U.S. raises airline threat to highest level in response to British threat By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer (AP) - WASHINGTON - The U.S. government raised its threat warning to the highest level for commercial flights from Britain to the United States early Thursday, in response to a terror plot thwarted in London.

Pastor's Wife Wants Statements Tossed By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press Writer (AP) - SELMER, Tenn. - Attorneys for a minister's wife accused of killing her husband in their small-town parsonage asked a judge Wednesday to throw out her statements to police, claiming she was arrested illegally.

Feds Target Migrants ordered Deported By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press Writer (AP) - MABLETON, Ga. - Around 5 a.m., loud banging on a front door quieted a chorus of crickets on a pine-ringed road in this Atlanta suburb.

Alaska Freezes Hiring Over Oil Shutdown By MATT VOLZ Associated Press Writer (AP) - JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Frank Murkowski imposed a state hiring freeze Wednesday because of the millions of dollars in revenue Alaska is losing as a result of the Prudhoe Bay oil field shutdown, and said he would support hearings into BP's maintenance practices.

Wyo. to Sue Over Feds Wolf Management By BEN NEARY Associated Press Writer (AP) - CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The state will sue the federal government for rejecting Wyoming's request to take over management of its wolf population, which prey on livestock, officials said Wednesday.