A private equity firm has a greed to buy the financially fragile San Diego Union-Tribune, the newspaper's parent company said Wednesday. The Copley Press Inc.

BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. _ Paul Johnson spotted the unusual S-shaped trail of a sidewinder in the dust and stopped the SUV on the empty road to have a look. No snake in sight, but there was another desert dweller crossing the ruts up ahead.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Disgraced former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham lashed out at the reporter who uncovered the corruption scandal that sent him to prison, telling him in a letter that his "constant cruelty" had nearly destroyed Cunningham's life.