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LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures

By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. Yes, gridlock still prevails and drivers' blood pressure still spikes as LA's traffic arteries seize up during every

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and WALTER BERRYAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially

DA: Tenn. victims shot after drugs handed over

By SHEILA BURKEAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former police officer, accused of killing two people during a robbery at an east Tennessee pharmacy, gunned down his victims after they complied with his demands for painkillers, a prosecutor said Friday. The victims had just given Jason

Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov't

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5 percent of the