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G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050 
Members of international relief group Oxfam dressed as the G8 leaders display balloons representing the amount of carbon their countries emit per capita in Sapporo on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido.
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The Group of Eight leading industrial nations on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets.
The G-8 countries ? the United States, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Canada and Italy ? also called on all major economies to join in the effort to stem the potentially dangerous rise in world temperatures.
Mortgage rescue plan draws Senate support A mortgage rescue plan to save hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure drew overwhelming Senate support, inching toward passage despite Republican objections.
The Senate voted 76-10 Monday to advance the bill, a broad array of housing measures including overhauls of the Federal Housing Administration, the Depression-era mortgage insurer, and government-sponsored home loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Study: Military gays don't undermine unit cohesion Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win, according to a new study released by a California-based research center.
The study was conducted by four retired military officers, including the three-star Air Force lieutenant general who in early 1993 was tasked with implementing President Clinton's policy that the military stop questioning recruits on their sexual orientation.
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