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Moammar Gadhafi's regime launched several new airstrikes in the oil port of Ras Lanuf to check the rebel advance west toward Tripoli, as Libyan troops bore down on the western town of Zawiya. Meanwhile, opposition leaders said they rejected an offer of negotiations from Gadhafi's government.

The U.S. Forest Service cancels a Clinton administration policy that banned road building in nearly 60 million acres of national forests. The agency also sets out a new policy that will give governors a say in what happens in these areas. Critics say they will fight the change, which they say opens pristine wilderness to commercial interests.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin begins her vice presidential campaign as a self-proclaimed reformer. But as a mayor and as governor, she defended the pork brought home by Alaska's congressional delegation, and even hired a lobbyist to get more.

Dianne Feinstein is leading an effort in the U.S. Senate to make cars more fuel efficient. Jodi Breisler reports from Capitol Hill.

Twelve percent of second-generation Arizona Latino voters say they support the new law, according to a recent Latino Decisions poll. One second-generation Mexican-American in Arizona says illegal immigrants need to get in line for immigration papers, just like his family did.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced an opinion from the bench just 24 hours after the death of her husband because, she said, "Marty would have wanted it this way." Her marriage to Martin Ginsburg, who died June 27 at 78, was a 56-year marathon of love and support.

During the twists and turns of Proposition 8, motions and tempers have run high on both sides. There has been a lot of posturing and name-calling, both subtle and the in-your-face variety. What there hasn't been is much rational discussion between the parties.

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday agreed to overturn a 32-year-old ban and allow broadcasters in the country's top 20 media markets to own a TV or radio station and a newspaper in the same market. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin pushed the vote through despite strong opposition.

Vaccines have been wildly successful in taming killers like polio and measles, but some require boosters to stay effective. A few parents wonder if getting sick and gaining a natural immunity is better than giving their children vaccines.

A federal judge has to decide whether to overrule President Bush on sonar testing restrictions. The Navy wants to conduct the tests off the San Diego coast. Environmental groups claim the exercises ha