ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A top Army investigator has apologized to New Mexico National Guard soldiers who were ordered to strip to their gym shorts and were searched for gang tattoos while they were on duty in Kuwait.

No tattoos were found on the 58 members of Task Force Cobra, made up of soldiers from Guard units around New Mexico.

Task force members and the commander of the New Mexico National Guard, Brig. Gen. Kenny Montoya, have alleged the unit was targeted because of its large number of Hispanic soldiers.

In a letter, Brig. Gen. Rodney L. Johnson apologized "for the manner in which this investigation was conducted and the loss of trust that has resulted."

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Call it crustacean discrimination.A lobster caught last weekend by Steve Hatch and his uncle, Robert Green, was spared from being cooked and ripped apart on a plate because of its color.The 1½-pound clawed creature is bright blue, the result of an extremely rare genetic mutation.It turned up Sunday morning in one of Hatch and Green's lobster traps at the mouth of the Thames River."I've heard about them but this is the first one I've ever seen," Hatch said.Later that afternoon, he put the lobster in a cooler and brought it to the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration.Catherine Ellis, curator of fish and invertebrates at the aquarium, said only one in 3 million lobsters are "true blue," meaning their color is the result of genetics and not the environment.