AP - Firefighters have managed to contain about 70 percent of the largest wildfire in Georgia history, which had charred 100 square miles of forest and swampland, officials said Sunday.

AP - Something in the crowd made Shirley Wilcher wonder. As a college graduate in the early 1970s, her black classmates were like herself — born in the United States, to American parents. But at an alumni reunion at Mount Holyoke College last year, she saw something different and asked for admissions data to prove it.

AP - In 1991, the state representative from Nome faced federal gun charges. Six unregistered machines guns and a 50 mm Soviet mortar were found in Richard Foster's possession.

INDIO, California (Reuters) - Militant rap-rock group Rage Against the Machine reunited after a seven-year absence during a California music festival over the weekend, offering a sharpened version of their old message: fight the power.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether President George W. Bush had the authority to direct a state court to comply with an international tribunal's ruling in the case of a Mexican on death row in Texas.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a high-profile custody battle between two women over a child one had during their lesbian relationship, a case involving Vermont's precedent-setting law recognizing same-sex couples.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a Bush administration appeal defending its rule that would allow older factories, refineries and coal-burning power plants to upgrade their facilities without installing the most modern pollution controls.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in a car accident early on Sunday, the team said.

AP - A shooting at a shopping center Sunday afternoon left three people dead, including the gunman, police said.

AP - Something in the crowd made Shirley Wilcher wonder. As a college graduate in the early 1970s, her black classmates were like herself — born in the United States, to American parents. But at an alumni reunion at Mount Holyoke College last year, she saw something different and asked for admissions data to prove it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a police officer cannot be held liable for ramming a fleeing car during a high-speed chase, forcing the vehicle off the road and resulting in severe injury or even death for the driver.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota, whose emergency brain surgery in December put his life as well as his fellow Democrats' control of the U.S. Senate in jeopardy, is now home from the hospital and undergoing daily therapy, his office said on Monday.

AP - A woman apologized Monday for outing a former top State Department official as a client of her escort service but said it was necessary to prove her company was doing legal business.

AP - The commuter who became an instant hero when he saved a fallen teenager from being struck by a subway train is being sued by his former lawyer, who accuses him of breach of contract.

CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - An emotional New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine apologized on Monday for setting a poor example in a car accident in which his vehicle was speeding and he was not wearing a seat belt.

AP - When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bids for drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications — typos and all — from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimately won the $32 million contract, a review of documents by The Associated Press found.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wealthier Americans are more likely to spend cautiously, reflecting the modest upbringing that many had, and seek out bargains rather than happily pay full price, a survey released Monday shows.

AP - Hispanic and other civil rights groups wrapped up plans for immigration reform marches and rallies Tuesday in dozens of cities, but conceded a replay of last year's huge turnout was unlikely.

AP - At the Carver Terrace housing projects, only a chain-link fence and a cluster of no-trespassing signs separate brightly painted jungle gyms from the Motiva oil refinery.

AP - Wind gusts fanned flames into treetops Monday as crews continued to battle a wildfire that has burned 125 square miles of forest and swampland in the past two weeks.

AP - An audio recording made when National Guard troops killed four Kent State University students during an anti-war demonstration could resolve the mystery of whether a command to fire was issued and may offer a chance for healing for victims and shooters, a survivor said Monday.

CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - An emotional New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine apologized on Monday for setting a poor example in a car accident in which his vehicle was speeding and he was not wearing a seat belt.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has used a myriad of tactics, including some that are illegal, to hinder the ability of its workers to form labor unions, a human rights group said in a report to be released on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and Russia again lead the United States' annual list of the world's biggest producers of pirated and counterfeited goods, a U.S. trade report said on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has given a vote of confidence to manager Joe Torre and general manager Brian Cashman despite the team's miserable April.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - George DeVincenzi entered the shower room of the former Alcatraz prison and vividly recalled seeing one inmate killing another a half century ago when he was a guard.

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sought federal aid on Monday to help the state rebuild a collapsed section of a busy freeway near San Francisco.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A convicted rapist was found guilty in Los Angeles on Monday of the serial murders of 10 women, along with the unborn baby of one of his victims.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California death row investigator pleaded guilty on Monday to falsifying evidence in a bid to help spare the life of four condemned inmates, including one who has led a major challenge to the legality of lethal injection.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday 38 poultry farms in Indiana were given contaminated feed in early February containing melamine, with some of the chickens likely to have entered the food supply.

AP - A woman accused of running a high-priced escort service apologized Monday to a former top State Department official outed as a customer, but said the testimony of prominent clients would prove her business was legal.

AP - Two fires ravaged historic sites in the nation's capital Monday, one gutting part of the 134-year-old Eastern Market and the other destroying irreplaceable documents and art at the Georgetown public library branch.

AP - Bay Area commuters skirted the wreckage of a collapsed section of freeway Monday as crews began hauling away the charred debris that had been a vital link between San Francisco and its eastern suburbs.

AP - An abundance of pet-friendly hotels, off-leash dog parks and vegetarian restaurants helped this city place first Monday on an animals rights group's list of America's most humane cities.