Mexico

Dry winter, warming trend foretell wildfire danger

By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Two small but unseasonably early fires burning in northern California's wine country and another wind-whipped blaze farther south likely are a harbinger of a nasty summer fire season across the West. Officials with the National Interagency Fire

Dems have edge in sprint to Mass. special election

By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - National Republicans cheered former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez's Massachusetts primary victory, but Democratic Congressman Ed Markey enjoys tremendous advantages in the special election to replace former U.S. Sen. John Kerry. Tuesday's primary

Horse Slaughter House To Open Soon In New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress reinstates a ban on the practice. In a telephone interview Tuesday, Vilsack said

Mexican official's daughter gets restaurant closed

By MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Mexican official's daughter has caused a scandal by sending inspectors to shut down a restaurant that didn't give her the table she wanted. It's the latest of several cases of seeming arrogance by the wealthy and well-connected that