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The rebellious Senate Republicans and the White House may have come to an agreement on language on how to treat detainees. But it remains to be seen where the Democrats stand -- or how the deal will be received in the House of Representatives.

President Bush appeals directly to Muslims to assure them that the United States is not waging war with Islam. Denouncing extremists, he lays out a vision for peace in the Middle East before skeptical world leaders at the United Nations.

Four Republican senators are at odds with the White House over proposed legislation on terrorism suspects. The White House does not like a version of the bill passed by the GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee. The Bush administration's goal of signing a measure into law before mid-term elections now seems in doubt.

Carol Jantsch, 21, soon will be the Philadelphia Orchestra's youngest member, and the first woman to be a principal tuba player in a top U.S. orchestra.

A key Senate committee defies President Bush on the question of how to try suspects in the war on terror. With four Republicans joining the Democrats, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved an alternative to the president's proposed rules.

Harvard announces it will end its early admissions program, a move that is sure to send ripples through the world of elite colleges and universities -- and through high schools where competition to get into the schools is fierce.

Harvard University has decided to stop offering its "early action" round of applications. The university fears that the system gives wealthy students an advantage in the admissions process.

Lions, leopards and tigers once roamed Punjab, a province in Northern India, and at least one tour operator tries to convince visitors that they still do. Correspondent Philip Reeves goes on a nighttime safari in search of game.

President Bush acknowledges the existence of secret CIA prisons around the world and says 14 high-value terrorism suspects have been transferred from the system to Guantanamo Bay for trials.

Polygamist Warren Jeffs is in jail in Utah awaiting a hearing on charges that he arranged plural marriages of underage girls to much older men. Jeffs is confined in a county jail at Purgatory Flats.