EDINBURGH, Scotland - Links connecting three attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow, Scotland, are becoming "ever clearer," Britain's top counter-terrorism official said. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said he was "absolutely confident" investigators would uncover details of the attackers' methods and network, the BBC reported Sunday. A Jeep containing gas cans was smashed into a terminal at Glasgow Airport Saturday, one day after two car bombs were found in London. Five suspects have been ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - The so-called "second tier" of Democratic presidential hopefuls is campaigning on the issues and experience. The Washington Times reported Monday Sens. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Joseph Biden of Delaware, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson are hoping one of the top three candidates falls aside in the way that Howard Dean lost the lead in 2004. Aides to the second-tier candidates told the Times they believe neither Sens. Hillary Clinton of New ... [full story]

DETROIT - Police in Detroit are looking for a woman who is believed to have shot a pedestrian while she was arguing with a motorist who bumped her car. Nicole Andretta Ecckles, 35, of Detroit is named in an arrest warrant with one count of first-degree murder, The Detroit News reported. Ecckles, who on June 18 allegedly was aiming a gun at a motorist she was arguing with, and fired a shot but missed -- ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government reported a steep decline in the number of methamphetamine labs found in the United States last year. The drop is being attributed to state and federal laws that restrict the sale of cold medicines and chemicals used to make the highly addictive stimulant, USA Today reported Monday. Statistics released by the Drug Enforcement Administration show last year police and drug agents found 7,347 methamphetamine labs and abandoned lab sites, a ... [full story]

An Idaho man was cited for following too closely in a three-vehicle crash that blocked Highway 97 for over an hour Saturday afternoon, deputies reported.  Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies, assisted by Oregon State Police, responded to the scene near milepost 159 about 1:30 p.m., June 30, Lt. Shane Nelson said. Preliminary investigation determined that Jeffrey Olaughlin, 47, of Salmon, Idaho was traveling north in a 2002 Freightliner semi-truck towing a box trailer when he rear-ended ... [full story]

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - A White House spokesman said not to expect major announcements from a meeting between U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Maine. "I would caution against expecting grand, new announcements. This is, in fact, an opportunity for two leaders to talk honestly and candidly with one another, and they get to -- they're the ones who are going to control the agenda," Tony Snow said Sunday, Voice of America ... [full story]

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy said he would consider contempt charges against the White House if he isn't provided documents related to the firings of U.S. attorneys. "If they don't cooperate, yes, I'd go that far," Leahy, D-Vt., and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "This is very important to the American people." The possibility of criminal contempt of Congress charges means the scandal over the White ... [full story]

ROCKFORD, Ill. - An Illinois woman born with underdeveloped hands and arms has filed a lawsuit over the treatment she received at a McDonald's restaurant in Rockford, Ill. Dawn Larson, who has a condition known as Holt-Oram Syndrome, said an employee working at the drive-in window refused to place the bag of food she ordered in her outstretched foot, The Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Larson said the employee made ... [full story]

ATLANTA - A text message from a cell phone sparked an investigation that helped Atlanta police free two kidnapped attorneys. David Deganian and Herman Hoying were feared dead after Deganian's brother received a text message that read: "We've been kidnapped. Please call police," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday. The two were reportedly on their way home from an East Atlanta nightclub early Sunday when they were abducted and taken to a house in Cabbagetown some ... [full story]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Wet weather has helped crews battling some Alaska wildfires but there was not enough rain to keep fire from edging into the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. A spokesman for the Alaska Division of Forestry said that crews have contained the Susitna River Fire near Trapper Lake and nearly tamed the more than 55,000-acre Caribou Hills Fire, The Anchorage Daily News reported Monday. Crews were using bulldozers, chain saws and shovels to cut ... [full story]