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College waitlists are growing. For many students, they offer hope of admission. That's not always the case.

Russia put a new commanding general in charge of operations in Ukraine. The move comes after several top Russian military leaders died during the invasion which has taken longer than Russia expected.

The next CIA director may be Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, an aide to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Porter Goss said Friday he will leave the top CIA post. Did he jump or was he pushed?

Iraq's parliament approves a government that includes a new prime minister and additional representation for Sunni Muslims. The so-called unity government is to serve for four years.

Even while the curfew was lifted, tanks patroled the streets amid a state of emergency. The Indian Ocean nation faces a political vacuum — on top of a severe economic crisis.

After months of squabbling, the House Ethics Committee finally agrees to meet. But the partisan standoff over Majority Leader Tom DeLay may continue, as the Republican committee chairman insists that his top aide run the committee staff; Democrats say the move violates panel rules.

The humorist, who made his name with personal essays and other nonfiction, tells Steve Inskeep that his return to fiction kept taking him to surprising places. But the unhappy endings? Those he could have predicted.

Tamil is a language known for its poetry, but commentator Sandip Roy knows it has another side. Dime-store pulp fiction has a large Tamil-speaking following — and a newly translated anthology is coming to America.

In times of great danger, some survivors report encountering a phantom presence, which guides them to safety. Writer John Geiger chronicles the phenomenon in his new book, The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible.

Tracy Morgan, a Saturday Night Live alumnus and one of the stars of NBC's 30 Rock, has a new memoir — I Am the New Black — about growing up in what he calls "Ghetto, USA."