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By failing to convince the Senate on a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, the Democrats continue to struggle with the war issue. Meanwhile, violence continued in Iraq; and the U.S. military stepped up investigations into the killing of Iraqi civilians. Scott Simon reviews the week's news with Daniel Schorr.

About 10,000 Israeli troops are now fighting across a wide stretch of southern Lebanon in an expanding offensive. Hezbollah struck back Wednesday with one of the heaviest rocket barrages of the three-week-old war. At least 150 rockets hit Israel, killing one.

The National Academy of Sciences weighs in on a feud over global warming. At issue is a study that found the Earth is hotter now than it's been in a thousand years. Some use that as an argument that global warming has already pushed the world into extreme climate territory.

In a report released Thursday, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee calls the depth and breadth of misconduct by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and ex-Congressional aide Michael Scanlon, "astonishing."

National Assembly of Cuba president Ricardo Alarcon says it will be "some weeks" until Fidel Castro returns to power. The Cuban president is recovering from surgery after giving his brother, Raul Castro, responsibility for running the country until he's back on his feet.

Three years ago, much of the Northeast and parts of the Midwest went dark. At the time, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson described the United States as a First World country with a Third World power grid. What's changed since then?

In a remote region of Russia's Arctic Far North, residents say they're the latest victims of President Putin's drive to reshape his county into a global power. Last month, authorities jailed the region's governor, Alexei Barinov, on charges of fraud and embezzlement. But citizens say the move was part of a plan.

One of the Marines charged in connection with the killing of a civilian in Hamdinia, Iraq, is 20-year-old Pfc. John Jodka. The San Diego native has been in the military for barely a year; he is the most junior member of the squad charged in the incident.

The Senate rejects two Democrat-sponsored amendments that would begin the process of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. Despite widespread doubts that the measures would pass, the debate was the most ferocious since the invasion of Baghdad in 2003. Since that time, 2,500 Americans have died in Iraq.

Agents in Miami have arrested seven men who are indicted on terrorism charges. The seven are accused of conspiring to provide support to al-Qaida and planning to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago, along with some government buildings in Miami.