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While ministers from Canada and Mexico praised NAFTA, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer emphasized the negative and said the deal "needs major improvement."

Tadd Dameron was one of the most important composer/arrangers of modern jazz, but outside of “If You Could See Me Now,” and a few other songs, the Cleveland native’s works really haven’t been performed by vocalists. Vanessa Rubin decided to change that with “The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron.” “Because he is an untold story,” Rubin said.

President Bush faced an unexpected rebellion from some of his fellow Republicans in the Senate on Thursday. Members of the Armed Services committee passed a bill creating military courts for suspected terrorists, in a move that is significantly different from the legislation the Bush administration proposed.

Following a Monday briefing on Hurricane Rita's effect on the oil and natural gas infrastructure along the Gulf Coast, President Bush says he is willing to use the nation's strategic petroleum reserves to make up for any shortages caused by hurricane damage.

President Bush holds a news conference during which he defends the war, acknowledges that U.S. troops will likely be in Iraq throughout his presidency, and, in a question about Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold's motion to censure him, practically dares Democrats to run on the wiretap issue in 2006.

A car bomb exploded outside the United States Consulate and a luxury hotel in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city. The suicide attack killed at least four people -- including an American diplomat. President Bush is scheduled to visit Pakistan this weekend. Renee Montagne talks to reporter Kamran Khan in Karachi.

President Bush is asking Congress to approve his rules for military commissions to try detainees accused of war crimes. He says court-martial rules are not appropriate for what he terms "illegal combatants." Some legal analysts are concerned that the president's rules leave defendants without enough rights.

The White House faces renewed criticism after The New York Times reports President Bush signed an order in 2002 that allowed domestic spying. The order authorized the National Security Agency to conduct surveillance on Americans in the United States without court order.

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.

A videographer has been inserting his cat into classic Hollywood movies and TV shows. The effects are amazing and his cat, known as OwlKitty, has become a social media star.