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The United States is canceling or suspending more than $400 million in projects in the Palestinian territories and shifting some of that money to help meet basic humanitarian needs. The change was made after Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, assumed the Palestinian leadership.

In Cleveland, an experiment is under way to find new ways to give people purpose and enjoyment as they reach retirement age. But as Americans live longer, views on what retirement means are slow to change.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice make an unannounced visit to Baghdad. The two will meet with newly elected Iraqi leaders to show support for the new government.

Recent changes in abortion laws have turned abortion politics upside down. Republicans who have been promoting abortion restrictions as part of their campaigns are worried that sweeping state bans might scare away swing voters. Democrats are using those same bans to paint Republicans as extreme.

Hugh C. Thompson Jr., the Army helicopter pilot who helped rescue Vietnamese civilians from U.S. troops at My Lai, dies at 62. He had suffered from cancer. His heroic action on a dark day in U.S. history helped change the rules of military conduct.

ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured when the Iraqi Army vehicle they were traveling in was attacked and an explosive device went off.

After more than 18 years at the helm of the nation's economy, Alan Greenspan steps down Tuesday. As head of the Federal Reserve, Greenspan presided over the longest economic expansion in U.S. history.

Saddam Hussein's trial resumes in Baghdad with a new chief judge, and descends into chaos almost immediately as Saddam and three other defendants shout at the judge and walk out of the court.

A government scientist claims that his superiors are silencing his public statements on global warming. NASA climate expert James Hansen went public with these accusations in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck, the Schultz family of Bayou La Batre, Ala., was in danger of losing their home. But thanks to donations from a church and from strangers, the family is nearly done repairing their home. Their first meal there will be on Thanksgiving Day.