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The Senate has approved a measure that would prohibit taking a minor across state lines to have an abortion without informing her parents. The 65-34 vote is the first time the Senate has approved such a bill -- many states already have laws covering such cases.

Israeli airstrikes target southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, on the fourth day of fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah forces. Lebanon's diverse communities are divided over Hezbollah's actions and the Israeli response.

Hezbollah bombs Haifa in northern Israel on Sunday, in the worst spate of violence yet. Rockets from the Labanese guerillas hit a train station where at least eight people died, and landed near an oil refinery and gas storage tanks. Residents hid in bomb shelters in the northern cities of Acco and Nahariya.

The ant photographs of Mark Moffett, a Harvard-trained ecologist, are often compared to art. He talks with Alex Chadwick about his latest article for National Geographic magazine on the hidden world of one of the most aggressive species of ant.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki calls for continued U.S. military and political support of his nation's fledgling democracy in an address to a joint session of Congress. Many congressional leaders -- particularly Democrats -- had criticized the Iraqi leader for failing to condemn the Hezbollah militants currently battling Israeli forces.

An independent investigation into last January's Sago mine tragedy -- in which 12 coal miners died -- does not pinpoint the cause of the explosion. But it cites a number of systemic breakdowns that led to the tragedy. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) received the report Wednesday. West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Anna Sale reports.

The war in Iraq is a key part of the war on terrorism, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told a joint session of Congress Wednesday. Maliki thanked the United States for removing Saddam Hussein -- and urged that U.S. troops not leave before Iraq is stable.

It's a big summer for Australian actress Toni Collette: She has two new films, in which she plays two very different mothers. Collette discusses her role as a manipulative and delusional woman in the dark drama The Night Listener.

A doctor and two nurses were arrested overnight in New Orleans, where they are charged with second-degree murder in connection with patient deaths at a city hospital. The deaths occurred in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina.

Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Pat Wallace, director of the National Museum of Ireland, about the recent discovery of an ancient book of psalms in the midlands of Ireland. The text, which survived in a peat bog, is thought to have been written more than 1,000 years ago.