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Iraqi leaders have less than a week to approve a new constitution. But there's little agreement on a draft document that the National Assembly must approve. Meanwhile, daily violence continues. A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers on patrol Tuesday.

Melissa Block talks to Arizona Ostrich Rancher D.C. Cogburn about the day his ostriches stampeded several years ago, and the financial woes he's had ever since. He says a hot-air balloon so spooked the birds that they panicked; many were seriously injured. His loss to the balloonists in a civil lawsuit has led Cogburn to quit the business.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is under pressure to call off a special election for his reform measures this fall. Three of the four major proposals have been withdrawn or challenged. Now the governor's redistricting measure faces a legal challenge in the state court of appeals.

A rare mushroom that grows in the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest may offer protection from smallpox -- an infectious disease that security experts feel may be a biological weapon of choice for terrorists who wish to attack America.

French president Jacques Chirac breaks his silence on the rioting that has shaken his nation for more than week. Chirac vows to restore order but also pledges to support equal opportunity for all.

A pilot program at Orlando International Airport allows passengers to speed through security checkpoints -- if they first submit to a detailed background check. The Bush administration is trying to decide whether to expand such "registered traveler" programs.

The CIA is holding top al Qaeda suspects in secret prison compounds in Eastern Europe as part of a string of so-called "black sites" set up after the Sept. 11 attacks, The Washington Post reported this week. Linda Wertheimer talks with Post reporter Dana Priest about the detention centers and the human rights concerns they have raised in Europe.

A 19-year-old Israeli man absent without leave from the Army opened fire on Israeli Arabs riding a bus in northern Israel Thursday, killing four people and injuring at least a dozen more. He was beaten to death by an enraged crowd. The violence heightens tensions over Israel's planned pullout from settlements in Gaza.

The horse's connection to both freedom and power is the driving theme behind a new show, a kind of equine-human ballet called Cavalia. It was created by one of the people behind the renowned Cirque du Soleil.

The National Archives Wednesday released hundreds of pages from Judge Samuel Alito's years at the Justice Department. The documents included a memo about abortion that has become the latest ammunition in the fight over the Supreme Court nominee.