National news briefs

Shoplifting arrest for Giuliani's daughter

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani's daughter was arrested Wednesday on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge at a beauty supplies store, police said.

Caroline Giuliani, a 20-year-old Harvard University student, was seen on security cameras pocketing five items worth more than $100 at a Sephora store in Manhattan, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne.

Store managers, after calling police, said they didn't want to press charges against her, Browne said. However, prosecutors decided she would be charged with petty larceny.

Puppies die after flight in jet cargo

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Seven puppies died after flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet.

American said it contacted the shipper who put the puppies on a Tuesday morning flight from Tulsa, Okla., to Chicago, and is investigating further.

Airline spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan said Wednesday the shipper put 14 puppies aboard Flight 851, which was scheduled to leave Tulsa at 6:30 a.m. but was delayed an hour by storms in Chicago.

American said on its website it won't carry warm-blooded animals if the actual or forecast temperature is above 85 degrees. As the plane sat on the tarmac in Tulsa, it was already 86 degrees before 7 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Investigation clears Alaska legislator

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, has been cleared in a federal investigation over connections to an Alaska businessman convicted of bribing state lawmakers.

Young, 77, has been under investigation for several years, but documents filed in federal court last year first publicly linked him to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska.

Young has denied any wrongdoing and repeatedly declined to speak on the matter, citing advice of his lawyers. His campaign has spent more than $1 million on his legal expenses.

Smoke under plane leads to evacuation

CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines officials say passengers on a flight from London to Chicago made an emergency evacuation after smoke was observed coming from beneath the aircraft after it landed.

Authorities say three people reported minor injuries as a result of the evacuation on Wednesday afternoon at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.