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The California Senate and Assembly can't agree on the best way to reduce overcrowding and cut costs in the state prison system. Each house of state government has passed its own plan for fixing the prison crisis.

The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a federal buyout of 17,000 properties along the Mississippi coast that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. But residents who have rebuilt oppose the idea because they say it would mean the end of some small communities.

"Words do not adequately express my sorrow," Sheryl Stack, the wife of Joseph Stack III, said in a statement released Friday. Law enforcement officials say Joseph Stack flew the plane that intentionally crashed Wednesday into Internal Revenue Service offices in Austin, Texas.

President Obama unveils a plan to pump $1.5 billion into state and local housing agencies in an effort to help Americans stay in their homes. Homeowners in California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan — where home prices have fallen 20 percent from their peaks — will benefit from the program.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission has called on Congress to reduce the tough penalties for federal crack cocaine crimes. And in a sign that the commission isn't waiting for Congress to change the law, it is using its own authority to recommend shaving sentences for most federal crack cocaine offenses.

The much-maligned financial products brought down AIG and fueled the mortgage market meltdown. But some say they're not all evil -- they reduce costs and provide protection for customers. And as long as trades are done in the open, they say, banks shouldn't be prohibited from the business.

More than 1,000 people turned out today at a public hearing over a proposed toll road that would cut through San Onofre State Beach. The California Coastal Commission rejected the plan. But the decisi

Opinion has shifted over the years on the issue of gays serving openly in the military, with much of the public and top Pentagon officials now in favor. But political resistance to the idea remains potent. A Senate vote on Tuesday didn't change things.

This week, Senate Democrats accuse U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of being dishonest about the firing of nine federal prosecutors, and a domestic surveillance program. Also, a handful of deve

A strong autumn storm hit the region today, bringing widespread downpours, strong winds and mountain snow while ushering in some typical rainy-day commuter chaos on local roads.