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It has been reported that U. S. President Barack Obama and Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Monday discussed the two countries' efforts to combat drug trafficking.

Following their meeting at the White House, Obama said drug running and related crime have "the potential to be destabilizing throughout the region," and more needs to be done to combat them.

Authorities have said that a fire at an Atlantic City, N. J., casino resort caused smoke and water damage on three floors and led to the evacuation of some guests.

The Press of Atlantic City has reported that the fire broke out Sunday evening on the sixth floor of the Tropicana Casino and Resort, and was reported by resort security officials.

Atlantic City Fire Chief Dennis Brooks has said that the third, fourth and fifth floors sustained water and smoke damage.

Authorities have said that a student driver in California hit six pedestrians in a crosswalk, sending three of the victims to hospitals, one by airlift.

The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that Farhat Mohammed, 20, was learning to drive on her learner's permit and was with a licensed driver when she made a left turn on a Livermore, Calif., street and struck the six adults Saturday evening.

A 7-year-old who was shot in the head during what authorities said was a suspected murder-suicide in North Carolina was reported in critical condition on Monday.

The Charlotte (N. C.) Observer has reported that Destiny Minter, the only survivor of the shooting in Dallas, N. C., which left four people dead, was being treated at Carolinas Medical Center.

It has been reported that Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, being touted by some as a presidential prospect, says he's not ready to start thinking about the 2012 race.

The Republican governor has had a higher national profile recently, not just because of the BP oil spill looming off Mississippi's coast but also because of his fundraising for other Republican candidates across the country.

He's more concerned about the mid-term elections in November than the 2012 presidential election, Barbour told the Biloxi Sun Herald.

It has been reported that two Republican members of the U. S. Senate indicated Monday they will support financial reform legislation, signaling the bill might pass the Senate this week.

The New York Times has reported that Olympia Snowe of Maine and Scott Brown of Massachusetts said they were prepared to support the final version of the bill. The newspaper also said that the decision by Snowe and Brown to back the measure might give Senate Democrats enough votes to pre-empt a Republican filibuster.