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European health officials say that 266 confirmed cases and 58 suspected cases of an outbreak have been reported throughout Europe and in North America. The vast majority of the cases are in children.

Israel said it targeted known Hezbollah strongholds or areas used to launch rockets. But a former Israeli prison may have been hit to erase evidence of what happened there during an earlier Israeli occupation.

Israeli forces enter Lebanon in a search for two soldiers captured by Hezbollah militants during clashes along the border. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the abduction "an act of war."

A record-breaking wave of African migrants is inundating the Canary Islands. So far this year, more than 22,000 have reached the Atlantic archipelago that belongs to Spain. Nearly 800 poured in Tuesday, one of the busiest days ever. The migrants know that when they reach the Canary Islands, they are effectively in Europe.

Chevron and two other oil companies announce that they have successfully tested a new oil well deep in the Gulf of Mexico. An exploratory oil rig, drilling to a record-setting depth and pressure, flowed at a rate of 6,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and the find has the potential to be a significant new energy source.

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard confirms it ousted a board member for media leaks. But HP's internal probe of directors' phone records has prompted another board member to quit in protest, and the SEC is investigating.

A group of meteorologists says global warming probably isn't responsible for an apparent dramatic increase in the strength of extreme storms during the past few decades. The group says that, until 1990, even the best satellite data tended to underestimate the wind speed of storms.

The states were not counted equally well for population totals used to determine their share of political representation and federal funding for the next 10 years, a new Census Bureau report shows.

Pentagon officials have reportedly decided to omit a Geneva Convention rule against "humiliating and degrading treatment" of detainees from a new Army manual. Alex Chadwick speaks to Los Angeles Times reporter Julian Barnes, who broke the story about the Pentagon's proposal.