WASHINGTON – States fearing the loss of Air National Guard (search) units argue that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld can’t move them without each governor’s consent. The Pentagon claims it has the authority to reshuffle the Air Guard as it sees fit. Both sides were getting one last chance to …

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WASHINGTON – President Bush on Tuesday signed the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Following is a summary of what the act does, according to the Congressional Research Service: — Approves the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States-Free Trade Agreement treaty entered into by the United States and governments of Costa Rica, the …

GULFPORT, Miss. – Death and destruction ravaged the severely storm-battered Gulf Coast Tuesday, with as many as 80 dead in one Mississippi county alone as the frantic search for survivors of Hurricane Katrina (search) continued. “We have nowhere to go,” one broken man whose wife and house were swept away …

LOS ANGELES – Courtney Love (search) tearfully admitted using drugs in violation of her probation terms Friday. The rocker-actress was ordered into a 28-day drug treatment program by a judge who said he had wanted to put her in jail. “I think that you need to hit rock bottom before …

CARACAS, Venezuela – Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson (search) was in Caracas this week to smooth ruffled feathers after televangelist Pat Robertson (search) sparked an international incident by suggesting the United States kill Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (search). Click in the video box to the right of the story to …

INDIANAPOLIS – Pharmaceutical companies rounded up much-needed medicine, water suppliers loaded trucks with thirst-quenching cargo and companies from petroleum giants to beer makers pitched in millions in cash and products Wednesday to help communities battered by Hurricane Katrina. The efforts to collect money and goods to help the Gulf Coast …

In 2000, I put $2,500 in a tech fund. Should I add more now in hopes of recovering my losses quicker? QUESTION: I put $2,500 in the Strong Technology 100 (STEKX) fund in 2000. Since that time, the fund has fallen significantly. I plan to hang on, in the hope …

WANT TO INCREASE your kid?s chances of getting college financial aid? Then you?ve got to take some steps to appear less affluent. We don?t mean wearing clothes with patches to the campus interview. We mean hiding some of your income and savings — legally, of course — so that colleges …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Several Tennessee school districts are interested in creating their own police forces, but first they must decide whether the officers would be school officials or law enforcement personnel. A study from the state Education Department says the answer could affect things like when students can be searched …