AP - Two brothers — an infant and a toddler — have been found dead in the smoldering ruins of a Louisiana apartment building that caught fire. -- read full article
AP - The nation — and the city of Laramie — has become more accepting of gays and lesbians in the 10 years since a gay University of Wyoming student was beaten, lashed to a lonely fence and left to die, his mother said Saturday.
AP - The driver of a school bus struck by two dump trucks in rural northern Indiana is devastated that the four special-needs students she was taking home died in the crash, a relative said Saturday.
AP - A Texas jury acquitted a man accused of killing a boy who broke into his home looking for a snack — a case that sparked outrage in this border city, where many thought the man should not have even been charged. -- read full article
AP - Hurricane Kyle raced toward Maine early Sunday, triggering the state's first hurricane watch in 17 years as it roared over the Atlantic off North Carolina on a northward trek that threatened to bring flooding and damaging winds inland.
AP - A Japanese businessman cannot be tried for murder in the 1981 shooting death of his wife, but prosecutors may proceed with a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, a judge ruled Friday.
AP - Burning more wood for heat could save homeowners money in oil-dependent Maine, but a task force in the nation's most forested state cautioned that care is needed to avoid health problems and damage to the wood products industry. -- read full article
AP - The brakeman on the freight train involved in a deadly collision with a commuter train filed a lawsuit Friday against the commuter railroad and the companies that provide its engineers.
AP - Two dump trucks struck a school bus carrying special-needs students, leaving the bus in a ditch along a rural highway — its front end and roof crushed — and four young children dead.
AP - Mathematicians at UCLA have discovered a 13-million-digit prime number, a long-sought milestone that makes them eligible for a $100,000 prize. -- read full article
AP - Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, has returned home after being taken to a hospital by ambulance because he had suffered a seizure, his staff says.
AP - Between the prayers that fill the holy month of Ramadan, during the long fasts that stretch from dawn to dusk, Muslims have been meeting to discuss the disappearance of Salman Ibrahim. -- read full article
AP - Damages caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ike in Ohio could hit $500 million or higher, making it one of the state's costliest natural disasters. -- read full article
AP - A New York City taxi driver has hit all the right notes by returning an 18th-century viola worth thousands of dollars to a passenger who left it in the back seat of his car. -- read full article
