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Heavy rain swamps central Texas
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 12:30pm GMT
Tags: texas
Floods swamped central Texas early Wednesday, and the downpour and high winds were so treacherous that helicopters were forced ... -
Strong winds could refuel Calif. wildfire
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 12:10pm GMT
Firefighters were warned Wednesday that stronger afternoon winds could stoke a turbulent wildfire near Lake Tahoe and pose a ... -
Officer accused of choking skateboarder
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 11:53am GMT
A police officer who appears to choke a skateboarder and put two others in a headlock in a video posted online has been put on ... -
5 N.Y. high school grads die in crash
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 11:28am GMT
Tags: school
A fiery head-on collision killed five women in a sport-utility vehicle less than a week after they graduated from a high school ... -
Prison population jumps most since '00
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 11:17am GMT
Tags: prison
Prisons and jails added more than 42,000 inmates last year, the largest increase since 2000. -
Pilot, 23, ends round-the-world jaunt
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 11:00am GMT
A 23-year-old pilot in a single-engine plane finished his three-month trip Wednesday to become what he says is the youngest person ... -
Video gaming is not an addiction, yet
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 10:57am GMT
Tags: videogames
The American Medical Association on Wednesday backed off calling excessive video-game playing a formal psychiatric addiction, ... -
5 arrested in high school pyrotechnics
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 10:34am GMT
Five recent graduates were arrested in connection with pyrotechnic devices that prompted evacuations at a high school earlier ... -
Calif. wildfire's damage stuns neighborhood
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 9:24am GMT
Residents who counted themselves among the lucky ones got their first look at smoke-filled homes blanketed with ash Tuesday as ... -
Strong winds could refuel Calif. wildfire
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 9:15am GMT
Strong winds that stoked a turbulent wildfire near Lake Tahoe worried firefighters Wednesday, a day after a flare-up forced thousands ... -
Navigating sibling relationships when caring for a parent can be difficult
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 8:02am GMT
In life, there can be deep pain and bitter disappointment when sisters and brothers feud about an aging parent. When siblings ... -
Storms force rescues in Oklahoma, Texas
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 7:52am GMT
Residents in parts of Texas and Oklahoma braced for more storms Wednesday, a day after heavy flooding led to the dramatic rescue ... -
Few answers in wrestler's death
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 7:44am GMT
Pro wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging ... -
Pa. man pleads guilty in case of runaway girl
Posted: June 27th, 2007, 7:08am GMT
A former school security guard accused of keeping a teenage runaway in his home for a decade and having sex with her pleaded ... -
Advocates: 'Country's history' at risk
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 8:34pm GMT
Mold, mildew, insects and inadequate storage spaces are destroying historical collections at small-town libraries and museums ... -
Texas inmate executed; doesn't tell joke
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 7:14pm GMT
Condemned prisoner Patrick Knight was executed Tuesday evening for the deaths of an Amarillo-area couple without delivering on ... -
F-15 crashes off Oregon coast
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 7:01pm GMT
An Oregon Air National Guard F-15 fighter jet went down Tuesday afternoon in the Pacific Ocean during a training mission, the ... -
2nd person dies in Kentucky bus crash
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 6:07pm GMT
A bus that crashed on a rural stretch of interstate, killing the driver and a passenger and injuring 65, may have been carrying ... -
4 in Ala. guilty but deny being militia
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 5:40pm GMT
Four northeast Alabama men pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal weapons charges and said they were arming themselves because they ... -
No permit for dock roof at S.C. store
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 5:38pm GMT
A roof at a furniture store loading dock where a fire that killed nine firefighters began was built without a required permit, ... -
Padilla jury sees bin Laden tape
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 4:51pm GMT
Jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism support case saw video Tuesday of Osama bin Laden denouncing the United States as "tyrannical" ... -
Police: Boy, 9, shot for throwing rocks
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 3:09pm GMT
A man irritated by children throwing rocks at his house shot and killed a 9-year-old boy, police said Tuesday. -
Police: Gun malfunction saved worker
Posted: June 26th, 2007, 2:53pm GMT
A restaurant employee avoided being shot during a struggle with an escaped Utah prison inmate, accused of earlier killing a corrections ... -
Ill. man charged in death of wife, 3 kids
Posted: June 24th, 2007, 4:52am GMT
Just hours before a man was to attend a memorial service for his wife and three young children, authorities arrested him at a ... -
Military sees drop in black recruits
Posted: June 24th, 2007, 4:23am GMT
The number of blacks joining the military has plunged by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began, as other ... -
Chad Smith re-elected as Cherokee chief
Posted: June 24th, 2007, 1:41am GMT
Chad Smith was elected to a third term as chief of the Cherokee Nation on Saturday as the tribe deals with controversy surrounding ... -
Va. gov. meets with VT victims' families
Posted: June 24th, 2007, 1:14am GMT
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine met Saturday for two hours with relatives of those killed at Virginia Tech and pledged they would have ... -
ATF: Deadly S.C. fire began at dock
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 11:38pm GMT
More of the nine firefighters killed in a furniture store inferno were laid to rest Saturday as a top federal investigator confirmed ... -
Police: Body found, arrest made in Ohio case
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 11:35pm GMT
A massive search ended in sadness Saturday when authorities announced they found a body believed to be a pregnant woman who vanished ... -
The Rev. Jesse Jackson arrested
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 9:22pm GMT
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested Saturday at a demonstration outside a south suburban gun shop and charged with one count ... -
Lady Bird Johnson could leave hospital soon
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 9:14pm GMT
Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson has been hospitalized and is undergoing medical tests, but is awake and receiving visits ... -
Growing list of wounded spurs questions about veterans' care
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 9:02pm GMT
Depending on how you count them, America's war wounded number between 35,000 and 53,000. More of them are coming home, with injuries ... -
Atlantis astronauts return to Houston
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 6:13pm GMT
Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week ... -
Three kids die in N.Y. car wreck, mother critical
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 4:32pm GMT
A car being chased by police crashed into a utility pole, killing three young children and critically injuring their mother, ... -
Rides shut after Ky. Six Flags accident
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 2:36pm GMT
Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl's feet were sliced ... -
S.F. bans bottled water for city workers
Posted: June 23rd, 2007, 9:01am GMT
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order banning city departments from buying bottled water, even for water ... -
Feds arrest 38 in immigration sweep
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 8:45pm GMT
Federal agents and police arrested 38 illegal immigrants in Colorado and Wyoming wanted for skipping immigration hearings or ... -
N.Y. firefighter dies after head injuries in fall
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 4:32pm GMT
It was a routine run: a small apartment fire, apparently caused by a careless smoker. For Daniel Pujdak, it was the last call ... -
'It's all honor' for fallen S.C. firefighters
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 7:54am GMT
Thousands of firefighters from across the nation and Canada poured into South Carolina for a memorial service Friday for nine ... -
EPA smog plan doesn't satisfy industry or activists
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 7:32am GMT
Environmental groups and industry groups reacted coolly Thursday, though for different reasons, to a proposal to cut the level ... -
Marion Barry avoids prison in tax case
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 7:24am GMT
A federal judge declined Thursday to revoke former Mayor Marion Barry's probation, which would have sent him to prison for failing ... -
Girl's legs severed on Six Flags thrill ride
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 6:53am GMT
A teenage girl's legs were severed above the ankle while on a thrill ride at a popular amusement park on Thursday, park officials ... -
New Orleans deaths up 47%
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 6:11am GMT
Hurricane Katrina's tragic aftermath lingered for at least a year after the storm abated, boosting New Orleans' death rate last ... -
Mayors make environmental moves
Posted: June 22nd, 2007, 1:06am GMT
Cities in 36 states are going "green," mainly by running cars on alternative fuel and installing energy-efficient streetlights ... -
U.S. forecast for next 3 months: hot, hot, hot
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 10:52pm GMT
Don't expect much relief from summer heat anywhere in the USA for the remainder of the season, forecasters predicted Thursday. ... -
Illinois bank standoff ends peacefully
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 10:11pm GMT
A man who was wanted in a shooting that wounded a sheriff's deputy and later took five hostages in a bank surrendered late Thursday, ... -
DA: Halberstam driver to be charged
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 9:29pm GMT
Prosecutors plan to file misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges against a graduate student who was driving David Halberstam ... -
Chicken owners in cities score coop coup
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 9:18pm GMT
Dozens of cities have recently enacted ordinances regulating urban chickens. Harrison-Noonan, 51, a carpenter, got his after ... -
1,800 volunteers search for missing Ohio mom
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 8:44pm GMT
About 1,800 volunteers searched neighborhoods, farm fields and woods Thursday for a woman, nine months pregnant, who disappeared ... -
Body found after N.Y. Catskills flooding
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 6:36pm GMT
Searchers found the body of an 81-year-old man and were searching for three other people still missing Thursday after flash floods ... -
High-tech fence on Ariz. border delayed
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 6:23pm GMT
Technical issues are delaying the completion of a multibillion-dollar high-tech fence intended to reduce illegal entry along ... -
Chicago mob trial opens with blood and gore details
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 5:27pm GMT
Chicago's biggest mob trial in years started Thursday with a prosecutor urging the jury to forget what they know about movie ... -
Court hears appeal of Bush assassination plot
Posted: June 21st, 2007, 3:08pm GMT
An American Muslim convicted of plotting to assassinate President Bush had been tortured into confessing and was denied his constitutional ... -
DNA tests start on baby in case of missing pregnant woman
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 6:02pm GMT
Tags: dna
Investigators were testing the DNA of a newborn girl left in a basket on a school nurse's doorstep, about 45 miles from a missing ... -
Lava oozes from Mt. Kilauea after quakes
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:57pm GMT
Lava oozed from a new location on Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, scientists said Tuesday. -
Experts: Sand more deadly than sharks at beaches
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:50pm GMT
Waves and sharks aren't the only dangers at the beach. More than two dozen young people have been killed over the last decade ... -
Church reverses Kennedy annulment
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:33pm GMT
The Vatican reversed the annulment of former Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II's first marriage, a union that had lasted 12 years and ... -
U.K. forecasters: Calm hurricane season ahead
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:03pm GMT
British government forecasters are predicting that the Atlantic hurricane season may not be as busy as their American counterparts ... -
90 homes evacuated near Colo. fire
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:00pm GMT
Firefighters took advantage of calm, humid weather Wednesday morning to extend containment lines around part of a 1,000-acre ... -
1 dead, 4 missing in N.Y. floods
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 4:00pm GMT
Police were searching Wednesday for four people reported missing after a flash flood in the southern edge of the Catskill Mountains. ... -
Baby's death tied to taped-on pacifier
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 3:25pm GMT
A woman was charged with manslaughter in the death of her 4-month-old son after she told authorities she taped a pacifier to ... -
Immunity for nurses leads to speculation on DA's course
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 3:23pm GMT
The district attorney's decision to compel two nurses to testify before a grand jury about deaths at a New Orleans hospital ... -
Slime eel seen as aphrodisiac
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 1:49pm GMT
The hagfish is a bottom feeder so repulsive it had a cameo on TV's "Fear Factor." It slimes its enemies, has rows of teeth on ... -
Texas crowd kills man after car hits kid
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 1:36pm GMT
An angry crowd beat a man to death after a vehicle he was riding in struck and injured a young girl, police said Wednesday. -
Fire guts abandoned warehouse in Philly
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 1:33pm GMT
Fire swept through an abandoned warehouse early Wednesday, collapsing the roof and forcing about 100 residents to evacuate nearby ... -
LA attorney's wife named in warrant
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 1:26pm GMT
The wife of the city's top prosecutor has an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to appear in court nine years ago on charges ... -
St. Louis' 2-headed snake dies
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 12:32pm GMT
A two-headed snake named "We," the main attraction at the World Aquarium, has died. -
S.C. fire kills 'Charleston's bravest'
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 11:50am GMT
The blaze that killed nine Charleston, S.C. firefighters Monday is "difficult to fathom or quantify," the city's mayor said Tuesday ... -
Some colleges may opt out of rankings
Posted: June 20th, 2007, 2:33am GMT
They didn't call for an all-out boycott, but presidents of dozens of liberal arts colleges signaled their intent Tuesday to stop ... -
S.C. fire kills 'Charleston's bravest'
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 9:02pm GMT
The blaze that killed nine Charleston, S.C. firefighters Monday is "difficult to fathom or quantify," the city's mayor said Tuesday ... -
Unmarried couples lose legal benefits
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 8:52pm GMT
States that have banned gay marriage are beginning to revoke the benefits of domestic partners of public employees. -
Drag-racing crash driver had previous arrests
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 8:39pm GMT
A Texas racecar driver who lost control of a dragster during a charity car show Saturday, killing six people and injuring more ... -
Judge from Anna Nicole Smith case to resign
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 4:01pm GMT
Larry Seidlin, the wisecracking judge who presided in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's remains and was lampooned for his ... -
Man shocked by Taser catches on fire
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 3:45pm GMT
Authorities were investigating Tuesday whether a Taser stun gun police used to try to subdue a man who doused himself in gasoline ... -
Drug tests for Fla. high school athletes
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 3:43pm GMT
Florida high school students participating in football, baseball and weightlifting will be subject to random testing for steroids ... -
Boys witness father's killing
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 3:42pm GMT
Nine-year-old twin brothers watched as their mother's fiancee allegedly struck their father with a van, killing him, following ... -
Search expands after Texas flooding
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 2:15pm GMT
More search teams and trained dogs were brought in Tuesday as authorities expanded their search for a 2-year-old girl whose family's ... -
Fire danger: Gateway recalls some notebook batteries
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 1:49pm GMT
Lithium-ion battery packs shipped with some Gateway Inc. notebook computers pose a fire danger, leading to a voluntary recall ... -
Ex-cop sells pot tips on DVD
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 1:46pm GMT
Barry Cooper sells a DVD on how to stash pot in your car without getting caught. This fall he will release a second one on how ... -
Mob trial jury selection underway
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 1:37pm GMT
Jury selection got underway Tuesday in the city's biggest organized crime trial in years, a racketeering conspiracy case that ... -
30 homes evacuated near Colo. wildfire
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 1:05pm GMT
Air tankers took to the sky Tuesday to help ground crews battling three wildfires that charred more than 1,300 acres in western ... -
Conrad Black lawyer: feds used lying witness
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 1:01pm GMT
Conrad Black's attorney accused prosecutors Tuesday of trying to prejudice jurors against the fallen media mogul by focusing ... -
Ind. teen dead after shooting 2 officers
Posted: June 19th, 2007, 12:33pm GMT
A 15-year-old boy who had been arguing with his mother opened fire on deputies as they arrived at their home, killing one and ... -
Toddler in limbo over U.S. immigration
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 11:18am GMT
It never occurred to Abdeloihab Boujrad that the U.S. government may be confusing his 3-year-old son with the former leader of ... -
State courts split on Wal-Mart overtime lawsuits
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 11:11am GMT
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) won one and lost two as state courts in Missouri, New York and New Mexico split on whether worker lawsuits ... -
911 dispatchers denied dying woman help
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 10:56am GMT
A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to ... -
Montana prison escapees spotted in creek
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 10:55am GMT
The search for two escaped convicts, one of whom was once accused of plotting to kidnap David Letterman's son, focused Wednesday ... -
Feds to ponder risks of weight-loss drug
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 10:50am GMT
Federal advisers are considering whether a proposed weight-loss drug raises the risk of depression, a finding that could lead ... -
Georgia attorney general criticized for teen's case
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 10:06am GMT
The angry protests that followed Thurbert Baker's refusal to release an inmate serving a 10-year sentence for a consensual sex ... -
Cop's concerns didn't stop Duke case
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 9:24am GMT
As prosecutor Mike Nifong pushed forward with the Duke lacrosse rape case, a police investigator expressed concerns that there ... -
No age limit on stages of life
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 9:08am GMT
Age used to be an important way to organize life, but now, the picture is changing: People are living longer and often staying ... -
Retail sales take an unexpected 1.4% leap in May
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 8:34am GMT
Consumers brushed off rising gasoline prices and slumping home sales to storm the stores in May, pushing retail sales up by the ... -
Disability claims related to obesity could rise
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 8:31am GMT
Disability claims related to obesity are part of an emerging area of federal disabilities law that is drawing more attention, ... -
Missing Fort Hood soldier found dead in Texas
Posted: June 13th, 2007, 1:37am GMT
Searchers found the body late Tuesday of a sergeant who was missing for four days after he disappeared during a training exercise, ... -
Dow drops almost 130 as rate rise shakes investors
Posted: June 12th, 2007, 11:19pm GMT
Wall Street attemped to claw back from sharp losses Tuesday, but kept on tumbling as the 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.25% exacerbating ... -
Campus killers' hints ignored
Posted: June 12th, 2007, 10:07pm GMT
In the massacre of 32 at Virginia Tech in April and at least 15 other the cases reviewed, the campus killer showed signs of being ...