Travelers Begin to Crowd Roads, Airports
Millions of Americans were hitting the road, heading to airports and taking to train stations Wednesday to get home in time for Thanksgiving turkey on what's traditionally the biggest travel day of the year.
Senior Sunni Leader Killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms broke into the home of a senior Sunni leader on Wednesday and killed him, his three sons and his son-in-law on the outskirts of Baghdad, his brother and an interior ministry official said.
Terror Suspect Jose Padilla Indicted
WASHINGTON - Three years after the Bush administration labeled U.S. citizen Jose Padilla an enemy combatant and denied him normal access to the courts, he's facing criminal charges that he trained as a terrorist in preparation to fight a jihad.
Would-Be Bush Assassin Convicted in Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A member of the jury that convicted an American Muslim student of plotting with al-Qaida to assassinate President Bush said she was struck by the man's videotaped confession, in which he laughed and pantomimed the use of an assault rifle.
Spacecraft Lands Successfully on Asteroid
TOKYO - Japan's space agency said Wednesday its spacecraft had successfully touched down on an asteroid 180 million miles from Earth despite an earlier announcement that it had failed.
Toyota Quickens Quest to Unseat GM
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest automaker with reported plans to start manufacturing up to 100,000 Toyota vehicles at a Subaru factory in Indiana.
Bogus E-Mails Contain New 'Sober' Worm
VIENNA, Austria - Austria's equivalent of the FBI said Tuesday that it is investigating a flurry of bogus e-mails sent in its name to people in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Koppel Bids Farewell to 'Nightline'
NEW YORK - In an understated farewell Tuesday to the ABC News broadcast he has anchored for more than 25 years, Ted Koppel asked "Nightline" viewers to give his successors a fair break.
Vatican Closes Door on Gay Seminarians
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is toughening its stand against gay candidates for the priesthood, specifying in a new document that even men with "transitory" homosexual tendencies must overcome their urges for at least three years before entering the clergy.
Israel Sets March 28 Date for Election
JERUSALEM - Israel on Wednesday set March 28 as the date for early elections, clearing the way for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to try to stay in power at the head of a new centrist party in a major political realignment.
FEMA Gives Hurricane Evacuees Extra Month
WASHINGTON - Stung by complaints it was pushing hurricane victims out before the holidays, FEMA extended its hotel housing program Tuesday by a month in 10 states where most of the homeless evacuees sought shelter after Katrina and Rita.
Shuttle Program Finds Cracks in Tank Foam
SPACE CENTER, Houston - NASA investigators looking into what caused large pieces of foam to break free from the Columbia and Discovery have found nine small cracks in the foam of an external fuel tank.
U.S., Partners End N. Korea Nuke Project
NEW YORK - The United States and its partners in an energy consortium have terminated a project to build two light-water atomic reactors for North Korea as an incentive to convince Pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, officials said.
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Lafave Pleads Guilty in Sex Case
St. Petersburg Times / AP
TAMPA - Former teacher Deborah Lafave, 25, has avoided prison time by pleading guilty to having sexual liaisons with a 14-year-old middle school student in a classroom and at her home. Instead, she will be under community control for at least three years, with probation for an additional seven.
Is Lafave's plea deal fair? Experts weight in
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More details of LaFave's dark secrets revealed in documents released
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Sex offender displaced by Hurricane Katrina arrested on Clearwater Beach
WTSP
A convicted sex offender displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was located on Clearwater Beach where he was staying since October at a hotel paid for by the government, the U.S. Marshals Office announced Tuesday.
'Dirty bomb' suspect Jose Padilla indicted in Miami
WFTS
WASHINGTON - Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held without charges for more than three years on suspicion of plotting a "dirty bomb" attack in this country, has been indicted on three counts alleging he conspired to "murder, maim and kidnap" people overseas.
Daughter pleads with judge to save father from death
St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - William Deparvine was convicted of shooting a Tierra Verde couple in the back of their heads at point-blank range and dumping their bodies in a dirt driveway near Old Memorial Highway in northwest Hillsborough. But Kourtney Deparvine portrayed him as a supportive father.
Boy Tortured, Spray-Painted, Set On Fire In Garage
Local 6
A 17-year-old in Cape Canaveral was arrested Wednesday after he beat, spray-painted, shocked and tried to set another teen on fire during a 30-minute torture session in a garage, according to Brevard County sheriff's deputies.
Carlie Brucia's mom speaks out
Bay News 9
For the first time since a jury convicted Joseph P. Smith for the kidnapping and murder of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, her mother, Susan Schorpen, talked about her feelings.
Unable to get a stadium, Marlins to pursue relocation
Bradenton Herald
MIAMI - Following years of unsuccessful attempts to secure a baseball-only stadium in downtown Miami, the team announced Tuesday it will look into relocation.
Was justice 3rd victim in fatal accident?
St. Petersburg Times
WAUCHULA - Saying race influenced his sentence, a family that lost two loved ones in the crash seeks to free an immigrant from prison.
Students at Boca school overdose on cold medication
Bradenton Herald
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Four middle school students overdosed on cold medication and had to be hospitalized, school authorities said.
St. Pete couple killed in plane crash on honeymoon
St. Petersburg Times
BELIZE - Married Nov. 12 in St. Pete Beach, Cristy and Douglas Scratchley Jr. never made it to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's tony jungle lodge, the Blancaneaux. Early Friday, as Tropical Storm Gamma swirled over the area, the resort-owned airplane they were on crashed, killing them and the pilot.
More revelations in Couey case
Bay News 9
Statements made by John Couey while detectives took hair samples from him reveal claims by him that he wasn't the only one that knew 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford was being held captive in a bedroom closet in Citrus County before she was murdered earlier this year.
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