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Israeli troops and armored vehicles pull out of the West Bank city of Nablus after a two-day security operation, leaving behind a trail of smashed cars, broken windows and angry Palestinians. It was the largest military sweep in the West Bank in months. Israeli officials say Nablus has become the center of planned attacks on Israel.

Kinston native Christopher Rogerson will be District Court Judge in District 8, serving Greene, Lenoir and Wayne counties. Craig James will be District Court Judge in District 11, serving Johnston, Harnett and Lee counties.

Speaking at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., former Massachusetts Gov. Republican Mitt Romney announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential race. He introduced himself as a political outsider with the managerial skills necessary to fix a flawed government.

From blockbusters like Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth to smaller films like Deliver Us From Evil, documentaries are drawing large audiences. But some worry that the Academy's new rules could hamper that trend.

A bar conversation in Dublin about Ireland's status as the home of "the world's loudest bat" intrigued Abinadi Meza. If humans could hear the bat, it would be like a jumbo jet taking off next to our ears, the claim went. It was enough to send Meza out with electronic gear to try to find the bat, and capture its sound.

In the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama, Scott plays a man who has a chip implanted in his brain that allows him to sever his work and home lives. In reality, Scott says, it's not so easy to separate the two.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is facing a growing political crisis. After he suspended the country's chief judge, several other judges resigned in protest and hundreds of lawyers took to the streets.

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Employee Free Choice Act. Richard Hurd, Professor of Labor Studies at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. looks at the prospects for the labor movement under the new Democratic-led Congress.

The French presidential election is no longer the simple two-horse race that political pundits had predicted, as a third candidate, Francois Bayrou, has shot up in the polls. Bayrou, who calls himself a centrist, is running just behind the Conservative and Socialist candidates.

Senate Democrats are taking preliminary steps toward an immigration bill this week, although the obstacles remain daunting. The biggest roadblock is that there is no agreement yet on just what bill the Senate should take up.