TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida prison officials say taxpayers are saving millions of dollars because the number of repeat offenders is declining.

HAMMOND, La. _ Southeastern Louisiana University historian Samuel Hyde Jr. discusses the history of the Ku Klux Klan in the Lower Mississippi Valley for an …

MIAMI _ A Miami police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man has been fired after a review board found he used “unjustified'' deadly force.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama says the U.S can reduce its budget deficit by closing tax loopholes and making “smart'' reductions in spending.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and reset minimum wholesale prices, the Commerce Department said.

COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) _ The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Feb. 27 on efforts by an Alabama county to stop enforcement of part of …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ University of Georgia official Rodney Bennett is likely to become the first black person to lead a historically white public university …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ Alabama state Rep. Alvin Holmes is asking Gov. Robert Bentley to remove Perry Smith as adjutant general of the Alabama National …

SOMERSET, N.J. (AP) _ Earl Williams, the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year, has died. He was 64. Williams died earlier this week at …

TARBORO, N.C. (AP) _ Funeral services are scheduled for North Carolina-born and award-winning blues musician George Higgs. The funeral for Higgs is scheduled for Sunday …