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Former Vice President Al Gore went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about the effects of global warming. He went face to face with global-warming critics in the Congress and told them that they need to act quickly, or the nation's grandchildren will pay the price.

Condoleezza Rice is traveling to the Middle East this week, her fourth trip in as many months. The U.S. Secretary of State is there for a new round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was more involved than he had previously acknowledged in the decision to dismiss eight U.S. attorneys in 2006, according to his former chief of staff. Kyle Sampson faced hours of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Opposition leaders in Russia have made waves by organizing unsanctioned demonstrations. The group Other Russia includes a former prime minister, a novelist and chessmaster Garry Kasparov.

The Senate Banking Committee grills top regulators and several of the nation's largest lenders about problems with sub-prime mortgages — and what regulators did and did not do to address them. About 14 percent of outstanding subprime loans are now delinquent by 30 days or more.

The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify Thursday before a Senate panel investigating the firings of eight federal prosecutors. Kyle Sampson will likely be asked if the dismissals were politically motivated.

At a White House news conference, President Bush covers a variety of subjects. He says Democrats who have declined to pass a war-spending bill satisfactory to the administration are wasting their time.

Iran's president announces that 15 British sailors and marines held since March 23 for allegedly straying into Iran's territorial waters will be freed. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies talks with Steve Inskeep.

A near drought of upsets in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship has some people asking, where's the excitement? About the only surprises so far have been Duke's loss to Virginia Commonwealth University and Notre Dame's loss to and Winthrop.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was "extremely upset" by statements his subordinates made as the U.S. attorneys scandal took over the front pages of newspapers, according to Department of Justice e-mails released Monday. The agency turned over some 3,000 pages to the Senate Judiciary Committee.