AP Online back issues from Wednesday, July 2:
Va. Catholic bishop sorry after abortion mixup
Jul 02, 2008; ... Catholic leaders in Richmond are apologizing after a mix up enabled a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in a Catholic charity's care to get an abortion with help from charity staffers. Richmond Diocese Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo issued a statement in Monday's edition of the Catholic ...
Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured
Jul 02, 2008; ... Authorities say they've captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states. Lieutenant Bill Baker of the St. Louis Area Major Case Squad says 28-year-old Nicholas T. Sheley (SHEE'-lee) was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St. Louis. He ...
San Fran mayor takes step toward governor's race
Jul 02, 2008 ... San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is ending the speculation over whether he is considering a run for governor in 2010. Newsom, a Democrat best known for challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage early in his first term, filed papers on Tuesday to form an exploratory committee ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 02, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Baltimore 7, Kansas City 3 -7 Texas 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 -6...
Pentagon to unveil new waiver process for recruits
Jul 02, 2008; ... The Pentagon has revised its policy for recruits who must get waivers for past bad behavior, but officials stopped short of eliminating waiver requirements for petty crimes, The Associated Press has learned. After a lengthy review, the Defense Department bowed to insistence from the ...
Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured
Jul 02, 2008; ... Authorities say they've captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states. Lieutenant Bill Baker of the St. Louis Area Major Case Squad says twenty-eight-year-old Nicholas T. Sheley (SHEE'-lee) was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St ....
Gen. Clark won't back off critique of McCain
Jul 02, 2008; ... Retired Gen. Wesley Clark rejected suggestions he apologize Tuesday for saying John McCain's medal-winning military service does not qualify him for the White House. Elaborating, Clark said a president must have judgment, not merely courage and character. Barack Obama, the Democratic ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements ...
Anti-Chavez Venezuelan general detained
Jul 02, 2008; ... Venezuela's military on Tuesday detained a dissident army general who opposes the socialist ideology espoused by President Hugo Chavez, but the officer's attorney said he expects his client to soon be released. Gen. Angel Vivas Perdomo was being held by military intelligence agents ...
AP Top News at 8:27 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ The ball Barry Bonds launched for his record-breaking 756th home run took a strange turn Tuesday on its possible path to the Hall of Fame. First, the Hall announced it wouldn't take ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 02, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Baltimore 6, Kansas City 2 -6 Texas 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 -4...
Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured
Jul 02, 2008; ... An ex-convict who police believe killed eight people in two states and who was the subject of a multistate manhunt was caught Tuesday evening in southwestern Illinois, authorities said. Illinois State Police caught Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St ....
Ex-con suspected in deaths of 8 in Ill., Mo.
Jul 02, 2008; ... The FBI launched a manhunt Tuesday for an ex-con suspected of killing eight people in two states, including a 93-year-old man, a child, and a couple whose blood-soaked dogs were found roaming a motel parking lot. Federal and local officials announced a $25,000 reward for the arrest of ...
Ex-con suspected in 8 deaths captured in Mo.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Authorities say they've captured an ex-con suspected of killing eight people in two states. Lieutenant Bill Baker is with the St. Louis Area Major Case Squad. He said Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St. Louis. He didn't immediately have more ...
AP Top News at 8:40 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements ...
Coughlin, Peirsol show Phelps how it's done
Jul 02, 2008; ... Michael Phelps just missed setting another world record at the U.S. Olympic trials. Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol showed him how to do it. Racing about 10 minutes apart, Coughlin and Peirsol broke their own marks in the 100-meter backstroke Tuesday on another ...
Gen. Clark won't back off critique of McCain
Jul 02, 2008; ... Retired Gen. Wesley Clark rejected suggestions he apologize Tuesday for saying John McCain's medal-winning military service does not qualify him for the White House. Elaborating, Clark said a president must have judgment, not merely courage and character. Barack Obama, the Democratic ...
AP Top News at 8:25 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ The ball Barry Bonds launched for his record-breaking 756th home run took a strange turn Tuesday on its possible path to the Hall of Fame. First, the Hall announced it wouldn't take ...
Bush: Housing deal possible with 'less politics'
Jul 02, 2008; ... President Bush expressed confidence Tuesday he will reach a deal with Congress on a housing-rescue plan, but only if lawmakers show "less politics." The president's comments came as many homeowners are saddled with mortgage payments they can't afford and face foreclosure ....
Lawyer: Teacher will plead guilty to sex with boy
Jul 02, 2008; ... A former teacher accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student and fleeing with him to Mexico is expected to plead guilty to reduced charges, her attorney said Tuesday. James Martin Davis, the attorney for 26-year-old Kelsey Peterson, said his client will plead guilty Wednesday to ...
Gen. Clark won't back off critique of McCain
Jul 02, 2008; ... Retired Gen. Wesley Clark rejected suggestions he apologize Tuesday for saying John McCain's medal-winning military service does not qualify him for the White House. Elaborating, Clark said a president must have judgment, not merely courage and character. Barack Obama, the ...
Ex-con suspected in 8 deaths captured in Mo.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Authorities say they've captured an ex-con suspected of killing eight people in two states. Lieutenant Bill Baker is with the St. Louis Area Major Case Squad. He said Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St. Louis. He didn't immediately have more ...
Hezbollah said to train Shiite militiamen in Iraq
Jul 02, 2008; ... Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran _ presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, according to two Shiite lawmakers and a top army officer. The three Iraqis claim ...
AP Top News at 8:52 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements ...
AP Top News at 8:05 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ The ball Barry Bonds launched for his record-breaking 756th home run took a strange turn Tuesday on its possible path to the Hall of Fame. First, the Hall announced it wouldn't take ...
Coughlin sets second world record in two days
Jul 02, 2008 ... Natalie Coughlin has set her second world record in two days, breaking her own mark in the 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic trials. Coughlin became the first woman to break 59 seconds in the backstroke, lunging to the wall in 58.97. A day earlier, she set a world record in ...
Pentagon to unveil new waiver process for recruits
Jul 02, 2008; ... The Pentagon has revised its policy for recruits who must get waivers for past bad behavior, but officials stopped short of eliminating waiver requirements for petty crimes, The Associated Press has learned. After a lengthy review, the Defense Department bowed to insistence from the ...
Obituaries in the news
Jul 02, 2008; ... William R. Bennett Jr. HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) _ William R. Bennett Jr., a physicist who helped develop one of the first lasers nearly 50 years ago, died Sunday. He was 78. Bennett died from cancer of the esophagus at his home outside Philadelphia, said his daughter, Jean ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ The ball Barry Bonds launched for his record-breaking 756th home run took a strange turn Tuesday on its possible path to the Hall of Fame. First, the Hall announced it wouldn't take ...
McCain to advocate free trade in Latin America
Jul 02, 2008; ... John McCain portrayed free trade Tuesday as a win-win proposition for the U.S. and its Latin American economic partners, but labor leaders said it's been a big loser for Rust Belt voters. The Republican presidential hopeful began a three-day visit to Colombia and Mexico after a ...
Peirsol sets world record in 100-meter backstroke
Jul 02, 2008 ... Aaron Peirsol has set a world record in the 100-meter backstroke, beating a strong field at the U.S. Olympic trials with a time of 52.89 seconds. Peirsol broke the record of 52.98 he set at last year's world championships in Australia and locked up a spot on his third Olympic team ....
Ex-con suspected in 8 deaths captured in Mo.
Jul 02, 2008; ... Authorities say the Illinois State Police have captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states. FBI spokeswoman Kelly Brennan says 28-year-old Nicholas T. Sheley (was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St. Louis. She didn't immediately ...
Haysbert: Prez role on '24' may have helped Obama
Jul 02, 2008; ... Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American U.S. president on Fox's "24" may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama. "If anything, my portrayal of David Palmer, I think, may have helped open the eyes of the American people," said ...
Blockbuster withdraws plan to acquire Circuit City
Jul 02, 2008 ... Blockbuster Inc. said Tuesday it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc., the big-box retailer whose sales have tumbled this year. Chief Executive James Keyes said in a written statement that the proposed deal, at a price of $1 billion or more, didn't make sense ...
Obama courts conservatives with new faith program
Jul 02, 2008; ... Taking a page from President Bush, Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he wants to expand White House efforts to steer social service dollars to religious groups, risking protests in his own party with his latest aggressive reach for voters who ...
Las Vegas casino sues 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
Jul 02, 2008; ... "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year. Francis spokesman Ronn Torossian said Tuesday that the man who built the soft porn empire already had satisfied his debt to the Wynn ...
Haysbert: Prez role on `24' may have helped Obama
Jul 02, 2008; ... Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American U.S. president on Fox's "24" may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama. "If anything, my portrayal of David Palmer, I think, may have helped open the eyes of the American people," said ...
Blockbuster withdraws plan to acquire Circuit City
Jul 02, 2008 ... Blockbuster Inc. said Tuesday it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc., the big-box retailer whose sales have tumbled this year. Chief Executive James Keyes said in a written statement that the proposed deal, at a price of $1 billion or more, didn't make sense ...
June car sales plummet for nearly all automakers
Jul 02, 2008; ... Nearly all the major automakers reported steep sales declines for June, but for General Motors at least there was consolation: Toyota, its leading international competition, had it worse. Even Toyota, with its flexible, efficient factories, couldn't make the shift from trucks to cars ...
Las Vegas casino sues 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
Jul 02, 2008; ... "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year. Francis spokesman Ronn Torossian said Tuesday that the man who built the soft porn empire already had satisfied his debt to the Wynn ...
Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US
Jul 02, 2008; ... For a decade it appeared there was no such thing as too many Starbucks for U.S. coffee drinkers, whose willingness to buy its $4 lattes and dark drip brews rationalized a second green-and-white mermaid awning just down the street _ and sometimes even a third. But in a sign that those ...
Claims alleging abuse by Colorado priests settled
Jul 02, 2008; ... The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle 18 more claims by people who said they were sexually abused by priests when they were children. With the agreements announced Tuesday, the archdiocese has settled 43 sex-abuse allegations since 2005 for ...
Stepfather of missing Vt. girl facing fed charge
Jul 02, 2008; ... The former stepfather of a missing Vermont girl was arrested and authorities said Tuesday he would be charged with obstructing justice for destroying evidence. Neither the FBI nor the head of state police discussed what evidence Ray Gagnon is alleged to have destroyed or whether that ...
Hardy wins 100 breaststroke at US Olympic trials
Jul 02, 2008 ... Jessica Hardy is heading to the Olympics for the first time, winning the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. swimming trials. Hardy was under world-record pace on the flip and managed to hold on, winning with a time of 1 minute, 6.87 seconds. Megan Jendrick, who won two golds at the ...
Fla. holds 1st execution since botched method
Jul 02, 2008; ... Florida on Tuesday carried out its first execution since a botched lethal injection procedure prompted the state to revamp the way it conducts capital punishment. Mark Dean Schwab, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing 11-year-old boy, died at 6:15 p.m. The ...
Police find 20 Cubans at Mexico home
Jul 02, 2008 ... Police found 20 Cuban migrants hidden at two safe houses in the Mexican resort city of Cancun on Tuesday. One of the migrants said they had paid $15,000 each to be smuggled to the United States. As he was being removed from the house, the Cuban told police he wanted his money ...
Bonds' 756th homer ball lands in Hall, finally
Jul 02, 2008; ... Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements between its owner, fashion designer Marc ...
Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured
Jul 02, 2008; ... Authorities say the Illinois State Police have captured an ex-convict suspected of killing eight people in two states. FBI spokeswoman Kelly Brennan says 28-year-old Nicholas T. Sheley (SHEE'-lee) was captured Tuesday in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St. Louis. She didn't ...
US-supplied food: Another US-NKorea deal
Jul 02, 2008; ... Relief workers distributing thousands of tons of U.S.-supplied food in North Korea have unprecedented freedom of access in the insular country to ensure the food goes to the people who need it, says the project's chief U.S. negotiator. Nevertheless, said Jon Brause of the U.S. Agency ...
Phelps claims Olympic spot, misses world record
Jul 02, 2008 ... Michael Phelps has locked up his second Olympic race but just missed breaking his own world record in the 200-meter freestyle. At the U.S. Olympic trials Tuesday night, Phelps was right on pace with the mark he set at last year's world championships in ...
AP IMPACT: Rebels desert as Colombia army advances
Jul 02, 2008; ... Not long after two top commanders of Latin America's last major rebel army were killed _ one in a raid, the other by a turncoat bodyguard _ Diego Canizares decided to call it quits. The 39-year-old veteran guerrilla made indirect contact with the Colombian army. Then he strapped on ...
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell to 8-year deal
Jul 02, 2008 ... Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday as the free agent market opened, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features rising star forwards Patrick Kane and Jonathan ...
Dolphins can spend Independence Day in NJ river
Jul 02, 2008; ... A group of 15 dolphins who have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey Shore will be allowed to stay there through the July Fourth weekend, even though a nearby fireworks display draws heavy boat traffic. ...
Obituaries in the news
Jul 02, 2008; ... William R. Bennett Jr. HAVERFORD, Pa. (AP) _ William R. Bennett Jr., a physicist who helped develop one of the first lasers nearly 50 years ago, died Sunday. He was 78. Bennett died from cancer of the esophagus at his home outside Philadelphia, said his daughter, Jean ...
Bonds' 756th homer ball lands in Hall, finally
Jul 02, 2008; ... Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements between its owner, fashion designer Marc Ecko, and the ...
Fla. holds 1st execution since botched method
Jul 02, 2008; ... Florida on Tuesday carried out its first execution since a botched lethal injection procedure prompted the state to revamp the way it conducts capital punishment. Mark Dean Schwab, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing an 11-year-old boy, died at 6:15 p.m. The ...
Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US
Jul 02, 2008; ... For a decade it appeared there was no such thing as too many Starbucks for U.S. coffee drinkers, whose willingness to buy its $4 lattes and dark drip brews rationalized a second green-and-white mermaid awning just down the street _ and sometimes even a third. But in a sign that those ...
Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard
Jul 02, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Baltimore 6, Kansas City 1 -4 Texas 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 -3...
Longtime college coach John Pont dies at 80
Jul 02, 2008 ... John Pont, who guided Indiana to its only Rose Bowl appearance 40 years ago and also coached at Northwestern, Yale and Miami of Ohio, died Tuesday. He was 80. Officials at Miami said Pont died at his home in Oxford, Ohio. Pont had been fighting cancer. Pont coached the ...
AP Top News at 8:42 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements ...
Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured
Jul 02, 2008; ... An ex-convict who police believe killed eight people in two states and who was the subject of a multistate manhunt was caught Tuesday evening in southwestern Illinois, authorities said. Illinois State Police caught Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, in Granite City, about 10 miles north of St ....
Rape charge dropped against Poison drummer
Jul 02, 2008; ... A rape charge against Rikki Rockett has been dropped after authorities determined that the Poison drummer was not in the state at the time of the alleged crime. Authorities say they are now looking for a man with a history of passing himself off as a rock musician to pick up ...
Mass. state senator indicted for sexual harassment
Jul 02, 2008; ... A Massachusetts grand jury on Tuesday indicted a state senator on charges that he allegedly sexually harassed four women in a single day in Lowell before giving a false identity to police officers and fleeing from the scene. State Sen. James Marzilli, 50, faces charges of attempting ...
Blackhawks sign D Brian Campbell
Jul 02, 2008 ... Brian Campbell is bringing some defense to the Chicago Blackhawks. Campbell, the top free-agent defenseman available Tuesday as the free agent market opened, signed an eight-year deal with the Blackhawks _ a young team that already features rising star forwards Patrick Kane and ...
AP Top News at 9:12 p.m. EDT
Jul 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK (AP) _ Now branded with an asterisk, the ball Barry Bonds launched for his record 756th home run nearly a year ago landed Tuesday night in the Hall of Fame. The souvenir arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after a strange day of back-and-forth statements ...