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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Islamabad, Pakistan, to assess the country's earthquake-relief needs. Already, the United States has sent planes and helicopters to help in rescue-and-relief operations. She also visited Kabul, meeting with Afghan leaders.

The strongest Atlantic storm on record is heading for Florida. Wilma may weaken by the time it reaches Florida over the weekend, but the state isn't taking chances. Evacuations are ordered for the Keys.

This year the Chinese National Offshore Oil Company made a bid to buy the American oil company Unocal. The bid, later withdrawn, sparked a new controversy between Washington and Beijing and reinforced China's status as a competitor for fuel. Mike Shuster has the third part of his series on China-U.S. relations.

Seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina, workers are still finding bodies as they sift through the wreckage. Howard Berkes joined searchers in Waveland, Miss., as they attempt to find the remains of those missing.

While much of the Gulf Coast remains in a shambles, there's another sign that New Orleans is coming back. Its most famous coffee spot, Cafe Du Monde, served up chicory coffee and beignets Wednesday morning for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit.

Commentator Gwen Macsai is the mother of three children. And she's finding that their standards for motherhood are higher than hers. And while she doesn't want to be a hypocrite, mothers like junk food, unmade beds and swearing too.

In the final installment of our four-part series on China-U.S. relations, Mike Shuster explores China's diplomatic role in the world. The United States has encouraged Chinese involvement with international issues like North Korea's nuclear weapons. But now, diplomacy has become another area where the U.S. and China are competitors.

Mississippi's state legislature has approved legislation to move floating casinos to dry land; Gov. Haley Barbour plans to sign the bill. But to make room for the casinos and hotels, many older coastal communities may never rebuild.

A major earthquake rumbles through mountain villages in Kashmir, Pakistan's capital and many other cities and towns across South Asia. Initial estimates of the dead are put at 1,000 and are likely to climb.

Composer John Adams, who has composed operas about communism and terrorism, believes that "if opera is actually going to be a part of our lives... it has to deal with contemporary topics." is latest work is about the first test of a nuclear weapon. John Adams talks about his opera, Dr. Atomic.