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  American Airlines plane lost panel in flight to Paris

  DALLAS -- Federal regulators said Thursday they are investigating how an American Airlines jet lost a panel from its belly shortly after taking off from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport before continuing on across the Atlantic and landing safely in Paris.

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  US official: 1 shipment to be allowed to Myanmar

  WASHINGTON -- The governing military junta in Myanmar has agreed to allow a single U.S. cargo aircraft to bring in relief supplies for victims of a devastating cycle, Bush administration officials said Friday.

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  77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say

  LAS VEGAS -- Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said.

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  Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize

  BATON ROUGE, La. -- A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

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  Investigation at Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson hid

  INDEPENDENCE, Calif. -- National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains.

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  Car full of weapons lands US soldier in Mexican jail

  EL PASO, Texas -- When he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, Spc. Richard Torres was carrying a small arsenal in his car: an AR-15 assault rifle, a .45-caliber handgun, 171 rounds of ammunition, several cartridges and three knives.

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  Police: Convicted murderer shot hikers on Appalachian Trail

  PEARISBURG, Va. -- A convicted murderer is suspected of shooting and wounding two men on the Appalachian Trail a few miles from the spot where he killed two hikers in 1981, authorities said.

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  Court orders American Indian to trial for shooting eagle

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- An American Indian who shot a bald eagle for use in a tribal religious ceremony must stand trial, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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  Severe storms strike Southeast, cause damage in Miss., Ala.

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Strong winds in northwest Alabama overturned a mobile home on Thursday and an apparent tornado damaged a Mississippi shopping mall as a line of severe storms swept across the Southeast.

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