AP - A pilot whose small plane became tangled in utility wires as he tried to land in a thunderstorm Saturday evening was pulled to safety after dangling from the lines for about two hours.

AP - A surfer dangling his feet into the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's east coast was bitten by a shark, authorities said.

AP - A former New Orleans police officer who resigned from the force after being accused of abandoning his post during the Hurricane Katrina crisis was arrested while driving a stolen truck, authorities said.

AP - A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday after a police officer pulled him over on the George Washington Bridge and found 600 pounds of marijuana in the truck he was driving, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.

AP - Taking its first official position on the use of stun guns, the Florida PTA is calling for the devices to be used only as an alternative to shooting a student with a gun and urging lawmakers to further study the device's effect on people.

AP - A police officer was killed early Sunday by a suspect he was chasing on foot, authorities said.

AP - Eighteen-year-old Chen Tsu was waiting on a Brooklyn subway platform after school when four high school classmates approached him and demanded cash. He showed them his empty pockets, but they attacked him anyway, taking turns pummeling his face.

AP - The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are gathering for a meeting with an unusually light agenda — in public, that is.

AP - In one case, the catalyst was Hurricane Katrina; in the other, a freak electrocution accident in a Paris suburb.

AP - A man accused of going on a shooting rampage and killing a student at Case Western Reserve University in 2003 is scheduled to go on trial Monday.

AP - The truck driver bringing a load of bottled water for residents was incredulous and demanded to speak to someone other than the diminutive woman standing before him. But a National Guardsman armed with an M-16 rifle said he had no choice.

AP - The Avery family and the police don't mix. Never have.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush did not manipulate prewar intelligence about Iraq, a top White House aide said on Sunday, as the administration pursued its campaign against critics who say the president misled the country.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite early signals to the contrary, U.S. Senate Democrats must keep open the option of blocking a confirmation vote on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, Democratic Party leader Howard Dean said on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and India have set a goal of doubling bilateral trade to over $40 billion within three years, U.S. trade officials said on Sunday.

AP - A newlywed police officer was killed early Sunday by a suspect he was chasing on foot, authorities said.

AP - Ron Runyan couldn't hear the sirens. The winds were deafening. In a matter of moments, the quiet weekend he had planned with his mother and sister turned into a nightmare.

AP - A woman accused of suffocating her 5-month old daughter by using chili powder as a thumb-sucking remedy was convicted of manslaughter Sunday.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The government has warned Americans that they could face a security threat in clubs, restaurants and schools in southern China.

AP - A pickup truck crashed through a house where six people were sleeping early Sunday, killing a young girl and critically injuring a man, authorities said.

AP - A crowd of 600 people stood silently Sunday as bells rang 29 times in remembrance of the mariners lost when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a vicious storm on Lake Superior 30 years ago.