- National News

	House to punish Bush for administration misconduct? A House panel holds hearings today on alleged misconduct by the Bush White House.
	Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday The Senate has cleared the last hurdle to passing a massive housing rescue bill.
	Gas prices drop again Triple-A's daily Fuel-Gauge report puts the national average price of a gallon of regular this morning at a fraction over $4.
	Slackened rules for food industry comes back to bite government An easing of government rules on the amount of paperwork the food industry has to keep appears to be hampering a federal probe into what caused the recent salmonella outbreak.
	Overhaul needed in search for HIV vaccine Frustrated researchers say developing an effective AIDS vaccine is going to require "enormous intellectual leaps."
	Three shot at Phoenix community college Phoenix police say they've arrested a suspect in today's shootings at a community college.
	Report urges overhauling how passports are issued Congressional investigators are recommending that the State Department overhaul the way it handles passport applications.
	GOP kills effort to release oil from U.S. stockpile House Republicans have killed a Democratic effort to release 70 million barrels of oil from the government's emergency stockpile.
	Crane fall kills man watching construction Firefighters say a crane fell while putting a steeple on an Oklahoma City church, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who was watching the construction.
	Feds: Collapsed Utah mine operator courted danger Federal regulators say the operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins.