Big Easy shudders as Ernesto nears

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- As the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, some residents prepared Saturday to evacuate amid forecasts of another hurricane entering the Gulf of Mexico.

Bush vows to 'learn lessons of Katrina'

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) -- President Bush, ahead of next week's anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, says the government is making changes to improve response to national disasters and address the deep-seated poverty the floodwaters exposed.

Police: Driver kills one in random shooting spree

NEW YORK (AP) -- A driver with a gun went on a shooting spree in several neighborhoods and apparently targeted victims at random, killing a man and injuring four other people, police said Saturday.

State fights to fire trooper tied to Klan

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Robert Henderson was not fired as a state trooper because he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and another white supremacist group, authorities said.

Parents: Black kids sent to back of bus

COUSHATTA, Louisiana (AP) -- A Louisiana school district suspended a white bus driver while it investigates complaints that she ordered nine black children to sit at the back of the bus.

Chemical release sends 23 to hospital

DOVER, Delaware (AP) -- A chemical released into the air from an industrial plant Friday sent 23 people to the hospital and closed some roads, officials said.