In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson decided to drastically, but quietly, increase America’s commitment in South Vietnam (search) to combat the threat of communism. And the public agreed. Polls showed that 80 percent of Americans supported helping South Vietnam. The North was communist and allied with America’s Cold War (search) enemies, …

RICHMOND, Va. – Police found the car of missing 17-year-old Taylor Behl on Saturday parked not far from her dorm room at Virginia Commonwealth University (search) in Richmond, where the freshman was last seen nearly two weeks ago. An off-duty Richmond (search) police officer discovered the abandoned vehicle about 1.5 …

REMINGTON, Ind. – A gunman shot and killed two women working at a northern Indiana convenience store Monday, and police were seeking a man who also was suspected of killing a teenage girl in Ohio. Melvin M. Keeling (search), 43, was identified from images captured by a camera inside the …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories (search) have started a study to investigate how to best clean salty water to make drinking water. Working with the Bureau of Reclamation (search) and other groups, they are hoping to find new ways to improve the water situation in the West. …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The United States has asked the European Union and NATO (search) for emergency assistance, requesting blankets, first aid kits, water trucks and food for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the two organizations said Sunday. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said the 25-nation bloc was “ready to contribute …

WASHINGTON – Hurricane Katrina (search) will reduce employment by 400,000 people in coming months while trimming economic growth by as much as a full percentage point in the second half of this year, according to a Congressional Budget Office (search) assessment obtained by The Associated Press. In the first government …

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin (search), lavish in his praise for Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (search), said Friday his successor should be market savvy because large problems may lie ahead. In a luncheon speech at the annual Rocky Mountain symposium hosted by the Kansas …

Weekdays at 3 p.m. in the East and high noon in the West! The news begins anew with “Studio B”… The Algiers section of New Orleans reopens to residents after Hurricane Rita (search) forced them out again. They have water and power, but not much else to come home to. …

NEW YORK – A judge Monday rejected a government argument that he was interfering with the president’s constitutional authority to wage war by insisting that Guantanamo Bay (search) detainees be asked if they want their names to be made public. The government argument was asserted after U.S. District Judge Jed …

HOUSTON – Thousands of hurricane survivors who took shelter in the Astrodome packed their possessions Thursday and moved next door as officials sought to consolidate the dwindling number of refugees who still don’t have permanent housing. The refugees, some pushing grocery carts piled high with belongings, moved to the Reliant …