By Georgia East, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Jul. 21--WEST PARK -- Residents may have to dig a lot deeper into their pockets to pay for fire protection and garbage collection.

By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. May 30--GRANITE CITY -- A man who scampered out a back door during a police raid was still running Tuesday from Granite City police and a charge of making methamphetamine, a police spokesman said.

By DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK - Before arriving at a TV studio Thursday for an interview to promote his memoir, Mike Wallace had a feeling that hundreds of people who had sat across from him with the cameras rolling would find familiar. "I was intimidated ahead of time, I have to say," he said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles city officials on Wednesday rejected a demand for $18 million by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. to end a lawsuit that accuses two former Los Angeles policemen of conspiring in the 1997 murder.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles city officials on Wednesday rejected a demand for $18 million by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. to end a lawsuit that accuses two former Los Angeles policemen of conspiring in the 1997 murder.