Kennedy dispute reveals divide among Catholics
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A bitter dispute over abortion that prompted Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop to ask Rep. Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion has revealed the depth of the divide among Catholics over how politicians should reconcile their faith with their public duties....

FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers....

Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers
LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers....

Astronaut suit problem delays spacewalk No. 3
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission is being held up by a suit problem....

Medical marijuana finds social outlet in Ore. cafe
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" - a contraption with a big plastic bag that captures the potent vapors of heated marijuana. Glass jars hold donations of dried, milky-green weed, and the cafe serves up meals and snacks for the hungry....

Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views
NEW YORK (AP) -- The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said....

Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests
PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands....

SF area officer, passenger injured during arrest
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A train passenger's video of an arrest shows heavy-duty glass shattering and showering down on a San Francisco area transit police officer and an unruly passenger in an incident that injured both men....

To millions, Oprah's not a megastar, just a BFF
NEW YORK (AP) -- Like any wife who knows her husband well, Nancy Martus knows what will annoy her man. Like when she utters the phrase, "Oprah says..."...

Attorney: Jackson's doctor returning to work
HOUSTON (AP) -- Michael Jackson's doctor is expected to return to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since before the pop star's death....