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A new study from Stanford University suggests that pollution from ethanol could be even worse than from traditional gasoline. Study author Mark Jacobson, of Stanford's department of civil and environmental engineering, explains.

The former CIA director says the decision to invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein was made without "serious discussion." He says intelligence that did not support an invasion rationale was ignored.

The New York publishing world is buzzing about The Savage Detectives, a novel by the late Chilean author Roberto Bolano that was published almost a decade ago.

The new head of the U.N. World Food Program is visiting Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and millions have been displaced by fighting between African rebels and Arab militias known as janjaweed, which are backed by government troops.

President Bush and other supporters of the surge in Iraq say that if U.S. troops withdraw, the terrorists "will follow us home." But many military and intelligence analysts say the U.S. presence in Iraq - and elsewhere in the Middle East - is what really upsets the terrorists and mobilizes their base.

Legendary Grambling football coach Eddie Robinson has died at the age of 88. Robinson won more than 408 games in his 57-year career. Robinson said he tried to coach each player as if he wanted him to marry his daughter.

Immigration rights activists are calling for rallies and boycotts Tuesday against a federal crackdown on undocumented workers. In Chicago, one woman has avoided deportation for eight months by taking refuge in a church.

Lt. Gen. David Petraeus arrives this week as the new U.S. commander in Iraq. His career has been marked by building and maintaining key relationships with superiors and subordinates.

Protesters say the release, which won the endorsement of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog last week, sets a bad precedent that may encourage other countries to dispose nuclear waste into sea.

An article in Smithsonian magazine examines how artists were enlisted to sculpt new faces for soldiers disfigured in World War I.