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Cops: 5 SoCal kids victims of 'ginger' attacks

The Associated Press | Today at 11:30 a.m.

Authorities say there were at least five attacks on red-haired students at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced "Kick a Ginger Day." However, nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made.

  • Research: Giving thanks brings health, happiness

    By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:24 p.m.

    Bill Golden survived more than 20 years in the Army and another 30 in law enforcement. He fell sick with colon cancer, and at 86, he has an artificial hip and arthritis in his knees.

  • 1st SC gov impeachment hearing wraps in 1 hour

    By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:49 p.m.

    South Carolina legislators upset with Gov. Mark Sanford's summer disappearance to see his lover in Argentina began a monthslong process on Tuesday that could ultimately remove the two-term Republican from office.

  • Chicago club owners get prison in 2003 stampede

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:49 p.m.

    A judge says two owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people were killed in a stampede down a stairwell six years ago must go to prison.

  • Jury issues death sentence in Pa. officer slaying

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:24 p.m.

    A Philadelphia jury has sentenced a confessed cop killer to death for fatally shooting a police officer during a robbery two years ago.

  • Body from sunken NJ fishing boat found on NC beach

    By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:49 p.m.

    A body that washed ashore at a North Carolina wildlife refuge over the weekend has been identified as the owner of a commercial fishing boat that sank off the New Jersey coast on Nov. 11.

  • NYC police promote head of 9/11 trial security

    The Associated Press | Today at 3:18 a.m.

    The man in charge of the New York City Police Department's security planning for the upcoming trial of the Sept. 11 terror attack suspects is being promoted.

  • California man who killed 2 girlfriends gets death

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:49 p.m.

    A judge has sentenced a California man to death for murdering a girlfriend who refused to help him dispose of another girlfriend's body.

  • Sparkling reindeer-dung jewelry sells at Ill. zoo

    The Associated Press | Today at 5:59 a.m.

    Sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces are going on sale at an Illinois zoo that hopes to attract the same holiday shoppers who swept up its dung Christmas ornaments last year.

  • Method for AP-Petside.com poll on pets

    The Associated Press | Today at 6:39 a.m.

    The Associated Press-Petside.com Poll of pet owners on holiday shopping was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 1-5, 2009. It is based on landline and cellular telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,166 pet owners. Interviews were conducted with respondents on both landline and cellular telephones.

  • NC dad defends letting mom take girl later slain

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:24 p.m.

    The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.

  • NYC boy missing for 11 days lived in subways

    The Associated Press | Today at 10:54 a.m.

    The mother of a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome who was missing in New York City for 11 days says her son spent the entire time in the subway system.

  • NH Clinton campaign hostage taker re-arrested

    The Associated Press | Today at 11:54 a.m.

    A man just released from prison for taking hostages at one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's New Hampshire campaign offices in 2007 has been arrested again.

  • At turkey boot camp, no need for a scrub brush

    By EMILY FREDRIX, AP Food Industry Writer | Today at 2:24 p.m.

    Workers at Butterball's turkey-tips hot line are used to oddball situations:

  • The challenge in Copenhagen: reshaping the world

    By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:24 p.m.

    Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen seeks to transform the way we run the planet, from the generation of energy, to the building of homes and cities, to the shaping of the landscape. It would also shift wealth from rich to poor countries in the process.

  • Uncle follows nephew to NYC court for terror trial

    By LARRY NEUMEISTER and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers | Today at 2:49 p.m.

    Khalid Sheik Mohammed has acknowledged doing what his nephew Ramzi Yousef couldn't: toppling the World Trade Center towers.

  • Report: Warming temperatures cut Oregon snowpack

    The Associated Press | Today at 2:24 p.m.

    Scientists report that rising temperatures appear to be responsible for cutting the snowpack in Oregon's Cascade Range in half over the past 77 years.

  • Clergy abuse victims criticize RI bishop

    By MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press Writer | Today at 2:49 p.m.

    Clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters have protested outside the offices of a Roman Catholic bishop in Rhode Island, saying he isn't doing enough to protect children even as he's taken on Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his stance on abortion rights.

  • Atlanta cops, shaken community try to make amends

    By GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writer | Today at 6:39 a.m.

    After a 92-year-old grandmother was cut down in a hail of police bullets during a botched raid three years ago, her community seemed to trust officers about as much as the drug dealers who roam the blighted streets.

  • The nation's weather

    By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press | Today at 6:39 a.m.

    Two main weather features were expected to bring active weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.

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