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Consumers in Finland can get almost-instant cash by sending text messages to loan companies. But regulators worry that high interest rates and inadequate security checks make this a dangerous business.

Dana Milbank, a columnist for The Washington Post, offers his view of former Vice President Al Gore's appearance on Capitol Hill. Milbank says that Gore's testimony on global warming was solid, but didn't live up to its billing.

Presidential candidate John Edwards announced Thursday that his wife, Elizabeth, has a recurrence of breast cancer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004, when her husband was the Democratic vice presidential candidate. She was thought to be recovering, but the cancer has returned.

The teams the experts most expected to advance survive three rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's rare for four No. 1 seeds to be alive so deep into the tournament. But Florida, Kansas, Ohio State and North Carolina play on.

Former Vice President Al Gore went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about the effects of global warming. He went face to face with global-warming critics in the Congress and told them that they need to act quickly, or the nation's grandchildren will pay the price.

This week, mystery swirled in Washington after an anonymous filmmaker circulated an online attack ad against Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). The filmmaker was revealed as Phil DeVellis, but questions remain about the impact of YouTube political ads in the 2008 race.

At a White House news conference, President Bush covers a variety of subjects. He says Democrats who have declined to pass a war-spending bill satisfactory to the administration are wasting their time.

The Senate Banking Committee grills top regulators and several of the nation's largest lenders about problems with sub-prime mortgages — and what regulators did and did not do to address them. About 14 percent of outstanding subprime loans are now delinquent by 30 days or more.

The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify Thursday before a Senate panel investigating the firings of eight federal prosecutors. Kyle Sampson will likely be asked if the dismissals were politically motivated.

Condoleezza Rice is traveling to the Middle East this week, her fourth trip in as many months. The U.S. Secretary of State is there for a new round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.