President Bush extended a law that could give some of the thousands of interpreters working for the American military refuge in the US under a special visa program.
Manhattan prosecutors are investigating Testwell Laboratories Inc., which tested concrete at Yankee Stadium, the Freedom Tower and other sites, officials said.
AP - The flooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi to a standstill, stranding more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and other products while shippers wait for the water to drop on the Big Muddy.
AP - Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said Friday he would consider serving as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's running mate if asked, but he doesn't expect to be on any ticket.
Players on Francis Howell Central High School's football team thought they would be doing their strength training in a weight room this week. But when team members learned that the nearby Missouri community of Winfield needed help battling a swollen Mississippi River, they had no trouble choosing a different sort of workout: filling sandbags.
Vice President Dick Cheney should testify before Congress about his role in the leaking of a CIA agent's identity, former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told members of the House Judiciary Committee today. McClellan also said he does not think President Bush knew in advance about the leak.
California's director of adult prisons is recommending against "compassionate release" for a terminally ill former Manson family member, a spokeswoman said.