AP - Frank McCourt, who is battling his estranged wife for ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers, testified Friday that he took out a $60 million loan on land around the team stadium to help her pay off debt on her palatial homes.
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2010-09-03 22:05
McCourt says he took out Dodger loan to help wife (AP)
2010-09-03 22:05
Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY (AP)
AP - A thumbnail-sized clam blamed for clouding the azure bays of Lake Tahoe high in the Sierra Nevada has now turned up in a mountain-ringed Adirondack lake renowned for its limpid, spring-fed waters.
2010-09-03 22:05
Comfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC (AP)
AP - A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the onslaught of Earl.
2010-09-03 19:39
Police question scientist in Miami airport scare (AP)
AP - A government official says a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.
2010-09-03 19:39
McCourt: Wife concerned about nest egg (AP)
AP - Former Dodger CEO Jamie McCourt was more concerned with protecting the couple's luxurious homes than dealing with baseball matters and didn't want to take the risk associated with buying one of baseball's most storied franchises six years ago, her estranged husband said.
2010-09-03 19:39
Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII's end (AP)
AP - Like many other vets, Don Fosburg marked the anniversary of World War II's end reflecting on a victory dearly earned and on men who helped make that happen but never came home.
2010-09-03 17:04
Police: Discovery Channel hostages planned escape (AP)
AP - Police had been negotiating with James Jae Lee for several hours and intended to keep him talking for as long as it took to safely resolve the standoff at the Discovery Channel's headquarters. Inside the lobby, Lee's three hostages had no intention of waiting.
2010-09-03 17:04
Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy (AP)
AP - With less than two weeks before Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn awards a lucrative, first-of-its-kind contract for the private management of the state's $2 billion-a-year lottery, some are criticizing the selection process as too secretive and questioning whether it favors one powerful bidder.
2010-09-03 17:04
Warrants detail stabbings at Calif. beach house (AP)
AP - A 9-year-old boy ran to get cash from his mother's purse to appease an armed intruder, but when he returned the man was stabbing his parents with a kitchen knife in the bedroom, according to recently released search warrants in the triple murder case.
2010-09-03 14:30
Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)
AP - It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory.
2010-09-03 14:30
LA police ID owner of trunk containing baby bodies (AP)
AP - Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.
2010-09-03 14:30
3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay (AP)
AP - A small plane that crashed into a shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing three people, belonged to the founder of a local steel company who was believed to be among the dead.
2010-09-03 11:56
Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts (AP)
AP - A man who worked at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was arrested Thursday on suspicion that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items from the luggage of passengers in a case that could include hundreds of victims from around the world.
2010-09-03 11:56
FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers (AP)
AP - Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.
2010-09-03 11:56
Embattled Illinois prisons chief resigns (AP)
AP - Illinois' prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.
2010-09-03 09:30
Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)
AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?
2010-09-03 09:30
Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe (AP)
AP - The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."
2010-09-03 09:30
Wash. woman in acid attack recounts agonizing pain (AP)
AP - Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"
2010-09-03 06:56
Chicago gangs to top cop: You're not playing fair (AP)
AP - Calling the Chicago police chief's ultimatum to stop resorting to violence a waste of time, current and former members of some of the city's most notorious street gangs held an unlikely news conference on Thursday to send their own message to police: You're not playing fair.
2010-09-03 06:56
Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles (AP)
AP - The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven't finished buying all the property they want for the project and are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.
2010-09-03 06:56
Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)
AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the Islamic militant group that controls one of the two Palestinian territories and rejects negotiations.
2010-09-03 04:20
Army: Chaplain is 1st killed in action since '70 (AP)
AP - A chaplain killed in Afghanistan this week was the first Army clergyman killed in action since the Vietnam War, the military said Thursday.
2010-09-03 04:20
Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed (AP)
AP - Engineers removed a temporary cap Thursday that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. No more oil was expected to leak into the sea, but crews were standing by with collection vessels just in case.
2010-09-03 04:20
Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)
AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.
2010-09-03 01:48
Mariner Energy shares fall after platform blast (AP)
AP - Mariner Energy, Inc. shares dropped more than 4 percent Thursday following news that one of its production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
2010-09-03 01:48
Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat (AP)
AP - It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after asserting that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record.
2010-09-03 01:48
Attorney accused in prison drug-smuggling case (AP)
AP - An FBI agent says an Illinois defense attorney facing federal charges that he tried to smuggle a heroin-filled condom into an Indiana federal prison claims to have done it repeatedly, exploiting greater privacy privileges lawyers are afforded in the lockups.
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