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Democratic leaders are to meet Wednesday with President Bush to discuss war funds. Congress is likely to send the president a funding bill with a timeline for troop withdrawal. The president says he will veto any such bill.

Right at the top of a list of the country's most endangered rivers is New Mexico's Santa Fe. The American Rivers group says the river must be cleaned up — and it shouldn't be siphoned off for other purposes, either.

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales goes to Capitol Hill this week to defend the decision to fire eight federal prosecutors. The Justice Department released his prepared testimony over the weekend. In it, he concedes that mistakes were made.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf continues to work through the most serious political crisis since he took power in a coup several weeks ago. Musharraf suspended the country's chief justice and since then, public protests have increased. The question is whether this is the crisis that will bring down his presidency.

Pakistanis angry over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice hold their largest demonstration yet.

Most weight-loss diets work, as long as you stick to them. But studies show that most of us can't make ourselves stay with a diet long-term. Now, a growing focus on behavioral tricks may help people change the way they think about food and eating.

The Senate is expected to pass legislation that would expand the number of embryonic stem-cell lines eligible for federal research funding. The House passed similar legislation, but a presidential veto is expected.

Jennifer Ouellette's book The Physics of the Buffyverse explores the very real principles of science in a not-so-real world: the long-running TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Supreme Court rejects two Bush administration plans — one on global warming, the other on coal-fired power plants. The decisions are the latest in a string of setbacks the administration has suffered in the courts.

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.