NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to unveil an information-sharing program next month to give local law enforcement access to federal immigration data. Robert Mocny, acting director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program, said Homeland Security and the FBI are working to …

LONG BEACH, Miss. – Hurricane Katrina left only concrete slabs where houses once stood on blocks and blocks of beachfront streets in Long Beach on U.S. 90, just west of the storm-battered Mississippi Gulf casinos now staging a comeback. “Seems like two months ago,” Long Beach Mayor Billy Skellie said. …

ST. LOUIS – Fresh evidence shows that high energy prices and sagging home values are pinching the main driver of the U.S. economy — the Average Joe’s wallet. Retailers and economists say many Americans are waiting to buy big-ticket items and cutting back on frills. Homeowners are shelving plans to …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” July 31, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: You might have thought you heard it all, but no. Former Democratic Attorney General Ramsey Clark thinks President Bush has committed an impeachable crime for providing …

LOS ANGELES – This hasn’t been a few good days for Tom Cruise. First, Paramount Pictures announced its 14-year relationship with Cruise’s production company is history. Then, there are the Q scores. Those are a way of rating celebrity popularity. Click Here for the Tom Cruise Celebrity Center An executive …

WASHINGTON – Former NBA player Lonny Baxter was sentenced Wednesday to two months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of carrying a gun a few blocks from the White House. Baxter, who played with the Charlotte Bobcats last season, has been in jail since his arrest on Aug. 16, …

JERUSALEM – A senior army commander said Wednesday that Israel does not want to involve Syria in its current conflict with Lebanon. Brig. Gen. Alon Friedman, a senior commander on Israel’s northern front, told Army Radio that Israel’s current policy is not to attack Syria so long as Damascus does …

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Michael Jackson tried to fire the man he hired to produce a benefit recording for victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks after learning the associate once directed gay porn movies, according to the entertainer’s former lawyer. Zia Modabber testified Monday that he broke the news to …

LINCOLN, Neb. – Tom Osborne lost the Republican primary for governor, but his supporters aren’t giving up — they asked the Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a state law so they can run a write-in campaign for him in November. Osborne, a congressman and former University of Nebraska …

LOS ANGELES – Mel Gibson anti-Semitic remarks One media expert said Gibson irreparably damaged his career with his “crazy” behavior following his arrest by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies in Malibu early Friday. Charges of anti-Semitism were also leveled against the actor-director with the release of his 2004 blockbuster “The …