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McCain courts NRA in gun shop visit By GLEN JOHNSON Associated Press Writer ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (AP) - John McCain visited a gun shop Friday - but bought just a fishing scale - during the first stop in a day of courtship of the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment devotees.
Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer, raising shareholder questions over the motives for the secrecy.
Intel agencies seek help recruiting new immigrants By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writer McLEAN, VA (AP) - The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help.
Lawsuit: Immigration raid violated workers' rights By AMY LORENTZEN Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The nation's largest single immigration raid, resulting in nearly 400 arrests earlier this week, violated the constitutional rights of workers at a meatpacking plant, a federal lawsuit says.
FDA orders Texas plant to shut down, recall smoked seafood WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health authorities are directing a Pasadena, Texas, company to shut down and recall all its dried smoked catfish steaks and other smoked seafood produced since June 2007 because it failed to develop safety standards, leading to a risk of bacteria contamination in its products. There have been no reported illnesses, according to Food and Drug Administration
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