Ida weakens as it approaches Gulf
MIAMI (AP) Ida is no longer a hurricane as it loses strength over the water on its way to a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Ida to a tropical storm this morning after it...
 0.7K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 89.0 Sports Briefs: College band buses crash in Arkansas
FORDYCE, Ark. ” A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas. Arkansas State ...
2.7K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 89.0 Boise State remains unbeaten
RUSTON, La. ” Early in the fourth quarter, there was nervous pacing along Boise State s sideline. With an opportunity to show a national television audience why they should once again become a BCS buster, a close game on the road was not what ...
4.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 141.0 NJ jurors convict Florida man in 'fat defense' trial
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) ” A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man s defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway. Edward A...
3.4K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 179.0 College Picks: LSU looks to shake up SEC
LSU has a chance to prevent that Alabama-Florida SEC championship game that everyone seems to be looking forward to in December. The ninth-ranked Tigers will be in Tuscaloosa on Saturday to face the third-ranked Crimson Tide, which can wrap up the SE...
4.1K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 89.0 Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars
WASHINGTON One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his vision for school reform. Obama is visiting Wisconsin, where lawmakers are po...
4.0K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 89.0 Saints stay unbeaten
NEW ORLEANS Every time Drew Brees and the Saints potent offense stumbles, New Orleans defense is there to pick up the slack. The Saints intercepted three Matt Ryan passes, with Jabari Greer returning one 48 yards for the club s sixth defensive to...
4.2K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 89.0 Sailing home
NEW YORK The new U.S. Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city today with a 21-gun salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. First responders, families of Sept. 11 victims and the pu...
3.4K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 89.0 Tornado topples steeple, kills man
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) One man is dead and a landmark church steeple toppled onto a car in Louisiana after a line of thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes there and in neighboring Arkansas. Authorities said an unnamed 20-year-old driver died when h...
0.9K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 141.0 Defendant: 'Too fat' to shoot straight
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) A Florida man who claims he was too fat to have killed his former son-in-law faces cross-examination by a New Jersey prosecutor. Edward Ates claims he didn t have the energy to accurately shoot Paul Duncsak and make a quick ge...
0.9K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 89.0 Reid looks for votes for Senate health bill
WASHINGTON The focus of the health overhaul debate now shifts to whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can persuade a handful of moderate senators to get behind his new proposal for a government-sponsored insurance plan. That s no sure bet. Eve...
4.9K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 89.0 TCU passes Boise State in new BCS standings
NEW YORK Boise State got bumped. TCU now is in position to be this season s BCS buster for now. The Horned Frogs passed the Broncos on Sunday in the Bowl Championship Series standings, with TCU jumping two spots from last week and Boise State fal...
3.6K - Oct. 26, 2009; scored 89.0 Idaho surges into bowl picture
MOSCOW, Idaho ” Everyone s smiling at Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle these days. The surprising Vandals (6-1) are already bowl eligible and lead the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-0 record, ahead even of archrival No. 6 Boise State. It...
4.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 89.0 Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk ...
5.1K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 89.0 Idaho surges into bowl picture
MOSCOW, Idaho ” Everyone s smiling at Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle these days. The surprising Vandals (6-1) are already bowl eligible and lead the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-0 record, ahead even of archrival No. 6 Boise State. It...
4.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 89.0 Strict Oklahoma abortion laws spark court battles
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by forcing women to answer questions about race and their relationships, and to listen to a doctor talk ...
5.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 89.0 Sports Briefs: Pujols to have surgery on elbow
ST. LOUIS For the second straight offseason, Albert Pujols will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. The St. Louis Cardinals said in a brief news release that the two-time NL MVP will undergo a debridement procedure which could be use...
3.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 89.0 Justice of the peace: 'Not a racist' after denying couple license
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it i...
1.4K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 89.0 Insurers dropping Chinese drywall policies
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. James and Maria Ivory s dreams of a relaxing retirement on Florida s Gulf Coast were put on hold when they discovered their new home had been built with Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes. It got wor...
7.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 89.0 Obama will listen to Katrina survivors
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama, who accused former President George W. Bush of leading a government that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns, is hearing directly from New Orleans residents who have struggled to rebuild th...
1.1K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 141.0 | 
