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Hurricane Gustav plows through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. (AP, 1:58 a.m.)
Hurricane Gustav plows through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina. (AP, 1:52 a.m.)
Mother of missing Fla. toddler arrested again
The mother of a missing Florida girl was back in jail on check fraud and theft charges just over a week after being released on bond for charges related to her daughter's disappearance. (AP, 1:32 a.m.)
Co-defendant in Pa. collar-bomb to plead guilty
A co-defendant in the bizarre bank robbery plot that led to the collar-bomb death of a Pennsylvania pizza delivery man more than five years ago will plead guilty next week, his defense attorney told The Associated Press on Friday. (AP, 12:55 a.m.)
Woman escapes parked car struck by plane in Calif.
A small airplane crashed into a parked car near Bob Hope Airport Friday evening, seconds after a woman inside the vehicle saw the plane coming and fled. (AP, 12:43 a.m.)
Train, propane tanker collide in Okla., killing 2
A train slammed into a propane tanker truck in north-central Oklahoma on Friday, triggering a huge explosion that killed two people and injured a third, authorities said. (AP, 12:20 a.m.)
Polygamous church sues to reverse court judgment
Attorneys for a polygamous church sued a court-appointed accountant on Friday, seeking to reverse an $8.8 million judgment against its $110 million property trust. (AP, 8/29/08)
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street this weekend with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own. (AP, 8/29/08)
Police: DNA links man to slaying of Kutcher's ex
DNA evidence has linked an air conditioning repairman to the stabbing deaths of three women, including a former girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher, police said Friday. (AP, 8/29/08)
Report: NASA studies extending shuttle to 2015
NASA's staff will study whether the space shuttle program could continue operating past its scheduled retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail sent this week. (AP, 8/29/08)
RI diocese pays $1.3M to settle 4 abuse claims
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence will pay $1.3 million to four people who said they were abused by priests, lawyers announced Friday. (AP, 8/29/08)
Bacteria in water at Okla. E. coli outbreak site
Bacterial contamination has been found in well water at a northeast Oklahoma restaurant linked to an E. coli outbreak that killed a man and sickened dozens of others, state health officials said Friday. (AP, 8/29/08)
Plea deal accepted for Calif. man who killed wife
A judge on Friday accepted a plea deal that reduced the murder charge for a software programmer who led authorities to his wife's body after his initial conviction. (AP, 8/29/08)
Ariz. ballot campaign on affirmative action ends
Supporters of a proposal to ban affirmative action in Arizona said Friday they were abandoning a lawsuit aimed at getting the measure on the Nov. 4 ballot. (AP, 8/29/08)
Hundreds of mink set loose from Utah farm
Animal rights activists broke into a mink farm and released hundreds of the animals from their pens, police said. (AP, 8/29/08)
Ex-Tenn. professor denies he violated secrets law
A retired University of Tennessee professor accused of passing secrets from his work on a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign graduate students testified Friday that he didn't break the law because he hadn't even proven that his research worked. (AP, 8/29/08)
Hide-and-seek turns up abandoned baby in bushes
A 6-year-old girl playing hide-and-seek with her grandmother found a newborn baby girl abandoned in a vacant lot next to her home. (AP, 8/29/08)
Katrina's unclaimed dead entombed, Gustav looms
At 9:38 a.m. on Friday, about 200 mourners rang handbells to mark the moment three years ago when New Orleans' levees were breached by high waters from Hurricane Katrina, flooding most of the city and leading to the deaths of about 1,600 people. (AP, 8/29/08)
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ------ (AP, 8/29/08)
Indiana dad gets 18 months for killing family cat
A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting he forced his 7-year-old daughter to kill the family cat by holding a knife in her hand and making her stab the pet. (AP, 8/29/08)
Radar used to search for couple missing since '85
Homicide investigators used ground-penetrating radar Friday to determine if the bones of a long-vanished couple were buried in the backyard. (AP, 8/29/08)
2 airliners nearly collide over Atlantic
Two airliners were one minute from colliding when at least one of the planes turned away from the other over the Atlantic Ocean this week, federal authorities said Friday. (AP, 8/29/08)
Timeline of Palin's life and career
A timeline of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's life and career: ------ (AP, 8/29/08)
Retired NYPD detective charged with bank robbery
A highly respected retired NYPD detective with inoperable liver cancer was charged with bank robbery Friday after authorities identified him as the so-called Bling Bandit, suspected of pulling off nine heists while wearing a flashy watch and ring. (AP, 8/29/08)
Lawyer: Guilty plea coming in Pa. collar-bomb case
A defense attorney says his client will plead guilty to conspiracy in a bizarre 2003 bank robbery that led to the collar-bomb death of a Pennsylvania pizza delivery man. (AP, 8/29/08)