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Protestors try to push a burning effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush towards a line of police during a protest against his visit in Guatemala City. (Photo by Gregory Bull / AP)

Another protest greets President Bush

George W. Bush touched down in Mexico for the final leg of his Latin American tour Tuesday, leaving indigenous Guatemalans to spiritually cleanse the sacred Iximche Mayan ruins the U.S. President visited earlier.

Australian

White House mulled firing all prosecutors

The chief White House lawyer floated the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys at the start of President Bush's second term, but the Justice Department objected and eventually recommended eight dismissals.

Yahoo! News

Gen. Pace calls homosexuality immoral

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly.

ABC News

Study: Many veterans return with mental illness

Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who received care from Veterans Affairs were diagnosed with mental health or psychosocial ills.

CNN

Army surgeon forced to retire amid scandal

Forbes

Casualty of war: Mental health

TIME

Viacom in huge copyright suit vs Google

Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said that it was suing Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion over unauthorized use of its programming online.

Reuters

Britain proposes 'binding' carbon targets

The British government has unveiled plans to set a "legally binding" target to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050.

BBC

Rising carbon emissions needs global effort: Exxon

Reuters

Elder Bush better after collapse

Former President George H.W. Bush was feeling good after being released from a California hospital, where he was treated after collapsing on a golf course.

Houston Chronicle

NATION

Sudan activists warn of massive deaths in Darfur

The Save Darfur Coalition, a group of international organizations based in Washington, DC, has warned of “death on a massive scale” in Darfur as rebel groups become “uncontrollable.”

Voice of America

'Reward wanted' for kidnapped BBC man

A BBC journalist missing in the Gaza Strip was kidnapped by a "well-known" group which wants a cheap reward, Palestinian government officials said today.

Telegraph

Somalia's president unhurt in mortar attack

Militants fired mortars at the presidential palace Tuesday, hours after the president moved in, but he was unhurt in the attack that killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded three of his siblings, officials said.

USA Today

POLITICS

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Evening Bulletin

Poll: Parties differ on 2008 prospects

If a new survey of registered voters is correct, a Democrat will win the 2008 presidential election, according to new CBS News/New York Times polls.

CBS News

Pundits have say on Sen. Hagel

A day after Nebraska U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel said he won't decide now whether to run for president, pundits and the public are mulling what it really means for 2008.

KETV.com

SPORTS

Big 12 coaches favor expanding NCAA tournament

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim has plenty of support from Big 12 coaches for expanding the NCAA tournament. Boeheim was surprised when the Orange were snubbed by the selection committee.

Sport Illustrated

Ex-Cowboys great Smith joins ESPN as NFL analyst

Former Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith was hired by ESPN as a studio analyst for its NFL pregame coverage.

ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Wikipedia enacts credential reform

Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy lied about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors to identify themselves.

San Jose Mercury News

Tracking of killer asteroids runs low on cash, time

NASA can find and track most of the nearby asteroids that could hit and damage the Earth, but there is not enough money in its budget to finish the project within a 15-year deadline.

CNET News

HEALTH

New Mexico prepares to pass compulsory HPV vaccine

New Mexico is about to pass legislation making it compulsory for girls going into the sixth grade to be vaccinated against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is known to cause cervical cancer.

Medical News Today

Cocoa boosts "good" cholesterol

Drinking cocoa each day may boost levels of HDL ("good") cholesterol, Japanese researchers report.

WebMD

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Regis to undergo bypass

Television icon Regis Philbin will undergo heart bypass surgery. He told viewers he began feeling chest pains and shortness of breath while in Los Angeles last week.

Canada.com

Comedian commits apparent suicide

Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Houston twins find 2.5-carat diamond

When 8-year-old twins Grace and Garrett Duncan poured out what they had picked up in a half-day of digging, a sharp-eyed parks worker quickly spotted their find — a 2.5-carat light-brown diamond.

Houston Chronicle

Violence against intimate partners at record low

Criminal violence against intimate partners fell by nearly two-thirds in recent years and has reached a record low, according to preliminary government figures.

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Secret hearings for 9/11 suspects start

Secret hearings for two suspected masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and a third terror suspect were held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

CBS News

The fastest-growing jobs in the U.S.

Baby boomers refashioned politics and continue to exert influence over the U.S. economy. Is it any wonder that many of the fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. owe their proliferation to boomers?

Forbes

N.Y.'s tragic lesson in safety

The only good that could come from the death of nine children is to keep other children from dying, and the word of the day was spoken by a NYPD school crossing guard. "Safety," Wanda Ortiz said.

New York Daily News

BUSINESS

Immigration debate squeezes some businesses

Businesses are hoping Congress will break the deadlock on immigration policy, worried that without uniform national standards, they will be subject to hundreds of laws that increase their legal exposure.

USA Today

Halliburton's Dubai move sparks outcry

U.S. oil services firm Halliburton Co. is shifting its corporate headquarters and chief executive from Houston to Dubai in a move that immediately sparked criticism from U.S. members of Congress.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Will Kyoto Protocol create financial needs?

Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry declared that becoming a direct party to the Kyoto Protocol would cause serious financial requirements for the Turkish economy.

Turkish Press

Unsafe water at top of China's list

Unsafe drinking water in rural areas topped last year's environmental concerns, according to a report from a non-governmental organization based in Beijing.

China Daily

EDUCATION

Private education in China is at cusp of a boom

Wang Yuean made an inspired decision when he, along with three other investors, bought sugarcane fields in Dongguan, China and constructed a school.

Bloomberg

Police arrest 40 students on theft charges

A scavenger hunt turned sour for 40 high school students when police in Laredo learned of it and arrested them on felony charges of theft and engaging in organized criminal activity.

Court TV

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Blogger has jail sentence upheld for insulting Islam

The Egyptian Appeal Court upheld the four-year prison sentence given to a blogger who had been convicted of insulting Islam and Egypt's president, court officials said.

Belfast Telegraph

TV anchor: I was sexually abused by Catholic priest

Thomas Roberts, a Headline News anchor since 2001, discusses being abused by a Catholic priest as a teenager in a CNN Behind the Scenes story.

CNN

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