News Bits!

- Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho will remain in the Senate despite calls for his resignation.
- Myanmar junta summons U.S. envoy for talks.
- Ig Nobel awards celebrate jet-setting Viagra-using hamsters and our military's attempt to make a "gay bomb."
- East Sixth Street, between Pedernales and Robert Martinez, now open after yesterday's train accident caused it to be closed.
- North Korea agrees to dismantle "all" of its nuclear facilities by the end of the year.
- Iraqis push for Blackwater guards to be on trial for shooting incident.
- Bill passed by House of Representatives promises to bring all United States government contractors in the Iraq war zone under the jurisdiction of American criminal law.
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