Kevin West

Two senior al-Qaida fighters now in custody and their computers and cell phones may provide valuable information in the fight against the terror network blamed for the attacks on Sept. 11, U.S. military officials said.

A dozen students at a city school were treated at a hospital after taking the prescription sedative Xanax, school and hospital officials said. About 30 students had taken the drug.

Arkansas running back Cedric Cobbs was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, speeding and marijuana possession.

Merrill Lynch & Co., the nation's biggest brokerage firm, said it has cut 9,000 jobs, or nearly 14 percent of its work force.

The families of five slain Columbine students asked that a federal grand jury investigate their claims that authorities have covered up evidence that one student was killed by police.

The U.S. Coast Guard seized 376 pounds of cocaine stashed aboard a Bolivian cargo ship docked at Miami River.

A former nuclear plant worker was arrested for allegedly making terrorist threats against plant employees, authorities said.

A Maryland state trooper who pulled over one of the Sept. 11 hijackers for speeding two days before the attacks says nothing about the stop would have justified detaining the man.

Victor's Secret is closing its store at Underground Atlanta after 12 years. A spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret says the store will close January 19th for financial reasons.

State environmental officials are thinking about banning residential outdoor watering as a way to save water in the drought that has gripped Georgia for at least four years.