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One hundred eleven members of the armed services took the oath of citizenship atop the Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego Friday. The active duty service members hailed from 48 countries. Though the

The film begins in 1989 with the Democratic Congressman from the Second Congressional District of Texas receiving an award for the role he played in the defeat of Communism. Previously known more for his drinking and womanizing, this once obscure congressman became known for leading Congress into backing the largest CIA covert operation supplying the Afghan Mujahideen in its efforts against the Soviets in Afghanistan. The film then flashes back to tell us how Wilson got to that podium to accept that award.

The U.S. national basketball team, led by coach Mike Krzyzewski and NBA stars such as Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James, loses to Greece in the semifinals of the world basketball championships. The team was unbeaten in its first seven games before falling to a veteran Greek team.

Here's the lowdown on the plot. Apparently people have been teleporting for centuries. These people are known as jumpers, and for centuries there have been other people --called Paladins -- hunting them down.

Former President Bill Clinton is spending more time on the road by himself plugging Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the senator from New York. His campaign celebrity is being matched by Oprah Winfrey for Sen. Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat challenging Clinton.

For Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, winning the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature completes a turnaround from his being tried on charges of "insulting Turkishness." The charges against Pamuk, Turkey's most internationally renowned novelist, were eventually dropped.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says he wants $700 billion to fund the Pentagon and the war in Iraq. If he gets it, he will preside over the equivalent of what would be the tenth-largest economy in the world. Secretary Gates explained the Pentagon's budget request to lawmakers Wednesday.

Changes in Washington give the impression that the United States may be ready to change direction on Iraq policy. But the alternatives to current policy are few, and there are doubts that any of them will change the outcome of the war.

How prevalent is cheating in school nowadays, and what can be done to prevent it? We speak to the authors of the new book "Cheating in School: What We Know and What We Can Do," about maintaining academic integrity in the 21st century.

Over the next few days, about 3,500 peacekeepers from France, Italy, and other European nations are expected to begin deploying in southern Lebanon. This falls well short of the numbers the U.N. Security Council approved. There's still concern about the mandate. Israel is refusing to let some countries participate, and others will sign on -- but only if they can work from a distance, such as from ships off Lebanon's shore.