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The man who became one of college football's great coaches during two decades at the University of Michigan has died. Bo Schembechler collapsed today during the taping of a television show. He was 77. Steve Carmody reports.

The U.S. can now ship civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India. The plan passed through the Senate easily Thursday night. It was a victory for President Bush. But critics say the deal sets a dangerous precedent, by rewarding a nuclear power that has refused to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Les Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, says U.S. forces may be defeated in Iraq, and the Bush administration should set up a plan to prepare for the consequences.

The people we have elected to City Hall are trying to deal with the inevitable backlogs of years of misgovernance. Much of the damage is financial, but some of it, sadly, is human. Old habits are being reviewed, and many seem long out of date.

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Both Democrats and Republicans are finding political ammunition in the four pages of the National Intelligence Estimate summary on global terrorism that was released Tuesday. President Bush and his allies say it bolsters their argument that Iraq is central to fighting terrorism -- but Democrats argue that the report proves the Iraq war has been a massive blunder.

In June, the Supreme Court struck down the military tribunals used by the Bush administration for trying suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo. Now, the president is calling on Congress to approve his proposal for a new system of military commissions. But authors of the Senate bill are clashing with the White House over whether to allow terrorism suspects access to the evidence against them.

Tom Ricks, a reporter for the Washington Post and author of the book Fiasco, says he's seen a persistent disconnect between U.S. strategy and U.S. tactics in Iraq. Ricks tells Steve Inskeep that the current U.S. strategy is being undermined by questionable tactics.

The House votes to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 over the next three years. The increase was part of a complicated and much debated package that includes a big cut in the estate tax and pension law changes.