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.

Serial killer police make break in 'major' case

MESA, Arizona (AP) -- Authorities searched an apartment building early Friday and said they had made a break in a major investigation.

Cooler weather on way

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virgina (AP) -- The heat was so intense along the oceanfront that Karen Williams cut short her family's morning visit to return to their hotel room to cool off.