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Gang-related violence in Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, has claimed nearly 200 lives in the last week. Now a police crackdown on the violence is raising alarms. Officers are accused of rounding up suspects, shooting them in cold blood and burying the victims in mass graves. Human-rights advocates claim innocent people are being killed and fear police are carrying out reprisal killings.

Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden easily wins approval as the next director of the CIA, replacing former congressman Porter Goss. Friday's vote was 78-15. Hayden overcame questions about a military officer taking over as head of the nation's spy agency.

Blackwater, a private security firm, wants to provide peacekeeping services in Darfur. Private contractors have been hired to provide security in Iraq and other places, with mixed results. But Blackwater says it could work under multinational supervision and help reduce civilian suffering.

The Senate is set to vote on a sweeping revision of immigration policy, the first in two decades. If it passes, a showdown is expected with the House over its version of the immigration bill.

The founders of Fania Records didn't set out to change the course of Latin music, but that's just what they did. The label went out of business in the late 1970s, and the records have since become hard-to-find collector's items. Now, a Miami-based record label is reissuing that music.

In the first of two essays about embryonic stem cells, commentator Terry Smith, recently diagnosed with diabetes, is hoping President Bush won't veto the bill. Smith is a former correspondent for Newshour. We'll hear another opinion on the issue of stem cells later this week.

In Jerusalem, talks are under way between United Nations and Israeli officials on the possibility of a cease-fire in the weeklong violence between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah. U.S. Marines helped Americans evacuate the region between Israel and Lebanon.

The appeal of soccer's quadrennial World Cup tournament baffles many Americans. With the world's greatest soccer players convening in Germany for the monthlong FIFA World Cup 2006 — where the United States team has hopes of contending for a top spot — we have tips for potential Cup viewers.

Toronto Mayor David Miller talks with Renee Montagne about an alleged terrorist ring that may have planned to bomb targets in Ottawa and Toronto. Most of the 17 terrorist suspects are to appear in court today for a formal hearing. Police expect more arrests related to the case.

Musician Bill Miller, Frank Sinatra's accompanist and musical collaborator for decades, died earlier this month. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was offers a remembrance of Miller's decades-long career and influential piano style.