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Biden said Thursday he was sending paperwork to Congress to ratify Finland and Sweden's application to join NATO. The ratification process is expected to pass with bipartisan support.

The U.N. Security Council calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah militants. The plan envisions a 15,000-member U.N. peace force joining 15,000 Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon.

Host Debbie Elliott recaps reaction to Saturday's news of the suicide of three detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

President Bush makes a surprise visit to Baghdad to visit Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The president told the new leader and his Cabinet that the future of Iraq is in its citizens' hands, and that it's in the interest of the United States that the mission in Iraq succeeds.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, crippled by his support for the Iraq war, loses the Democratic nomination for a fourth term to political newcomer Ned Lamont, who portrayed him as an apologist for the Bush administration. He vows to stay in the campaign as an independent.

Thousands of Cuban Americans in South Florida await more news about Fidel Castro. U.S. authorities are preparing for a possible exodus of Cubans headed to Florida -- and Cuban Americans headed to their homeland.

Fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon is not likely to end anytime soon. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his position Wednesday when he told his Cabinet ministers that the offensive will continue "as long as necessary."

With the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon now in its ninth day, Israel is again warning the occupants of towns and cities in the southern part of the country to leave. Tyre has been the scene of some of the fiercest Israeli air strikes.

Greg Reyes, the former CEO of Brocade Communications, has been charged, along with two others, in a stock-options backdating scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the charges Thursday. They are the first in a stock-options scandal that is said to involve dozens of U.S. companies.

Members of the Chicago police routinely tortured suspects, predominantly black men, during the 1970s and '80s, special prosecutors say in a new report -- but the crimes are too old to file charges on.