Rescue crews responding to a wreck on a Los Angeles freeway found a driver fatally shot in the head Sunday, while another driver was shot and wounded in a separate attack in Long Beach, about 30 miles away. The shootings were the latest in a string of attacks on Southern California freeways that have alarmed motorists and authorities.

Gore plans new blitz to fight climate change

Former Vice President Al Gore will launch a three-year, $300 million campaign Wednesday aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, a move that ranks as one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history. The Alliance for Climate Protection's "we" campaign will employ online organizing and TV ads on shows ranging from "American Idol" to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."

Freedom Riders denied honorary degrees

Tennessee State University's governing board has voted not to grant honorary degrees to students expelled for participating in Freedom Rides in the 1960s. The vote was 7-5 with one member abstaining. Since the 1990s, at least six other Southern schools have denounced their decisions to expel students for participating in the rides, which challenged segregation of interstate travel facilities.

E-mail death notices spur animal adoptions

The Greenville, S.C., Animal Shelter says animal adoptions have increased by more than 100 per month since it started sending e-mails with pictures of animals scheduled to die. The facility began the mass e-mailings six months ago after Greenville County bought the shelter from the Humane Society. Before the e-mails, the shelter reported only an average of 35 adoptions per month. Now the average is 150.

Holes left in beach could put dent in wallet

Beachgoers who build sand castles on South Carolina's Isle of Palms soon could have to knock them down before they leave or face fines from $128 to $500. A proposal being considered by the City Council aims to keep the beach safe by keeping tourists from leaving large holes like one in which a policeman recently twisted an ankle.

No-copycat honor code turns out to be copied

University of Texas at San Antonio students who wanted to draft an honor code to discourage cheating and plagiarizing appear to have copied another school's code without attribution. The student in charge of drafting the code said it was an oversight, but cheating experts said Internet-era students too often think of their computers as cut-and-paste machines. "You Google it and here it comes," said Daniel Wueste, director of the Rutland Institute for Ethics at Clemson University. Parts of the UTSA draft matched word for word the online version of Brigham Young University's code. The UTSA students now plan to submit a draft to the faculty senate with a proper citation.