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Housing foreclosures are still on the rise, often because of cheap mortgages that are now worth more than the properties they were based on. Greedy banks are partly to blame, but so are home-buyers looking for increased values--guaranteed. Also, after eight days Turkey pulls out of Iraq, and the legacy of a murder victim in the Brazilian jungle.

Russia will have a new president after Sunday's election, but Vladimir Putin will still be in charge.  We hear about Russia's trade-off between freedom and stability, and the differing interests of Wall Street and Washington.  Also, President Bush doesn't think the country's headed for a recession, and continuing drought has inflamed a border dispute between Georgia and Tennessee.

In Austin, Texas it took 45 minutes before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton began attacking each other. Last night in Cleveland, Ohio they got into it right away. Traveling on familiar ground, was Clinton able to blunt Obama's momentum? How did they position themselves to run against John McCain? Also, more interest-rate cuts may be on the way and, William F. Buckley dies at the age of 82.

Just 13 years after gray wolves were re-introduced into the lower 48 states, they're going off the Endangered Species List. At the same time, polar bears may go on the list—because of dangers that lie in the future.  We hear about the science and politics behind the Endangered Species List.  Also, fuel prices rise and housing prices fall, and tonight's Democratic debate in Ohio.

Both this year's current presidential front-runners say they have shrugged off Washington lobbyists and embraced public financing of political campaigns.  We look at McCain and Obama and compare their rhetoric with their records. Also, the latest suicide bombing kills kills a Pakistani Army General, and the New York Philharmonic in North Korea.

Pakistan's newly elected opposition parties have joined forces against President Pervez Musharraf. They want talks with Islamic militants, including the Taliban. What's the future of a Bush Administration ally in the war on terror? What's the likely impact on Afghanistan, where NATO forces are struggling against a tough enemy and among themselves? Also, hot times for both parties on the presidential campaign trail.

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There are big changes in store for Cuba and Pakistan. Fidel Castro has resigned from office.  Pervez Musharraf has been soundly defeated in parliamentary elections. We talk with reporters and others in both countries and the US. What's the likely impact on American interests in South Asia and 90 miles from the beaches of Florida?

Obama and Clinton face off tomorrow in Hawaii and Wisconsin. Will Obama really be able to make it ten in a row? On March 4 in Texas, will Clinton be able to post the big win she needs? Also, Kosovo declares it independence, and the biggest recall of meat in American history.