AP - Four explosions rocked the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and prompting fears that sectarian violence was continuing following last week's bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine.

AP - Republican congressional leaders had hoped to curtail bipartisan outcries over a United Arab Emirates-based company's pending takeover of some U.S. port operations by brokering an agreement for a new investigation of the deal's potential security risks.

AP - Some may question the appropriateness of having a raucous party in a city still devastated and in mourning six months after Hurricane Katrina. But for Monk Boudreaux and Pete Fountain, tradition is thicker than flood water.