AP - A salesman who sold the insulating foam involved in a deadly nightclub fire said it was his company's policy not to warn customers the material was flammable, according to newly filed court documents.

AP - A death row inmate has been escorted back to the same county jail he escaped from last week when he ditched his prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and fooled guards with a fake ID.

USATODAY.com - There is no longer-running expression of volunteerism in U.S. history than the volunteer fire service, which saves taxpayers billions of dollars each year. But though emergency calls are up, the number of volunteer firefighters has dropped nationally more than 10% in two decades.

AP - A blind woman who was fired from her job as director of Pennsylvania's state agency for the blind and visually impaired was discriminated against because of her disability, her lawyer told jurors in opening statements of a civil trial.

AP - The city wants a makeover, or what's known in the tourism industry as 'destination repositioning.'

AP - Five suspected al-Qaida terrorists, including one accused of killing a U.S. Special Forces medic, are the latest Guantanamo Bay detainees headed for the kind of military trials that now face a Supreme Court review.

AP - New Yorkers began casting their votes for mayor before sunrise Tuesday, just hours after incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended his final day of campaigning on a high point — from atop the Empire State Building.

AP - Search teams focused on a pond full of wreckage Tuesday as they made sure there were no more victims of the huge tornado that smashed homes in the Ohio Valley while people were still asleep.

AP - New Yorkers began casting their votes for mayor before sunrise Tuesday, just hours after incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended his final day of campaigning on a high point — from atop the Empire State Building.

AP - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that companies must pay plant workers for the time it takes to change into protective clothing and safety gear and walk to their work stations.

AP - A small cargo plane with only the pilot on board crashed into a Wal-Mart Tuesday. The pilot was hurt but able to walk away from the crash, and there were no reports of injuries on the ground.

AP - Search teams focused on a pond full of wreckage Tuesday as they made sure there were no more victims of the huge tornado that smashed homes in the Ohio Valley while people were still asleep.

AP - Marine Corps hero 'Chesty' Puller would have been proud to be honored with a postage stamp, but he would have wanted to include the face of every Marine he served with, his daughter said Tuesday.

AP - Three administrators were shot and wounded at a high school Tuesday, and a student was arrested, school officials said. The victims' conditions were not immediately released.

AP - Two Oregon couples came forward Tuesday to claim the second-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history: $340 million.

AP - The Labor Department is awarding nearly $20 million in grants to religious and community groups to help people released from prison find jobs and make their way back into society.

AP - A business partner of a man accused of raping and strangling an 11-year-old girl testified Tuesday that he recognized his co-worker in images captured by a security camera and broadcast worldwide on television.

AP - A young man was charged with stabbing to death one of four teenagers who allegedly attacked him and taunted him because he is gay.

AP - A man walking home after his 55th birthday party because friends and family believed he was too drunk to drive was struck and killed by another vehicle, police said.

AP - Showdowns over gay rights dominated the ballot Tuesday in Texas and Maine, while California voters had a chance to embolden or embarrass Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as they considered four measures he promoted as part of a power struggle with legislators and public-employee unions.

AP - Risking the kind of nationwide ridicule it faced six years ago, the Kansas Board of Education approved new public-school science standards Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

AP - A Hmong immigrant convicted of murdering six deer hunters and attempting to kill two others after a trespassing dispute was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday with no chance for parole.

AP - A cattle farmer who changed his mind about going to the market, instead found himself rescuing a woman who had been caught in a barbed wire fence for two days.

AP - Prince Charles and his new wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wrapped up their visit to the United States on Tuesday by touring a homeless shelter.

AP - Democrat Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine pulled ahead of Republican Jerry Kilgore on Tuesday with a quarter of precincts counted in the race for Virginia governor, a contest that was closely watched by political analysts for signs of the public's mood ahead of next year's midterm elections.

AP - Crews finished draining a four-acre retention pond Tuesday as they made sure there were no more victims of the huge tornado that killed 22 people over the weekend.