AP Briefs

Firefighters work overtime

to control raging Trigo Fire

MANZANO (AP) - Firefighters braced for windy conditions Monday, a day after gusty winds grounded air tankers and sent the Trigo Fire on a nail-biting run between the towns of Manzano and Torreon. More crews poured into the area overnight, and additional air tankers were ordered against the 3,745-acre fire.

Kids of polygamist group

subjected to DNA testing

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Lab workers were set to begin taking DNA samples Monday from the more than 400 children in state custody since a raid on a polygamist compound more than two weeks ago. Officials hope the samples, to be taken from the children and their parents, will help sort out the confusing family relationships in a convoluted custody case that has strained the resources of the child welfare system and the courts.

Pakistan releases prisoner

in possible effort of peace

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan on Monday released a pro-Taliban leader who sent thousands of fighters against the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, officials said, in what appeared to be part of efforts to broker peace with Islamic militants.