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Study flunks 49 states in college affordability
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 10:02 P.M.
An independent report on American higher education flunks all but one state when it comes to affordability - an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts....
Ex-OC sheriff's lover to get own corruption trial
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 9:36 P.M.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A judge has ruled that the mistress of a former Southern California sheriff will be tried separately for an alleged scheme to exploit his power of office for money....
Judge scales back ruling on roadless nat'l forests
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 9:23 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday that a Clinton-era ban against new road construction and development on millions of acres of national forest would apply only to 10 western states....
Government backs off plan to drill in Utah canyons
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 9:09 P.M.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A section of whitewater rapids tucked between high cliffs, little changed since explorer John Wesley Powell boated through in 1896, and a canyon decorated with thousands of ancient rock art panels have been pulled off the auction block by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management....
NY juvenile justice counselor accused of teen rape
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 8:52 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A counselor with the city's Department of Juvenile Justice was charged Tuesday with the rape and sexual abuse of three teenage girls who were in his custody at family court....
2 arrested in alleged torture of teen, who escaped
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:50 P.M.
TRACY, Calif. (AP) -- A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, saying he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday....
Simpson, co-defendant face 18 years at sentencing
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:36 P.M.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- State authorities are recommending that O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant be sentenced to 18 years in prison for the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers, according to documents filed Tuesday....
Judge leans toward early release of Calif. inmates
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:07 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Releasing inmates early might be the best remaining option for ensuring that California prisoners receive adequate medical care, a federal judge said Tuesday....
Sex abuse allegations against evangelist detailed
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:54 P.M.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses evangelist Tony Alamo of sexually abusing five girls on separate occasions beginning in 1994, including a period when he was serving a tax-evasion sentence at a halfway house in Texarkana....
Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt quits
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:53 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The senior vice president and publisher of adult trade books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has quit, effective Dec. 10....
Prosecutors expand indictment of Bernard Kerik
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:44 P.M.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors added details Tuesday to the corruption indictment against Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who withdrew from consideration for Homeland Security secretary when questions arose around his taxes....
Barbara Bush discharged from hospital
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:38 P.M.
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former first lady Barbara Bush was released from a hospital Tuesday, a week after she underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer....
Phoenix-area politician accused of nondisclosure
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:32 P.M.
PHOENIX (AP) -- A member of the board that governs Arizona's most populous county is accused of failing to disclose his business assets and involvement in a variety of land deals and business associations....
Dropped dental student bites back with $1.7M award
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:22 P.M.
DETROIT (AP) -- A federal jury awarded more than $1.7 million Tuesday to a former University of Michigan dental student who said she was illegally kicked out of school after she became ensnared in a feud between a dean and faculty members....
Another suspect denies NY murder-for-hire plot
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:42 P.M.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- Another suspect has pleaded not guilty in the killing of a Long Island attorney who authorities say was targeted by his business partner....
Ex-Houston prosecutor avoids charges over e-mails
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:31 P.M.
HOUSTON (AP) -- A prominent Texas prosecutor who fell from grace after the mistaken release of racist, political and pornographic e-mails found on his office computer will not face charges stemming from the scandal, his replacement said Tuesday....
Pa. township official accused of rape, kidnapping
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:25 P.M.
HANOVER, Pa. (AP) -- A township commissioner and former police officer who once ran for Congress was arrested after a standoff Monday and accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in Baltimore last month....
St. Louis alderman calls on residents to get armed
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:14 P.M.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property....
Confession introduced in NJ bank robbery trial
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:08 P.M.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Testimony began Tuesday in the case against three men charged in a series of bank robberies - including a botched attempt that led to the death of an FBI agent last year....
Police: 2 homemade bombs dismantled in Ohio town
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:04 P.M.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A homemade bomb was found Tuesday at a gas station a block away from a school, and authorities arresting a suspect found a second bomb on the man's body, police said....
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,207
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5 P.M.
As of Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at least 4,207 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count....
Informant: Alleged plotters wanted sniper training
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5 P.M.
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors in the case of an alleged plot to attack Fort Dix heard recordings Tuesday in which some of the five defendants talked about buying weapons, sniper training and killing soldiers....
Va. father, daughter killed in India remembered
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:55 P.M.
FABER, Va. (AP) -- In an isolated spiritual community in Virginia, 13-year-old Naomi Scherr was an especially adventurous kid, dyeing her hair purple, then shades of blue and teal. She adored the music of rockers Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance and usually had headphones on....
NYPD: Man confesses to fatally stabbing bus driver
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:46 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City police say a 20-year-old man has confessed to fatally stabbing a bus driver in front of horrified passengers....
Feds fault Texas' treatment of mentally disabled
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:33 P.M.
DALLAS (AP) -- More than 50 mentally disabled patients in the large state-run homes of Texas died in the past year from preventable conditions often related to poor care, a federal investigation revealed Tuesday....
Man charged with reckless driving in parade crash
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:03 P.M.
DALLAS (AP) -- An 82-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he accidentally barreled his pickup truck into a Cub Scout troop at a Christmas parade in an east Texas town....
Florida judge orders Gotti case moved to NYC
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:51 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Florida judge ordered the latest prosecution of John A. "Junior" Gotti returned to Manhattan, finding that the government left the "unmistakeable and disquieting impression" it had shopped for a trial location where it might finally win....
Rastafarian can sue over Jiffy Lube hair policy
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:48 P.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- A Rastafarian man who refused to shave off his beard or cut his hair to comply with a Jiffy Lube employee grooming policy can take his religious discrimination case to trial, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Tuesday....
Hudson in-law charged with killing 3 relatives
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:43 P.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law was charged with murder Tuesday in the shooting deaths of three of the actress's family members, including the 7-year-old son of his estranged wife....
Kosher meatpacker wins money to reopen Iowa plant
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:37 P.M.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A bankruptcy court in New York has approved funding that will allow the reopening of a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa that was the site of one of the nation's largest immigration raids....
Report calls for shifting foreign focus from Iraq
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:22 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama should shift the main U.S. foreign policy focus in the Middle East from Iraq to curtailing Iran's nuclear program and promoting peace agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors, analysts at two prominent Washington think tanks proposed Tuesday....
Indicted Ala. mayor talked of clothing debt
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:18 P.M.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The always flamboyant and well-dressed mayor of Alabama's largest city told federal investigators last year that he had big debts, in part from buying expensive attire, and he had a buddy who simply helped him pay off the bills....
US soldiers re-enlisting because of poor economy
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:12 P.M.
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) -- Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he would rather go back there than take his chances in this brutal job market....
911 tape of SoCal toy store shooting released
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:05 P.M.
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) -- A 911 recording reveals the sounds of shoppers screaming during a shootout between two men at a toy store in Southern California....
Obama vows to help states weather economic woes
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:40 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama promised swift action Tuesday on an economic plan "to solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states," and he cast governors as his partners in crafting a recession-rebound strategy....
Product Recalls: hockey helmets
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:30 P.M.
The following recall has been announced:...
Condemned former soldier gets more time to appeal
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:19 P.M.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- A federal judge in Kansas has blocked what would be the military's first execution since 1961, giving the condemned prisoner more time to appeal his conviction and sentence....
Univ. of Toledo official fired over column sues
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:05 P.M.
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- The firing of a college administrator over her criticism of gay rights has sparked a debate about free speech and whether universities have the right to regulate what employees say outside of their jobs....
Capitol Visitor Center in DC opens to public
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 1:55 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of visitors got their first look at the Capitol Visitor Center - an underground museum and now the first stop for people touring Congress - as it opened Tuesday three years late and $360 million over budget....
Kmart worker shot during dispute at Philly store
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 1:49 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Kmart worker was shot and critically wounded at a store loading dock Tuesday morning after he intervened in an argument between a co-worker and her boyfriend, police said....
Suburban Ohio school district wants a bailout, too
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 1:47 P.M.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A financially ailing Ohio school district has joined the ranks of banks and automakers clamoring for a portion of the $700 billion economic bailout package....
Raymond Lederer, convicted in Abscam probe, dies
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 1:29 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Former Congressman Raymond F. Lederer, who resigned his seat in Congress and was imprisoned for taking a bribe in the FBI's Abscam investigation, has died. He was 70....
Army labs get security training after anthrax case
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 1:22 P.M.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The Army announced additional security training Tuesday for workers handling some of the world's deadliest germs and toxins, part of its response to an FBI finding that an Army scientist was responsible for deadly 2001 anthrax attacks....
Mass. Catholic diocese pays $4.5M for abuse claims
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 1:12 P.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- A Catholic diocese in Massachusetts has paid $4.5 million to nearly 60 people who say they were sexually abused by priests as far back as 1948....
Atheists want God out of Ky. homeland security
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:56 P.M.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- A group of atheists filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to remove part of a state anti-terrorism law that requires Kentucky's Office of Homeland Security to acknowledge it can't keep the state safe without God's help....
Court orders new sentencing of bin Laden aide
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:52 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing Tuesday for a former top aide to Osama bin Laden, who was convicted of stabbing a guard in the face with a sharpened comb....
Cox Newspapers to close Washington bureau
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:42 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cox Newspapers said Tuesday it will shut its Washington, D.C., office in April, citing a need to limit costs in a tightening economy....
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:05 P.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law formally charged in deaths of singer's relatives....
Fundraiser Rezko has Jan. 6 corruption sentencing
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 11:53 A.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday set a Jan. 6 sentencing for political fundraiser Tony Rezko, who helped bankroll campaigns for Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich....
Dem Official: Obama to tap Richardson for Commerce
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 11:35 A.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his choice for Commerce Secretary on Wednesday....
2nd man sentenced in Texas tot pot-smoking video
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 11:27 A.M.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- One of two men videotaped coaxing two toddlers into smoking marijuana pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced Tuesday to up to seven years in prison....
Memo dramatizes White House dilemma over Vietnam
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 11:20 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Documents released Tuesday from Richard M. Nixon's White House years shed new light on just how much the government struggled with growing public unrest over the protracted war in Vietnam....
Police: NY doctor dead at scene of suicide pact
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 11:08 A.M.
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island doctor who admitted killing his terminally ill wife last month in a botched suicide pact has apparently taken his own life....
Va. GOP chief: Obama remark was stupid but true
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 10:58 A.M.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's Republican chairman said Tuesday that his remark tying Democrat Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden during the presidential campaign was stupid, but he refused to apologize....
Airliner lands safely with cracked windshield
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 10:46 A.M.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A regional airliner with a cracked windshield was diverted to Kansas City's airport and landed safely Tuesday....
Clintons' ex-NY neighbor gets 25 years for murder
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 10:10 A.M.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- A man who lived a few doors down from Bill and Hillary Clinton was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison for shooting and killing his wife....
Casino says offer was mistake, tries to cover loss
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 9:27 A.M.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A casino gambled and lost - big time. Now it's asking thousands of customers to give it a break....
Missing juror for `Sopranos' trial found in jail
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:58 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A juror was AWOL for the murder trial of a former "Sopranos" actor but he has turned up - behind bars....
GOP official: Mel Martinez won't seek re-election
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:38 A.M.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A Republican party official says U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida will not seek a second term in 2010....
Texas teen with bullet in head accepts plea deal
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:22 A.M.
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- A teenage suspect with a bullet lodged in his forehead, who made headlines two years ago when authorities sought unsuccessfully to remove it for evidence, has reached a plea deal to settle remaining charges against him....
Police search for suspects in Miami mall shooting
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:01 A.M.
MIAMI (AP) -- An armored truck company is offering $20,000 for information on two gunmen who shot and killed a guard in a busy suburban Miami mall....
Mormon-owned press releasing Joseph Smith journals
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:38 A.M.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- It's written by a man many consider a confident and charismatic religious prophet, but Joseph Smith's journal immediately betrays an inkling of self-doubt: His first sentence is scratched out....
Court ruling brings down Thai government
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:08 A.M.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- A court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and banned the prime minister from politics for five years, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster....
Pedophile priest killer claims 3 guards beat him
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:01 A.M.
WALPOLE, Mass. (AP) -- The man convicted of strangling a defrocked pedophile priest in a Massachusetts prison says three guards dragged him out of his cell and beat him on Halloween night....
An elaborate FBI sting snares politicians in Mass.
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 3:38 A.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- The meeting appeared routine - a businessman and politician stopped at a sandwich shop to chat about plans to develop a nearby parcel of land. But this get-together had an unusual twist: The state senator allegedly got $10,000 in bribe money and authorities left with more evidence in the most elaborately orchestrated public corruption sting in decades in Massachusetts....
Colo. man charged with libel over Craigslist posts
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:57 A.M.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- A man accused of making unflattering online comments about his former lover and her attorney on Craigslist has been charged with two counts of criminal libel....
Search for ivory-billed woodpecker to begin anew
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:01 A.M.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Last year, Allan Mueller thinks he saw the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker. The wildlife biologist wants to make sure of it this winter....
Road salt shortage, soaring prices vex states
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:32 A.M.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) -- Dave Barber did the math. Now Peoria's public works director is crossing his fingers and hoping his city has enough road salt to ride out the winter....
Ga. Senate runoff could decide balance of power
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 12:20 A.M.
ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia voters are returning to the polls Tuesday to decide one of two unresolved U.S. Senate races that Democrats need to win for a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters....
Van hits group of students in Calif.; teen killed
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 11:03 P.M.
SOUTH GATE, Calif. (AP) -- A 14-year-old boy is dead after a van jumped a curb and crashed into several students at a bus stop in Southern California....
Parents: Slain anchorwoman was sexually assaulted
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 9:24 P.M.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A television anchorwoman killed in her home had been sexually assaulted and beaten so badly in a suspected burglary that her jaw shattered and she broke a hand while trying to fend off her attacker's blows, her parents said Monday....
Indictments against Cheney, Gonzales dismissed
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 9:19 P.M.
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the southern Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term in office ends....
Sen. Kennedy awarded honorary degree from Harvard
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 7:39 P.M.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Saying he has "lived a blessed time," Sen. Edward Kennedy smiled broadly and flashed a thumbs up as he accepted an honorary degree Monday from his alma mater during a rare special convocation at Harvard University....
Empire State stuntman tells jury he feared guards
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 7:09 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man who tried to parachute off the Empire State Building says he was afraid guards would cause his death when they grabbed him at the top....
Web hoax juror: Majority wanted felony conviction
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 6:59 P.M.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The jury leader in the trial of a Missouri woman accused of an Internet hoax that ended in a teenage neighbor's suicide said most panelists favored convicting the defendant of felony conspiracy....
191 endure 9 frustrating hours stuck on LA tarmac
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 6:47 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Nearly 200 passengers on a flight from El Salvador landed Monday in Los Angeles after spending nine hours aboard a grounded plane at a smaller airport as the airline and customs officials tried to work through apparent confusion....
Police: Man swallows stolen earrings at Fla. mall
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 6:12 P.M.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- An X-ray marked the spot for southwest Florida police who say a teenager swallowed a $16 pair of earrings after taking them from a JCPenney store at a mall....
4 found fatally shot in Sacramento-area house
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 5:56 P.M.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say four apparent family members were found shot to death in a house near Sacramento, Calif....
Ex-mayoral aide pleads guilty in Detroit scandal
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 5:07 P.M.
DETROIT (AP) -- Stoic and publicly silent through months of a sex scandal, the woman whose relationship with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall fought tears Monday as she pleaded guilty and admitted to lying under oath....
Lawyer: Trampled NY worker lacked crowd training
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 4:40 P.M.
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- A worker trampled to death when customers stormed a Wal-Mart for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving had no experience in crowd control and was placed at the entrance because of his hulking frame, police and a lawyer said Monday....
Wintry storm strands travelers in Chicago airports
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 3:48 P.M.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Stranded airline passengers lingered in Chicago's airports Monday as a storm tapered off after delivering a wintry mix to the Midwest including snow, gusty winds and ice that led to at least two traffic deaths....
Venezuelan lawyer gets 2 years in suitcase plea
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 3:26 P.M.
MIAMI (AP) -- A Venezuelan lawyer dispatched by President Hugo Chavez's government to help cover up a cash suitcase scandal was handed a two-year prison sentence Monday by a judge who commended his prompt guilty plea and testimony against others....
Bush asked to commute sentence of ex-Ill. governor
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 3:21 P.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin asked President Bush on Monday to consider commuting former Gov. George Ryan's 6 1/2-year racketeering sentence to time served, standing firm on his appeal for mercy despite an outpouring of criticism....
Pa. ends moratorium on parole for violent felons
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 3:08 P.M.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Gov. Ed Rendell lifted Pennsylvania's three-month moratorium on paroling violent felons Monday after a review found the state's evaluation and supervision of parolees were largely effective....
NY Times skyscraper climber pleads guilty
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 2:35 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A French daredevil who climbed the outside of The New York Times' skyscraper has been sentenced to community service....
Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency in Calif.
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:58 P.M.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Monday and called lawmakers into a special session to address California's $11.2 billion deficit....
Testing newborns for HIV can save lives
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:27 P.M.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Early treatment for babies born with the virus that causes AIDS can significantly increase their chances of survival, according to a report Monday by four U.N. agencies....
Ariz. governor picked for Homeland Security post
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:20 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ariz. Gov. Janet Napolitano will be the third secretary of the Homeland Security Department if confirmed by the Senate....
Obama pick gives Arizona a GOP governor
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:19 P.M.
PHOENIX (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's announcement Monday that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a Republican will move into the governor's office....
Jones brings hefty resume to security post
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:17 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be national security adviser is a Vietnam war veteran who rose to become a Marine four-star general and NATO commander, but is at least as well known for his diplomatic skills....
Pa. family sues ex-legislator over fatal gunshot
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:04 P.M.
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A former state senator's son was "reckless and careless" with his father's handgun, resulting in the shooting death of the boy's friend, according to a wrongful death suit filed Monday by the victim's father....
Miami activist moves people into foreclosed houses
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 12:58 P.M.
MIAMI (AP) -- Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. "All tile floor!" he says during a recent showing. "And the living room, wow! It has great blinds."...
30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 12:55 P.M.
SMITH POINT, Texas (AP) -- A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season....
Correction: WKRP in Cincinnati story
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 12:37 P.M.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- In a Nov. 29 story about a television station promoting its new digital signal, The Associated Press erroneously reported that station WBQC changed its call letters to WKRP. The station refers to itself as WKRP, reminiscent of the 1970s hit television show "WKRP in Cincinnati," and changed its trademark to WKRP Cincinnati but did not change its call letters, said Elliott Block, general manager....
1 victim of Mumbai attacks was Chicago resident
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 12:17 P.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- One of the victims of the terrorist attacks in India was a Chicago resident who worked for a company that provides radiation therapy for cancer patients....
Rice says she won't give Clinton too much advice
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 11:52 A.M.
LONDON (AP) -- Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will offer advice, privately, and then get out of the way....
LA police arrest 2 in breakup of dogfighting ring
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 11:43 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police say they have made two arrests and rescued 17 dogs in the breakup of a dogfighting operation....
'Rockefeller' to get half his gold coins back
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 11:36 A.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller will get back about half of the gold coins and cash seized by authorities after he was arrested for allegedly kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter....
Calif. climber dies after fall on Mount Shasta
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 11:14 A.M.
REDDING, Calif. (AP) -- A 33-year-old-woman has died while ascending California's Mount Shasta with other climbers who tried to help....
