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Even Republican members of Congress are proposing alternatives to President Bush's ideas for overhauling Social Security. A look at proposals from three Republican senators.

High oil prices are expected to be a key topic when President Bush and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah meet Monday at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas. Youssef Ibrahim, managing director of Strategic Energy Investment Group, discusses the meeting and oil prices, which are more than $55 a barrel.

Editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has won fans for the edgy messages often found in his seemingly conventional drawings. Now Anderson has won a Pulitzer for his work.

Syrian forces are withdrawing from Lebanon after nearly 30 years. The troops are gathered in the eastern Bekaa Valley, which has housed a host of radical groups over the decades. A look at the changes wrought by the impending withdrawal.

In Tennessee, proposed federal cuts in some areas of drug enforcement may affect the ability of authorities to seize methamphetamine -- or meth -- labs in rural communities. In 2004, Tennessee ranked second nationwide in the number of meth labs seized. From member station WUOT in Knoxville, Matt Shafer Powell reports.

The Air Force Academy says it is taking measures to address concerns that Evangelical Christians exercise too much influence at the school and are trying to force their religion on others.

A series of new studies shows that the medical malpractice crisis around the country is real. But the solutions sought by doctors may not solve the problem.

William Donaldson announced Wednesday that he would leave the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30. The outgoing SEC head is widely considered to have been a surprisingly aggressive advocate for reform.

The Federal Reserve again has boosted the cost of borrowing for millions of consumers by raising short-term interest rates. The quarter-point hike -- the eighth since June 2004 -- bumps a key bank lending rate to 3 percent.

Partisan tensions in the House of Representatives appear to have reached a new high. Lawmakers spent hours Tuesday night debating the fallout from a parental-consent bill passed last week. Democrats accused the Republican majority of deliberately misrepresenting amendments offered at a committee voting session on the measure.