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Letter on Muslim radical roils GOP Senate race Website posts text contradicting Tom Campbell's claim of writing on behalf of donor Sami Al-Arian before 9/11. Terrorism and the Middle East are continuing to roil the Republican Senate contest after a letter written by former congressman Tom Campbell emerged that appeared to contradict statements Campbell and his aides had made about his dealings with a radical Muslim professor. The site where Chinese laborers were interred, their graves later forgotten, gets a memorial Transit agency builds a memorial at Evergreen Cemetery and will rebury remains that were excavated during Gold Line Eastside Extension. Lillian Chung Wong, 98, remembers visiting the potter's field outside Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights when she was a child to pay her respects to her grandfather, a railroad worker. U.S. Chamber of Commerce grows into a political force A swelling tide of money could put the business group in a better position to sway elections. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is building a large-scale grass-roots political operation that has begun to rival those of the major political parties, funded by record-setting amounts of money raised from corporations and wealthy individuals. Automatic 'yes' votes allow time for back-room dealing at City Hall Thanks to voting software, City Council members can hold meetings, give interviews, even grab a smoke while deciding the day's issues. Los Angeles City Council members have figured out how to be in two places at once. Nigerian massacre victims buried in mass grave Survivors say Christian villagers were trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsman in attacks with ethnic and religious overtones. Death estimates vary wildly, from 200 to 500. Reporting from Ratsat, Dogo Nahawa, Nigeria, and Lagos, Nigeria -- The victims of Sunday's sectarian massacres were buried in mass graves in central Nigeria on Monday as survivors told horrific stories of Christian villagers being trapped in nets and hacked to death by Muslim herdsmen. Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation Foreigners in the U.S. on student visas allegedly hired Eamonn Daniel Higgins to attend classes, write papers and take exams for them, authorities say. Eamonn Daniel Higgins spent seven years in college. Northrop Grumman drops bid for aerial refueling tanker contract The Century City company says the odds are stacked against a potential bid for the $35-billion Air Force contract because the revised specifications favor its rival, Boeing. Northrop Grumman Corp. said Monday that it was dropping out of the race for a $35-billion Pentagon contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers, leaving its rival Boeing Co. as the sole bidder for one of the largest military contracts in U.S. history. Obama adds fire to healthcare debate The president makes an impassioned plea to voters to call legislators and demand they do 'the right thing' and pass a bill rather than focus on the political repercussions. In an impassioned rally that evoked his campaign, President Obama left what he called the Washington 'echo chamber' Monday and urged voters to knock on doors and make phone calls to embolden members of Congress to pass heathcare legislation. Kidnapped, smuggled and worse A Mexican mother wanted only a better life for her daughter, 4, but the trip north took a terrible turn. The smuggler threatened to kill 4-year-old Nayli if he didn't receive $11,500 from her parents -- immediately. Al Qaeda agent held in Pakistan is not Adam Gadahn; the Riverside man is still at large Pakistani officials reverse earlier statements that they had arrested the spokesman and propagandist for the terrorist network. They now say the man seized in Karachi is a Pennsylvania native. The American Al Qaeda operative arrested in Karachi over the weekend was not the Southern California native wanted by the U.S. on treason charges for his involvement in the terror network, Pakistani intelligence officials said Monday.