Texan is Washington's kin, and could've been king

A genealogy Web site says it has found the king of America - or rather, the descendant of George Washington's family who would have most likely held the title had the nation's first president been its first monarch instead. 1223440007

Four year-old Adan Diego Simon waits with his brothers for word of his mother who was taken during an immigration raid at The House of Raeford's Columbia Farms plant Tuesday, Oct 7, 2008, in Greenivlle, S.C. Some 300 suspected illegal immigrants were detained by federal agents at the chicken processing plant that has been under investigation for months. The three boys must stay with a family friend while waiting to hear about their mother, who is their primary caregiver.

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300 suspected illegal immigrants caught in SC raid

Federal agents swept through a chicken processing plant Tuesday, detaining more than 300 suspected illegal immigrants, sending panicked workers running and screaming through the hallways. Worried relatives collected outside, fearful their loved ones would be deported. 1223441513

Bacon, not bomb, leads to evacuation of office

The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a suspicious package that turned out to be full of bacon.

This photo released Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, by the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Karthik Rajaram. The 45-year-old unemployed financial manager, despondent over extreme money problems, was found dead Monday with a gun in his hand said authorities. He had shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself at home in a gated community in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Porter Ranch in Los Angeles.

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Killings put counselors on alert about money woes

Mental health counselors were on the alert Tuesday for calls from people depressed or possibly suicidal about money woes, after an unemployed financial manager killed five family members and himself. 1223428610

Police: 10-year-old driver flips van in Tenn.

A 10-year-old was driving up to 90 mph when he crashed a van carrying a man who told police he had drank at least 15 beers and a woman who was trying to swallow as many pills as she could when deputies arrived at the scene, Tennessee authorities said Tuesday.

Border agent fired at driver at US-Mexico crossing

The Border Patrol says an agent fired a gun at a driver who ran over an agent's leg at a vehicle checkpoint on the U.S.-Mexico border east of San Diego. 1223431914

Tropical Storm Marco closing in on Mexico's coast

Tropical Storm Marco was closing in on Mexico's coast early Tuesday and threatened to hit with near-hurricane strength winds later in the day.

Questioning of jurors begins in Fort Dix case

Prospective jurors discussed their attitudes toward religion and immigrants Tuesday as a complex process began to seat a jury in the case of five men accused of planning to attack Fort Dix.

No jail for WA man who posted he'd shoot up mall

A man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday for writing on a newspaper Web site that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall one day after a shooting spree in another Washington state town. 1223434607

In this Aug. 20, 2008, file photo, passers-by walk in front of the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, in Fall River, Mass. A new museum and shop using the Lizzie Borden name in Salem, Mass., will change its name to settle a trademark infringement case. The agreement reached Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, allows the owner of the inn to continue using the Lizzie Borden name on his business.

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Museum agrees to ax Lizzie Borden name, ending row

A museum and a bed and breakfast have settled a trademark dispute over the macabre legacy of Lizzie Borden, a Sunday school teacher accused in the hatchet deaths of her father and stepmother, a museum official said Tuesday.