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Villanueva's journey has him back at Roosevelt

There are spider webs not nearly as entangled or twisted as the strange odyssey involving left-handed pitcher Martin Villanueva of Los Angeles Roosevelt.

In January, Villanueva, a two-time All-City selection, dropped out of school and left for Mexico after being told a contract he had signed with the Mexico City Red Devils made him ineligible for high school sports. The Red Devils play in the Mexican summer league and are under the jurisdiction of minor league baseball.

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Feb 19, 7:18 AM EST

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- After touring a neighborhood where some homes were completely destroyed and many others heavily damaged by a tornado, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley noted that 23 volunteers had come to help clean up one of the mangled homes.