Highway crews mobilize in anticipation of storm
SANTA FE (AP) - Highway crews are mobilizing in anticipation of a severe winter storm moving into parts of New Mexico. The state Department of Transportation said it will focus on several troubled areas along Interstates 25 and 40. The storm is expected to hit Thursday afternoon in the Four Corners region and move rapidly south and east.
Contaminated trailers force hurricane victims to move
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities say they will step up efforts to move hurricane victims out of more than 35,000 trailers now that tests indicate possibly high levels of formaldehyde contamination. The Centers for Disease Control has said fumes from 519 tested trailer and mobile homes in Louisiana and Mississippi were about five times what people are exposed to in most modern homes.
Hezbollah chief threatens retaliation against Israel
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The chief of Hezbollah told throngs of supporters at a funeral for slain commander Imad Mughniyeh his group would retaliate against Israeli targets anywhere in the world after accusing the Jewish state of killing the militant.