AP - A judge ruled Monday in favor of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling in her copyright infringement lawsuit against a fan and Web site operator who was set to publish a Potter encyclopedia.

AP - Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt.

Reuters - Hurricane Ike moved over warm Caribbean water off the Cuban coast on Monday after blowing off roofs, toppling trees and flattening sugar cane fields like a giant lawn mower on a path toward U.S. oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

AP - Stocks mostly advanced Monday as investors placed bets that a recovery in the financial and housing sectors is more likely to occur following the U.S. government's move to bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones industrials gained more than 150 points but the Nasdaq composite index declined as technology stocks lagged.

AP - The bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds appear in videos obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, lending weight to Afghan and U.N. allegations that a U.S.-led raid last month killed more civilians than the U.S. reported.