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Later this month, the Democratic Republic of Congo is scheduled to hold its first free elections in almost a half a century. They're the most expensive elections ever held in Africa, with international donors spending more than $400 million on the polls.

People living near the Susquehanna River in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., are returning to their homes as river waters recede. But flooding still threatens other communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other parts of the Northeast.

Darrell Scott grew up on a tobacco farm in Kentucky, just like his father, Wayne. Now Darrell is a Nashville singer and songwriter with albums and awards to his credit. And his father, at 71, is releasing a debut album.

NASA is hard at work trapping vultures near Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Space agency officials want to keep the four-to-six pound birds away from Saturday's shuttle launch.

As they get richer, China's entrepreneurs are becoming more politically active. In some parts of the country, 80 percent of elected village heads are local businessmen, blurring the lines between business and politics.

Nigerians are burying the dead killed in Friday's explosion of an oil pipeline. About 200 people died in the blast. The deadly fireball apparently occurred when people tried to tap the line for fuel.

Iraq's national security adviser has released a list of the country's most-wanted criminals. It includes Saddam Hussein's first wife and eldest daughter. The list was issued one day after the bloodiest bombing in Iraq in months killed more than 60 people.

Former Army interrogator Tony Lagouranis talks with Steve Inskeep about the tactics he used on Iraqi detainees, such as isolating them for weeks at a time. Lagouranis says that, overall, very little intelligence was gained through stressful interrogation tactics.

Israeli attack helicopters fired rockets at the offices of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh early Sunday, setting the building ablaze. There were no casualities in the attack. In another airstrike, a Palestinian militant was killed. It's the latest violence since an Israeli soldier was captured by Palestinians a week ago.

Benjamin Franklin, who has been has been called the most multi-talented figure in American history, spent some 16 years of his life in London. His life and accomplishments there are on display in the newly restored house where he lived.