SAN FRANCISCO — A coalition of private companies and government agencies is launching a grassroots marketing campaign to persuade more Americans to help combat global warming by using energy-efficient light bulbs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The victims’ advocates who dogged the Roman Catholic Church over sex abuse by its clergy have now turned their attention to the Southern Baptists, accusing America’s largest Protestant denomination of also failing to root out molesters.

SAN FRANCISCO — In Los Angeles, officials want to blanket the city with wireless Internet access that’s affordable to the masses. But their counterparts here can’t even give it away.

HANFORD — Authorities are working with San Joaquin County law enforcement in hopes of finding a man suspected of murdering his girlfriend Tuesday morning, just days after an eight-hour standoff with Kings County sheriff’s deputies.

SACRAMENTO — Shannon Corona had stomach surgery in 2004, but she has not been back to her specialist for a checkup in two years.

QAIM, Iraq — In farming communities along the Syrian border, U.S. Marines work with Iraqis to open health clinics and a job center and to improve trash collection and water delivery.

SALEM, Ore. — The three hikers rescued after a fall and an icy night on Mount Hood said Wednesday their survival techniques included exercise and pep talks.

INDIANAPOLIS — Like the auto industry, the computer programming field and the customer-service business, the state of Indiana is outsourcing.