CLEVELAND (AP) - A judge ordered a union representing more than 8,000 striking Union Pacific engineers to halt the walkout, which threatened to disrupt the nation's largest rail carrier, the company said.

Dear Heloise: This is a comment on a recipe for "War Cake" featured in your column.

Dear Heloise: Everyone should put their house numbers up on their buildings or houses. Fire departments say you also should put the numbers on the back of your building or house in the back alley.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - At least two newspapers pulled Wednesday's installment of Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" comic strip over a panel in which a character accuses George W. Bush of cocaine abuse. One of those newspapers also pulled Thursday's strip.

Dear Heloise: A while back, you published a recipe for UNCOOKED FUDGE. The ingredients included cream cheese, powdered sugar and chocolate.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - As the manhunt continues for seven prison escapees wanted in a police officer's death, authorities are looking into possible security lapses that may have set the stage for the prison break.

Dear Heloise: This is in response to your item in the San Antonio Express-News about the woman strapping her purse into a shopping cart: