AP Online articles from Saturday, September 8

Diocese Settles Abuse Claims for $198M

Sep 08, 2007 ...SYDNEY, Australia - President Bush said Saturday that Osama bin Laden's first video appearance in three years is a reminder of "the dangerous world in which we live.""It's important that ...

Sep 08, 2007 ...SAN DIEGO - The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Friday it has agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy, the second-largest payment by a diocese. The ...

Sea Turtles Still Endangered, Threatened

Sep 08, 2007 ...SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A U.S. study focusing on global sea turtle populations has found that half a dozen species are still endangered or threatened despite promising increases in the number of ...

Argentina Museum Displays Incan Mummy

Sep 08, 2007 ...SALTA, Argentina - Museumgoers gasped Thursday at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden which is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she ...

Sea Turtles Still Endangered, Threatened

Sep 08, 2007 ...PHOENIX - A former construction worker suspected of being a serial predator known as the "Baseline Killer" was convicted Friday in a pair of 2005 sexual attacks. Mark Goudeau, 43, is the first of ...

Missing Girl's Mother Named Suspect

Sep 08, 2007 ...PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal - The parents of a British girl whose disappearance sparked a four-month international search were declared suspects by Portuguese police Friday, their lawyer said. Kate ...

Sep 08, 2007 ...PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal - In a shocking twist, the British parents who have run an international campaign to find their missing toddler were declared suspects in the case Friday, their lawyer said, ...

Minnows Exposed to Red Tide Died Quickly

Sep 08, 2007 ...NORFOLK, Va. - Minnows exposed to samples of red tide from waters in southeastern Virginia and the lower Chesapeake Bay died within hours, scientists report.The findings are the first ...

Va. Tech Preps for Budget Cut

Sep 08, 2007 ...ROANOKE, Va. - A state directive to cut the budget coupled with about $8 million in expenses related to the April massacre on campus means Virginia Tech may have trouble maintaining "consistent ...

Minnows Exposed to Red Tide Died Quickly

Report: Congressman Likely Fell to Death

Sep 08, 2007 ...COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, who was found dead in his apartment in suburban Washington earlier this week, died of blunt head and neck trauma consistent with a fall down stairs, ...

Henin Beats 2nd Williams to Reach Final

Sep 08, 2007 ...NEW YORK - Venus Williams will head to a doctor to figure out why she felt so ill while losing to Justine Henin in the U.S. Open semifinals.Serena Williams talked about Henin's "lucky ...

Missing Girl's Mother Named Suspect

AT&T, NASCAR Reach Sponsorship Agreement

Sep 08, 2007 ...RICHMOND, Va. - NASCAR reached an agreement Friday with AT&T that will allow the company to sponsor Jeff Burton's car through the 2008 season.Moments after the agreement was reached, ...

NY Welcomes Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel

Sep 08, 2007 ...NEW YORK - Pity the fisherman or sailor who staggers on deck in the morning and through bleary eyes sees a 100-foot-long water spider coming at him, buzzing ominously.No cause for alarm, ...

U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,760

Sep 08, 2007 ...As of Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at least 3,760 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes ...

Thompson Warns of al-Qaida Threats

Sep 08, 2007 ...SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Republican Fred Thompson said Friday that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden is "more symbolism than anything else" as the presidential hopeful warned of possible greater ...

NASCAR Owner Robert Yates Set to Retire

Sep 08, 2007 ...RICHMOND, Va. - Robert Yates will retire at the end of the season and hand control of his race team to his son.Doug Yates will own and operate Yates Racing beginning Dec. 1. The team will ...

Virus May Be Cause of Honeybees' Deaths

Sep 08, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for a mysterious affliction that has killed off honeybees by the billions: a virus previously unknown in the United States.The ...

Sep 08, 2007 ...NEW YORK - Foxy Brown was sentenced Friday to one year in jail for violating probation that stemmed from a fight with two manicurists in a New York City nail salon three years ago. "I'm not going ...

Pilot Dies After Stunt Plane Crashes

Sep 08, 2007 ...NORFOLK, Va. - The pilot of a civilian World War II stunt plane died Friday after the plane crashed while practicing just hours before an air show, officials said.Jan Wildbergh, the ...

NY Welcomes Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel

Thompson Warns of al-Qaida Threats

Pilot Dies After Stunt Plane Crashes

NOAA Affirms Predictions of Sea Ice Loss

Sep 08, 2007 ...ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An analysis of 20 years' worth of real-life observations supports recent U.N. computer predictions that by 2050, summer sea ice off Alaska's north coast will probably shrink to ...

Edwards Proposing Anti-Terrorism Agency

Sep 08, 2007 ...NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said he would create an international organization to fight terrorism through shared intelligence, cooperation he says would combat the ...

House Roll Call: Student Loans

Sep 08, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 - and the entire population gone from Alaska - because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, ...

Sep 08, 2007 ...The 292-97 roll call Friday by which the House passed a student loan bill.A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill. Voting yes were 215 Democrats and 77 Republicans. ...

AT&T, NASCAR Reach Sponsorship Agreement

NOAA Affirms Predictions of Sea Ice Loss

NASCAR Owner Robert Yates Set to Retire

Virus May Be Cause of Honeybees' Deaths

Sep 08, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Scientific sleuths have a new suspect for a mysterious affliction that has killed off honeybees by the billions: a virus previously unknown in the United States.The ...

Henin Beats Venus at U.S. Open

Sep 08, 2007 ...NEW YORK - Venus Williams left the U.S. Open the same way Serena Williams did, undone by all those big shots off the racket of little Justine Henin. In a riveting match filled with superb ...

Edwards Proposing Anti-Terrorism Agency

Henin Beats Venus at U.S. Open

2 Bribed Miss. Judges, Lawyer Get Prison

Sep 08, 2007 ...JACKSON, Miss. - A prominent attorney and the two Mississippi judges he bribed for favorable rulings were sentenced Friday to several years each in federal prison.Paul Minor, a once ...

Groups Urge Limits on Popcorn Additive

Sep 08, 2007 ...WASHINGTON - Two senators, union leaders and researchers urged the federal government Friday to set tougher restrictions on a microwave popcorn additive linked to lung disease among factory ...

Diocese Settles Abuse Claims for $198M

Countries Agree on Plan to Save Animals

Sep 08, 2007 ...INTERLAKEN, Switzerland - One hundred and eight countries have agreed on an action plan to save endangered livestock breeds, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.The ...

Argentina Museum Displays Incan Mummy

Polygamist's Rape Case Set to Begin

Sep 08, 2007 ...ST. GEORGE, Utah - Jury selection began Friday in the rape case against a polygamous sect leader, with attorneys asking more than 200 people to fill out a questionnaire to help determine their ...

Yankee Pitcher's Dad Sees Him in Person

Sep 08, 2007 ...KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sitting in his motorized scooter and beaming a smile which by his son's estimate could be seen "at least 35 feet away," Joba Chamberlain's dad met the New York Yankees one by ...

Countries Agree on Plan to Save Animals