Kandahar governor demands more forces, NATO helps after explosionsKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan’s largest southern city Sunday after a series of explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland — the target of the war’s next major offensive by Afghan and international forces.Search continues after avalanche hits Canadian snowmobile gatheringREVELSTOKE, British Columbia (AP) — An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada’s Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said.Rescuers were still scouring remote Boulder Mountain early Sunday morning, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.Probe raises questions about drivers’ description of runway PriusSAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a draft memorandum obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that casts doubt on the driver’s story.US missionary detained in Haiti released, returns home to Idaho BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. missionary released from a Haiti jail last week has returned to her home in Idaho.Twenty-four-year-old Charisa Coulter arrived at the Boise Airport Saturday night where her father, several other Idaho missionaries who had been detained and dozens of others welcomed her by singing “Amazing Grace.”Coulter is a diabetic and had medical difficulties during her five-week confinement. She was freed March 8 but spent about six days in Florida recuperating after leaving Haiti.Pacquiao dominates Clottey from start to win lopsided decisionARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is one.With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell Saturday night to retain his welterweight title and cement his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.The fight wasn’t close, and it was never in doubt. It was so one-sided that even those in the cheap seats among the crowd of 50,994 could tell without looking at the giant video screens over the ring that Pacquiao was in total command.Landrieu: Time to get tough on owners to repair Katrina damageNEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ mayor-elect says it’s past time for City Hall to get tough on owners who have not repaired damage from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.He notes that some surrounding communities already have set cutoff dates to fix property or face harsh penalties.At a news conference last week, he said that — almost five years later — it’s time to enforce building and residence codes. He says it’s no longer enough to board up a house and keep the yard mowed.About 60,000 buildings in the city are considered blighted.Landrieu will take office in May. Before then, he said he plans to meet with Louisiana Recovery Authority officials to discuss redirecting some of the unallocated federal money it controls toward blight eradication.Atchafalaya Basin crawfish trappers’ suit is now in federal court LAFAYETTE (AP) — A lawsuit claiming that pipeline dredging has hurt Atchafalaya Basin crawfish trappers is now in federal court.The suit alleges that ridges left along dredged areas, called spoil banks, have created stagnant, dead areas of water in the area known as Buffalo Cove.Four hundred companies asked about ties to parish ex-adminGRETNA (AP) — The Jefferson Parish Council asks every company making money on a parish contract whether it also does business with an insurance agency owned by the former parish administrator.Deputy Parish Attorney Louis Gruntz says the 404 letters already have brought one more parish contractor to disclose business with Lagniappe Industries, owned by Tim Whitmer and his wife, Dawn.