Mexico arrests drug trafficker ‘King of Heroin’ with ties to USMEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal police have arrested Mexico’s “King of Heroin,” a powerful drug trafficker allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said Thursday. Jose Antonio Medina, nicknamed “Don Pepe,” was arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday.Qatari government forces out  moderates from top Islam Web siteCAIRO (AP) — The Qatari government has forced out the moderate leadership of a popular Islamic Web site and plans to reshape it into a more religiously conservative outlet, former employees of the site said Thursday.Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, the cleric who co-founded IslamOnline and is known as a relative moderate, is no longer the head of al-Balagh, the company which funds the Web site.Arizona teen, a Liberian refugee, to be tried as a juvenile for gang-rapePHOENIX (AP) — A teenage Liberian refugee charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl will be sent to the juvenile system for therapy and released in less than three years, rather than face more than 25 years in prison if convicted as an adult, a Phoenix judge ruled Thursday.The 15-year-old, who is not named because of his age, was 14 at the time of the July assault and had been the only one of four boys charged as an adult. All the children involved are refugees from the war-torn West African nation of Liberia.Eisenhower Memorial would include 80-foot columns, metal ‘tapestries’WASHINGTON (AP) — A national memorial to former president and World War II general Dwight D. Eisenhower would include eight-story columns and metal “tapestries” of photos, according to plans announced Thursday in Washington.Architect Frank Gehry designed the memorial, but it still needs some $80 million in funding and the approval of federal agencies to be completed. A commission overseeing its construction wants to have it finished by 2015. Planning for the Eisenhower memorial began more than a decade ago and the site was selected in 2006. California ghost town sinks into mud; ducks, geese, wildlife returnALVISO, Calif. (AP) — A ghost town that was once a weekend getaway for San Francisco Bay area residents is slowly sinking into mud, and officials said the best option is to let it be buried.The town of Drawbridge, at the far reach of Alameda County, is part of a $400 million effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore bay wetlands.About 20 buildings remain in the marshy area and as they sink, ducks, geese, shorebirds and other wildlife return.Governor Jindal orders partial La. spending freeze on nonessentials(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered a partial freeze Thursday on state spending for travel, supplies, contracts and nonessential services in most state government agencies, as Louisiana struggles with its second deficit this year.Economists haven’t given a formal projection of the shortfall in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30. But estimates range from $100 million to more than $400 million, and lawmakers and the Jindal administration already are preparing agencies for another round of budget cuts, on top of $248 million in reductions Jindal ordered earlier this year.”The responsible approach is to begin planning now and to begin reducing expenditures now,” said Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis, the governor’s top budget adviser. “If it’s non-critical spending, we need to curtail it immediately. It’s imperative that we aggressively pursue savings.”Tulane hires ex-Saints coach Tom Haynes to defensive secondary NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans Saints coach has been hired to coach Tulane’s defensive secondary.Tom Hayes replaces Greg Jackson, who resigned earlier this month to accept a similar position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Tulane announced Hayes’ hiring Thursday.Man claims alligator bit him, but propeller was probably culpritMONROE (AP) — A swirl in the dark water of Black Bayou Lake. followed by a sharp stabbing injury to his arm after he fell into the water, led a man to believe he was bitten by an alligator.But Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agent Capt. Alan Bankston says there was no alligator involved.Bankston says while boat owner Danny Soles was in the water, the boat’s propeller hit Soles’ arm.