Firefighters gain upper hand in Florida
Assessment teams plan to fan out around Palm Bay, Florida, on Tuesday to gauge the damage done by a wildfire that continues to burn.
House, Senate defy Bush on oil reserves
The Senate voted 97-1 Tuesday to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for six months in an effort to bring gas prices down, a move President Bush opposes.
Three names retired from hurricane list
Three names -- Dean, Felix and Noel -- were permanently retired from the list of Atlantic hurricane names after storms bearing those monikers in 2007 caused damage in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and elsewhere, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
