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At least 345 people are trampled to death and more than 200 are injured in Saudi Arabia on the last day of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Muslim pilgrims, participating in a stoning ritual on the desert plain of Mina outside Mecca, tripped over baggage, causing the crush.

Renowned Texas musician Charlie Sexton has been hailed for his amazing guitar talent since his youth. His newest album, Cruel and Gentle Things, combines autobiographical experiences and impressionistic imagery.

Ben Bernanke, President Bush's nominee to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, goes before the Senate for a confirmation hearing Tuesday. Bernanke, the 51-year-old chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, is expected to be confirmed with little difficulty.

Commentator Joe Wright has finished three years of medical school. An anatomy class during his first year consisted mainly of dissecting a human cadaver. Last year, he spent much time of his time out of the classroom, working in hospitals and clinics. And in his third year, he returned to the anatomy lab.

Over the past two years, Howard Dully, 56, has embarked on a quest to discover the story behind the procedure he received as a 12-year-old boy: a transorbital or "ice-pick" lobotomy.

Authors Louise Mushikiwabo and Jack Kramer discuss their new book, Rwanda Means the Universe. They describe years of peaceful coexistence between the Bahutu and Batutsi in Rwanda, and events leading up to the massacre of the Tutsi people in 1994.

Months after Hurricane Katrina hit, some along the Gulf Coast are still stranded in shelters. Mississippi residents who've been housed at the D'Iberville civic center are wondering why they've had to wait so long for help.

Famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward testified Monday that a senior Bush administration official told him about CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity nearly a month before it was publicly exposed.

Egyptian authorities report that at least three explosions struck the Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Monday night. The precise number of casualties remains unknown, but officials say at least 22 people have been killed, and 150 wounded.

Brazilian composer Tom Ze was a leading voice of the Tropicalia movement in the 1960s. Ze's latest CD, Estudando o Pagode, explores an unlikely topic for pop music: the historical suppression of women.