International
Libyan rebels enter Tripoli, arrest Gadhafi’s sons
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Euphoric Libyan rebels moved into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and moved close to the center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenders melted away. The opposition’s leaders said Gadhafi’s two sons, Seif al-Islam and Saadi Gadhafi, have been arrested.
Associated Press reporters with the rebels said they met little resistance as they moved from the western outskirts into the capital in a dramatic turning of the tides in the 6-month-old Libyan civil war.
 
Twenty-three killed, 15 injured in Kenya minibus crash
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A group of 23 relatives and friends were killed in central Kenya after their minibus lost control, hit the barrier of a bridge and crashed down a rocky slope before landing in a dry river bed, police officials said Sunday.
National police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the driver of the minibus may have fallen asleep before the crash late Saturday. The crash happened nearly 90 miles east of the capital, Nairobi. He said 15 passengers were seriously injured.
 
Fast-moving Tropical Storm Irene barrels toward Puerto Rico
PATILLAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Irene barreled toward Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday, packing heavy rains and winds that closed airports and flooded low-lying areas in the Leeward Islands.
The fast-moving storm, tracking west-northwest at roughly 18 mph, was taking an unpredictable path that left people in the islands of the U.S. Caribbean anxious about the winds and rain to come.
 
National
South Dakota district schools cut costs with four-day week
IRENE, S.D. (AP) — When the nearly 300 students of the Irene-Wakonda School District returned to school this week, they found a lot of old friends, teachers and familiar routines awaiting them. But one thing was missing: Friday classes.
This district in the rolling farmland of southeastern South Dakota is among the latest to adopt a four-day school week as the best option for reducing costs and dealing with state budget cuts to education.
 
Shortage in workers to fill ‘middle-skill jobs’
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The South has a shortage of workers to fill middle-skills jobs such as medical technicians and computer support workers, even as many four-year graduates struggle to repay student loans, according to a study released Sunday.
The report released by the National Skills Coalition during the Southern Governors Association meeting in Asheville shows that 51 percent of all jobs in the American South fall into the “middle-skills” category, requiring education and training beyond high school.
 
State/Local
Man arrested for slashing police car tires in Thibodaux
THIBODAUX (AP) — A 49-year-old man remains jailed in lieu of $48,000 bond after being accused of slashing the tires of dozens of patrol cars parked outside the Thibodaux Police Department headquarters.
The Daily Comet reports that Glenn Watkins was arrested Thursday and booked with 48 counts of simple criminal damage to property.
In a news release, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said the motive remains unclear, the investigation is continuing, and investigators haven’t ruled out the possibility that others were involved.
 
Agency OKs $500,000 grant to CATS
(AP) — State officials have agreed to allow the East Baton Rouge Mortgage Finance Authority to give $500,000 to the parish’s financially strapped bus system.
For now, the money is a grant, designed to help the Capital Area Transit System close a $1.5 million budget deficit and to keep buses running.
The Advocate reports the grant could convert into a loan, repayable over seven years if CATS receives a dedicated revenue source.
 
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