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The Pentagon said Monday it is charging the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and five other al-Qaida prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes, saying prosecutors would seek the death penalty in all the cases.

Biofuels like corn ethanol have been hailed as climate-friendly fuels. But new research says that the global effects of losing agricultural land for corn ethanol production will result in twice the carbon emissions of gasoline. The finding could force major changes in the biofuels industry.

In the South, Thursday was another day of digging out the remains of lives upended by tornadoes Tuesday night. The death toll in five states climbed to 57. Emergency workers poured in to help survivors. In Sumner County, Tenn., local officials say they knew just what to do.

It was a day of rescue and recovery in Arkansas and other Southern states, as officials worked their way through the wreckage of last night's deadly tornadoes. At least 50 people were killed by strong storms and tornadoes that swept through the region

While voter rosters were far from perfect, the voters themselves were generally excited to be there and positive about the experience. & I was far from the only person there sporting the Mardi Gras beads, and & witnessed the utter joy on a recently naturalized man's face (he brought his certificate with him) when we gave him his first American ballot to vote.

They live here and there in San Diego from Chula Vista to Carlsbad. They are gay, straight, Latina, Jewish, Mormon and, uh, a surfer.

"Im a huge vampire fan," Niles said. "And in talking with Ben we wanted to make vampires scary again. I mean weve turned vampires into Count Chocula and teenage girls are dating them. Theyre not scary anymore. One thing Ben and I agreed on was that our vampires had to be feral vampires that look at humans as nothing more than something to feed on. "

The United Auto Workers union reached an agreement with Chrysler on a new labor contract after a brief walkout by assembly-line workers Wednesday. The union will now try to reach a new agreement with Ford.

Mods, rockers, new romantics, skinheads. It's the summer of 1983 and British youth culture is thriving. Margaret Thatcher is in office and it's a little more than a year after the Faulklands War, so there's a general conservatism to feel rebellious about. Twelve-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose in his first acting role) is a lonely kid who still grieves for his dad who died in the Faulklands. His mom (Jo Hartley) cares for him but is a bit disconnected from his life. After suffering abuse from kids on the last day of school, Shaun encounters a gang of skinheads. Contrary to what we might expect, the leader, Woody (Joe Gilgun), turns out to be friendly and takes little Shaun under his wing.