Feds find association between drywall, corrosion
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year....

Police: Pa. man killed puppy before Steelers game
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a western Pennsylvania man told them he kicked his girlfriend's puppy to death because he was upset that the pit bull wouldn't behave before the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers game....

Astronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station....

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....

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....

Hundreds mourn Mich. boy allegedly slain by father
DETROIT (AP) -- Funeral services are under way for a 15-year-old Michigan boy who police say pleaded for mercy before being fatally shot by his father....

2 men charged after 3 men found slain in rural Ky.
GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky State Police say two arrests have been made following the discovery of three bodies in rural Kentucky....

Jackson's doctor returns to work at Houston clinic
HOUSTON (AP) -- Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death....

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....