NATIONAL NEWS
Attorney says man innocent in Iran software case
PHOENIX (AP) -- A defense attorney conceded Tuesday that his engineer client took software from the nation's largest nuclear plant and used it while in Iran, but said he did it only so his Iranian relatives could see what he did for a living....
Ex-fed agent fined for fake marriage, data search
DETROIT (AP) -- A former FBI and CIA agent was fined Tuesday but won't be sent to prison or her native Lebanon for faking a marriage to gain U.S. citizenship and improperly searching an FBI database....
Jury begins deliberating in fundraiser's trial
CHICAGO (AP) -- Jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the corruption trial of political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, accused of crimes a prosecutor says involved "the highest levels of power."...
Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide
ELKTON, Md. (AP) -- Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges....
Deputies kill 2 in gun battle on Calif. reservation
SAN JACINTO, Calif. (AP) -- A man and woman opened fire on guards at an entrance to an American Indian reservation and fled into its hilly interior, where they were killed in a gun battle with sheriff's deputies and a SWAT team, authorities said Tuesday. It was the second deadly gunfight involving deputies on the reservation in five days....
Calif installs 1st black female legislative leader
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California on Tuesday installed the nation's first black female legislative leader, swearing in Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass as speaker of the state Assembly....
Ohio lawmakers reject AG's proposed deal to resign
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, under pressure from both parties to resign over sexual harassment by an aide and his own extramarital affair, tried to cut a deal Tuesday to leave office but failed, according to lawmakers....
Immigration raid in Iowa largest ever in US
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A federal immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa was the largest such operation in U.S. history, with nearly 400 people arrested, federal officials said Tuesday....
Goldmans put stock in assertion of O.J. confession
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ron Goldman's sister says she's inclined to believe a memorabilia dealer who says O.J. Simpson confessed to him that he killed his ex-wife and Goldman....
Texas man sentenced to death for killing deputy
ATHENS, Texas (AP) -- A man convicted of killing a Texas sheriff's deputy in a shootout at his house was sentenced to death Tuesday, just days after he was found guilty of capital murder....
Chinese-Americans open wallets for quake relief
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Chinese communities around the country are mobilizing to help victims of a catastrophic earthquake that destroyed countless buildings and killed thousands of people in China's Sichuan province, where many immigrants have roots....
WORLD NEWS
Soldiers hike to quake-buried Chinese villages
MIANYANG, China (AP) -- Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found....
Brazil Environment Minister Marina Silva resigns
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Renowned rain forest defender Marina Silva resigned as Brazil's environment minister on Tuesday, saying she lacked the necessary political support to protect the Amazon....
Saudis sends sharp warning to Iran over Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp warning over Lebanon Tuesday, saying Tehran's support for Hezbollah will damage its relations with other Muslim and Arab countries....
Aid agencies see China coping with quake, focus on Myanmar
GENEVA (AP) -- International aid agencies are standing ready to help China recover from its massive earthquake, but the Chinese appear to have operations well in hand, officials said Tuesday....
Myanmar police block aid workers, food piles up
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Police barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas Tuesday, while emergency food shipments backed up at the main airport for Myanmar's biggest city....
Sudan: 200 died in Darfur rebel raid near Khartoum
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- More that 200 people were killed in fighting around Sudan's capital over the weekend, the defense minister announced Tuesday in the first official comment on casualties during the assault by Darfur rebels....
'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks
HOLYHEAD, Wales (AP) -- A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday....
Helicopter crash kills 4 in Canada
CRANBROOK, British Columbia (AP) -- A helicopter plunged to the ground and burst into flames in a residential neighborhood in western Canada on Tuesday, killing the three people aboard and one person on the ground, officials said....
Chelsea Clinton back in Puerto Rico to campaign
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Chelsea Clinton is back in Puerto Rico stumping for her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton....
Rice says Mideast peace improbable, not impossible
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Ahead of a visit to the Middle East, President Bush expressed some optimism that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement would be struck before his term ends while holding out little hope for a major breakthrough when he arrives in Israel on Wednesday....
Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings
LONDON (AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report....
Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display
JERUSALEM (AP) -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment....
