AP - A double killer was executed Tuesday, half an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments that he might be mentally retarded and that lethal injection caused pain.

USATODAY.com - Former Citigroup vice chairman Victor Menezes, who unloaded $29.8 million in company shares in March 2002 just before the bank disclosed a massive loss in Argentina that drove down its share price, agreed Tuesday to pay $2.7 million to settle the federal government's inside-trading case against him.

AP - Members of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho plan to hold a bison hunt in Gallatin National Forest this week, as a three-month limited and controversial hunt in Montana winds down.

AP - Two girls abducted more than six years ago were reunited with their father this week after they were found during a traffic stop, the FBI said Friday.

AP - Fierce wind across western Washington and Oregon on Saturday cut power to homes and businesses, forced rail service and a major bridge to close, and was blamed for at least one death, authorities said.

AP - A new outbreak of interracial violence erupted at a maximum-security jail a day after a race-related riot left one black inmate dead and more than 100 injured, authorities said.

BusinessWeek Online - To most small-business owners, Apr. 15 seems like a long way off. But as the tax-reporting documents arriving in our mailboxes from banks and clients attest, tax season is indeed upon us. Now's the time for entrepreneurs to begin collecting statements, sorting through paper receipts, and making smart decisions about 2005 tax filings, says Keith Hall, a Dallas CPA who acts as the national tax adviser for the National Association for the Self-Employed. Hall recently shared his list of tax-prep tips with Smart Answers columnist Karen E. Klein.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - The tour manager of a rock band who set off fireworks inside a Rhode Island nightclub and started a fire that killed 100 people three years ago pleaded guilty on Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - A man who abducted a young woman while she rode her bicycle to work, then shot and killed her in a field near Dallas, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.

AP - The earliest official report of a New Orleans levee breach came at 8:30 a.m., hours after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Word of the possible breach surfaced at the White House less than three hours later, at 11:13 a.m.

AP - An incomplete tunnel was found in the same area where investigators recently found one of the longest passages discovered beneath the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

GUANAJUATO, Mexico (Reuters) - Left-wing Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lashed out at conservative rivals on their home turf on Saturday by saying President Vicente Fox betrayed the hopes of millions.

AP - A SWAT team surrounded a two-story building in suburban Cicero early Monday as authorities closed in on the last two of the six inmates who escaped from the Cook County Jail.

AP - For nine months, residents of this quiet farming town known for its annual grape festival and local wines have waited to learn whether it has been a home for terrorists.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A colored bull terrier known as Rufus made history on Tuesday, becoming the first of his breed to win best in show at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An appeals court on Wednesday refused to reinstate an order granting Michael Jackson sole custody of his two children with ex-wife Debbie Rowe.

AP - Inmates gained access to personal information about prison employees, including their Social Security numbers, after the state unlawfully allowed them to work in a warehouse storing the data, a guard union said Thursday.

AP - Two U.S. warships carrying 17 helicopters and 1,000 Marines have been diverted to the scene of a devastating landslide that may have killed up to 1,800 people in the Philippines, officials said Saturday.

AP - Violence erupted again between black and Hispanic inmates at the Southern California jail system where more than 100 inmates have been injured and two killed in a series of racially motivated brawls.

AP - Utility crews worked Sunday to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses from Michigan to Maine following a weekend winter storm, while slick roads and heavy winds were blamed for several deadly accidents.

AP - A man convicted of raping and murdering a 17-year-old girl was set to die by lethal injection early Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger again denied his request for clemency.

AP - With more than half the pool of potential jurors selected, a federal judge will again speed up selection as unresolved side issues multiply in the case of confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All children between 6 months and 5 years old should be vaccinated against influenza, a panel of U.S. vaccine advisers said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington defense contractor Mitchell Wade was expected to plead guilty on Friday for his role in the bribery case of Republican former Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, The Washington Post reported.

AP - A Kansas prison volunteer and the convicted murderer she's accused of helping escape in a dog crate were caught Friday in Tennessee, authorities said.

AP - The head of California's prison system, a reform-minded appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said he's resigning after more than two years on the job because his efforts lacked political support.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, two-thirds of the $3 billion dollars raised by charities to aid storm victims has already been disbursed, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

AP - A judge has ruled that a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage can't be executed because he is mentally ill.