Firefighters get upper hand on Florida wildfire
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Firefighters made major gains against a wildfire that has charred thousands of acres along the Atlantic coast as police questioned a man seen tossing a Molotov cocktail into nearby woods.

More rain expected over storm-weary Louisiana
Web-posted 5/15/2008
A third day of drenching storms loomed Thursday over water-logged portions of Louisiana, threatening to overwhelm drainage systems and strip more roofs off buildings.

Immigrant workers in New Orleans start leaving
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Josue Vega was one of thousands of immigrant workers who flocked to New Orleans in 2005 in hopes of finding a rebuilding job in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

California's top court to rule on gay marriage
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Both sides in the gay marriage debate will be watching California's highest court Thursday to see if the nation's biggest state goes the way of Massachusetts and legalizes same-sex marriage.

NY prosecutor wins big with Spitzer investigation
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Michael Garcia's predecessors as U.S. attorney in Manhattan took on all five mob families, the titans of Wall Street, Osama bin Laden and even Martha Stewart. So it was largely unnoticed when Garcia wanted to attack public corruption.

HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer
Web-posted 5/15/2008
An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Scandal-plagued Ohio attorney general resigns
Web-posted 5/15/2008
Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.

NJ woman vanishes after fall from cruise ship
Web-posted 5/15/2008
A woman taking a cruise with her boyfriend plunged into the sea off New Jersey from a balcony attached to her room, and the FBI is investigating whether a crime occurred.

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
Web-posted 5/15/2008
In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.

Man gets more than 6 years for posting police threat video
Web-posted 5/15/2008
A reputed street gang leader was sentenced to more than six years in prison after posting an Internet video threatening police with guns and taunting them to arrest him.