05/12/2008 11:46 AM Crews Search for Storm Survivors Emergency crews began rescue operations on Monday in areas that were hit by violent storms that killed at least 23 people in Missouri, Oklahoma and Georgia. 05/12/2008 03:46 PM Gates Foundation Names New Chief Jeff Raikes, who ran a Microsoft division dedicated to business products, will replace Patty Stonesifer, another former Microsoft executive. 05/12/2008 03:54 PM Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship Supporters of a measure in Missouri cite concerns about illegal immigrants voting, but critics say tens of thousands of legal residents could be disenfranchised. 05/12/2008 01:30 PM State Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest At least a dozen states are giving monthly payments to low-income workers, hoping to keep them off welfare rolls. 05/12/2008 12:38 PM Corruption Case Taints Rising Political Star Testimony in the trial of political fund-raiser Antoin Rezko has battered the career of Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, who once had his sights set on the White House. 05/11/2008 10:40 PM Political Memo: As Rivals Rest on Mother’s Day, Clinton Pushes On No breakfast in bed for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: She rose early and spent a 16-hour day slogging through a cold rain in West Virginia. 05/12/2008 01:30 PM Pro Surfer’s Death Exposes Beach Town’s Violent Side A California beach clique known as the Bird Rock Bandits are facing prosecution under strict gang laws in connection with a surfer’s beating death. 05/12/2008 09:28 AM To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring Instead of sending truant students to juvenile detention, school officials in East Dallas have begun an electronic monitoring program to improve attendance rates. 05/12/2008 02:40 PM Stubborn Wildfires Force Evacuations in Florida DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying at least three homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared a state of emergency. 05/12/2008 12:44 PM That Pundit on Fox News? An Upstart Named Rove The bête noire of Democrats has turned pundit, and his old nemeses do not always know what to make of it.

05/12/2008 03:46 PM 22 dead in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia after new round of storms Crews and search dogs hunted today for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornados and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states. 05/12/2008 01:00 AM Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions As more Americans are watched, fewer cases are made. The trend concerns civil liberties groups as well as some lawmakers and legal experts. The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court -- one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing -- has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously. 05/11/2008 03:40 PM President Bush calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular' President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau. 05/12/2008 01:00 AM Tornado toll at 22 in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia, and could go higher Rural Newton County in Missouri and a near-abandoned Oklahoma town called Picher are hit hardest. Search-and-rescue teams looked desperately for survivors Sunday after the latest barrage of tornadoes barreled through several states, killing at least 22 people. 05/10/2008 11:42 AM In mortgage market, walkaway homeowners may be urban myth Bankers and housing analysts say many homeowners, owing more than their homes are worth, are defaulting on their loans even when they can afford payments. But no hard numbers back up their claims. Bankers and housing market analysts are warning of a chilling new trend in the mortgage world: Homeowners voluntarily defaulting on their loans even though they can actually afford to make the payments. 05/12/2008 01:00 AM Florida wildfires force evacuation of hundreds Interstate 95 and other major roads are closed because of blazes in Volusia County and Brevard County. Palm Bay officials are suspicious about brush fires there. Wildfires in central Florida on Sunday shut down Interstate 95 and other major roads, forced the evacuation of hundreds of coastal residents, and kept firefighters, deputies, relief workers and state troopers on alert throughout the night. 05/11/2008 01:00 AM It's not just Barack Obama vs. Hillary Clinton; it's husband vs. wife Forget the Democratic Party -- what's the campaign doing to households split between the two candidates? Bob Marshalla made a $100 contribution to his choice for president last summer. As the Democratic primary season rolled out, he upped that with $200, $300 and $500 donations. 05/11/2008 01:00 AM Milwaukee loses a piece of its bowling heritage Despite efforts to keep the U.S. Bowling Congress in town, it's moving to Texas. The brick factories sit silent and empty. The beer barons died long ago. Even Laverne and Shirley are a distant memory. 05/11/2008 01:00 AM Murdoch's News Corp. ends Newsday bid Two contenders -- Cablevision Systems and media owner Mortimer Zuckerman -- remain for Tribune Co.'s Long Island newspaper after News Corp. withdraws its $580-million offer. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., once the front-runner in bidding for Tribune Co.'s Newsday, has withdrawn its $580-million offer for the Long Island, N.Y., daily newspaper, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. 05/11/2008 12:46 AM Oklahoma, Missouri storms kill at least 18 A tornado strikes the border, and emergency officials say the death toll could rise. . -- Severe weather including a tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed at least 18 people Saturday, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in the storm-weary region.