Texas cops question suspect in clerks abduction SCOTLAND, Texas (AP) -- Authorities held out hope Saturday that they could find a clerk who was abducted at gunpoint in a crime captured by the security cameras in a rural grocery store, a sheriff said. Officials were questioning a suspect....August 16, 2008 20:44:09 - Read More Road proposal riles activists in Roosevelt countryBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if it wasnt where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement....August 16, 2008 20:33:42 - Read More 9/11 aid groups close or adapt as money wanesNEW YORK (AP) -- Terry Grace Sears knows she has still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents deaths in the terror attack....August 16, 2008 17:42:52 - Read More Family: Cult brainwashed mom charged with murderBALTIMORE (AP) -- After denying Javon Thompson food and water for two days because he wouldnt say "Amen" after meals, the 1-year-olds caretakers waited for a divine sign that their message had been heard: a resurrection....August 16, 2008 17:19:49 - Read More Windmills split upstate NY town and familiesLOWVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- "Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home. The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of wind turbines echoes through the air. Sleek and white, their long propeller blades rotate in formation, like some otherworldly dance of spindly-armed aliens swaying across the land....August 16, 2008 17:09:13 - Read More A small town struggles after immigration raidPOSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors - red barns, white clapboard houses, and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision....August 16, 2008 17:05:15 - Read More LA authorities: Rockefeller is wanted GermanLOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man charged with kidnapping his daughter in Boston is a German who lived in the guesthouse of a Los Angeles-area couple who disappeared in 1985, a sheriffs spokesman said Monday....August 12, 2008 04:34:04 - Read More Study: Women rise in state government leadershipALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found....August 12, 2008 04:22:35 - Read More Lawsuit filed over Taser deathNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The family of a central Louisiana man who died after a police officer repeatedly jolted him with a Taser filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday, on the eve of a grand jurys probe of the case....August 12, 2008 03:33:32 - Read More Memorials begin for 9 helicopter crash victimsEUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Scott Charlson became a firefighter to earn college money and become a sports journalist. At his memorial service Monday, six days after the 25-year-old died in a helicopter crash during a forest fire in Northern California, his best friend recalled his competitive streak....August 12, 2008 02:04:52 - Read More Denver police suspect cyanide death at hotelDENVER (AP) -- Officials performing an autopsy Monday noticed an indication of cyanide poisoning, leading police to cordon off streets as they investigated at the downtown hotel where the mans body was found....August 12, 2008 01:43:06 - Read More What a race! Lezak keeps Phelps hopes aliveBEIJING (AP) -- With history about to slip away and Michael Phelps cheering him on, Jason Lezak pulled up next to the lane rope and set out after hulking Alain Bernard, like a NASCAR driver drafting down the backstretch at Daytona....August 11, 2008 05:57:37 - Read More More than Shaft: Hayes was goldmine of influenceWith its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop musics iconic songs, but also the defining work of Hayes career....August 11, 2008 05:04:15 - Read More | |
