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Three groups of U.S. military personnel who visited the scene of a U.S. Marine engagement that left 24 Iraqi civilians dead failed to report the incident up the chain of command, according to an Army general's new report.

Chicago Public Radio's Jason DeRose reports on a meeting of U.S. Episcopalians in Ohio. They are debating several key issues dealing with homosexuality.

The No Child Left Behind education law mandates that by year's end, every state should have ensured that every teacher is "highly qualified." Yet no state has met the federal government's requirements under this provision.

Abu Bakar Bashir, a militant Islamic cleric, walks out of an Indonesian prison after serving 26 months for conspiracy in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings. Some consider him the most dangerous man in South Asia. Others say evidence against Bashir was weak.

Driven by Doug Martsch's distinctive vocals, sprawling guitar heroics and intricate, catchy songwriting, Built To Spill melds epic jams with oddly jaunty pop-rock melodies in a way that scarcely disappoints. "Liar" sounds liberating and breezy, but still bracingly unpredictable and subtly intense.

Japan steps up pressure on North Korea, warning Sunday that "all options are on the table" if the communist state test-launches a long-range missile. The last North Korean missile launch in 1998 sparked a debate about Japan's national defense and strengthened its nationalist sentiment.

A new study comes to a conclusion that surprised even the researchers who conducted it: Middle-aged whites in England are significantly healthier than middle-aged whites in the United States. That's despite the fact that the United States spends twice as much per person on health care.

A draft flu-pandemic response plan from the federal government says a worst-case scenario could kill as many as 2 million people in the United States. The draft Bush administration plan is an update to the $7.1 billion in pandemic preparations that it proposed last fall. The plan outlines exactly which government agency is responsible for about 300 tasks.

A suicide bomb attack underlines an ongoing campaign to discourage Sunni Arabs from joining government security forces, killing 15 police recruits in Anbar province. And in Baghdad, authorities find the bodies of 16 Iraqi men who appear to be the victims of sectarian death squads.

On his transfixing debut, Nik Bartsch creates a five-part song cycle that highlights his immaculate piano playing and keen accord with his band Ronin. The Swiss-born pianist and composer calls Ronin's music "Zen-funk," an apt description for the magnetic "Modul 35."