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What comes out of the tail end of worms appears to be very good for crops.

"I don't know people who weren't aware of the stats that were just published. ... We already know the score," says D. Watkins, an author and journalist who grew up in the city.

The former presidential candidate bought a lake-front summer vacation home for $575,000 last week. Some of his former supporters weren't happy about it and questioned his socialist bona fides.

Authorities have rescued 72 people from high water in Tangipahoa Parish. Floods have been blamed for at least one death in Zachary. Heavy rains are expected to continue into the weekend.

From his earliest days picking peas to improving wages and working conditions as a union leader, Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to giving voice to the exploited men and women who grow America's food.

Alex Rodriguez is retiring from the Yankees after 13 years with the team. At his last game on Friday, A-Rod will hardly get the same farewell as former Yankee and all-around good guy Derek Jeter. Rodriguez was a prodigy and a power hitter, but left fans disgusted by the way he handled a much publicized steroids scandal.

The number of trains carrying oil along the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington could dramatically increase. There's a plan to ship more oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota to a proposed oil terminal in southwest Washington state. An oil train derailment earlier this year has shown the potential danger faced by the region.

Jake Reiss, owner of Alabama Booksmith in Homewood, Ala., recommends James McBride's Kill 'Em and Leave, Don Keith's Mattie C.'s Boy and Joshua Hammer's The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu.

The man convicted of killing a Ross County woman last year was sentenced Friday to life in prison. 38-year-old Jason McCrary was convicted last month in…

State officials say two children became ill with a new version of the swine flu virus after being in contact with infected pigs at the Clark County Fair…