Cops search San Antonio landfill for missing baby
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Police began excavating a landfill Tuesday in search of a body or other evidence in the disappearance of an 8-month-old Arizona boy who was last seen with his mother at a San Antonio hotel on the day after Christmas....

Police debate use of family DNA to ID suspects
DENVER (AP) -- Police in at least two states are increasingly using a DNA crime-solving technique that some legal experts say amounts to guilt by association: If your brother, father, uncle or son has been in trouble with the law and is in a DNA database because of it, you, too, could fall under suspicion....

Evacuations under way for LA-area foothills
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) -- Homeowners in mud-ravaged foothill towns north of Los Angeles packed their cars and fled Tuesday as evacuation orders took hold and a new winter storm approached....

Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday and headed for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices have been closed since last week and utility workers struggled to restore power already knocked out by a weekend blizzard....

Death of Kerrigan's father is ruled a homicide
BOSTON (AP) -- The death of the father of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruled a homicide Tuesday when an autopsy showed he died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son in which he suffered a neck injury so severe it damaged his windpipe....

Workers spent 80-plus hours a week at Conn. plant
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Two people affected by the explosion of a Connecticut power plant that was being built say workers had been spending more than 80 hours a week at the site....

Fellow NY Democrats offer Paterson little support
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Silence emanated Tuesday from top Democrats in New York as Gov. David Paterson, already fighting to remain politically viable, fought to lay to rest unconfirmed rumors and news reports of womanizing and drug use....

ATF blames Texas church fires on serial arsonist
TYLER, Texas (AP) -- Recent fires that destroyed or damaged several churches in eastern Texas were likely set by one person or group of people, federal authorities said Tuesday....

Pa. Dem Murtha remembered as military advocate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform....

Jackson doctor out on bail, back for April hearing
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case - a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death....