AP Online back issues from Thursday, June 12:
Lawmakers: Capitol computers hacked by Chinese
Jun 12, 2008; ... Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents. Two congressmen, both longtime critics of Beijing's record on human rights, said the compromised computers ...
Hogan's wife asks judge to hold him in contempt
Jun 12, 2008 ... Hulk Hogan's estranged wife is asking a Florida judge to cite the wrestler for allegedly not paying his share of a $4.2 million Las Vegas condo. Linda Bollea is asking that Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, be held in contempt of court and jailed until he pays. A court order ...
Organic alcohol sparks new cocktail trend
Jun 12, 2008; ... Call it hedonistic environmentalism. Or maybe just eco-conscious imbibing. Either way, those who want their dirty martini to be a little cleaner are increasingly pouring organic spirits into their glass. "I was shopping at the farmers market, using fresh produce in my cocktails ...
Iranian leader calls Bush a 'wicked man'
Jun 12, 2008; ... Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called President Bush a "wicked man" Wednesday. Addressing thousands of people in this central city, he said Bush had set out to damage Iran but failed to halt its nuclear program and would not succeed in his goal of attacking the Islamic ...
Source: Sharks hire Detroit assistant as new coach
Jun 12, 2008; ... The San Jose Sharks hired former Detroit Red Wings assistant Todd McLellan as their new head coach on Wednesday, bringing in a leader with Stanley Cup winning credentials to replace the fired Ron Wilson. McLellan will be formally introduced at a news conference Thursday, a person ...
Red Sox slugger Ortiz sworn in as US citizen
Jun 12, 2008 ... Big Papi has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The 32-year-old slugger from the Dominican Republic posed for ...
John Cusack takes on John McCain in political ad
Jun 12, 2008; ... Pop quiz: Why has John Cusack jumped into the political arena with a video saying John McCain is a clone of President George W. Bush who would continue policies the actor says benefit war profiteers? "I know my opinion doesn't matter more than anyone else's and I just make ...
Ancient cave linked to early Christians in Jordan
Jun 12, 2008; ... Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim. Archaeologist Abdel-Qader al-Housan, head of the Rihab Center ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 12, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Seattle 2, Toronto 1 F L.A. Angels 4, Tampa Bay 2 F...
State Farm won't renew some Miss. coast policies
Jun 12, 2008; ... State Farm Insurance Cos. won't renew homeowners policies within 1,000 feet of the beach on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the company said Wednesday. State Farm spokesman Jonathan Freed said the change will not take effect until after ...
Ex-Black Panthers want freedom after decision
Jun 12, 2008; ... Two former Black Panthers convicted of killing a prison guard in 1972 should be freed after a federal magistrate found a previous attorney made mistakes during a trial, their current lawyers said Wednesday. Magistrate Judge Christine Nolan wrote that Albert Woodfox's conviction should ...
US strikes undercut efforts on Pakistan-Afghan border
Jun 12, 2008; ... Whoever was to blame, the U.S. airstrikes that may have killed friendly fighters in Pakistan have inflamed relations between the countries and could undermine the struggle to stem violence along the Afghan border. The bombings fueled anti-U.S. sentiment in Pakistan and raised fresh ...
Poll: Obama begins general campaign slightly ahead
Jun 12, 2008; ... THE RACE: The presidential race nationally ___ THE NUMBERS Barack Obama, 47 percent John McCain, 41 percent ___ OF INTEREST: The survey shows the challenges that lie ahead for both candidates. For Obama, it's white men ...
AP Top News at 8:34 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... BOSTON (AP) _ Big Papi has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the ...
Scolari hired as Chelsea manager
Jun 12, 2008; ... Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari will become Chelsea's manager after the European Championship. The Premier League club announced Avram Grant's replacement on its Web site Wednesday after Scolari's side secured a quarterfinal berth by beating the Czech Republic 3-1. The ...
Taiwan-China talks open in Beijing
Jun 12, 2008; ... Negotiators from Taiwan and China opened their first formal talks in almost a decade on Thursday, aiming to forge an agreement on expanded charter flights between the sides that have had no scheduled transport links between them in 59 years. Taiwan's delegation also planned to discuss ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... CINCINNATI (AP) _ Albert Pujols is expected to miss at least three weeks with a strained left calf, a major setback to a St. Louis Cardinals team already thinned by injuries. The first baseman injured ...
SKorea's leader vows new start amid US beef crisis
Jun 12, 2008; ... Humbled by weeks of anti-government protests, South Korea's president said Wednesday his administration would seek to make a new start as one of his ministers again rejected calls to renegotiate a U.S. beef deal that helped spark the rallies. Lee Myung-bak took office in February, but ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... BOSTON (AP) _ Big Papi has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the ...
Apparent tornado strikes Iowa boy scout camp
Jun 12, 2008 ... An apparent tornado has struck a boy scout camp in western Iowa. A dispatch operator with the Harrison County Sheriff's Office would not confirm reports of injuries but said ...
Ex-chief of Colombia secret police freed
Jun 12, 2008 ... Colombia's Supreme Court has ruled that a former head of the secret police facing charges of working with far-right death squads should be set free. The court is calling for Jorge Noguera's immediate release because prosecutors failed to properly file charges against him. ...
Cedar River floods Vinton, Iowa; Heat toll at 17
Jun 12, 2008; ... Inmates in black-and-white striped uniforms were rescued from jail by boat Wednesday as the raging Cedar River flooded a small city's downtown and forced evacuations in another town downstream. On the East Coast, officials revealed the weekend heat wave had claimed 17 lives. From ...
Red Sox slugger Ortiz sworn in as US citizen
Jun 12, 2008 ... Big Papi has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The 32-year-old slugger from the Dominican Republic posed for ...
Tigers 5, White Sox 1
Jun 12, 2008 ... 36Tigers 5, White Sox 1 CHICAGO@ DETROIT@ ab r h bi @ab r h bi OCabra ss 4 1 1 0 Grndrs cf 5 0 2 0...
Oil kills penguins in Uruguay
Jun 12, 2008 ... Dead and oil-soaked penguins continue to wash ashore near Uruguay's capital a week after fuel spilled during a boat collision. A least a dozen dead, oil-soaked penguins and a dead sea lion appeared Wednesday at the Piriapolis beach outside Montevideo, where workers scraped oil from ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 12, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Seattle 2, Toronto 1 F L.A. Angels 4, Tampa Bay 2 F...
Apparent tornado strikes Iowa boy scout camp
Jun 12, 2008 ... An apparent tornado has struck a boy scout camp in western Iowa. A dispatch operator with the Harrison County Sheriff's Office would not confirm reports of injuries but ...
Verlander throws 4-hitter as Tigers beat White Sox 5-1
Jun 12, 2008 ... Justin Verlander pitched a four-hitter for his third career complete game and Marcus Thames hit a three-run homer to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. It was Detroit's second straight win over the A.L. Central leaders. ...
Pujols out at least 3 weeks with strained calf
Jun 12, 2008; ... Albert Pujols is expected to miss at least three weeks with a strained left calf, a major setback to a St. Louis Cardinals team already thinned by injuries. The first baseman injured his calf while running out a ground ball during a 7-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday ...
Bush names Presidential Medal of Freedom winners
Jun 12, 2008 ... A leading AIDS expert, a groundbreaking pediatric neurosurgeon and a lawmaker who was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress are among this year's recipients of the nation's highest civilian award. President Bush on Wednesday announced the recipients of this year's ...
Lawyer: Sought Puerto Rican in Italy, pregnant
Jun 12, 2008; ... A Puerto Rican woman sought by authorities for the alleged murder-for-hire of her wealthy Canadian husband is in Italy and pregnant with twins, her lawyer said Wednesday. Luis Rivera said his client, Aurea Vazquez Rijos, is living near Florence and will fight charges she promised a ...
Lawmakers say Capitol computers hacked by Chinese
Jun 12, 2008; ... Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents. Two congressmen, both longtime critics of Beijing's record on human rights, said the compromised computers ...
Mexico tomato growers say warning unfair
Jun 12, 2008; ... Mexican growers on Wednesday called a U.S. warning against certain types of their tomatoes unjust, saying it has brought exports to a halt and could cripple Mexico's $900 million industry. Growers said their produce is subject to double the scrutiny that U.S. tomatoes face: inspected ...
Southern Baptists remain wary of McCain
Jun 12, 2008; ... Four years ago, the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign hosted a reception for Southern Baptist pastors at a hotel across the street from their annual meeting. The country is electing a president again, the Baptists are meeting again and John McCain's campaign is nowhere to be seen at a ...
Pa. man walks 25 miles to court for DUI sentencing
Jun 12, 2008 ... A Pennsylvania man says he had one alternative when his brother didn't show up to give him a ride to court: start walking. Stephen Shoemaker of Shippensburg was scheduled to appear at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for sentencing on a 2007 drunken-driving conviction. Shoemaker, 33, doesn't have a ...
AP Top News at 9:25 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... BOSTON (AP) _ Big Papi has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the ...
Prime minister apologizes to native Canadians
Jun 12, 2008; ... In a historic speech, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized Wednesday to Canada's native peoples for a former government policy of forcing their children to attend state-funded schools aimed at assimilating them. The treatment of children at the schools where they were often ...
State Farm won't renew some Miss. coast policies
Jun 12, 2008; ... State Farm Insurance Cos. won't renew homeowners policies within 1,000 feet of the beach on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the company said Wednesday. State Farm spokesman Jonathan Freed said the change will not take effect until after ...
Wednesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jun 12, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Seattle 2, Toronto 1 F L.A. Angels 4, Tampa Bay 2 F...
Johnson resigns from Obama's veep vetting team
Jun 12, 2008; ... A former CEO leading Barack Obama's search for a vice presidential candidate resigned abruptly Wednesday after questions about his home mortgage deals became a distraction for a candidate who argues he's not influenced by special interests. Jim Johnson's resignation came a day after ...
Reid says primary calendar 'fundamentally flawed'
Jun 12, 2008; ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told a group of Michigan Democrats that the current primary system is "fundamentally flawed" and he supports changing the 2012 primary calendar to reduce the influence of early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. Reid, D-Nev., made the ...
AP Top News at 8:33 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... CINCINNATI (AP) _ Albert Pujols is expected to miss at least three weeks with a strained left calf, a major setback to a St. Louis Cardinals team already thinned by injuries. The first baseman injured ...
Web site offers insiders' look at major employers
Jun 12, 2008; ... Ever wonder whether you'd be better off working some place else? A new Web site called Glassdoor.com is trying to make it easier to find out by compiling free snapshots of the current salaries paid by hundreds of major employers, along with reviews anonymously written by current and ...
Texas executes 1st inmate since injection lull
Jun 12, 2008; ... A remorseful convicted killer was executed Wednesday night for raping and killing a Dallas woman 17 years ago, the first prisoner in nine months to be put to death in the nation's most active capital punishment state. Karl Eugene Chamberlain, with a smile on his face, told relatives ...
Sharks hire Detroit assistant as new coach
Jun 12, 2008; ... The San Jose Sharks hired former Detroit Red Wings assistant Todd McLellan as their head coach on Wednesday, bringing in a leader with Stanley Cup winning credentials to replace the fired Ron Wilson. McLellan will be formally introduced at a news conference with general manager Doug ...
AP Top News at 8:46 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... BOSTON (AP) _ Big Papi has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz, the pride of Red Sox Nation, became a U.S. citizen Wednesday with 220 other immigrants from 57 countries at a ceremony at the ...
LA obscenity trial suspended over judge's Web site
Jun 12, 2008; ... A federal judge has suspended the obscenity trial of a Los Angeles porn distributor following a newspaper report that the judge had sexually explicit material on his own Web site. Judge Alex Kozinski on Wednesday granted a joint motion to suspend the trial after the prosecution said ...
Nevada governor apologizes for text-messages
Jun 12, 2008; ... The governor, who is seeking a divorce, apologized Wednesday for using a state-owned cell phone to send more than 860 text messages to a woman he says is a longtime friend. Gov. Jim Gibbons sent the messages over several weeks last year to the estranged wife of a Reno doctor. ...
Cell phone fees OK for consumers, not government
Jun 12, 2008; ... A leading cellular phone company declined to charge the government the same expensive fees it charges consumers for canceling their contracts early, acknowledging that "the government will never, never accept such penalty amounts," according to internal corporate e-mails obtained by ...
Lawmakers say Capitol computers hacked by Chinese
Jun 12, 2008; ... Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents. Two congressmen, both longtime critics of Beijing's record on human rights, said the compromised computers ...
Daniel Craig suffers minor injury on Bond set
Jun 12, 2008 ... Agent 007 still has all of his digits. Daniel Craig was sent to the hospital after suffering a minor hand injury while filming the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" at Pinewood Studios near London. "There was a minor incident on set," Columbia ...
Verlander throws 4-hitter, Tigers top White Sox 5-1
Jun 12, 2008 ... Justin Verlander pitched a four-hitter for his third career complete game and Marcus Thames hit a three-run homer to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. It was Detroit's second straight win over the A.L. Central leaders. ...
US: No plan to renegotiate on Korean beef
Jun 12, 2008; ... The Bush administration said Wednesday it will not renegotiate a deal that restored beef trade between the U.S. and South Korea, even as Seoul pushes for changes amid protests that threaten to bring down the pro-American government. Representatives sent to Washington by South Korea's ...
Lawmakers say Capitol computers hacked by Chinese
Jun 12, 2008; ... Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents. Two congressmen, both longtime critics of Beijing's record on human rights, said the compromised computers ...
Web site offers insiders' look at major employers
Jun 12, 2008; ... Ever wonder whether you'd be better off working some place else? A new Web site called Glassdoor.com is trying to make it easier to find out by compiling free snapshots of the current salaries paid by hundreds of major employers, along with reviews anonymously written by current and ...
Dix cruises to 100 finals, Texas A&M's Lucas falters
Jun 12, 2008; ... Walter Dix cruised into the finals Wednesday night in his bid for a third and final NCAA 100-meter title. The 5-foot-9 Florida State cannonball won his first heat, even though he swiveled his head to watch the opposition in the final 50 meters. He ran a 10.34 semi to finish second in ...
Early homers lead Cardinals over Reds 10-0
Jun 12, 2008; ... Rick Ankiel and Jason LaRue homered off wild Johnny Cueto, and Braden Looper pitched a three-hitter for his first career shutout Wednesday night, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Ryan Ludwick also homered for the Cardinals, who moved a ...
Sharks hire Detroit assistant McLellan as coach
Jun 12, 2008; ... The San Jose Sharks hired former Detroit Red Wings assistant Todd McLellan as their head coach on Wednesday, bringing in a leader with Stanley Cup winning credentials to replace the fired Ron Wilson. McLellan will be formally introduced at a news conference with general manager Doug ...
InBev makes unsolicited $46B bid for maker of Bud
Jun 12, 2008; ... Anheuser-Busch Cos., the nation's biggest brewery, received a $46 billion buyout offer Wednesday from a Belgian brewer that might be too good to refuse. The maker of Budweiser beer disclosed late Wednesday that InBev SA, whose brands include Beck's and Stella Artois, delivered an ...
Daniel Craig suffers minor injury on Bond set
Jun 12, 2008 ... Agent 007 still has all of his digits. Daniel Craig was sent to the hospital after suffering a minor hand injury while filming the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" at Pinewood Studios near London. "There was a minor incident on set," Columbia TriStar ...
Brazil land activists, police clash
Jun 12, 2008; ... Police in southern Brazil fired rubber bullets and tear gas Wednesday at protesters who tried to invade a supermarket to protest high food prices, part of widespread demonstrations across more than a dozen states. Police commander Paulo Mendes Roberto Rodrigues said about 500 ...
AP Top News at 8:31 p.m. EDT
Jun 12, 2008 ... CINCINNATI (AP) _ Albert Pujols is expected to miss at least three weeks with a strained left calf, a major setback to a St. Louis Cardinals team already thinned by injuries. The first baseman injured ...
InBev makes unsolicited $46B bid for maker of Bud
Jun 12, 2008; ... Anheuser-Busch Cos., the nation's biggest brewery, received a $46 billion buyout offer Wednesday from a Belgian brewer that might be too good to refuse. The maker of Budweiser beer disclosed late Wednesday that InBev SA, whose brands include Beck's and Stella Artois, delivered an ...
LA obscenity trial suspended over judge's Web site
Jun 12, 2008; ... A federal judge has suspended the obscenity trial of a Los Angeles porn distributor following a newspaper report that the judge had sexually explicit material on his own Web site. Judge Alex Kozinski on Wednesday granted a joint motion to suspend the trial after the prosecution said ...
Helicopter rescues hikers from Wash. Mount Rainier
Jun 12, 2008; ... A helicopter rescued two hikers from high on Mount Rainier Wednesday after they were caught in a freak June blizzard that caused a third hiker's death. An Army Chinook helicopter rescued Mariana Burceag, 31, and Daniel Vlad, 34, at about 6:15 a.m. from Camp Muir, a staging area for ...