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1. Minneapolis police have released an official list of the eight people they believe are missing in the collapse of a bridge. Rescuers say they will continue to search until all of the missing are found. In the meantime, hundreds of people are expec
1. President Bush's issued an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment of terror suspects. The White House isn't saying whether the C.I.A has a detention in the interrogation program, but says if it does, it must adhere to the new guid
1. A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan today, killing at least eight and injuring hundreds. The quake started a fire at one of the world's most powerful nuclear power plants, sending radioactive water into the Sea of Japan. 2. A judge in Los Ange
1. On California Santa Catalina Island, firefighters turned back flames threatening the island's main city. About 3,800 people have been evacuated. Wildfire worries are easing with the favorable forecast and the arrival of fire trucks and tankers. 2
1. A wildfire has burned more than 800 acres in downtown Los Angeles. Animals at the nearby city zoo were moved indoors and dozens of homes were evacuated. 2. There were more evacuations in Missouri where levees have been topped by rising flood wate
1. President Bush made a rare visit to Capitol Hill, lunching with GOP senators, making the case for immigration reform. The president says the status quo isn't acceptable. It's not clear Bush changed any minds among the measures legalizing millions
1. The Atlanta lawyer quarantined with a rare strain of tuberculosis is said to be doing well at a Denver hospital. The attending physician says Andrew Speaker has a very low level of contagion. Meantime friends of Speaker's are coming to his defens
1. A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights from Paris and from Prague earlier this month. We have no suspicion that this patient was highly infectious. In f
1. Thousands marched to the Pentagon Saturday to mark the upcoming 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq. There was a brief standoff with police, but overall, the demonstration was peaceful. 2. Thousands of travelers left stranded by a late winter stor
1. Al-Qaida's No. 3 man is now confessing to beheading Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal. Pearl was killed in Pakistan in 2002. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed also says he planned the 9/11 attacks. 2. Police are searching for a motive behind a New Yor
1. British sailors once held captive by Iran are greeted by the country's president who offered handshakes. He says the release of the 15 sailors is an Easter gift. Their sudden release defused a growing crisis between Iran and the West over the cap
1. President Bush has apologized to war vets about the shoddy conditions at Walter Reed. He visited the flagship military hospital on Friday, six weeks after news broke about the poor medical treatment and conditions some patients had to endure. 2.
1. A day to remember a civil rights great. In the nation's capital and Atlanta, hundreds turned out to honor Martin Luther King. The Atlanta History Center unveiled more than 600 of King's personal documents never before seen publicly. They include
1. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is laying out plans for withdrawing the country's troops in Iraq. He says 1,600 will be removed in the coming month, but adds the country will keep some forces there until at least 2008. 2. The jury in the CIA le
1. Gridlock in the US Senate on Saturday as the body debated Iraq strategy. When the votes were counted, they fell short of the tally needed for a non-binding resolution rejecting a troop buildup. The House passed its resolution. 2. A house fire in
1. The House has approved the resolution opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq. In the end, 17 Republicans joined Democrats in favoring the non-binding resolution. 2. Anna Nicole Smith's will lists her longtime companion lawyer Howard K.
1. Security has been increased at the Port of Miami. The FBI says 3 men of Middle Eastern descent were caught trying to slip past a checkpoint in a cargo truck. Authorities say the driver lied about being alone within the cab. The other 2 were found
1. The floodwaters are receding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, revealing just how much damage the high water has done. Meanwhile, those downstream are doing what they can to protect themselves from the coming deluge. 2. President Bush is in London for two d
1. Authority investigators are looking for one or more arson suspects linked to several wildfires burning across central portion of the state. A witness told investigators someone in a car was spotted dropping something into an open field and fires
1. White House says the killing of twotop al-Qaeda forces in Iraq is a potentially devastating blow to theterrorist network. US and Iraqi forces killed the two figures in anight-time rocket attack. 2. The sky has been carved up into three zones, brea