AP Online back issues from Tuesday, September 16:
Brewers fire manager Yost in midst of playoff race
Sep 16, 2008; ... In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Third-base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager ...
OJ Simpson's Las Vegas robbery trial begins
Sep 16, 2008; ... O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas robbery-kidnapping trial has resumed after the first prosecution witness became ill on the stand. Bruce Fromong had been on the witness stand for several hours Monday before he pointed to his chest and indicated he didn't feel well. The sports memorabilia ...
Lincoln Center to honor Tom Hanks in annual gala
Sep 16, 2008 ... The Film Society of Lincoln Center will honor Tom Hanks in its annual gala tribute, citing the actor's talent of making "a good man compelling." The two-time Academy Award winner will be feted April 27 at Alice Tully Hall, which is being renovated but scheduled to reopen ...
Fla. police use Taser on nude man walking a dog
Sep 16, 2008 ... A 40-year-old man walking his dog in the nude was Tasered by police when he refused to follow an officer's commands. David McCranie of the Tallahassee Police Department said an officer on patrol spotted the man shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. The man was asked what he was doing and told ...
Feds: Technology could have prevented train crash
Sep 16, 2008; ... Federal officials blamed railroads Monday for refusing their requests to install an expensive safety feature on all U.S. tracks that many say could have prevented Southern California's deadly commuter train crash. Railroads have balked ...
Gates foresees narrower US combat role in Iraq
Sep 16, 2008; ... Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he foresees a shrinking U.S. combat role in Iraq in coming months, while the No. 2 U.S. commander here cautioned that it would be a mistake to push the U.S.-trained Iraqi army and police into a leading security role too ...
Bush hails friendship with Ghanaian president
Sep 16, 2008; ... President Bush on Monday lavished the full White House treatment on Ghanaian President John Kufuor, a West African ally who holds a kinship with the U.S. president as their two-term tenures near a close. Kufuor began his day on the South Lawn with all the pageantry of a military honor ...
Woman mistakes skunk for a cat, gets sprayed
Sep 16, 2008 ... A Pennsylvania woman who thought she was petting a neighbor's cat got a smelly surprise when it turned out to be a skunk. Not only did the skunk spray the woman before dawn Monday, but it ran into her Mount Carmel home. ...
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran blocking arms probe
Sep 16, 2008; ... A new International Atomic Energy Agency report said Monday that Iran has repeatedly blocked a U.N. investigation into allegations it tried to make nuclear arms and the probe is now deadlocked. Since its last report in May, "the agency ... has not been able to make any ...
Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy
Sep 16, 2008; ... With chaos rocking financial markets, John McCain assailed "greed and corruption" on Wall Street and promised to clean it up, while Barack Obama blamed White House policies and said his opponent would only deliver more of the same. The presidential candidates struggled on ...
NM game director's hunting license may be revoked
Sep 16, 2008; ... The head of New Mexico's Game and Fish Department could lose his hunting license for two years after he was accused of illegally shooting a deer on private land. An independent hearing officer heard testimony Monday about a November 2007 incident in which director Bruce Thompson shot ...
Homing pigeon takes up wrong home in N.H.
Sep 16, 2008 ... A New Hampshire couple are trying to figure out what to do with a homing pigeon that came to the wrong home _ theirs. From an identification band, Don and Fran Roy of Manchester have traced the bird _ which they have named "Trouble" _ to a Pennsylvania man who races pigeons. ...
Obama mocks McCain promise to bring change
Sep 16, 2008; ... Barack Obama on Monday mocked John McCain's promise to bring change to Washington, saying the Republican presidential nominee has marched loyally with President Bush and was out of touch with the economic distress of struggling Americans. "In 19 months he has not named one thing ...
NY allows AIG to borrow from subsidiaries
Sep 16, 2008; ... American International Group Inc. will be allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its subsidiaries to provide cash needed for the troubled insurer to stay in business, New York Gov. David Paterson said Monday. The move comes as AIG reviews its operations and discusses ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Sep 16, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 2 -6 Cleveland 3, Minnesota 0 -5...
US officials: Al-Qaida unpopular and 'imploding'
Sep 16, 2008; ... Top U.S. counterterrorism officials Monday said al-Qaida is "imploding" and that its violent tactics have turned Muslims worldwide against the organization. "Absolutely it's imploding. It's imploding because it's not a message that resonates with a lot of Muslims," said Dell ...
Brewers fire manager Yost in midst of playoff race
Sep 16, 2008; ... In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Third-base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager ...
Judge: Barr will be on Pa.'s presidential ballot
Sep 16, 2008 ... A Pennsylvania judge's ruling that keeps Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr on the ballot will force Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama to take him seriously in a key battleground state, a Barr campaign spokesman said Monday. The major-party candidates ...
Palin won't meet with 'Troopergate' investigator
Sep 16, 2008; ... A campaign spokesman says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won't speak with an investigator hired by lawmakers to look into the firing of her public safety commissioner. McCain campaign spokesman Ed O'Callaghan told a news conference Monday that the governor, the Republican nominee for vice ...
Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65
Sep 16, 2008; ... Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. The rock group's spokesman, Doug Wright, who's unrelated, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He said the band member's family did not want to give more details about his ...
Ike remnants blamed for Midwest deaths, blackouts
Sep 16, 2008; ... Midwest residents cleared debris from their yards Monday as crews worked to restore electricity to millions of customers left without power by a weekend of violent storms caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ike. The storms, the latest in a brutal summer that has slammed parts of the ...
OJ's Vegas trial resumes after witness became ill
Sep 16, 2008; ... O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas robbery-kidnapping trial has resumed after the first prosecution witness became ill on the stand. Bruce Fromong had been on the witness stand for several hours Monday before he pointed to his chest and indicated he didn't feel well. The sports memorabilia dealer is one ...
AP Top News at 8:39 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
OJ's Vegas trial resumes after witness became ill
Sep 16, 2008; ... O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas robbery-kidnapping trial has resumed after the first prosecution witness became ill on the stand. Bruce Fromong had been on the witness stand for several hours Monday before he pointed to his chest and indicated he didn't feel well. The sports memorabilia dealer is one ...
AP Top News at 8:09 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
Meltdown in US finance system pummels stock market
Sep 16, 2008; ... The upheaval in the American financial system sent shock waves through the stock market Monday, producing the worst day on Wall Street in seven years as investors digested the failure of one of its most venerable banks and wondered which domino would be next to fall. The Dow Jones ...
Brewers fire manager Yost in midst of playoff race
Sep 16, 2008; ... In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Third-base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager ...
Ike victims wait in line for food, water and gas
Sep 16, 2008; ... Thousands of victims of Hurricane Ike settled in at shelters for what could be weeks, and others waited wearily in line for food, water, ice and gasoline Monday as it became increasingly clear the disaster along the Texas coast would be measured not by its death toll ...
Nazi hunter wants US, Austrian, Hungarian suspects
Sep 16, 2008; ... A leading Nazi hunter urged Serbia on Monday to seek the extradition of three World War II war-crimes suspects and blasted Austria and Hungary for failing to help bring two of them to justice. Efraim Zuroff, head of the Israeli branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said at a news ...
NY allows AIG to borrow from subsidiaries
Sep 16, 2008; ... American International Group Inc. will be allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its subsidiaries to provide cash needed for the troubled insurer to stay in business, New York Gov. David Paterson said Monday. The move comes as AIG reviews its operations and discusses ...
Togo: Recent bird flu outbreak is deadly H5N1
Sep 16, 2008 ... Tests performed after the first ever outbreak of bird flu in the West African nation of Togo have confirmed the presence of the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, state media said Monday. The virus was detected at a poultry farm housing more than 4,500 birds in the village of Agbata ...
Gates foresees narrower US combat role in Iraq
Sep 16, 2008; ... Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he foresees a shrinking U.S. combat role in Iraq in coming months, while the No. 2 U.S. commander here cautioned that it would be a mistake to push the U.S.-trained Iraqi army and police into a leading security role too ...
Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65
Sep 16, 2008; ... Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Pink Floyd's spokesman, Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member's family did not want to give more details ...
Palin spells out her role in McCain administration
Sep 16, 2008; ... Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the ...
Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies at age 65
Sep 16, 2008; ... Richard Wright, a founding member of Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. The rock group's spokesman, Doug Wright, who's unrelated, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He said the band member's family did not want to give more details about his ...
Palin won't meet with 'Troopergate' investigator
Sep 16, 2008; ... A campaign spokesman says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won't speak with an investigator hired by lawmakers to look into the firing of her public safety commissioner. McCain campaign spokesman Ed O'Callaghan told a news conference Monday that the governor, the Republican nominee for vice ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Sep 16, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Yankees 2 -4 Minnesota 0, Cleveland 0 -4...
AP Top News at 8:24 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
Rangel holds onto House chairmanship amid inquiry
Sep 16, 2008; ... Rep. Charles Rangel emerged from a private meeting with fellow lawmakers Monday night having survived another day as chairman of the House tax-writing committee, despite lingering questions about his personal finances and unpaid taxes on a beach house. "I am unable to say ...
Obama, McCain blame economic woes on greed, policy
Sep 16, 2008; ... With chaos rocking financial markets, John McCain assailed "greed and corruption" on Wall Street and promised to clean it up, while Barack Obama blamed White House policies and said his opponent would only deliver more of the same. The presidential candidates struggled on ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ The Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time ...
Lincoln Center to honor Tom Hanks in annual gala
Sep 16, 2008 ... The Film Society of Lincoln Center will honor Tom Hanks in its annual gala tribute, citing the actor's talent of making "a good man compelling." The two-time Academy Award winner will be feted April 27 at Alice Tully Hall, which is being renovated but scheduled to reopen ...
Palin won't meet with 'Troopergate' investigator
Sep 16, 2008; ... A campaign spokesman says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin won't speak with an investigator hired by lawmakers to look into the firing of her public safety commissioner. McCain campaign spokesman Ed O'Callaghan told a news conference Monday that the governor, the Republican nominee for vice ...
Police get call over non-floppy rabbit ears
Sep 16, 2008 ... Your rabbit's ears aren't floppy? Sorry, that's not an emergency. So said police in Scotland when a woman rang the emergency 999 number to discuss her concerns about her new pet. She said the newspaper ad promised floppy ears, but flop they would not. Central Scotland Police said ...
La Russa comes to Yankee Stadium one last time
Sep 16, 2008; ... Tony La Russa had to see Yankee Stadium one more time. So with the Cardinals off Monday following a series in Pittsburgh and ahead of one in Cincinnati, the St. Louis manager made the trek to the 85-year-old ballpark. "A lot of memories here," he said. ...
US officials: Al-Qaida unpopular and 'imploding'
Sep 16, 2008; ... Top U.S. counterterrorism officials Monday said al-Qaida is "imploding" and that its violent tactics have turned Muslims worldwide against the organization. "Absolutely it's imploding. It's imploding because it's not a message that resonates with a lot of Muslims," said Dell ...
NY allows AIG to borrow from subsidiaries
Sep 16, 2008; ... American International Group Inc. will be allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its subsidiaries to provide cash needed for the troubled insurer to stay in business, New York Gov. David Paterson said Monday. The move comes as AIG reviews its operations and discusses ...
Brewers fire manager Yost in midst of playoff race
Sep 16, 2008; ... In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Third-base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager ...
OJ's Vegas trial resumes after witness becomes ill
Sep 16, 2008; ... O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas robbery-kidnapping trial has resumed after the first prosecution witness became ill on the stand. Bruce Fromong had been on the witness stand for several hours Monday before he pointed to his chest and indicated he didn't feel well. The sports memorabilia dealer is one ...
Ike victims wait in line for food, water and gas
Sep 16, 2008; ... Thousands of victims of Hurricane Ike settled in at shelters for what could be weeks, and others waited wearily in line for food, water, ice and gasoline Monday as it became increasingly clear the disaster along the Texas coast would be measured not by its death toll ...
NY allows AIG to borrow from subsidiaries
Sep 16, 2008; ... American International Group Inc. will be allowed to use $20 billion of assets held by its subsidiaries to provide cash needed for the troubled insurer to stay in business, New York Gov. David Paterson said Monday. The move comes as AIG reviews its operations and discusses ...
Gold trader, employee charged with wife's killing
Sep 16, 2008 ... A wealthy gold trader was charged Monday with paying one of his workers to arrange the stabbing death of the businessman's estranged wife, authorities said. James Fayed, 45, is accused of conspiring with Jose Luis Moya, 47, and at least one other unidentified suspect in the killing of ...
AP Top News at 9:11 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
Palin spells out her role in McCain administration
Sep 16, 2008; ... Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the ...
Texans set to practice for first time since Ike
Sep 16, 2008; ... The Houston Texans will resume practicing Tuesday with uncertainty about their future after Hurricane Ike seriously damaged Reliant Stadium. Aerial photos of the stadium's retractable roof showed five pieces missing, with four of them concentrated on one end of the stadium, and ...
Woman faces charge after dishwashing dispute
Sep 16, 2008 ... Police say a 20-year-old woman faces an aggravated assault charge after she bit her boyfriend, broke a picture frame across his face and swung at him with a sword during an argument about him not doing the dishes. The woman was arrested Thursday afternoon at the couple's apartment, ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Sep 16, 2008; ... All Times Eastern American League N.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 2 -7 Cleveland 3, Minnesota 0 -7...
Judge refuses to let snowmobiles roam Yellowstone
Sep 16, 2008; ... A federal judge in Washington, D.C., threw out plans Monday to allow more than 500 snowmobiles a day into Yellowstone National Park, drawing sharp criticism from Wyoming's congressional delegation and snowmobiling advocates but praise from conservationists. The National Park Service's ...
AP Top News at 8:25 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
AP Top News at 9:09 p.m. EDT
Sep 16, 2008 ... MILWAUKEE (AP) _ In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the ...
Palin spells out her role in McCain administration
Sep 16, 2008; ... Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the ...
Texans set to practice for first time since Ike
Sep 16, 2008; ... The Houston Texans will resume practicing Tuesday with uncertainty about their future after Hurricane Ike seriously damaged Reliant Stadium. Aerial photos of the stadium's retractable roof showed five pieces missing, with four of them concentrated on one end of the stadium, and ...
Brewers fire manager Yost in midst of playoff race
Sep 16, 2008; ... In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost on Monday, hoping to pull out of another late-season slump that has jeopardized the team's chance of making the playoffs for the first time since 1982. Third-base coach Dale Sveum will take over as interim manager ...
Meltdown in US finance system pummels stock market
Sep 16, 2008; ... The upheaval in the American financial system sent shock waves through the stock market Monday, producing the worst day on Wall Street in seven years as investors digested the failure of one of its most venerable banks and wondered which domino would be next to fall. The Dow Jones ...