AP - Emergency teams were activated as residents along the Gulf of Mexico prepared to get hit with another strong storm for the second time in less than a month.
AP - Divorce sent Scott Johnson into a tailspin. His ex-wife moved away, taking his two children. He hadn't had a girlfriend in years. Being investigated for sexual assault just might have caused him to snap, his mother says.
AP - The FBI is investigating two firebombings targeting scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the latest in a rash of attacks against biomedical researchers who experiment on animals, authorities said.
Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, threatening to parallel Louisiana's coast while heading toward Texas, the National Hurricane Center said. A tropical storm warning was issued Sunday afternoon for the Louisiana coast from the mouth of the Mississippi River westward to Intracoastal City.
DNA evidence from the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings led authorities to a suspect who officials say killed himself, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
MIAMI (Reuters) - The fifth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed near a major oil and gas producing area of the northern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas is set to defy the World Court and anger Mexico on Tuesday by executing a Mexican national who was not informed of his right to consular services after his arrest.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Planned layoffs at U.S. companies jumped 26 percent in July from June, depicting further deterioration in the labor market, a report showed on Monday.
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