DailyAdvance - Latest National Headlines http://www.dailyadvance.com The latest headlines from DailyAdvance en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., DailyAdvance Sat, 17 May 2008 09:05:04 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/03/30/52/image_1352303.jpg DailyAdvance - Latest National Headlines http://www.dailyadvance.com 5 Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Ride_Collapse.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Ride_Collapse.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:25:05 EDT ANGELS CAMP, Calif. — A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard. Police find 3 decomposing bodies inside NJ home http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Bodies_Found.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Bodies_Found.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:21:01 EDT TRENTON, N.J. — Police found three decomposing bodies with multiple stab wounds inside a northern New Jersey home Friday night, a prosecutor said. Winning Mega Millions ticket sold near Cincinnati http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Mega_Millions_Winner.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Mega_Millions_Winner.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:48:33 EDT CLEVELAND — A lucky lottery player who stopped into a suburban Cincinnati liquor store has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million. Van jumps curb in NYC; trolley crashes in LA http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Curb_Crash.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Curb_Crash.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:25:09 EDT NEW YORK — An out-of-control van jumped a curb and barreled into bystanders near the entrance to a crowded subway station, killing the driver and hurting seven people, authorities said. Olympian Montgomery gets 46 months for check fraud http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Track_Star_Fraud.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Track_Star_Fraud.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:10:07 EDT WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Olympian Tim Montgomery had everything he ever wanted. Once known as the "world's fastest man," Montgomery won a silver medal in the 400 relay at the 1996 Olympics and gold in the same event in 2000. In 2002, he set a record of 9.78 seconds in the 100-meter dash. Artist covers old gas station with huge blanket http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Gas_Station_Blanket.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Gas_Station_Blanket.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:47:40 EDT DEWITT, N.Y. — Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. Texas sinkhole becomes a lake, home to alligator http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Texas_Sinkhole.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Texas_Sinkhole.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 05:01:58 EDT DAISETTA, Texas — The giant Texas sinkhole that formed last week is now a lake big enough to become the home of an alligator. Calif. wine patriarch Robert Mondavi dies at 94 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Obit_Mondavi.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Obit_Mondavi.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:15:34 EDT BERKELEY, Calif. — Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the world, died in the valley Friday. He was 94. NAACP picks young activist as its new president http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/NAACP_President.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/NAACP_President.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:13:01 EDT The NAACP board of directors has chosen Ben Jealous, a former news executive and lifelong activist, as the organization's next president and the youngest in its 99-year history. Court sides with MySpace in suit over sex assault http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/MySpace_Lawsuit.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/MySpace_Lawsuit.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:35:05 EDT NEW ORLEANS — Federal law gives MySpace.com immunity from a lawsuit over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl by a man she met on the social networking Web site, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.