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You may have heard about plans to put missiles on London rooftops during the Olympics to shoot down intruders. There is another interesting weapon that will be deployed to keep away a threat that Londoners live with every day: pigeons.

As gas prices rise, politicians call for gas taxes to be suspended. Transportation experts say such moves won't provide much relief and would cut into needed spending on roads, bridges and transit.

The city's police chief released four videos that show the violent climax of a traffic stop, foot chase and fight over a stun gun on April 4 in Grand Rapids.

Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins testifies against former chairman Kenneth Lay. Watkins met with Lay four months before the company went bankrupt, and warned him about accounting problems. Prosecutors hope her testimony will show that Lay made intentionally misleading statements to investors.

In Rome, foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and many Arab countries agree that an international force is needed to bring peace to Lebanon. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the ministers wanted a force under a U.N. mandate, with a strong and robust capability.

A key U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania is too close to call. North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a freshman Republican who's been beset by scandal, has been ousted in a heated primary.

Iran threatens the United States with "harm and pain" if it tries to use the United Nations Security Council as a lever to punish the country for its nuclear activities. Washington is warning that Tehran has enough nuclear material for up to 10 atomic bombs. Renee Montagne talks to Greg Webb, editor for Global Security Newswire.

There were 550 suicide bombings in Iraq last year, and one expert says there is a nearly inexhaustible supply of fervent Jihadists ready for martyrdom in Iraq. U.S. military experts say they're developing a profile of the suicide bomber in Iraq, and that profile is not what you might expect.

In America, there are 3,700 wineries — many of them small, family-owned operations — and wine is a $21 billion business. Monday's Supreme Court ruling opened the door to making it a bigger business, by striking down laws banning interstate wine shipments.

The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of the accounting firm Arthur Andersen. The company had been convicted of instructing employees to shred documents, hindering an investigation of Andersen's role at Enron Corporation. Andersen said its officials had been reminding employees of the firm's policy of disposing of documents that are no longer needed.