Rabies shots urged for Girl Scouts

LEESBURG, Virginia (AP) -- Officials notified parents of nearly 1,000 Girl Scouts that their daughters may have been exposed to rabies at a Virginia camp.

Ferrell wins box office race

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Will Ferrell's NASCAR spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" enjoyed life in the fast lane with a No. 1 finish in the weekend box office race, taking in $47 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Kiss fans protest outside Rock Hall

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- About 200 Kiss fans protested in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.

Wreck hospitalizes astronaut Glenn

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Former senator and astronaut John Glenn and his wife were recovering at a hospital Saturday after a car accident a day earlier, Glenn's former press secretary said.

Accused 'Serial Shooter' described as 'really sweet'

PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- To people who know him, Dale S. Hausner simply is too sweet, too timid, to have terrorized city residents in a rash of late night shootings as police said Friday.

Once declared dead, teen returns to school

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (AP) -- A woman misidentified for weeks as a college classmate killed in a traffic accident plans to return to school, according to her family's online journal.

Police: Teacher says he molested more than 100 students

ONTARIO, California (AP) -- -- A substitute elementary school teacher was charged Friday with lewd and lascivious acts involving a 10-year-old girl, and police said he claimed to have molested more than 100 students.

Teens arrested in VA laptop theft

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, authorities said.

Natalee Holloway's mom crushed by loss of 'last shot'

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- The mother of a Mountain Brook teen who disappeared more than a year ago in Aruba said she was "crushed" by the dismissal of the lawsuit filed against the Dutch teen last seen with her daughter.

Eskimo village destroyed by fire

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Elvena Smart was asleep when her sister jolted her awake with the news that the old elementary school was on fire. Soon, village police were knocking on the door, telling them it was too dangerous to stay, she said.

'Two monsters' arrested in Phoenix killings

PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- Police said Friday that two men captured at an apartment complex are responsible for a string of random late-night killings that have terrorized residents across this sprawling city for months.

Fruits and vegetables added to WIC moms' shopping lists

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fruits, vegetables and whole grains are being added to grocery lists for low-income mothers and children under a federal program that helps feed more than half the babies in the United States.

Gamblers cash in without ever playing

BRIDGEPORT, Indiana (AP) -- Gamblers raked in nearly half a million dollars over two days on a slot machine that multiplied by 10 the amount of money that players put in, then paid out vouchers without playing, a newspaper reported.

Poll: Public split on Bush's handling of the Mideast crisis

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Respondents to a CNN poll released Friday were nearly evenly split on President Bush's handling of the current conflict in the Middle East.

Two men arrested in Phoenix serial killings

PHOENIX, Arizona (CNN) -- Police on Friday arrested two men they said were responsible for deadly shootings that have terrorized Phoenix, Arizona, for more than a year.

Rice urges Cubans not to flee to Florida

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sending a message to the Cuban people imploring them not to flee the island for Florida because of political uncertainty.

Soaked El Paso hopes earthen dam holds

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Almost 1,000 people waited in a shelter in El Paso, Texas, Friday to see whether the rain-swollen Rio Grande would puncture an earthen dam and flood the community, a city spokeswoman said.

Driver charged with killing niece

CONNELLSVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man who ran over his 2-year-old niece while she was playing in her driveway was charged with homicide by vehicle, speeding and other counts, police said.

NASA joins search for elusive woodpecker

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- NASA scientists have joined the search for the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker, long thought to be extinct but recently sighted in Arkansas.

Rocker Arthur Lee dies in Memphis

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Arthur Lee, the eccentric singer/guitarist with influential 1960s rock band Love, has died in a Memphis hospital after a battle with leukemia, his manager said on Friday. He was 61.