AP Online back issues from Tuesday, March 24:
Adam Carolla goes from canceled to podcast king
Mar 24, 2009; ... Sitting inside his palatial Hollywood Hills mansion, Adam Carolla and his talk show host pal Jimmy Kimmel chat candidly _ in a frenetic, almost stream-of-consciousness way _ about pornography, Siegfried and Roy, the modeling industry, gay rodeos and the children's book "Where the Wild ...
80 whales and dolphins stranded in Australia
Mar 24, 2009 ... Eleven whales still alive after a mass stranding on a remote southwest Australian beach will be transported overland to deeper water on Tuesday, officials said. Volunteers and government employees worked overnight to stabilize the survivors after about 80 long-finned pilot whales and ...
Zags recall 2006 win over Tar Heels
Mar 24, 2009; ... Gonzaga hopes its experience will pay off against top-seeded North Carolina in Friday's regional semifinals in Memphis. Many of these Zags played key roles in upsetting North Carolina (30-4) two seasons ago in Madison Square Garden. Josh Heytvelt outplayed Tyler Hansbrough, and Jeremy ...
Fla. man sets neighbor's skateboard ramp on fire
Mar 24, 2009 ... Sheriff deputies said a man set a skateboard ramp on fire after he repeatedly asked his neighbors to remove it from the road near his home. Police said they found a 45-year-old man arguing with neighbors and the man who built the ramp after he set it on fire with a lighter. ...
Rep. Frank calls Scalia a 'homophobe' in interview
Mar 24, 2009 ... Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a "homophobe" in a recent interview with the gay news Web site 365gay.com. The Democratic lawmaker, who is gay, was discussing gay marriage and his expectation that the high court would some day be called upon ...
Octuplets mom fires free nanny training service
Mar 24, 2009 ... Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has fired a nonprofit group of nurses that helped care for her children, accusing the group of spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials, her spokesman said Monday. Suleman attorney Jeff Czech said the relationship started badly between ...
N.Ireland teen charged with killing policeman
Mar 24, 2009; ... Authorities charged an Irish Catholic teenager Monday with killing a policeman _ one of two deadly gun attacks by IRA dissidents this month that rocked Northern Ireland's peace process. The 17-year-old male suspect was arrested the day after the March 9 death of Constable Stephen ...
Suspected drunk driver rams home, exposes pot farm
Mar 24, 2009 ... Authorities said a 63-year-old man suspected of drunken driving crashed his pickup truck into a neighbor's house, leaving a gaping hole and revealing a small marijuana farm inside. San Diego police got a search warrant after the Sunday afternoon crash and confiscated more than 20 pot plants from ...
AP Top News at 8:00 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
Ramirez serves as DH in Dodgers' loss to Angels
Mar 24, 2009 ... Manny Ramirez returned from a hamstring injury and went 0-for-3 in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 10-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Ramirez missed six spring games after he aggravated his sore left hamstring chasing down a double to left against the Colorado Rockies on March ...
Chicago leaders hope Obama will be at IOC meeting
Mar 24, 2009 ... The committee trying to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago has invited President Barack Obama to be in Copenhagen for its final presentation but doesn't yet have a firm commitment. Pat Ryan, chairman of the Chicago 2016 bid, said Monday that Obama planned to attend the meeting in ...
Parrot awarded for yelling about choking baby
Mar 24, 2009 ... A parrot that alerted his owner about a baby who was choking was recognized as a hero by the Red Cross. Willie the parrot was given the Animal Lifesaver Award during the "Breakfast of Champions" event attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper. Willie received ...
Fed should play 'central role' to prevent crises
Mar 24, 2009; ... The Federal Reserve should play an expanded, "central role" in preventing future financial crises like the one now gripping the country, the U.S. central bank and the Treasury Department said Monday. The joint statement from the agencies now leading the United States' ...
Obama nominates deputy at the Treasury Department
Mar 24, 2009 ... President Barack Obama on Monday moved to fill three top jobs at the Treasury Department to help Secretary Tim Geithner manage the federal bureaucracy charged with helping the nation's struggling economy. In nominating Neal Wolin to be deputy treasury secretary, Obama now has named or ...
3 Northern Calif families killed in Montana crash
Mar 24, 2009; ... Dr. Irving "Bud" Feldkamp was at the entrance of the ultra-exclusive resort where he planned to spend the week skiing with his children and grandchildren when he got the call from his nephew. "He saw it on CNN. He said, 'Nobody survived.' And we knew it was our ...
Alleged robber grabs money, then hands it back
Mar 24, 2009 ... A was accused of walking out of a downtown Domino's pizza restaurant with $117 _ then handing almost all of the money right back. Police said a 55-year-old man threatened a cashier on Saturday night and said he had a gun. The cashier handed over the money and the man left on foot toward his ...
AP Top News at 8:02 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
AP Top News at 8:27 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 24, 2009; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training Minnesota 8, Baltimore 7 F Boston 7, Detroit 6 F...
Man tries to rob Chinese restaurant as cops dine
Mar 24, 2009 ... A Massachusetts man had some misfortune when he allegedly tried to rob a Chinese restaurant. Four plainclothes police officers were enjoying their dinner at the time. The man was arraigned Thursday in Lawrence District Court on charges of unarmed robbery, larceny, assault and battery ...
Icing, overload are questions in MT crash probe
Mar 24, 2009; ... Speculation over the crash of a single-engine turboprop plane into a cemetery shifted to ice on the wings Monday after it became less likely that overloading was to blame, given that half of the 14 people on board were small children. While descending Sunday in preparation for landing ...
Dow jumps as Obama admin. moves on bad bank assets
Mar 24, 2009; ... The Obama administration aimed squarely at the crisis clogging the nation's credit system Monday with a plan to take over up to $1 trillion in sour mortgage securities with the help of private investors. For once, Wall Street cheered. The announcement, closely stage-managed throughout the day, ...
Midwest home sales fall 18 percent in February
Mar 24, 2009; ... Home sales in the Midwest fell again in February as doubts about the economy and tighter credit requirements stymied potential buyers, according to two reports released Monday. Existing home sales in the 12-state region slid 18 percent from February last year, according to the ...
Suspected burglar discovered trapped in oven vent
Mar 24, 2009 ... The manager of a Blackjack Pizza outlet in Denver got a start when he discovered a man's legs hanging from a vent above the restaurant's oven. Police said the dangling legs were accompanied by a voice yelling, "help me, help me" Friday morning. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the ...
Icing, overload possible causes for Montana crash
Mar 24, 2009; ... Speculation over the crash of a single-engine turboprop plane into a cemetery shifted to ice on the wings Monday after it became less likely that overloading was to blame, given that half of the 14 people on board were small children. While descending Sunday in preparation for landing ...
Suicide bomb blast kills 23 at funeral in Iraq
Mar 24, 2009; ... A suicide bomber struck a tent filled Monday with Kurdish funeral mourners, unleashing a huge fireball that killed at least 23 people in a northern town where Kurds and Arabs are competing for power. Also Monday, Turkey's visiting president pressed the Iraqi ...
Chan won't back down to anyone, on the ice or off
Mar 24, 2009; ... Ah, now this is more like it. Stuck in the doldrums with no stars and even less splash, figure skating could use a good brouhaha and Patrick Chan might have just started it. Asked about adding a quadruple jump and Brian Joubert's criticism that not enough men are doing them, Canada's ...
Police say man tossed fake grenade during chase
Mar 24, 2009 ... Chicago police said they questioned a man who reportedly tossed a fake grenade during a foot chase in the Roseland neighborhood on the city's far South Side. The incident occurred late Sunday morning when officers responded to a call of a person with a gun. Police said officers located the ...
Rep. Frank calls Scalia a 'homophobe' in interview
Mar 24, 2009 ... Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a "homophobe" in a recent interview with the gay news Web site 365gay.com. The Democratic lawmaker, who is gay, was discussing gay marriage and his expectation that the high court would some day be ...
Look who's back again in the round of 16: Duke
Mar 24, 2009; ... Mike Krzyzewski didn't set out to prove anybody wrong. His Duke players did it anyway. All those critics had two years to get their digs in and take cheap shots at the Blue Devils. Those down-by-Duke-standards seasons are history, and they're back to accomplishing the very things that ...
Headley hits game-winning homer for Padres
Mar 24, 2009 ... Chase Headley gave the Padres a much-needed lift Monday, hitting a game-ending three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and lifting San Diego to a 9-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The Padres trailed 4-0 in the sixth and 7-4 in the ninth before rallying to beat an ...
Pastor, man cited for shooting arrow in church
Mar 24, 2009 ... A pastor and parishioner have been cited by police for shooting an arrow during a church service. The pastor asked to have the arrow shot across the front of the church during a recent service at Pentecostals of Sheboygan County as a 'teaching tool.' As the parishioner prepared to ...
Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk
Mar 24, 2009; ... The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with ...
AP Top News at 8:06 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times
Mar 24, 2009; ... Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano's first emissions in nearly 20 years. Residents in the state's largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust fell Monday morning on small communities ...
Newspapers keep cutting costs, print editions
Mar 24, 2009; ... The pall looming over U.S. newspapers grew even darker Monday as Gannett Co. informed most of its employees that they will have to take another week of unpaid leave this spring, while a Michigan daily unveiled plans to close its print edition after 174 years. And The Plain Dealer, ...
Man allegedly assaults cabbie, asks to go to jail
Mar 24, 2009 ... Sheriff's deputies didn't have far to go to book a man accused of threatening to stab a cabbie. They arrested the 24-year-old suspect in the parking lot of the county jail in Prescott, driven there at his request by the victim. The cabbie told deputies that he'd picked up the man on Friday ...
PETA asks for investigation into sled dog deaths
Mar 24, 2009 ... An animal rights group wants Alaska State Troopers to open a criminal investigation into the deaths this year of five Iditarod dogs, including two on the team of a musher who says they froze to death. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to trooper Col. Audie ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 595
Mar 24, 2009; ... As of Monday, March 23, 2009, at least 595 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of ...
AP Top News at 8:57 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
Octuplets mom fires free nanny training service
Mar 24, 2009; ... Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman has fired a nonprofit group of nurses that helped care for her children, accusing the group of spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials, her spokesman said Monday. Suleman attorney Jeff Czech said the relationship started badly between ...
ND college cancels classes, helps with sandbagging
Mar 24, 2009; ... High school and college students were let out of class Monday to help with sandbagging as residents raced to hold off a threat of flooding from the rising Red River. City officials planned to fill more than 1 million sandbags, but with more rain ...
3 Northern Calif families killed in Montana crash
Mar 24, 2009; ... Dr. Irving "Bud" Feldkamp was at the entrance of the ultra-exclusive resort where he planned to spend the week skiing with his children and grandchildren when he got the call from his nephew. "He saw it on CNN. He said, 'Nobody survived.' And we knew it was our ...
Australian police defend response to biker brawl
Mar 24, 2009; ... Police didn't arrive in force until about 15 minutes after biker gangs started brawling inside Australia's busiest airport. More than a day later, police had not managed to view surveillance camera footage of the violence, which left a man bleeding to death in front of horrified travelers....
Steelers to open season against Titans
Mar 24, 2009; ... The Steelers get their opening-night showcase as Super Bowl champions. The oldest rivalry in football has a first-week renewal in prime time. An old AFL-style doubleheader closes out the weekend. That's how the NFL will begin the 2009 season, starting with as juicy a matchup as ...
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,260
Mar 24, 2009; ... As of Monday, March 23, 2009, at least 4,260 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,425 military personnel died as a result of ...
Notre Dame sticking with Obama for commencement
Mar 24, 2009 ... Officials at the University of Notre Dame say they won't rescind an invitation for President Barack Obama to speak at its spring commencement despite criticism from some Catholics that his views on abortion and stem cell research run counter to Catholic teaching. The Cardinal Newman ...
Chicago leaders hope Obama will be at IOC meeting
Mar 24, 2009; ... The committee trying to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago has invited President Barack Obama to be in Copenhagen for its final presentation but doesn't yet have a firm commitment. Pat Ryan, chairman of the Chicago 2016 bid, said Monday that Obama planned to attend the meeting in ...
Newcombe named special adviser to Dodgers
Mar 24, 2009 ... Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has made Don Newcombe a special adviser to the chairman of the team. Newcombe is the only player in baseball history to win rookie of the year, MVP and Cy Young Award honors. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949, playing with Jackie Robinson and Roy ...
Police say man tossed fake grenade during chase
Mar 24, 2009 ... Chicago police said they questioned a man who reportedly tossed a fake grenade during a foot chase in the Roseland neighborhood on the city's far South Side. The incident occurred late Sunday morning when officers responded to a call of a person with a gun. Police said officers located the ...
Cuomo says AIG execs agree to return $50M bonuses
Mar 24, 2009; ... New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Monday that 15 employees who received some of the largest bonuses from American International Group Inc. have agreed to return the more than $30 million worth of payments in full. In total, AIG employees have agreed to return about $50 ...
Fla. student suspended from bus for passing gas
Mar 24, 2009 ... An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus Monday to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult to ...
Armstrong needs surgery after breaking collarbone
Mar 24, 2009; ... With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm alive!" he wrote ...
How the Dow Jones industrials fared Monday
Mar 24, 2009; ... Wall Street got the news it wanted on the economy's biggest problems _ banks and housing _ and celebrated by hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up nearly 500 points. Investors added rocket fuel Monday to a two-week-old advance, cheering the government's plan to help banks remove bad assets from ...
NJ officials ID woman found wandering mall in 1994
Mar 24, 2009; ... A mute elderly woman known only as "Jane Doe" since she was found wandering in a New Jersey mall 15 years ago has finally been identified. Lt. Eduardo Ojeda of the New Jersey Department of Human Services police discovered recently that the woman ...
Holloway's dad says pond search may take 2 weeks
Mar 24, 2009 ... The father of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway said Monday that a U.S. private investigator has begun scouring a pond in Aruba for signs of his daughter and the search may take up to two weeks. Dave Holloway said the Aruba Prosecutors' Office has asked the investigator, Fred ...
AP Top News at 9:00 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
Fla. man sets neighbor's skateboard ramp on fire
Mar 24, 2009 ... Sheriff deputies said a man set a skateboard ramp on fire after he repeatedly asked his neighbors to remove it from the road near his home. Police said they found a 45-year-old man arguing with neighbors and the man who built the ramp after he set it on fire with a lighter. ...
Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk
Mar 24, 2009; ... The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with ...
Administration moves against bad bank assets
Mar 24, 2009; ... The Obama administration aimed squarely at the crisis clogging the nation's credit system Monday with a plan to take over up to $1 trillion in sour mortgage securities with the help of private investors. For once, Wall Street cheered. The announcement, closely stage-managed throughout ...
Notre Dame sticking with Obama for commencement
Mar 24, 2009 ... The University of Notre Dame is sticking with its invitation to President Obama to speak at its May 17 commencement despite criticism from some Roman Catholics that his views on abortion and stem cell research run counter to Catholic teachings. "I don't foresee a circumstance in ...
Monday's Sports Scoreboard
Mar 24, 2009; ... All Times Eastern Baseball Spring Training Minnesota 8, Baltimore 7 F Boston 7, Detroit 6 F...
AP Top News at 8:30 p.m. EDT
Mar 24, 2009 ... BALTANAS, Spain (AP) _ With the road narrowing and cyclists piling up in front of him, Lance Armstrong tumbled hard off his bike. He was left with a broken collarbone that will need surgery and questions about whether he'll be able to contend for an eighth Tour de France title in July. "I'm ...
Dow jumps as Obama admin. moves on bad bank assets
Mar 24, 2009; ... The Obama administration aimed squarely at the crisis clogging the nation's credit system Monday with a plan to take over up to $1 trillion in sour mortgage securities with the help of private investors. For once, Wall Street cheered. The announcement, closely stage-managed throughout the day, ...
Xavier's the model for making NCAA runs
Mar 24, 2009; ... The only time that Xavier coach Sean Miller mentions his record-setting days as Pittsburgh's point guard is when he's getting on his inexperienced guards to pass the ball more. How good was he? "He had 746 assists or something like that?" sophomore guard Dante ...