News - Get the top LA Times breaking news stories. An online newspaper featuring top stories, headlines, articles, world and national news. Lawmakers criticize Duke Energy's pledge of political help if state drops investigations.
Company says it was trying to remedy crisis.
But Bush's newly announced plan, even if it falls short, will have significant consequences. It now moves to Senate. Behind two-week siege is the demand for a 'living wage' for campus service workers. As Colombia's FARC guerrillas delve deeper into the cocaine trade, the U.S. finds it increasingly difficult to fight narcotics while staying out of the country's civil conflict.