| Grandfather could be link to missing Nevada boy (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:09 AM CDT  AP - Investigators were looking for the grandfather of a kidnapped 6-year-old boy Friday, saying they believe the abduction may be linked to the man's drug dealings with Mexican nationals.
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| Officer's son arrested in fatal Detroit shooting (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 09:57 PM CDT AP - A teenager suspected in a shooting that killed a 16-year-old high school junior and seriously injured three others is the son of a Detroit police officer. |
| Suspect dead, 4 hurt in Ga. law office explosion (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 10:13 PM CDT  AP - A bitter family dispute over property in north Georgia apparently erupted Friday when a 78-year-old man threw an explosive into a law firm that represented his son, causing a blast that killed the father and injured four people in the office.
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| In Chicago, ex-radical Ayers better known as a scholar (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2008 01:05 AM CDT  AP - These days, Bill Ayers doesn't want to talk about the Weathermen, the Vietnam-era radical group he helped found that carried out bombings at the Pentagon and the Capitol.
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| Mich. gets custody of abandoned teen, siblings (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:10 PM CDT  AP - The state of Michigan was granted temporary custody Friday of four suburban Detroit siblings, including a 13-year-old abandoned in Nebraska by his mother under that state's unique safe haven law. An Oakland County juvenile court referee scolded Teri Martin for dropping off her adopted son at an Omaha hospital with $10 earlier this week. The teen could be back in Michigan by Monday.
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| Evangelist Alamo arraigned on child-sex charges (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:12 PM CDT  AP - Evangelist Tony Alamo told a judge on Friday that he understood that he could get life in prison if convicted of taking a minor across state lines for sex, and he'll argue next week that he should be released from custody pending trial.
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| Man gets life in killing of Vt. college student (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 09:56 PM CDT  AP - Berated as "evil" and "the lowest of the low," a man convicted of killing a college senior after a chance encounter was sentenced Friday to life without parole, despite proclaiming his innocence to the end. Brian L. Rooney, a 38-year-old construction worker and father of three, fought back tears as he expressed condolences to the mother and father of Michelle Gardner-Quinn but said he wasn't her killer.
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| New bill makes gun laws tougher in Pennsylvania (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 11:37 PM CDT  AP - Pennsylvania's gun laws got tougher Friday as Gov. Ed Rendell signed a bill increasing the mandatory sentence for anyone convicted of shooting a firearm at a police officer and for crimes committed with illegally purchased guns.
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| Mormon group protests church's gay marriage stance (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 09:41 PM CDT  AP - A group of Mormons who support gay marriage delivered protest letters and bundles of carnations to church headquarters Friday in an appeal to end the church's support of a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage in California.
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| Court order bars O.J. Simpson from selling ring (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:02 PM CDT  AP - As O.J. Simpson sits in jail in Nevada, his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring has become the object of a custody battle in California, where a judge ordered Friday that a memorabilia dealer hand it over.
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| Southern drought creeping northward (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:26 PM CDT AP - The drought that has plagued the Deep South for more than a year is creeping northward, and officials in multiple states are restricting outdoor burning in the face of water shortages and forest fire risks from falling leaves and tinder-dry conditions. |
| Nancy Reagan released from hospital, returns home (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:45 PM CDT  AP - Nancy Reagan was released from a hospital Friday after being treated for a fractured pelvis, her spokeswoman said. Joanne Drake told The Associated Press that doctors came in to see the former first lady and told her everything was going well. Then they asked her: "How would you like to go home today?" Drake said.
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| LAPD head requests review of fingerprint unit (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 09:15 PM CDT AP - The head of the Los Angeles Police Commission asked on Friday for a review of policies and procedures at the city Police Department's fingerprint analysis unit after it was revealed that workers there made erroneously identifications. |
| Fossella convicted of drunken driving (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:26 PM CDT  AP - A judge has has convicted Rep. Vito Fossella of drunken driving and will later decide if he should serve time in jail.
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| Indicted Ariz. congressman wants case dismissed (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 07:32 PM CDT AP - Lawyers for U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi have asked a federal judge to dismiss corruption charges against him or bar prosecutors from using evidence gathered by the FBI, alleging that agents violated his constitutional rights as a congressman. |
| NYC jury convicts mom in malnourished girl's death (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 05:16 PM CDT  AP - The mother of a 7-year-old girl was convicted of manslaughter Friday for doing nothing to help as the tiny, malnourished child lay dying on the floor of their apartment, severely beaten by her stepfather.
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| Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:25 PM CDT  AP - It's long been a mystery why the H.L. Hunley never returned after becoming the first submarine in history to sink an enemy warship in 1864, but new research announced Friday may lend credence to one of the theories. Scientists found the eight-man crew of the hand-cranked Confederate submarine had not set the pump to remove water from the crew compartment, which might indicate it was not being flooded.
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| Santa Monica library offers books that talk back (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 04:10 PM CDT  AP - You know those people you can read just like a book?
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| Former UCLA exec pleads guilty to body trafficking (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:42 PM CDT  AP - The former chief of UCLA's cadaver program pleaded guilty Friday for his role in selling donated body parts to medical, drug and research companies in a scheme that netted up to $1 million, prosecutors said.
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