LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Police safely evacuated an Alaska Airlines flight on Monday after a report that a "suspicious item" was found on board, a Los Angeles International Airport spokeswoman said.

Airport police received notification at 8:20 a.m. that there was a suspicious item on board a plane which originated in Guadalajara, Mexico, said airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles. She said she did not know what the item was and did not release any additional details.

The plane landed without incident just before 9 a.m., Castles said, and all 125 passengers were transported to the terminal in buses after the plane stopped in a remote area of the airport. A Los Angeles Police bomb squad and the FBI will search the plane, she said.

"Passengers have been disembarked and carry-ons in the cabin will be screened by canines," said Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melendez.

Reported U.S. bird flu no threat, feds say

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have discovered the possible presence of bird flu in the United States -- in wild swans near the banks of Lake Erie -- but it does not appear to be the worrisome strain that the government has long feared.

Coast Guard increases security around bridge

CARO, Michigan (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has increased patrols near the bridge connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas after prosecutors said they believe three men jailed on terrorism charges were targeting the five-mile-long span.

Lamont: Attacks on war policy 'offensive'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The thwarted terrorist airline plot in Britain is sparking a bitter new round of finger-pointing in Connecticut's bruising Senate race.

Bush in talks on overseas challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush was huddling with top diplomats and military advisers Monday on the inaugural day of a Mideast truce, with a list of challenges spreading far beyond the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.

'Don't ask, don't tell' takes highest toll at Missouri base

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army base in Missouri used the "don't ask, don't tell" policy to kick out more soldiers than any other military installation last year, followed by an Army base on the Kentucky-Tennessee border and a naval base in Virginia.