AP - The final defendants to settle lawsuits over a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay survivors and victims' relatives more than $250,000, according to court papers filed Monday.

AP - Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. Blumberg is chairman of an organization offering Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate to Dothan, an overwhelmingly Christian town of 58,000 that calls itself the Peanut Capital of the World. Get involved at Temple Emanu-El and stay at least five years, the group's leaders say, and the money doesn't have to be repaid.

AP - Authorities who rushed to a burning home Monday morning found three people dead and a fourth fatally wounded, and said the fire apparently was set to cover up a shooting.

AP - A woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the chance for parole for burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave after fighting with her boyfriend. Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman lashed out at 28-year-old China Arnold, who opted to watch her sentencing from a side room on a monitor.

AP - KEY WEST, Fla. — This beautiful small island is like its own country: People don't like to be ordered around, especially when it disrupts commerce. And business here is all about tourism, fishing and drinking.

AP - A Fort Hood soldier shot to death his lieutenant during a confrontation at his off-base apartment Monday, then killed himself, police said.

AP - The judge and prosecutor from a condemned man's murder trial were ordered Monday to testify under oath about allegations they were romantically involved during the case.

AP - A teacher's husband accused of killing his wife's teen lover told interrogators in a videotape that was played in court Monday that he had only a hazy recollection of killing the teen.

AP - The union representing California's prison guards said Monday it was starting a recall attempt against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who took office after the previous governor was recalled in 2003.

AP - The body of a toddler found in the trunk of his mother's car may have been there for months as she drove around town, evaded questions about him and was even arrested, police said.