iraq.
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$1M for motorcyclist's family in Janklow crash
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5.14.2008 : 12:47 pm
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Relatives of a motorcyclist killed in a crash with former Rep. Bill Janklow said Wednesday they've settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the government for $1 million.
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Study: Sea wall sinking around Jefferson Memorial
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5.14.2008 : 12:35 pm
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WASHINGTON -- The sea wall protecting the Jefferson Memorial from the Tidal Basin is sinking in spots and needs repair, a study concluded.
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Ohio man finds someone already buried in his grave
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5.14.2008 : 11:15 am
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COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A southwest Ohio man who planned to be buried next his mother has found someone else already in his grave.
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Detroit gang founder gets 30 years on drug charges
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5.14.2008 : 10:31 am
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A Detroit gang leader accused of ordering the killings of two rivals has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on drug charges.
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Woman dies after being pinned by husband's body
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5.14.2008 : 10:26 am
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MARION, Ill. -- A coroner says an elderly Illinois woman found three weeks ago pinned under her dead husband's body has died as a result of her injuries.
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N.J. student banned in torching of kid's turban
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5.14.2008 : 9:17 am
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HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. -- Officials in New Jersey are banning a high school senior from campus after he was charged with setting fire to a fellow student's turban.
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Miss. Democrat wins House seat in special election
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5.14.2008 : 6:30 am
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JACKSON, Miss. -- It's becoming a disturbing trend for Republicans: losing traditional GOP strongholds to Democrats in some hard-fought congressional races. It happened again Tuesday, as Travis Childers beat Greg Davis in a special election to replace Republican Roger Wicker, who served in the House since 1994 and was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the seat vacated by Trent Lott.
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Latest potent biofuel made from Sweet sorghum sap
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5.14.2008 : 5:55 am
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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Sweet sorghum is grown in the U.S. for cooking and livestock feed. But the tall plant also might help at the gas pump.
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Different responses to disasters in Myanmar, China
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5.14.2008 : 5:38 am
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UNITED NATIONS -- Two natural disasters in tightly controlled Asian nations this month have produced two very different responses: Myanmar's very slow reaction to Cyclone Nargis and China's speedy response to a killer earthquake.
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Guns in restaurants draw stares but little outcry
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5.14.2008 : 4:57 am
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RESTON, Va. -- The patrons at Champps, an upscale restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement: He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons.
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Coin dealers examining gold find off La. coast
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5.14.2008 : 4:22 am
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NEW ORLEANS -- A steamship that sank off the Louisiana coast during an 1846 storm has produced a trove of rare gold coins, including some produced at two largely forgotten U.S. Mints in the South, coin experts say.
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Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide
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5.14.2008 : 3:51 am
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ELKTON, Md. -- Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges.
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Ariz. governor ends sheriff's immigration contract
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5.14.2008 : 1:35 am
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PHOENIX -- Gov. Janet Napolitano ordered the state to end an anti-illegal immigration contract with a high-profile sheriff Tuesday so she can pay for a larger effort to track down thousands of felons around Arizona.
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Lawyer: Man accused of Taiwan theft did no wrong
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5.13.2008 : 10:58 pm
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MONROVIA, Calif. -- A businessman accused of bilking the Taiwanese government out of nearly $30 million committed no crime and is prepared to return part of the money, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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Attorney says man innocent in Iran software case
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5.13.2008 : 10:24 pm
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PHOENIX -- A defense attorney conceded Tuesday that his engineer client took software from the nation's largest nuclear plant and used it while in Iran, but said he did it only so his Iranian relatives could see what he did for a living.
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Ex-fed agent fined for fake marriage, data search
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5.13.2008 : 10:15 pm
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DETROIT -- A former FBI and CIA agent was fined Tuesday but won't be sent to prison or her native Lebanon for faking a marriage to gain U.S. citizenship and improperly searching an FBI database.
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Jury begins deliberating in fundraiser's trial
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5.13.2008 : 9:57 pm
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CHICAGO -- Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the corruption trial of political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, accused of crimes a prosecutor says involved "the highest levels of power."
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Calif installs 1st black female legislative leader
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5.13.2008 : 9:00 pm
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California on Tuesday installed the nation's first black female legislative leader, swearing in Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass as speaker of the state Assembly.
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Immigration raid in Iowa largest ever in US
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5.13.2008 : 8:50 pm
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- A federal immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa was the largest such operation in U.S. history, with nearly 400 people arrested, federal officials said Tuesday.
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Goldmans put stock in assertion of O.J. confession
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5.13.2008 : 8:46 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- Ron Goldman's sister says she's inclined to believe a memorabilia dealer who says O.J. Simpson confessed to him that he killed his ex-wife and Goldman.
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Texas man sentenced to death for killing deputy
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5.13.2008 : 8:37 pm
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ATHENS, Texas -- A man convicted of killing a Texas sheriff's deputy in a shootout at his house was sentenced to death Tuesday, just days after he was found guilty of capital murder.
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Chinese-Americans open wallets for quake relief
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5.13.2008 : 8:16 pm
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Chinese communities around the country are mobilizing to help victims of a catastrophic earthquake that destroyed countless buildings and killed thousands of people in China's Sichuan province, where many immigrants have roots.
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Texas authorities investigate more polygamy charges
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5.13.2008 : 7:55 pm
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CLYDE, Texas -- Behind guarded, ornate gates at the end of a rural road, a self-proclaimed prophet warns his followers about the end of time and rails against a dangerous and unclean world outside their West Texas compound.
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Sect mother of newborn not a minor, Texas concedes
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5.13.2008 : 7:52 pm
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SAN ANTONIO -- Texas child welfare officials conceded Tuesday that a newborn's mother, held in foster care as a minor after being removed from a polygamous sect's ranch, is an adult.
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Woman back in prison after 32 years as a fugitive
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5.13.2008 : 7:32 pm
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LANSING, Mich. -- A woman who hid her teenage crime and became a California homemaker with three children returned to a Michigan prison Tuesday to serve at least 5 1/2 more years of her drug sentence.
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Retailer Meijer fined for campaign violations
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5.13.2008 : 7:16 pm
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Michigan fined big-box retail chain Meijer Inc. more than $190,000 Tuesday for campaign law violations in its effort to build a superstore in a northern Michigan suburb.
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NC community colleges halt illegal immigrant policy
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5.13.2008 : 6:54 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's community college system reversed itself Tuesday and said it will no longer admit illegal immigrants until federal officials formally weigh in on whether it is legal.
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LA prosecutor taken off case of slain football star
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5.13.2008 : 6:54 pm
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LOS ANGELES -- The community solidarity that followed the killing of high school football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. did not last. A prosecutor has been pulled from the case after clashing with Shaw's parents, who are demanding hate-crime charges against the suspect, believed to belong to a violent Hispanic gang. And the family is fighting suggestions that an affinity for a rival gang was what led to Shaw's slaying March 2.
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Detroit City Council moves toward ousting mayor
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5.13.2008 : 6:53 pm
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DETROIT -- The City Council narrowly approved taking the first step Tuesday toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury over explicit text messages sent to a former aide.
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Man jailed when daughter fails to get diploma
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5.13.2008 : 4:44 pm
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CINCINNATI -- A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
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Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg dies in Fla. at 82
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5.13.2008 : 4:41 pm
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg's mediums knew few bounds. One of his most famous works or "combines" was "Bed," created when he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas. His solution was to take the quilt off his bed and use paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish for his creation. He was also a sculptor and a choreographer.
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Mom, 2 children mutilated and dismembered in Fla.
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5.13.2008 : 4:26 pm
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TAMPA, Fla. -- A woman and her two young children slain north of Tampa were found mutilated and dismembered in a crime scene that investigators described as one of the most gruesome they had ever seen.
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Lesbian chased out of NYC bathroom settles suit
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5.13.2008 : 2:54 pm
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NEW YORK -- A popular restaurant has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit with a lesbian who said a bouncer chased her out of the women's bathroom and forced her to leave because she looked masculine.
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La. furniture salesman guilty of spying for China
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5.13.2008 : 2:04 pm
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McLEAN, Va. -- A New Orleans furniture salesman pleaded guilty Tuesday to spying for the Chinese government and providing Beijing with secret information on military relations between the U.S. and Taiwan.
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Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers
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5.13.2008 : 1:31 pm
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape.
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