President Bush extended a law that could give some of the thousands of interpreters working for the American military refuge in the US under a special visa program.
Doctors and aid workers returning from remote areas are offering a less pessimistic picture of the human cost of the delay in reaching cyclone survivors.
AP - With Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them.
AP - President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, echoing a call by GOP presidential candidate John McCain.
AP - Serenaded by a gay men's chorus, showered with rose petals and toasted with champagne, hundreds of tearful same-sex couples got married across the state Tuesday in what some are calling California's new Summer of Love.
President Bush and Sen. John McCain are both calling for an end to the ban on offshore drilling. McCain said the move would help reduce dependence on foreign oil and combat rising gas prices, and a spokesperson said Bush would push Congress on the matter Wednesday. Sen. Barack Obama blasted McCain for changing his stance.
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared Tuesday in a video broadcast on Cuban television, the first scenes of the ailing revolutionary leader released since January.