Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears
 NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of H... |
Factory had tension between union, immigrants
 LAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions. Friction between the union and im... |
Poll: California voters oppose ban on gay marriage
 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A majority of California voters oppose a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage, though they are evenly split on the practice itself, according to a poll released Wednesday. The ballot question essentially will ask voters to prohibit the pr... |
Death for man who kidnapped, murdered Idaho boy
 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- In the end, killer pedophile Joseph Edward Duncan III couldn't - or wouldn't - offer a reason why he should live. A jury didn't find one either, deliberating just three hours Wednesday before recommending a death sentence in the 2005 kidnapping,... |
4 inmates accused of helping with NM jailbreak
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) -- Four jail inmates who authorities say helped eight others make a brazen escape were charged Wednesday, as officials kept up the search for the five prisoners who remain on the loose, including a convicted murderer. Two people close to the fugiti... |
SoCal jury gets case of ex-Marine in Iraq deaths
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A federal jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether a former Marine squad leader committed manslaughter in Iraq, marking the first time in which civilians will decide whether the actions of a military service member during combat were cr... |
Arrest reopens mystery of missing Calif. couple
 SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) -- Linda Sohus was a towering blonde fantasy buff who liked to paint unicorns. Her husband, Jonathan, was a diminutive computer programmer working at a NASA lab who shared his wife's passion for science fiction. The young newlyweds disappeare... |
One small hitch for FAA, one giant mess for fliers
CHICAGO (AP) -- When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated p... |
Border Patrol struggles to keep newly hired agents
 IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Law enforcement officers wanted: must work graveyard shifts alone in remote towns along the Mexican border, put in long hours and perform well in triple-digit temperatures. That message is never touted in U.S. Border Patrol recruitment... |
Obama seeks a personal touch within a huge stadium
 DENVER (AP) -- Barack Obama was unveiling a delicate balancing act Thursday, trying to get personal with 75,000 supporters in a massive stadium and millions more at home while explaining how as president he would make a difference in their lives. The sweep of histor... |
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