AP Online back issues from Wednesday, June 11:
Man feels fine after being shot in head by nailgun
Jun 11, 2008 ... A suburban Kansas City man accidentally fired a 2.5-inch nail into the top of his head, but says he now feels fine after a doctor used a claw hammer to remove it. The mishap occurred Friday while George Chandler, of Shawnee, and a friend were working on a backyard project. The nail ...
Christian leaders meet privately with Obama
Jun 11, 2008; ... Barack Obama discussed Darfur, the Iraq war, gay rights, abortion and other issues Tuesday with Christian leaders, including a conservative who has been criticized for praising the Democratic presidential candidate. Bishop T.D. Jakes, a prominent black clergyman who heads a Dallas ...
Leading dissident plans to return to Cuba
Jun 11, 2008; ... A leading Cuban dissident said Tuesday that he plans to return to the communist-run island after a nearly two-year absence to fight for the freedom of political prisoners. Hector Palacios, who was in Puerto Rico for a two-day visit from his current home in Spain, told reporters that ...
Blue Jays 3, Mariners 1
Jun 11, 2008 ... 41Blue Jays 3, Mariners 1 SEATTLE@ TORONTO @ ab r h bi @ab r h bi ISuzuki cf3 0 1 0 Rios rf 4 0 0 0...
Kansas man survives nail-in-skull accident
Jun 11, 2008 ... A suburban Kansas City man accidentally fired a 2.5-inch nail into the top of his head, but says he now feels fine after a doctor used a claw hammer to remove it. The mishap occurred Friday while George Chandler, of Shawnee, and a friend were working on a backyard project. ...
W.Va. mayor still opposes his own pay raise
Jun 11, 2008 ... A West Virginia city council has reduced a plan to raise its mayor's pay, but the mayor still says no. The Huntington council first discussed increasing Mayor David Felinton's pay from about $62,000 a year to $90,000. On Monday, the council dropped it to $80,000 and is expected to ...
W.Va. mayor still opposes his own pay raise
Jun 11, 2008 ... A West Virginia city council has pared a planned pay raise for its mayor, but the mayor still says no. The Huntington council first discussed increasing Mayor David Felinton's pay from about $62,000 a year to $90,000. On Monday, the council dropped it to $80,000 and is expected to ...
CDC: Snowboarding tops lists for outdoor injuries
Jun 11, 2008; ... More people are hurt snowboarding than any other outdoor activity, accounting for a quarter of emergency room visits, according to the first national study to estimate recreational injuries. Trailing snowboarding are sledding and hiking, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control ...
AP Top News at 8:08 p.m. EDT
Jun 11, 2008 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The U.S. Open, San Diego style, brought morning fog that clung to the cliffs and spilled over to Torrey Pines Golf Course when Tiger Woods showed up for another nine-hole session Tuesday. The setting could not have been more appropriate. What once had been such ...
Person in NHL: Red Wings, Babcock agree to 3-year contract
Jun 11, 2008; ... A person in the NHL tells The Associated Press that Mike Babcock and the Detroit Red Wings have agreed to a 3-year contract for the Stanley Cup winning coach. The person spoke Tuesday night on the condition of anonymity because the team planned an 11 a.m. Wednesday news conference to ...
Army officer won't have to return to active duty
Jun 11, 2008; ... An Army officer cleared of killing two Iraqi civilians said Tuesday that the military won't return him to active duty after all. Lt. Erick Anderson said a lieutenant colonel told him the Army would return him to inactive ready reserve. Maj. Maria Quon, an Army public affairs officer, ...
Atlas shows effects of climate change on Africa
Jun 11, 2008; ... The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas Tuesday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa. The nearly 400-page publication features over 300 satellite images taken in every African country. The before and after photographs, ...
Senate GOP blocks windfall taxes on Big Oil
Jun 11, 2008; ... Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming. GOP senators shoved ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 11, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Baltimore 7, Boston 6-7 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 2 -6...
AP Top News at 9:03 p.m. EDT
Jun 11, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying ...
Sabathia pitches five-hitter
Jun 11, 2008 ... C.C. Sabathia pitched a five-hitter for his seventh career shutout as the Cleveland Indians defeated Minnesota, 1-0, extending the Twins' season-high losing streak to six games Tuesday night. Sabathia (4-8) didn't allow a baserunner after the fourth inning, striking out four without a ...
CEO Nardelli sees Chrysler staying independent
Jun 11, 2008; ... Chrysler LLC Chief Executive Robert Nardelli said Tuesday that he expects the automaker will be an independent company three years from now, and that Chrysler's private-equity owners were not second guessing their acquisition. Nardelli, speaking at a conference in New York City, said ...
NBA referee says games tainted by fraternizing, series fixed
Jun 11, 2008; ... NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed ...
Graham beats GOP challenger in SC Senate primary
Jun 11, 2008; ... South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham easily won his primary Tuesday against a fellow Republican who hammered his ties to Arizona Sen. John McCain. In Virginia, a county official beat a ...
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
Jun 11, 2008; ... A Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday, killing dozens unable to escape the inferno. Officials said more than 100 people fled the plane before it was engulfed by towering orange flames. An Associated Press ...
CEO Nardelli sees Chrysler staying independent
Jun 11, 2008; ... Chrysler LLC Chief Executive Robert Nardelli said Tuesday that he expects the automaker will be an independent company three years from now, and that Chrysler's private-equity owners were not second guessing their acquisition. Nardelli, speaking at a conference in New York City, said ...
1 hiker dies on Mount Rainier, 2 wait for rescue
Jun 11, 2008; ... A man on a Mount Rainier day hike died Tuesday and two companions were awaiting rescue after the group got caught in a blizzard, officials at the national park said. The three spent Monday night and early Tuesday trapped on the Muir snowfield before one of the hikers reached Camp ...
Disgraced NBA ref says NBA encouraged game fixing
Jun 11, 2008; ... NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed ...
Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish
Jun 11, 2008; ... Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food _ whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now, researchers say they have discovered groups of the silver-haired monkeys in Indonesia that fish. Groups of ...
Major ISPs agree to block child porn newsgroups
Jun 11, 2008; ... Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint agreed with Cuomo to block ...
Kings fire Crawford after finishing last in West
Jun 11, 2008; ... Marc Crawford was fired as coach of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday after his team finished with the fewest points in the Western Conference this season. He spent two seasons with the team and had a year left on his contract. "In the end it just comes down to ...
Photos show extensive damage inside Texas mansion
Jun 11, 2008; ... Interior photos of the fire-damaged Texas Governor's Mansion released Tuesday show scorched walls, charred debris and sunlight streaming through a collapsed ceiling. The 152-year-old mansion was unoccupied and undergoing renovations when the blaze broke out early Sunday. Officials ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 11, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Baltimore 7, Boston 6-8 Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 4 -8...
Rising waters in Plains inundate bridge, farmland
Jun 11, 2008 ... Rising rivers wiped out an Iowa railroad bridge Tuesday, flooded Illinois farmland and forced residents along the Mississippi River to prepare for what could be the worst flooding in 15 years. In Cedar Falls, Iowa, officials were readying residents and downtown business owners to ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 11, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Boston 6, Baltimore 4-6 Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit 1 -5...
Graham beats GOP challenger in SC Senate primary
Jun 11, 2008; ... South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham easily won his primary Tuesday against a fellow Republican who hammered his ties to Arizona Sen. John McCain. In Virginia, early results showed a ...
Patrick Swayze to begin shooting new cable series
Jun 11, 2008 ... Patrick Swayze is going back to work. The "Dirty Dancing" actor, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year, will begin shooting his new A&E series "The Beast" in Chicago this summer, the cable network announced Monday. A&E ordered 13 ...
Christian leaders meet privately with Obama
Jun 11, 2008; ... Barack Obama discussed Darfur, the Iraq war, gay rights, abortion and other issues Tuesday with Christian leaders, including conservatives who have been criticized for praising the Democratic presidential candidate. Bishop T.D. Jakes, a prominent black clergyman who heads a Dallas ...
Major ISPs agree to block child porn newsgroups
Jun 11, 2008; ... Online forums where thousands of child-porn images have been posted have been stricken from three Internet providers, including two of the nation's five largest, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint agreed with Cuomo to block ...
Smoltz has surgery, future as pitcher uncertain
Jun 11, 2008; ... John Smoltz had the labrum in his right shoulder repaired on Tuesday, and the Atlanta Braves said it will be months before the pitcher knows if his career can resume. Dr. James Andrews and an associate performed the arthroscopic procedure in Birmingham, Ala. Smoltz said last week he ...
Source: Red Wings award Babcock with 3-year deal
Jun 11, 2008; ... A person in the NHL tells The Associated Press that Mike Babcock and the Detroit Red Wings have agreed to a 3-year contract for the Stanley Cup winning coach. The person spoke Tuesday night on the condition of anonymity because the team planned an 11 a.m. Wednesday news conference to ...
Officials: Sudanese plane crash kills dozens
Jun 11, 2008; ... A Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday, killing dozens unable to escape the inferno. Officials said more than 100 people fled the plane before it was engulfed by towering orange flames. An Associated Press ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 11, 2008 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The U.S. Open, San Diego style, brought morning fog that clung to the cliffs and spilled over to Torrey Pines Golf Course when Tiger Woods showed up for another nine-hole session Tuesday. The setting could not have been more appropriate. What once had been such ...
Kings fire Crawford as coach
Jun 11, 2008; ... Marc Crawford was fired as coach of the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday after his team finished with the fewest points in the Western Conference this season. He spent two seasons with the team and had a year left on his contract. "In the end it just comes down to ...
Disgraced NBA ref says NBA encouraged game fixing
Jun 11, 2008; ... NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed ...
High school paper dropped over flag-burning photo
Jun 11, 2008; ... A high school newspaper in California was disbanded after it published a front-page photo of a student burning an American flag, triggering criticism that the administration was stifling free expression. Shasta High School Principal Milan Woollard said the school year's final issue of ...
Rising waters in Plains inundate bridge, farmland
Jun 11, 2008; ... Rising rivers wiped out an Iowa railroad bridge Tuesday, flooded Illinois farmland and forced residents along the Mississippi River to prepare for what could be the worst flooding in 15 years. In Cedar Falls, Iowa, officials were readying residents and downtown business owners to ...
Kelly speaks at child porn trial, won't testify
Jun 11, 2008; ... R. Kelly told the judge in his child pornography trial Tuesday that he doesn't plan to testify. After Judge Vincent Gaughan told Kelly he had a right to not take the stand, the R&B singer leaned forward at the defense table with his hands folded and, speaking for the first time at ...
Hiker dies on Mount Rainier, 2 wait for rescue
Jun 11, 2008; ... A man on a Mount Rainier day hike died Tuesday and two companions were awaiting rescue after the group got caught in a blizzard, officials at the national park said. The three spent Monday night and early Tuesday trapped on the Muir snowfield before one of the hikers reached Camp ...
Ex-NBA referee: playoff series manipulated
Jun 11, 2008; ... NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed ...
AP Top News at 8:05 p.m. EDT
Jun 11, 2008 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The U.S. Open, San Diego style, brought morning fog that clung to the cliffs and spilled over to Torrey Pines Golf Course when Tiger Woods showed up for another nine-hole session Tuesday. The setting could not have been more appropriate. What once had been such ...
AP Top News at 8:29 p.m. EDT
Jun 11, 2008 ... SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The U.S. Open, San Diego style, brought morning fog that clung to the cliffs and spilled over to Torrey Pines Golf Course when Tiger Woods showed up for another nine-hole session Tuesday. The setting could not have been more appropriate. What once had been such ...
Leading dissident plans to return to Cuba
Jun 11, 2008; ... A leading Cuban dissident said Tuesday that he plans to return to the communist-run island after a nearly two-year absence to fight for the freedom of political prisoners. Hector Palacios, who was in Puerto Rico for a two-day visit from his current home in Spain, told reporters that ...
Disgraced NBA ref: Playoff games were manipulated
Jun 11, 2008; ... NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed ...
Man accused of drunken driving twice in 2 hours
Jun 11, 2008 ... A Sheboygan man is behind bars after being arrested twice for drunken driving within two hours early Tuesday. Police say the 24-year-old driver was stopped by an officer about 1:50 a.m. after he was spotted driving the wrong way on a one-way street in Sheboygan. The man was arrested, ...
Graham beats GOP challenger in SC Senate primary
Jun 11, 2008; ... South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham easily won his primary Tuesday against a fellow Republican who hammered his ties to Arizona Sen. John McCain. In Virginia, early results showed a ...
Senate GOP blocks windfall taxes on Big Oil
Jun 11, 2008; ... Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming. GOP senators shoved ...
700-pound Mexican man hopes to stand for wedding
Jun 11, 2008; ... Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on his own two feet to get married. Interviewed at his home in northern Mexico, where he can still ...
Officials: Sudanese plane crash kills dozens
Jun 11, 2008; ... A Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday, killing dozens unable to escape the inferno. Officials said more than 100 people fled the plane before it was engulfed by towering orange flames. The Civil Aviation ...
SC trooper seen ramming man with car indicted
Jun 11, 2008; ... A South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper who was caught on video ramming a suspect with his patrol car was indicted Tuesday on a federal civil rights charge, the U.S. Justice Department said. Steve C. Garren was indicted by a federal grand jury in Greenville on a charge of willfully ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 11, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ NBA referees, influenced by cozy relationships with league officials, rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seven games, a former referee at the center of a gambling scandal alleged Tuesday. Without identifying ...
Christian leaders meet privately with Obama
Jun 11, 2008; ... Barack Obama discussed Darfur, the Iraq war, gay rights, abortion and other issues Tuesday with Christian leaders, including a conservative who has been criticized for praising the Democratic presidential candidate. Bishop T.D. Jakes, a prominent black clergyman who heads a Dallas ...
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
Jun 11, 2008; ... A Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday, killing dozens unable to escape the inferno. Officials said more than 100 people fled the plane before it was engulfed by towering orange flames. The Civil Aviation ...
Holmgren misses 2nd day with minor medical issue
Jun 11, 2008; ... Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren missed a second consecutive day of minicamp Wednesday with what a team spokesman continued to emphasize was a minor but undisclosed medical condition. Holmgren, who turns 60 Sunday and is entering his 10th and final season as Seattle's coach, is expected ...
Senate GOP blocks windfall taxes on Big Oil
Jun 11, 2008; ... Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming. GOP senators shoved ...
Indians 1, Twins 0
Jun 11, 2008 ... 28Indians 1, Twins 0 MINNESOTA@ CLEVELAND@ ab r h bi @ab r h bi CaGmz cf4 0 1 0 Szmore cf 4 0 1 0 ACslla ...
Calif. police: Things get ugly at the gas pumps
Jun 11, 2008 ... Violence broke out at the gas pumps in Orange County. Police say a La Palma doctor waiting in line to buy gas at the Costco warehouse store in Cypress grabbed a tire iron and confronted a motorist who cut into the line. Sgt. Tom Bruce said the doctor was arrested and booked for ...
Holmgren misses 2nd day of practice
Jun 11, 2008; ... Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren missed a second consecutive day of minicamp Wednesday with what a team spokesman continued to emphasize was a minor but undisclosed medical condition. Holmgren, who turns 60 Sunday and is entering his 10th and final season as Seattle's coach, is expected ...
700-pound Mexican man hopes to stand for wedding
Jun 11, 2008; ... Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on his own two feet to get married. Interviewed at his home in northern Mexico, where he can still ...
Rising waters in Plains inundate bridge, farmland
Jun 11, 2008; ... Rising rivers wiped out an Iowa railroad bridge Tuesday, flooded Illinois farmland and forced residents along the Mississippi River to prepare for what could be the worst flooding in 15 years. In Cedar Falls, Iowa, officials were readying residents and downtown business owners to ...