Insurgents attack in Kandahar in south Afghanistan, kill threeKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The powerful half brother of President Hamid Karzai urged the international aid community not to pull out of the troubled southern city of Kandahar, where insurgents attacked Tuesday night, killing at least three and injuring dozens.Iran foreign minister hopeful for nuclear fuel deal, no sanctionsTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday expressed optimism Tehran would soon strike a deal with the international community to provide his country with nuclear fuel — the latest in a new Iranian diplomatic push to stave off fresh U.N. sanctions over its controversial nuclear program.As part of the push, top Iranian officials have been courting some non-permanent Security Council members to pre-empt possible sanctions.Malcolm X assassin Hagen freed on parole from Manhattan prisonNEW YORK — The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45 years after he assassinated the civil rights leader. Thomas Hagan, the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a work-release program, state Department of Correctional Services spokeswoman Linda Foglia said.Man pleads guilty in last summer’s attack on Milwaukee mayorMILWAUKEE (AP) — The 21-year-old man accused of beating Milwaukee’s mayor last summer pleaded guilty Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors, averting a trial that was scheduled to begin next week in the attack at the Wisconsin State Fair.Anthony J. Peters was accused of turning on Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in August when the mayor allegedly intervened in an argument between Peters and his daughter’s grandmother outside the fairgrounds.Soldier arrested for assault of 52-year-old homeless man in OhioCINCINNATI (AP) — A soldier and another man have been arrested in the beating of a homeless man, and two other soldiers are suspects, police said Tuesday.Military police in Fort Knox, Ky., turned over 24-year-old Riley Feller to the Hardin County, Ky., sheriff’s office Tuesday. Feller was being held on a fugitive charge at the county jail.He will be arraigned Wednesday, pending extradition to Ohio.Cincinnati police say Feller, 24-year-old Michael Hesson of Cincinnati and two soldiers based at Fort Bragg, N.C., badly beat 52-year-old John Johnson on April 10 at a homeless encampment under a bridge.Package of bills would tweak La. parole requirement if passed(AP) — Louisiana, where one out of every 55 adults is incarcerated, could see its prison population gradually decline if a package of bills up for debate in the House this week is passed into law.The four bills mainly target nonviolent offenders, who make up 60 percent of the state’s inmates. The proposed laws would enable prisoners not serving time for violent or sexual offenses to be considered for parole sooner and earn early release for good behavior.Most of the bills would only apply to those convicted after Aug. 15, so it would be years before major reductions in prisoner numbers would be seen.Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc is a strong proponent of the bills.The House is scheduled to consider the proposals Wednesday and Thursday.La. family with drywall-tainted home awarded more than $164K(AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday awarded more than $164,000 to a Louisiana family whose home was ruined by Chinese-made drywall and said the tainted material must be removed.U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon’s latest ruling comes less than a month after he awarded $2.6 million to seven Virginia families. His earlier decision was the first of its kind for a batch of federal lawsuits over drywall-tainted homes.Drilling to begin to relieve pressure on well spewing oil in Gulf(AP) — BP plans to begin drilling a relief well by Thursday in a $100 million effort to take the pressure off a well that is spewing 1,000 barrels a day of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.